Biography

David J. Bederman

K. H. Gyr Professor in Private International Law

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Publications List

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Areas of Expertise
Public International Law, Legislation and Regulation, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Legal History

Biography

David J. Bederman taught public international law, legislation and regulation, admiralty, international institutions, law of international common spaces and Roman law, as well as seminars on international environmental law and foreign relations power. In addition, he served as adviser to the Emory International Law Review.

Prior to coming to Emory, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Covington & Burling and worked as a legal adviser at the Iran/United States Claims Tribunal at The Hague. Professor Bederman published extensively on diverse legal topics, including legal history, constitutional law, and international legal theory and practice. In addition to a number of books and dozens of articles and essays, his major publications included Custom as a Source of Law (2010), Globalization and International Law (2008); The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution (2008); The Spirit of International Law (2002); International Law in Antiquity (2001); and International Law Frameworks (2001). He lectured widely and was a visiting professor at New York University and University of Virginia, as well as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Osgoode Hall in Toronto.

Education: AB, Princeton University, 1983; MSc, London School of Economics, 1984; JD, University of Virginia, 1987; Diploma, The Hague Academy of International Law, 1989; PhD, University of London, 1996.

Publications

World Law Transcendent

54 Emory L.J. 53 (2005) 2005

Foreign Office International Legal History

Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-24 2005

Prevailing Wisdom: Antiquity and the Structural Constitution

Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 03-17 2003

Chilly Reception at the Court, A

5 J. App. Prac. & Process 51 (2003) 2003

Acknowledgments

Bederman, David J.; Borgen, Christopher J.; Martin, David A.35 Stud. Transnat'l Legal Pol'y xi (2003) 2003

Counterintuiting Countermeasures

96 Am. J. Int'l L. 817 (2002) 2002

Visible College of International Law: An Introduction, The

95 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. ix (2001) 2001

Visible College of International Law: An Introduction, The

95 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. ix (2001) 2001

International Law Advocacy and its Discontents

2 Chi. J. Int'l L. 475 (2001) 2001

Maritime Preservation Law: Old Challenges, New Trends

Maritime Preservation Law: Old Challenges, New Trends 2001

Creditors' Claims in International Law

34 Int'l L. 235 (2000) 2000

I Hate International Law Scholarship (Sort of)

1 Chi. J. Int'l. L. 75 (2000) 2000

Admiralty Jurisdiction

31 J. Mar. L. & Com. 189 (2000) 2000

Constructivism, Positivism, and Empiricism in International Law

89 Geo. L.J. 469 2000

Deference or Deception: Treaty Rights as Political Questions

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 70, Pp. 1439 1999

Agents of International Discourse: A Conspectus on the Future of International Law Journals

40 Va. J. Int'l L. 817 (1999-2000) 1999

Deference or Deception: Treaty Rights as Political Questions

70 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1439 (1999) 1999

Jurisdiction: The Death on the High Seas Act Is Inapplicable to Air Crashes Occurring within Twelve Nautical Miles from Shore, because Even Though It Is beyond a Marine League, It Is Not the High Seas

Bederman, David J.; Cole, Andrew L.30 J. Mar. L. & Com. 143 (1999) 1999

UNESCO Draft Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage: A Critique and Counter-Proposal, The

30 J. Mar. L. & Com. 331 (1999) 1999

Deference or Deception: Treaty Rights as Political Questions

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 70, Pp. 1439 1999

Historic Salvage and the Law of the Sea

30 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 99 (1998-1999) 1998

Remembrances of a Student, Perspectives from a Colleague

J. Int'l L. 67 1997

Of Banana Bills and Veggie Hate Crimes: The Constitutionality of Agricultural Disparagement Statutes

Bederman, David J.; Christensen, Scott M.; Quesenberry, Scott Dean34 Harv. J. on Legis. 135 (1997) 1997

Limitations on Commercial Speech: The Evolution of Agricultural Disparagement Statutes

10 DePaul Bus. L.J. 169 (1997-1998)

Procedure

Bederman, David J.; Snodgrass, Elizabeth A.28 J. Mar. L. & Com. 369 (1997)

Uniformity, Delegation and the Dormant Admiralty Clause

28 J. Mar. L. & Com. 1 (1997) 1997

Jurisprudence of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: Iran Claims

91 Am. J. Int'l L. 436 (1997) 1997

Curious Resurrection of Custom: Beach Access and Judicial Takings, The

96 Colum. L. Rev. 1375 (1996)

Admiralty and the Eleventh Amendment

72 Notre Dame L. Rev. 935 (1996-1997) 1996

Reception of the Classical Tradition in International Law: Grotius'--De Jure Belli ac Pacis

10 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 1 (1996) 1996

Rule B Attachment

Bederman, David J.; Mallinson, John L. 27 J. Mar. L. & Com. 353 (1996)

Feigned Demise of Prize, The

9 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 31 (1995) 1995

Feigned Demise of Prize, The

9 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 31 (1995) 1995

Dead Man's Hand: Reshuffling Foreign Sovereign Immunities in U.S. Human Rights Litigation

25 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 255 (1995-1996) 1995

Salvage

Bederman, David J.; Dehner, Jeffrey S.26 J. Mar. L. & Com. 621 (1995)

Souls of International Organizations: Legal Personality and the Lighthouse at Cape Spartel, The

36 Va. J. Int'l L. 275 (1995-1996) 1995

United Nations Compensation Commission and the Tradition of International Claims Settlement, The

27 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 1 (1994-1995)

Revivalist Canons and Treaty Interpretation

41 UCLA L. Rev. 953 (1993-1994) 1993

Revivalist Canons and Treaty Interpretation

41 UCLA L. Rev. 953 (1993-1994) 1993

Article II Courts

44 Mercer L. Rev. 825 (1992-1993) 1992

Cautionary Tale of Alexander Mcleod: Superior Orders and the American Writ of Habeas Corpus, The

41 Emory L. J. 515 (1992) 1992

Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition's Convention on Antarctic Conservation, The

4 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 47 (1991-1992) 1991

International Control of Marine Pollution by Exotic Species

18 Ecology L.Q. 677 (1991) 1991

Contributory Fault and State Responsibility

30 Va. J. Int'l L. 335 (1989-1990) 1989

Compulsory Pilotage, Public Policy, and the Early Private International Law of Torts

64 Tul. L. Rev. 1033 (1989-1990) 1989

Bank for International Settlements and the Debt Crisis: A New Role for the Central Bankers' Bank, The

6 Int'l Tax & Bus. Law. 92 (1988) 1988

Exploring the Foreign Country Exception: Federal Tort Claims in Antarctica

21 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 731 (1988) 1988

Article 40(2)(E) & (F) of the ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility: Standing of Injured States under Customary International Law and Multilateral Treaties

92 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 291 (1998) 1988

Intellectual Genealogies

82 Am. J. Int'l L. 1 (1988) 1988

Prospects for European Air Deregulation

21 Int'l L. 561 (1987) 1987

High Stakes in the High Arctic: Jurisdiction and Compensation for Oil Pollution from Offshore Operations in the Beaufort Sea

4 Alaska L. Rev. 37 (1987)

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