Kal Raustiala

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

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385 Charles E. Young Dr. East

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1.

The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 92, p. 1687, 2006, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 06-04
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 26 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2012
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Intellectual property law, fashion design, fashion industry

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International Law, International Relations and Compliance

Princeton Law & Public Affairs Paper No. 02-2, THE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Walter Carlnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth Simmons, eds., Sage Publications, Ltd., 2002, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 347260
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2007
Kal Raustiala and Anne-Marie Slaughter
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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The Architecture of International Cooperation: Transgovernmental Networks and the Future of International Law

Number of pages: 93 Posted: 24 Sep 2002
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 37-97, 2009, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 09-16
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 May 2009
Stephen R. Munzer and Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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copyright, digital, indigenous peoples, intellectual property, international law, legal philosophy, patent, property, public domain, restitution, trademark, trade secret, traditional knowledge

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The Second Digital Disruption: Streaming & the Dawn of Data-Driven Creativity

94 New York University Law Review 1555 (2019), UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-28, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 18-30, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-41
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2020
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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copyright, IP, intellectual property, streaming, competition, piracy, authorship, pornography, netflix, amazon, apple, innovation, disruption, technology

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The Rise of International Regime Complexity

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The Rise of International Regime Complexity

Annual Review of Law and Social Sciences, 2018, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-47, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 17-30
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2018
Karen J. Alter and Kal Raustiala
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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International cooperation, global governance, regime complex, international law, multilateralism, world order

The Rise of International Regime Complexity

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 14, pp. 329-349, 2018
Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Karen J. Alter and Kal Raustiala
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

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Form and Substance in International Agreements

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 23 Feb 2004
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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International law, compliance, cooperation

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The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation (Intro)

Oxford University Press, 2012, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 12-18
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2012
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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The Role of NGOs in International Treaty-Making

The Oxford Guide to Treaties, Oxford University Press (2012), UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 11-31
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2012
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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NGOs, treaties, international law, international organizations

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Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: A Political Analysis

UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 08-14
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Robert O. Keohane and Kal Raustiala
Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Global climate change, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, emissions reductions, international cooperation

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The Regime Complex for Plant Genetic Resources

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Oct 2003
Kal Raustiala and David G. Victor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and UC San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy
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international regimes, property rights, environment, intellectual property

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Nonstate Actors in the Global Climate Regime

UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 07-29
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2014
Kal Raustiala and Natalie Bridgeman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and International Human Rights Counsel
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global climate change, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), international law, international cooperation, government agencies, non-government agencies

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The Piracy Paradox Revisited

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 5, 2009, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 09-11, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2009-10
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2014
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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copyright law, fashion design, copyright protection

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When are IP Rights Necessary? Evidence from Innovation in IP's Negative Space

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. I -- Theory) Peter Menell & Ben Depoorter, eds. (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016), UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 16-15
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2016
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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intellectual property, IP, innovation, law and economics, patent, copyright, trademark, negative space

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The Evolution of Territoriality: International Relations and American Law

TERRITORIALITY AND CONFLICT IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, Miles Kahler & Barbara Walter, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2006, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 05-6
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Apr 2005
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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territorial boundaries, globalization, territorial sovereignty

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Where IP Isn't

Virginia Law Review, In Brief, January 22, 2007, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 07-05
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Feb 2007
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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global fashion industry, intellectual property protection, copyright on creative goods

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Cultural Appropriation and the Global Fashion Industry

UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-23
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2023
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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fashion; innovation; cultural appropriation; property; intellectual property

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Let Them Eat Fake Cake: The Rational Weakness of China’s Anti-Counterfeiting Policy

Forthcoming in Beebe, Sun & Sunder (eds.), The Luxury Economy and Intellectual Property: Critical Reflections, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-10, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2015
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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China, trademark, copyright, counterfeits, luxury goods, fashion, piracy, counterfeiting

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Faster Fashion: The Piracy Paradox and its Perils

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2021, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 21-23, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 21-10, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 21-20
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 May 2021 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2021
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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fashion, copyright, trademark, copying

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Governing the Internet

110 American Journal of International Law 491 (2016) , UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-33
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2016
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Internet, global governance, ICANN, multistakeholder, multilateral, cooperation

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Refining the Limits of International Law

Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 34, 2006, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 06-02
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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international law, international cooperation, limitations on international institutions

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Institutional Proliferation and the International Legal Order

Dunoff and Pollack, eds, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art, Cambridge, 2012, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 12-21
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2012
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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international orders, institutional density

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Does the Constitution Follow the Flag? The Evolution of Extraterritoriality in American Law

DOES THE CONSTITUTION FOLLOW THE FLAG? THE EVOLUTION OF EXTRATERRITORIALITY IN AMERICAN LAW, Oxford University Press, 2009, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 08-34
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2009
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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U.S. Law, changes in territoriality and extraterritoriality regulations, constitutional and statutory law

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The Geography of Justice

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Apr 2005
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Guantanamo, extraterritoriality, constitution

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Density & Conflict in International Intellectual Property Law

University of California at Davis Law Review, Forthcoming, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law Research Paper No. 06-31
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Jul 2006
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Intellectual Property (IP), international IP rules, human rights

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The Global Struggle Over Geographic Indications

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The Global Struggle Over Geographic Indications

UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 06-32
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
Kal Raustiala and Stephen R. Munzer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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international law, international intellectual property, geographic indications

The Global Struggle Over Geographic Indications

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pp. 337-365, 2007
Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Kal Raustiala and Stephen R. Munzer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

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Rethinking Post-Sale Confusion

108 Trademark Reporter 881 (2018), NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 18-28, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-30
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
Kal Raustiala and Christopher Jon Sprigman
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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trademark, post-sale confusion, law and economics, intellectual property, luxury goods

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The Global Governance of the Internet

in Duncan Snidal & Michael N. Barnnett (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Institutions (OUP, Forthcoming 2023), Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-17
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2022
Duncan B. Hollis and Kal Raustiala
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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cyberspace, internet, internet governance, digital governance, multilateralism, multistakeholder, 'splinternet', regime complex

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Intellectual Property in the Information Age: American & Chinese Perspectives

Prepared for Penn Volume on the US, China & International Law, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-30
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2019
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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intellectual property, innovation, China, technology, patent, copyright, trademark, WIPO, WTO

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Empire and Extraterritoriality in 20th Century America

Southwestern Law Review, 2011, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 11-12
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 May 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2011
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Extraterritoriality, Territorial Control, Postwar American Empire, British Empire, Military Control

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The Council and the Court: Law and Politics in the Rise of the International Criminal Court

94 Texas Law Review 713 (2016), UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-13
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2016
David Kaye and Kal Raustiala
University of California, Irvine School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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International Criminal Court, UN Security Council, rule of law, global justice

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Al Maqaleh v. Gates

American Journal of International Law, Vol. 104, No. 4, 2010, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 11-03
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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constitutional rights of detained non-citizens, conflict in Afganistan, Bagram Air Base

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Public Power and Private Stakeholders

UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-26
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2017
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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regulatory power, global governance, multistakeholder governance, private stakeholders, public power

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Book Review: The Democracy Deficit by Alfred C. Aman

Journal of Legal Studies, 2005, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 06-06
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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global governance, administrative law

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Offshoring the War on Terror

Kal Raustiala, DOES THE CONSTITUTION FOLLOW THE FLAG?: THE EVOLUTION OF TERRITORIALITY IN AMERICAN LAW, Oxford University Press, 2009, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 09-07
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2009
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Guantanamo Bay, offshore prisons, extraterritorial jurisdiction

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Police Patrols & Fire Alarms in the Naaec

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 May 2005
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, environmental law enforcement, treaty monitoring

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The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire

Forthcoming, Oxford University Press, 2022, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-09
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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United Nations, Peacekeeping, Mediation, Cold War, Colonialism, Empire, Decolonization

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More Territory, More Trouble: Can Trump Seize Greenland?

Just Security, February 2025, UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 25-7
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Trump, Territory, Colonialism, Greenland, Panama, Insular Cases

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Sovereignty and Multilateralism

Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2000, UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 2000-01
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 May 2017 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2017
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Sovereignty, multilateralism, stakeholder, international organization

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The Fight Against China’s Bribe Machine: The Pitfalls of Conducting US Foreign Policy Through the Courts

UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-14
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 27 Apr 2022
Kal Raustiala and Nicholas Barile
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Corruption, Belt and Road Initiative, FCPA, Bribery

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Who will Govern Gaza? Lessons from 1957

Just Security, February 2024 (Forthcoming), UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-7
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Israel, Gaza, United Nations, Governance, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Suez, Peacekeeping

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Ralph Bunche and the Birth of UN Peacekeeping.

UCLA School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-31
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Dec 2022
Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law
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Peacekeeping, United Nations, Decolonization, Cold War