Faculty
The Duke faculty is endowed with an impressive roster of professors with expertise in the fields of international and comparative law, as well as many more who are experts in- or do work related to - various sub-specialities of these fields. Students can take advantage of the international expertise of the faculty through their courses and by working with professors individually on independent study projects. Click on the name of any one of the professors to read their profile and to see what courses they teach.
Core International and Comparative Law Faculty
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Curtis Bradley (Public International Law, U.S. Foreign Relations Law) |
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Mitu Gulati (International Finance) |
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Donald Horowitz (Comparative Constitutional Law; Ethnic Conflict and Its Amelioration) |
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Ralf Michaels (Conflict of Laws, Comparative Law) |
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Madeline Morris (International Criminal Law; Use of Force) |
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Jerome Reichman (International Intellectual Property) |
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James Salzman (Trade and Environmental Law) |
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Steven Schwarcz International Insolvency, International Finance and Capital Markets, and International Commercial Law |
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Jonathan Wiener (International Environmental Law, Comparative Regulatory Policy) |
Other Full-Time Faculty Teaching Comparative and International Law Subjects
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Stuart Benjamin (Telecommunications Law) |
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Michael Bradley (International Investment Law) |
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Paul Carrington (International Civil Litigation, Private International Law) |
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George Christie (Comparative Legal Reasoning) |
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James Cox (International Securities Regulation) |
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Richard Danner (International and Comparative Law Information Resources) |
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Deborah DeMott (Comparative Business Law) |
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Robinson Everett (Use of Force, International Criminal Law, US Foreign Relations Law) |
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Xi-Qing Gao - Native of PRC (Comparative Law, IBT with China, Chinese Securities Law) |
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Jennifer Maher (International and Comparative Law Research and Writing) |
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Francis McGovern (International Dispute Settlement) |
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Jonathan Ocko (Comparative Laws, Mediation in Chinese Culture, Contract in Chinese Economic Culture) |
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Jefferson Powell (US Foreign Relations Law) |
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Jedediah Purdy |
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Arti Rai (Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Health Care Regulation and the Biopharmaceutical Industry) |
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Horace Robertson (Law of the Sea, Use of Force) |
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Tom Rowe (International Civil Litigation) |
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Richard Schmalbeck (International Tax) |
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Steven Schwarcz (International Finance, International Insolvency) |
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Nancy Shaw (International Tax) |
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Scott Silliman (Use of Force, US Foreign Relations Law, International Criminal Law) |
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Katherine Topulos (International and Comparative Law Information Resources) |
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Laura Underkuffler (Corruption and International Law) |
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Neil Vidmar (Comparative Jury Systems) |
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Steve Wallenstein (International Finance, International Organizations, International Business Transactions) |
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Ernest Young (Foreign Relations) |


































