News and Events

In Memoriam
Thomas M. Franck (1931-2009), NYU Professor of International Law

Professor Ryan Goodman (Harvard) moves to NYU Law School's permanent faculty in Fall 2009

Professor Jose Alvarez joins NYU Law School's permanent faculty in Fall 2009

Upcoming Events

September 8, 2009: Global Welcome Reception.
5-7 PM, NYU School of Law

September 24-26, 2009: Unification of Global Private Law for International Transactions and Litigation. Convened by Professors Franco Ferrari and Clay Gillette.
NYU School of Law

All event items on our Events Page

News

NYU's inaugural Straus Institute Fellows focus on global governance. Fellows in residence at NYU's Straus Insitute for 2009-10 to work on global governance issues include Gráinne de Búrca, Marta Cartabia, Andrew Hurrell, Robert O. Keohane, Benedict Kingsbury, Jan Klabbers, David Kretzmer, Daryl Levinson, Gianluigi Palombella, Beth Simmons, and Richard B. Stewart. Each will present papers in the IILJ Collioquium at the Law School

Global Professors teaching at NYU Law 2009-10

Reports on the International Legal Studies Colloquium Series:
2/25/2009 session
3/26 & 4/16 2009 sessions

Spring 2009 View of IILJ Scholars work

Blogs

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This site brings together the research, scholarship, teaching, and outreach activities of New York University School of Law's acclaimed international law program.

IILJ Academic and Policy Work

Global Administrative Law

Global Administrative Law is a path-breaking approach to participation, transparency, accountability and review in global governance. IILJ GAL conferences in 2009 are in Geneva, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, etc. The Project homepage provides details on all GAL project events, links to full-text articles, bibliography, working papers series and blog.

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Financing Development Program

Access to financial capital can be a crucial determinant of countries’ prospects for development. The sources of financing available to inhabitants of developing countries, the terms upon which financing is provided and the kinds of projects being financed have become increasingly varied, but very restricted since the 2008-09 credit crisis. The research program on financing development maps this changing legal order, its social and economic implications, and the scope for innovation.

Climate Change: Financing Green Development

This project examines the impact on development and on developing countries of carbon markets and climate-related investment. The objective is to elaborate a more useful and effective framework for climate-based development. It draws on the expertise of NYU Law faculty in climate change, environmental law, development finance, international trade and investment, international transaction taxation and tax policy generally, global institutions, and global regulatory governance. It is closely linked to both the IILJ's Global Administrative Law project and the IILJ Financing Development program.

Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance

This program, led by Professors Davis, Kingsbury, and Merry, starts from the premise that the use of “indicators” has become an important mechanism of global governance. Indeed, International organizations, IGOS and NGOS have produced a number of development-related indicators that become instruments of governance when used to as a basis for assigning legal or moral responsibility, allocating foreign aid or supporting claims of scientific authority. The Indicators project aims to describe and trace the historical origins of the use of indicators as forms of governance, to explain this phenomenon, and to analyze its impact on the countries being evaluated.

Program in the History and Theory of International Law

This Program encourages scholarship and teaching on topics in the history and theory of international law that are vital to deepening an understanding of the field. The premise of the Program is that the future development of international law depends on sustained theoretical work, including careful historical study, and that collective efforts are needed to enhance worldwide research and teaching in these areas. The Program holds periodic conferences and workshops, sponsors a refereed working paper series, hosts visiting fellows (including faculty from other disciplines, and post-docs), supports research and publications, provides a center bringing together people interested in these fields, and each year offers a set of courses in these areas at the Law School.

International Law and the UN

The IILJ integrates the Law School’s scholarly excellence in international law into the policy activities of the United Nations. Issues examined by the IILJ include the administrative tribunals and the UN, role of the Security Council in strengthening a rules-based international system (jointly with the Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN), the role of the UN Secretary-General in World Politics, and state-building, governance and accountability in United Nations law.

Private and Transactional International Law

NYU School of Law provides a rich academic environment for the study of private and transactional international law. The Law School offers a diverse array of courses, special internship opportunities, and extra-curricular activities designed to provide students with a solid foundation upon which to develop careers in the fields of private and transactional international law – in an academic, governmental, inter-governmental, or professional setting.