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Ad Hoc Diplomats

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

I just posted a revised version of a new article on the role of the president and the Senate in the appointment of special envoys and other types of irregular diplomatic agents. The piece will be coming out in the Duke Law Journal; … Continue reading →

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The Ethics of Baiting and Switching in Law Review Submissions

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

The Marquette Law Review hosted a fantastic symposium on the “ethics of scholarship” back in September and will be publishing an issue dedicated to the topic in the coming months. My short contribution addresses the ethics of a practice that appears to … Continue reading →

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Egocentric Bias in Perceptions of Customary International Law

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

I just posted a draft of a chapter that I’m contributing to International Law as Behavior (Harlan G. Cohen & Timothy Meyer eds., forthcoming Cambridge University Press), an edited volume that will offer interdisciplinary analyses on a variety of topics in international … Continue reading →

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Trade Negotiations & the Appointments Clause

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

Below is a short series of posts on the issue of whether it’s consistent with the Appointments Clause for the President to appoint treaty negotiators, such as those who would renegotiate NAFTA, without first obtaining case-specific advice and consent from the … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at Congressional Foreign Travel

Posted on March 2, 2017 by

On Monday, Paul Singer at USA Today reported new data on the burgeoning practice of congressional foreign travel. According to Singer, federal legislators spent more government funds venturing abroad in 2016 than any other year in the past decade. Roughly … Continue reading →

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A Legal Analysis of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Trip to Syria

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has drawn attention in recent weeks for leading a delegation to Syria and Lebanon, where she reportedly met with government leaders, refugees, and members of civil society. The stated purposes were to engage in fact-finding and … Continue reading →

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Finding Customary International Law

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

I just posted the final, published version of my paper Finding Customary International Law, which came out in the Iowa Law Review last month. It’s available here.

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