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Roger P Alford
Roger P. Alford is a Professor of Law at Pepperdine University's School of Law. Prior to joining the faculty in 2000, Professor Alford served as a senior legal advisor with the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland, the tribunal established by the Volcker Commission to resolve claims to Holocaust-era dormant Swiss bank accounts.
From 1995 to 1999, he was in private practice with Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C. He clerked for the Honorable James L. Buckley, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia (1994-95), and the Honorable Richard C. Allison, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, in The Hague, Netherlands, (1992-94).
Simon Chesterman
Simon Chesterman is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore and the Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme.
Mary-Rose Papandrea
Mary-Rose Papandrea is Associate Professor of Law at Boston College. Papandrea joined the BC Law faculty in 2004. Prior to coming to Boston College, Professor Papandrea was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Connecticut and Fordham.
David B. Rivkin Jr.
David B. Rivkin, Jr., is a member of the firm Baker Hostetler, litigation, international and environmental groups. He has in-depth experience with various constitutional issues that are frequently implicated by federal regulatory statutes, including commerce clause-, appointments clause- and due process-related issues, as well as First and Tenth amendment-related matters.
Mr. Rivkin also has practiced in the area of public international law and has extensive experience in international arbitration and policy advocacy on a wide range of international and domestic issues, including treaty implementation, multilateral and unilateral sanctions, corporate law, environmental and energy matters (with an emphasis on policy, regulatory and enforcement issues).
Edward T. Swaine
Edward T. Swaine is Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at George Washington University School of Law. Swaines is also the Director of the Competition Law Center.
Before joining the GWU faculty in 2006, Professor Swaine was an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School and had a secondary appointment as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. During a 2005-2006 leave from Penn he served as the Counselor on International Law at the U.S. Department of State.
Encyclopædia Britannica Article
- international law
Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that apply between sovereign states and other entities that are legally recognized as international actors. The term was coined by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Important elements of international law include sovereignty, recognition (which allows a country to honour the claims of another), consent (which allows for modifications in international agreements to fit the customs of a country), freedom of the high seas, self-defense (which ensures that measures may be taken against illegal acts committed against a sovereign country), freedom of commerce, and protection of nationals abroad. International courts, such as the International Court of Justice, resolve disputes on these and other matters, including war crimes. See also asylum; immunity.
- international law on britannica.com
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