Faculty in International & Comparative Law
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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Laurence Helfer (International Human Rights; International Law; International Intellectual Property) |
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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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Jennifer Maher (International and Comparative Law Research and Writing) |
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Francis McGovern (International Dispute Settlement) |
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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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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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Neil Vidmar (Comparative Jury Systems) |
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Ernest Young (Foreign Relations) |


























