Joel P. Trachtman is a Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. Among the courses he teaches are ones in International Business Transactions, Legal and Institutional Aspects of International Trade, International Financial and Fiscal Law, and a Seminar on the International Legal Aspects of Globalization. Prior to joining the faculty of The Fletcher School, he spent nine years in the private practice of law, in New York and in Hong Kong. He received his B.A. from Columbia College, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a General Course Certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Professor Trachtman is a member of the editorial boards of American Journal of International Law, European Journal of International Law and Journal of International Economic Law. He has served as a consultant to the OECD, UNCTAD and APEC. He is the former Chairman of the International Economic Law Interest Group, part of the American Society of International Law. He is also the former Honorary Secretary of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He practiced international business and finance law with Shearman & Sterling (New York and Hong Kong). Among his other publications, Professor Trachtman recently published Collected Essays: The International Economic Law Revolution and the Right to Regulate (Cameron May, 2006). He is also the author of "The World Trading System, the International Legal System and Multilevel Choice" (in European Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 2006); "The Constitutions of the WTO" (in The European Journal of International Law, Vol.17, no.3); "Unilateralism and Multilateralism in U.S. Human Rights Laws Affecting International Trade" (in International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues, 2006; "Global Cyberterrorism, Jurisdiction, and International Organization" (in The Law and Economics of Cybersecurity, 2005); "The Customary International Law Game" (with George Norman in 99 American Journal of International Law 541, 2005); "Jurisdiction in WTO Dispute Settlement," (in Key Issues in WTO Dispute Settlement, 2005); and "Negotiations on Domestic Regulation and Trade in Services (GATS Article VI): A Legal Analysis of Selected Current Issues" (in Reforming the World Trading System, 2005).
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