Andrew Novak, Esq.

Attorney and Independent Scholar

Washington, DC

novak.andrew@gmail.com

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/novakandrew

Biography

I am an attorney at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC, and I am licensed to practice law in New York.  I have published numerous articles on the sociology and history of sport and on legal and political topics in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular specialization in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.  In addition to a law degree from Boston University, I have a master's in African Politics from the London School of Oriental and African Studies and a bachelor's degree in international affairs from George Washington University.

Forthcoming Research

"Averting an African Boycott: Prime Minister Edward Heath and the Participation of Rhodesia at the 1972 Munich Olympics" (submitted to publication review in February 2011).

"The Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty in Common Law Africa: A Comparative Constitutional Analysis" (submitted to publication review in April 2011).

Legislative Comment, "Aboliion of the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses in the Gambia: Drug Control (Amendment) Act 2011" (submitted to publication review in June 2011).

"Changing Contexts: The Desegregation of the George Washington University and a District of Columbia in Transition, 1946-1954" (submitted to publication review in April 2010).

Selected Publications

"Constitutional Reform and the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty in Kenya," 44 Suffolk University Law Review __ (forthcoming 2011).

"Sport and Racial Discrimination in Colonial Zimbabwe: A Reanalysis," __ International Journal of the History of Sport __ (forthcoming May 2011).

"The Globalization of the Student Lawyer: Toward a Law Student Practice Rule for Indigent Criminal Defense in Sub-Saharan Africa," 3 Howard University Human Rights and Globalization Law Review __ (2010).

"Anatomy of a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer: Reflections on Legal Representation and Reform in Three Biographies," 66 National Lawyers Guild Review 205 (2010).

"The Decline of the Mandatory Death Penalty in Common Law Africa: Constitutional Challenges and Comparative Jurisprudence in Malawi and Uganda," 11 Loyola New Orleans Journal of Public Interest Law 19 (2009).

Note, "Guilty of Murder with Extenuating Circumstances: Transparency and the Mandatory Death Penalty in Botswana," 27 Boston University International Law Journal 173 (2009).

"Face-Saving Maneuvers and Strong Third Party Mediation: The Lancaster House Conference on Zimbabwe-Rhodesia," 14 International Negotiation 149 (2009).

"Politics and the Paraympic Games: Disability Sport in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe," 16(1) Journal of Olympic History 47 (2008).

"Rhodesia's Rebel and Racist Olympic Team: Athletic Glory, National Legitimacy, and the Clash of Politics and Sport," 23 International Journal of the History of Sport 1369 (2006).

"The Cloyd Heck Marvin Years Revisited: Another Look at the University of Arizona's Controversial President," 47 Journal of Arizona History 103 (2006).

"Courtroom to Classroom: Justice Harlan's Lectures at the George Washington University Law School," 30 Journal of Supreme Court History 211 (2005).