Joel Richard
Paul
Albert Abramson Professor of Law
- Office 312-333
- Email Address paulj@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4638
Biography
Professor Joel R. Paul teaches and writes about constitutional law, international business and trade, and foreign relations and national security law.
Professor Paul has taught on the law faculties at U.C. Berkeley, Yale, Leiden, University of Connecticut, and American University.
Professor Paul has lectured or published in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He is the author of “Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution” and “Without Precedent: How John Marshall Invented American Diplomacy.” In his spare time Professor Paul writes stage plays and screenplays.
As the former Associate Academic Dean for Global Programs, he initiated the law school’s 18 global exchange programs and joint degrees, LL.M. program, summer program, and foreign visiting scholars program.
Professor Paul attended Amherst College, B.A. History, Economics and Political Science; the London School of Economics and Political Science; and Harvard Law School, J.D.; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MALD in international law and economic development.
Paul was the first openly gay man hired on a U.S. law faculty. He has drafted federal trade legislation, advised the Clinton presidential campaign on trade policy, challenged the military’s exclusion of gay service members and brought other first amendment cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, testified before Congress, managed political campaigns, and worked on affordable housing policies. In 1991 Professor Paul corroborated the testimony of Professor Anita Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas.
Courses Taught: Constitutional Law I and II, International Business Transactions, International Trade Law and Policy, Seminar on Global Inequalities, National Security and Foreign Relations Law, and Public International Law.
Expertise
Education
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Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
MALD, International Law and Economic Development
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Harvard Law School
J.D., Law
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The London School of Economics and Political Science
General Course in International Economics and International Relations
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Amherst College
B.A., History, Economics, and Political Science
Selected Scholarship
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BOOKS
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Indivisible: The Rise of American Nationalism, 1812-1860
Penguin Random House (forthcoming)
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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times 2018
Penguin Random House Press / Riverhead Books
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Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution 2009
Penguin Press / Riverhead Books
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Es Realmente Libre El Libre Comercio? ("Is Free Trade Really Free") 2006
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Instituto Pensar
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Fundamentals of U.S. Foreign Trade Policy 1996
Westview Press
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ARTICLES
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The Cost of Free Trade 2015
Brown Journal of World Affairs
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The Myth of Economic Interdependence 2009
Waseda University Journal of Comparative Law
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The Transformation of International Comity 2008
Law & Contemporary Problems
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The Rule of Law is Not for Everyone 2006
24 Berkeley Journal of International Law 221
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The Bush Doctrine: Breaking or Making Customary International Law 2004
27 Hastings International & Comporative Law Review 457
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Do International Trade Institutions Promote Economic Growth and Development? 2003
44 Virginia Journal of International Law 285
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Resisting Culture 2003
16 Leiden Journal of International Law 919
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Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law 2001
Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
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Cultural Resistance to Global Governance 2000
22 Michigan Journal of International Law 1
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The Geopolitical Constitution: Executive Expediency and Executive Agreements 1998
86 California Law Review 671
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Free Trade, Regulatory Competition and the Autonomous Market Fallacy 1995
1 Columbia Journal of European Law 29
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The Isolation of Private International Law 1988
Wisconsin International Law Journal
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Comity in International Law 1991
32 Harvard International Law Journal 1
