Louise Ellen Teitz is a renowned scholar of private international law and international procedural law, she is also part of RWU Law’s founding faculty. From 2011 to 2014, Professor Teitz served as First Secretary at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, with her primary responsibilities focused on family law areas — including the 1980 and 1996 Conventions; as well as related projects…, Comparative Law, with Peter Winship and a Second Edition of, Transnational Litigation, ,, her earlier treatise. Professor Teitz’s law reform work has ranged from domestic state law to international State law. She has been a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Hague for the Judgments Convention and for the Choice of Court Agreements Convention, and is a member of the US Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. She has served as an expert testifying before…, Books, The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Commentary., (Edward Elgar, 2025) (with Gilles Cuniberti and Brooke Marshall) " Determination of the Dispute - Evidence and Applicable Law Issues " in, Comparative Procedural Law and Justice, - Cross-Border and International Dimensions (Part XIV Chapter 6), , edited by B Hess, M Woo, L Cadiet, S Menétrey, and E Vallines García, cplj.org/a/14-6 (October 2024) "Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World" in, International Practitioner's Deskbook Series: International Litigation Strategies and Practice (Part II Chapter 7), ,, 3rd ed., , Edited by Ethan A Berghoff, Theodore Edelman, and Barton Legum (July 2023) “Is the Service Convention Ready for Early Retirement at Age Fifty-Five? Or Can It Be ‘Serviceable’ in a World Without Borders?," in, HCCH a|Bridged Edition 2019: The HCCH Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology, (The Hague, Netherlands: The Hague Conference on Private International Law, 2020) “The Challenge of Accommodating Foreign Law in Domestic Courts,” in, Private International Law: Contemporary Challenges and Continuing Relevance,, edited by F. Ferrari & D. Fernandez Arroyo (Edward Elgar, 2019) “Malta Process and Cross-Cultural Aspects in Family Disputes,” in , The Child's Interest in Conflict: The Intersections Between Society, Family, Faith and Culture,, edited by Maarit Jantera-Jareborg (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016) “Prospects for the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements,” in , A Commitment to Private International Law: Essays in Honour of Hans van Loon, (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2013) (with Marta Pertegás) “Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World,” in , International Litigation Strategies and Practice, , 2d ed., edited by Barton Legum (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2012) “Implementing the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention for the Twenty-first Century: Providing a Viable Alternative to Arbitration,” in , Visiting Professors all’Alma Mater: Lezioni alla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Bologna 2006-2010, (Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2011) “Choice of Court Clauses and Third Countries From a US Perspective: Challenges to Predictability,” in, International Civil Litigation in Europe and Relations with Third States, , edited by A. Nuyts and N. Watte (Brussels: Bruylant, 2005) “ Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World ,” in , International Litigation Strategies and Practice,, edited by Barton Legum (Chicago, Illinois: Section of International Law & Practice, American Bar Association, 2005) “ The Story of Hilton: From Gloves to Globalization ,” in , Civil Procedure Stories, , edited by Kevin M. Clermont (St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomson/West, 2004), Transnational Litigation, (Charlottesville, Virginia: Michie, 1996 & Lexis Law Publishing Supp. 1999), Banking on the Act of State: International Lending and the Act of State Doctrine, (Konstanz: Germany: University of Konstanz Press, 1985) (with Professor Carsten-Thomas Ebenroth), Articles, Harmonizing Private International Law and International Private Law through Softlaw: in Honor of Symeon Symeonides, 60, Willamette Law Review, (forthcoming Fall 2024) " Tying Parallel Proceedings to Judgment Recognition: Harmonizing Cross-Border Dispute Resolution ," 56, N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics, 399 (2023) " Amicus Brief for US Supreme Court, ", Golan v. Saada, , (Hague Child Abduction case) with Linda Silberman, February 2022, ", Another Hague Judgments Convention: Bucking the Past to Provide for the Future," 29, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 491 (2019), ", Children Crossing Borders: Internationalizing the Restatement of the Conflict of Laws," 27, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 519 (2017), ", The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Realistic Competitor to the New York Convention?," 10, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, 47 (Spring 2017)(with Glenn Hendrix), ", Determining and Applying Foreign Law: The Increasing Need for Cross-border Cooperation,", , 45, N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics, 1081 (2013), ", Complexity and Aggregation in Choice of Law: An Introduction to the Landscape," 14, Roger Williams University Law Review, 1 (2009)(symposium editor) "Divergence and Harmonization in Private International Law, Common Themes," 101, American Society of International Law Proceedings, 360 (2007) "The Hague Choice of Court Convention: Validating Party Autonomy and Providing an Alternative to Arbitration," 53, American Journal of Comparative Law, 532 (2006) "Developments in Private International Law: Facilitating Cross-border Transactions and Dispute Resolution," 40, International Lawyer, 505 (2006)(with Peter Winship) Editor,, ", International Legal Developments in Review 2005," 40, International Lawyer, , Issue 2 (2006)(with Peter Winship) Editor, "International Legal Developments in Review 2004," 39, International Lawyer, , Issue 2 (2005)(with Peter Winship) " Both Sides of the Coin: A Decade of Parallel Proceedings and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Transnational Litigation," 10, Roger Williams University Law Review, 1 (2004) "From the Courthouse in Tobago to the Internet: The Increasing Need to Prove Foreign Law in U.S. Courts," 34, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 97 (2003) "U.S. Mediation in 2001: The Path that Brought America to Uniform Laws and Mediation in Cyberspace," 50, American Journal of Comparative Law, 181 (2002)(with Richard Birke) "Providing Legal Services for the Middle Class in Cyberspace: The Promise and Challenge of On-Line Dispute Resolution," 70, Fordham Law Review, 985 (2001) "Acts of State and Arbitration," 3, Zeitschrift Für Zivilprozess International, [ZZP Int] 477 (1999)
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As an expert in National Security Law, Professor Peter Margulies focuses on the delicate balance between liberty, equality, and security in issues involving law and terrorism. Professor Margulies has written almost a dozen articles discussing the War on Terror. He currently works with RWU Law Professor Jared Goldstein, along with litigators from the law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge,…, New York Times, , the , National Law Journal, and other media outlets., Books, National Security Law: Principles and Policy, , 3rd ed. (Aspen Publishing, 2024) (with Geoffrey S. Corn, Jimmy Gurulé, and Eric Talbot Jensen) “The Other Side of Autonomous Weapons: Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance IHL Compliance,” in, The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Law of Armed Conflict, , edited by Ronald T.P. Alcala & Eric Talbot Jensen (New York: Oxford University Press 2019), National Security Law: Principles and Policy, , 2nd ed. (New York: Aspen Publishers 2019) (with Professors Geoffrey S. Corn, Eric Talbot Jensen & Jimmy Gurule) “Making Autonomous Weapons Accountable: Command Responsibility for Computer-Guided Lethal Force in Armed Conflicts,” in, Handbook on Remote Warfare, , edited by Jens David Ohlin (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Press, 2017) Interpretations of IHL in Tribunals of the United States (with Prof. Michael W. Lewis), in, Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi Judicial Bodies, , edited by Philip Van Tongeren (The Hague, Netherlands: T.M.C. Asser Press 2014) “Valor's Vices: Against a State Duty to Risk Forces in Armed Conflict,” in, Counterinsurgency Law: New Directions in Asymmetric Warfare, , edited by William Banks (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), Law’s Detour: Justice Displaced in the Bush Administration , (New York: NYU Press, 2010) “Lawyers' Independence and Collective Illegality in Government and Corporate Misconduct, Terrorism, and Organized Crime,” in, Enron and Other Corporate Fiascos: The Corporate Scandal Reader, , edited by Nancy B. Rapoport, Jeffrey D. Van Niel, Bala G. Dharan (New York: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press, 2009), Articles, "Textualism's Immigration Problem: Stabilizing Interpretive Rules on Noncitizens' Rights and Remedies," 50, Hofstra Law Review, 259 (2022), ", Searching for Accountability Under FISA: Internal Separation of Powers and Surveillance Law," 103, Marquette Law Review, 1155 (2021) "Autonomous Weapons in the Cyber Domain: Balancing Proportionality and the Need for Speed," 96, International Law Studies, 394 (2020), ", The DACA Case: Agencies' "Square Corners" and Reliance Interests in Immigration Law,, ", 2019-2020, Cato Supreme Court Review, 127 "The Boundaries of Habeas: Due Process, the Suspension Clause, and Judicial Review of Expedited Removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act," 34, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 405 (2020) "Rescinding Inclusion in the Administrative State: Adjudicating DACA, the Census, and the Military's Transgender Policy," 71, Florida Law Review, 1429 (2019) "Legal Dilemmas Facing White House Counsel in the Trump Administration: The Costs of Public Disclosure of FISA Requests," 87, Fordham Law Review, 1913 (2019) "The Travel Ban Decision, Administrative Law, and Judicial Method: Taking Statutory Context Seriously," 33, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 159 (2019) "Deconstructing Sanctuary Cities: The Legality of Federal Grant Conditions That Require State and Local Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement," 75, Washington and Lee Law Review, 1507 (2018) "Curbing Remedies for Official Wrongs: The Need for Bivens Suits in National Security Cases," 68, Case Western Reserve Law Revie, w 1153 (2018) "Bans, Borders, and Sovereignty: Judicial Review of Immigration Law in the Trump Administration," 2018, Michigan State Law Review, 1-80 (2018) "Global Cybersecurity, Surveillance, and Privacy: The Obama Administration's Conflicted Legacy," 24, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 459 (2017) "Searching for Federal Judicial Power: Article III and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," 85, George Washington Law Review, 800 (2017) "Surveillance by Algorithm: The NSA, Computerized Intelligence Collection, and Human Rights," 68, Florida Law Review, 1045 (2016) "Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act: A Blueprint for Enhancing Privacy Protections and Preserving Foreign Intelligence Capabilities," 12, Journal of Business & Technology Law, 23 (2016) "Justice at War: Military Tribunals and Article III," 49, U.C. Davis Law Review, 305 (2015) "Defining Foreign Affairs in Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act: The Virtues and Deficits of Post-Snowden Dialogue on U.S. Surveillance Policy," 72, Washington and Lee Law Review, 1283 (2015) "The Boundaries of Executive Discretion: Deferred Action, Unlawful Presence, and Immigration Law," 64 A, merican University Law Review, 1183 (2015) "Deferred Action and the Bounds of Agency Discretion: Reconciling Policy and Legality in Immigration Enforcement," 55, Washburn Law Journal, 143 (2015) "Dynamic Surveillance: Evolving Procedures in Metadata and Foreign Content Collection After Snowden," 66, Hastings Law Journal, 1 (2014) "The NSA in Global Perspective: Surveillance, Human Rights, and International Counterterrorism," 82, Fordham Law Review, 2137 (2014) "Taking Care of Immigration Law: Presidential Stewardship, Prosecutorial Discretion, and the Separation of Powers," 94, Boston University Law Review, 105 (2014) "Sovereignty and Cyber Attacks: Technology's Challenge to the Law of State Responsibility," 14, Melbourne Journal of International Law, 496 (2013) "Constraining Targeting in Noninternational Armed Conflicts: Safe Conduct for Combatants Conducting Informal Dispute Resolution," 46, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1041 (2013) "Networks in Non-international Armed Conflicts: Crossing Borders and Defining “Organized Armed Group," 89, International Law Studies, 54 (2013) "Defining, Punishing, and Membership in the Community of Nations: Material Support and Conspiracy Charges in Military Commissions," 36, Fordham International Law Journal, 1 (2013) "Advocacy as a Race to the Bottom: Rethinking Limits on Lawyers' Free Speech," 43, University of Memphis Law Review, 319 (2012) "The Fog of War Reform: Change and Structure in the Law of Armed Conflict After September 11," 95, Marquette Law Review, 1417 (2012) "Advising Terrorism: Material Support, Safe Harbors, and Freedom of Speech," 63, Hastings Law Journal, 455 (2012) "Reforming Lawyers into Irrelevance?: Reconciling Crisis and Constraint at the Office of Legal Counsel,", , 39, Pepperdine Law Review, 809 (2012), ", The Ivory Tower at Ground Zero: Conflict and Convergence in Legal Education’s Responses to Terrorism," 60, Journal of Legal Education, 373 (2010) "Judging Myopia in Hindsight: Bivens Actions, National Security Decisions, and the Rule of Law,", , 96, Iowa Law Review, 195 (2010) "The Detainees’ Dilemma: The Virtues and Vices of Advocacy Strategies in the War on Terror," 57, Buffalo Law Review, 347 (2009) "True Believers at Law: National Security Agendas, the Regulation of Lawyers, and the Separation of Powers," 68, Maryland Law Review, 1 (2008) "When to Push the Envelope: Legal Ethics, the Rule of Law, and National Security Strategy," 30, Fordham International Law Journa, l 642 (2007) "Beyond Absolutism: Legal Institutions in the War on Terror," 60, University of Miami Law Review, 309 (2006) "Judging Terror in the "Zone of Twilight": Exigency, Institutional Equity, and Procedure After September 11 ," 84, Boston University Law Review, 383 (2004) "Uncertain Arrivals: Immigration, Terror, and Democracy After September 11," 2002, Utah Law Revie, w 481 "Democratic Transitions and the Future of Asylum Law," 71, University of Colorado Law Review, 3 (2000) "Progressive Lawyering and Lost Traditions," 73, Texas Law Review, 1139 (1995) "Representation of Domestic Violence Survivors as a New Paradigm of Poverty Law: In Search of Access, Connection, and Voice," 63, George Washington Law Review, 1071 (1995)
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