Publications

Books
Articles
  • "Customary International Law and the Question of Legitimacy,"

120 Harv. L. Rev. F. 19 (2007).

  • "Investor-State Dispute Settlement Between Developed Countries: Reflections on the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement,"

39 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1 (2006).

  • “Bridging Erie: Customary International Law in the U.S. Legal System After Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain,”

12 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int’l L. 87 (2004).

  • "International Decisions: The Loewen Group, Inc. v. United States Mondev International Ltd. v. United States",

98 Am. J. Int’l L. 155 (2004).

  • “The Structural Rules of Transnational Law",

97 Am. Soc. Int’l L. Proc. 317 (2003)

  • "An Economic Defense of Concurrent Antitrust Jurisdiction,”

38 Texas J. Int’l L. 27 (2003).

  • Loewen v. United States: Trials and Errors Under NAFTA Chapter Eleven,”

52 DePaul L. Rev. 563 (2002).

  • “The Constitutionality of the Alien Tort Statute: Some Observations on Text and Context,”

42 Va. J. Int’l L.687 (2002).

  • “Breaking the Public Law Taboo,”

43 Harv. Int’l L.J. 161 (2002).

  • “International Decision: Metalclad Corp. v. Mexico,”

95 Am. J. Int’l L. 910 (2001).

  • “Which Torts in Violation of the Law of Nations?,”

24 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 351 (2001).

  • “Antitrust and the Draft Hague Judgments Convention,”

32 Law & Pol’y Int’l Bus. 363 (2001).

  • "Remarks (“Control and Appeal in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Arbitration”,

95 Am. Soc. Int’l L. Proc. 207 (2001)

  • “International Decision:Waste Management v. Mexico,”

95 Am. J. Int’l L. 186 (2001).

  • “National Courts and International Arbitration:Exhaustion of Remedies and Res Judicata Under NAFTA Chapter Eleven,”

23 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 357 (2000).

  • "Teaching the CISG in Contracts,”

50 J. Legal Ed. 72 (2000).

  • “The Case for Punitive Damages in Contracts,”

48 Duke L.J. 629 (1999).

  • “Weighing the Listener’s Interest: Justice Blackmun’s Commercial Speech and Public Forum Opinions,”

26 Hastings Const. L.Q. 165 (1998).

  • “Understanding the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality,”

16 Berkeley J. Int’l L. 85 (1998).

  • “Extraterritoriality and Conflict of Laws Theory: An Argument for Judicial Unilateralism,”

39 Harv. Int’l L.J. 101 (1998).

  • “The Helms-Burton Act and Transnational Legal Process,”

20 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 713 (1997).

  • “The Historical Origins of the Alien Tort Statute: A Response to the ‘Originalists,’”

19 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 221 (1996).

Published Briefs

Brief of Professors of Federal Jurisdiction and Legal History as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents inSosa v. Alvarez-Machain,” 28 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 95 (2004).

Encyclopedia Entries

 “United States v. Alvarez Machain,” in 1 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 71 (2d ed. 2000).

 “Extraterritoriality,” in 2 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 959 (2d ed. 2000).

 “International Law and Federal-State Relations,” in 3 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 1389 (2d ed. 2000).

Newspaper Articles

“State Bar Exam Should Test on All Sources of Contract Law,” San Francisco Daily Journal 4 (Nov. 2, 2004). 

Student Note
“Congressional Control of Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction:Why the Original Jurisdiction Clause Suggests an ‘Essential Role,’” 100 Yale L.J. 1013 (1991).