Books
“A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind…”: Selected Speeches
by Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Foreign and International
Law (Christopher J. Borgen, ed.) The American Society of
International Law Studies in Transnational Legal Policy No.
38 (2007)
International Law: A Judge’s Handbook (co-authored with David
Bederman and David Martin) The American Society of International
Law Studies in Transnational Legal Policy No. 35 (2003)
Articles & Book Chapters
Great Powers, Small States, and the Rhetoric of Self-Determination:
The Cases of Kosovo and South Ossetia, 10
ChicagoJournal of International Law 1
(2009)
Hearts and Minds and Laws: Legal Compliance and Diplomatic
Persuasion, 50 South TexasLaw Review 769
(2009)
A
Tale of Two Networks: Terrorism, Transnational Law, and Network
Theory, 33 Oklahoma
CityUniversityLaw Review 409 (2008)
Introductory Note to Kosovo’s Declaration of
Independence, 47 International Legal Materials 467
(2008)
Imagining Sovereignty, Managing Secession: The Legal Geography of
Eurasia’s “Frozen Conflicts”, 9 Oregon Review of
International Law 477(2007)
Whose
Public, Whose Order?: Imperium, Region, and Normative
Friction, 32 Yale Journal of International Law
331(2007)
Triptych:
Sectarian Disputes, International Law, and Transnational Tribunals
in Drinan’s Can God and Caesar Coexist?, 45 Journal of
Catholic Legal Studies 11 (2006)
Thawing
a Frozen Conflict: Legal Aspects of the Separatist Crisis in
Moldova, 61 The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York (2006)
Resolving
Treaty Conflicts, 37 George Washington International Law
Review 573 (2005)
American Lawyers and International Competence, 18
Dickinson Journal of International Law 493 (2001) (with Charlotte
Ku)
Law and International Relations, 31 New Mexico Law
Review 85 (2001)
The Theory and Practice of Regional Organization
Intervention in Civil Wars, 26 New York University Journal of
International Law and Politics 797 (1994)
Other Publications
Of Maps, Stories, and Tapestries: Researching
International and Domestic Law in the Age of Globalization, in
George Washington International Law Review Guide to International
Legal Research (2003)
Presidential Panel: International Law and the Sole
Superpower, Proceedings of the American Society of
International Law 2002 (2002) (reporter)
Judicial Views of International Law, Proceedings of the
American Society of International Law 2001 (2001) (reporter)
Judicial Views of International Law, 95 American
Society of International Law Proceedings 28 (2001)
"Discovery" in International Legal Developments Year in
Review: 1998, 33 International Lawyer 424 (1999)
"World Court Rejects Yugoslav Requests to Enjoin Ten NATO
Members from Bombing Yugoslavia" in American Society of
International Law Insight (June 1999) (with Peter H.F. Bekker)
(link)
"Discovery" in International Legal Developments Year in
Review: 1997, 32 International Lawyer 237 (1998)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights: Critique of the
Department of State's 1996 Country Report on Haiti (1997)
"Discovery" in International Legal Developments Year in
Review: 1996, 31 International Lawyer 334 (1997)
Blog
Opinio Juris, a weblog dedicated to reports, commentary,
and debate on current developments and scholarship in the fields of
international law and politics (co-founder and contributor) (link)
Paper Presentations & Selected
Speaking Engagements
“Blogging and Legal Academia,” AALS Workshop for New Law Teachers,
Washington, DC, June 20, 2009.
“Hearts and Minds and Laws: Legal Compliance and Diplomatic
Persuasion,” 15th-Annual Ethics Symposium—Law, Ethics
and the War on Terror, South Texas Law School, September 19,
2008.
“Is Kosovo a Precedent?: Secession, Self Determination and
Conflict Resolution,” Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars, Washington, DC, June 13, 2008.
Keynote, “How Does a Conflict Become ‘Frozen’?” Conference on
the Basic Principles for the Settlement of the Conflicts of the
GUAM States; GUAM/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan; Baku,
Azerbaijan; April 15-16, 2008.
“Consequences of Illegal Use of Force in Territorial
Acquisition,”Conference on the Basic Principles for the Settlement
of the Conflicts of the GUAM States; GUAM/ Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Azerbaijan; Baku, Azerbaijan, April 15-16,
2008.
“Law, Geopolitics, and Eurasia’s ‘Frozen Conflicts’”,
International Law Colloquium, George Washington University Law
School, February 4, 2008.
“Legal Aspects of the Moldovan Secessionist Conflict,” Center
for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium, December
2007.
"International Law and Web 2.0;" ASIL Annual Meeting, Washinton,
DC, March 30, 2007.
“Imperium, Region, and Normative Friction,” Seton Hall Law
School Faculty Colloquium, March 19, 2007.
“Imagining Sovereignty, Managing Secession: The Legal Geography
of Eurasia’s ‘Frozen Conflicts,’” Oregon Review of
International Law Symposium- Complexities of Scale: the Role of the
Subnational in International Law; University of Oregon School of
Law, March 16, 2007.
“Whose Public, Whose Order?: Imperium, Region, and Normative
Friction,” Yale Journal of International Law Conference, The “New”
New Haven School: International Law—Past, Present, and Future;Yale
Law School, March 9-10, 2007.
“The Relation of Domestic and International Judiciaries,”
International Association of Judges Conference (Panel
Moderator, Co-Organizer, Co-Host) November 2006.
Thawing a Frozen Conflict: Legal Aspects of the Separatist
Crisis in Moldova: A Report from the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York, Parliamentary Conference in Moldova (July
2006) (link)
“The War on Financing International Terrorism: On the
Frontlines,” New York International Law Review Symposium
(Moderator) (April 2006) (link)
"Separatism in Moldova: Legal Aspects of a “Frozen
Conflict,” Villanova University School of Law Faculty Workshop,
February 2006.
"Separatism in Moldova: Legal Aspects of a “Frozen
Conflict,” United Nations Program, November 2005.
“Hope: Foundation of a Civilization of Love and Justice,”
2005 Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference at St.
John’s University, October 2005. (link)
“U.N. Reform and the International Court of Justice,”
International Law Weekend 2005, American Branch of the
International Law Association (Organizer and Panel Moderator),
October 2005. (link)
How Does a Conflict Become ‘Frozen’?, Proceeding of the
Conference on the Basic Principles for the Settlement of the
Conflicts of the GUAM States (2008)