Valeria Vegh Weis

Valeria Vegh Weis

Valeria Vegh Weis is an Argentinean-German critical criminologist, criminal attorney, and university professor with expertise in critical criminology and transitional justice. She is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Freie Universitat Berlin where she focuses on the role of victims organizations to confront state crimes. She is also a Research Associate at the Max Plank Institute for European Legal History where she focuses on the role of the Global South in the development of transnational criminal regimes. She is the Vice President of the Instituto Latinoamericano de Criminología y Desarrollo Social [1]

Biography[]

Vegh Weis graduated summa cum laude from Buenos Aires University Law School.^[1] She pursued post-graduate studies in Criminal Law at Buenos Aires University School of Law^[2] and a Master in International Legal Studies at New York University. She also pursued a PhD in Law at the same university and defended her PhD thesis on a Marxist perspective of criminal selectivity.^[3]

She teaches Criminology and Transitional Justice at Buenos Aires University^[4] and Quilmes National University.^[5] She has been serving on the Argentinean Judiciary since 2005 ^[6] and has also worked as Associate Personnel at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

She has published extensively in Spanish and English on criminal law, criminology, transitional justice and mental health law.^{[7][8][9][10]}

She received the CONICET, Fulbright and Hauser Global Scholarships,^[11] the International Law and Human Rights ^[12] and the Transitional Justice Fellowship,^[13] among many others awards. She has been a Lecturer for the World Health Organization,^[14] a Visiting Professor at Strathmore University, a Post-Doctoral Visiting Researcher at Freie Universitat Berlin^[15] and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History.^[16]

Books and chapters[]

In English[]

• Vegh Weis, Valeria (2017). Marxism and Criminology. A History of Criminal Selectivity. Boston: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31956-1. The book has been released in paperback by Haymarket Books (2018) ISBN 9781608469307.^[17][18][19] The preface was written by Kent University Professor Roger Matthews and the foreword was authored by UC Berkeley Professor of Law Jonathan Simon. The book received the American Library Association Outstanding Academic Titles award in 2017.^[20] Art cover by Enzo Leone. The book also received the O utstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2019.

In Spanish[]

• Junto a Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni y . ¡BIENVENIDOS AL LAWFARE! Prologo de Atilio Borón, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta [2]; [3]
• Vegh Weis, Valeria (2014). "Las teorías de la pena desde el Marxismo" [The Theories of Punishment from A Marxist Perspective]. In Perez Alvarez, F. Moderno discurso penal y nuevas tecnologías: memorias (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. ISBN 978-84-9012-525-0.
• Vegh Weis, Valeria (2011). "Probation y Ejecución Penal" [Probation and Sentencing]. In Corach, Irene. 15 Años de Probation en Argentina: Responsabilidad Jurídica y Responsabilidad Subjetiva (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Koyatun. ISBN 978-987-25733-9-3.

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