Harlan Grant Cohen

University of Georgia School of Law

Gabriel M. Wilner/UGA Foundation Professor in International Law

Hirsch Hall

Athens , GA 30602

United States

University of Georgia - Dean Rusk International Law Center

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Athens, GA 30602-6018

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1.

Can International Law Work? A Constructivist Expansion

Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 27, 2009 , UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-007
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jun 2009
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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rational choice, international law

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Finding International Law: Rethinking the Doctrine of Sources

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 93, 2007
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 May 2007 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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'Undead' Wartime Cases: Stare Decisis and the Lessons of History

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 84, 2010, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-003
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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stare decisis, precedent, history

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Theorizing Precedent in International Law

Interpretation in International Law (Andrea Bianchi, Daniel Peat & Matthew Windsor, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-13, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-09
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Prosecutor v. Tadic, international law, international tribunals, precedent, delegation, compliance, authority

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Legitimacy and International Courts - A Framework

Legitimacy and International Courts (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming) , University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-10, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2017-04, PluriCourts Research Paper No.17-03
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Harlan Grant Cohen, Andreas Follesdal, Nienke Grossman and Geir Ulfstein
University of Georgia School of Law, Pluricourts, University of Baltimore - School of Law and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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international law, international courts, international tribunals, International Court of Justice, World Trade Organization, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, European Court of Human Rights

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International Law’s Erie Moment

Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 34, 2013, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-11
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, international tribunals, interpretation, negotiated law, adjudicated law, international adjudication, precedent, treaties, non-treaty international law, custom, general principles of international law, international common law

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Supremacy and Diplomacy: The International Law of the U.S. Supreme Court

Berkeley Journal of International Law, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Nov 2005
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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What is International Trade Law for?

Forthcoming in American Journal of International Law, Vol. 113 (April 2019), IILJ Working Paper 2018/6 (MegaReg Series), University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-44, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2018-08
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2019
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, international economics, trade, globalization, trade agreements, human rights, World Trade Organization, free trade, trade protections, tariffs, barriers, distribution of wealth

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Formalism and Distrust: Foreign Affairs Law in the Roberts Court

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 83, 2015, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-12, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-10
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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national security, foreign affairs, international law, executive power, Supreme Court, constitutional law, functionalist, formalist, executive branch

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From International Law to International Conflicts of Law: The Fragmentation of Legitimacy

American Society of International Law Proceedings, Forthcoming , UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-13
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Jun 2010
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Fragmentation

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Finding International Law, Part II: Our Fragmenting Legal Community

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (JILP), Vol. 44, 2011, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-10
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 May 2011
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, legal theory, human rights, administrative law, international tribunals

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Historical American Perspectives on International Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-005
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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International law, American legal history

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Nations and Markets

Journal of International Economic Law (Forthcoming), University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-24
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Sep 2020
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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national security, economics, internatinal trade, international law, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, TikTok, World Trade Organization

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International Precedent and the Practice of International Law

International Precedent and the Practice of International Law, in Negotiating State and Non-State Law: The Challenge of Global and Local Legal Pluralism (Michael A. Helfand, ed. 2015 Forthcoming), UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-11, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-04
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 May 2015 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, precedent, international arbitration, international human rights, international criminal law, global administrative law, jurisgenerative process, communities of practice

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Metaphors of International Law

International Law’s Invisible Frames – Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes (Andrea Bianchi & Moshe Hirsch eds., Oxford U. Press, 2021 Forthcoming), University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-17
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Jul 2020
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, language, natural law, international relations, internet, cyberspace, trade

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A Politics-Reinforcing Political Question Doctrine

49 Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-20, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2016-11
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 13 May 2016
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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political question, separation of powers, international law, Zivotofsky I, Zivotofsky II, president, Congress, foreign policy, Marbury v. Madison, foreign affairs, national security, constitutional law, Logan Act, War Powers Resolution, Congressional-Executive Agreements, Sole Executive Agreements

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Multilateralism's Life-Cycle

112 American Journal of International Law (2018 Forthcoming)., University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-01, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2018-01
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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multilateralism, multipolarity, international organizations, global governance, treaties, international law, linkages

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Journeys Through Space and Time While Reading International Law and the Politics of History, Found on a Palimpsest, Translated for You, the Reader

University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-06
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Anne Orford, International law, international law and the politics of history, international law sources, international legal theory, legal history, law and humanities

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International Law in a Time of Scarcity: An Introduction

Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 42, 2013, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-10, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-05
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 May 2015 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, environment, natural resources, commodities, food, energy, water, governance

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International Law as Behavior: An Agenda

International Law as Behavior (Harlan Grant Cohen & Timothy Meyer eds., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming). , University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-01, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2020-01
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Jan 2020
Harlan Grant Cohen and Timothy Meyer
University of Georgia School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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international law, acts, practice, international relations, psychology, soft law, deadlines, anthropology, criminal tribunals, neuroscience, human rights, diplomacy, cooperation, sanctions, bias

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Are We (Americans) All International Legal Realists Now?

Concepts on International Law in Europe and the United States, (Chiara Giorgetti & Guglielmo Verdirame, eds., Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming)., University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-23, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Aug 2017
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, legal realism, United States, international relations, international legal process, U.S. foreign relations, norms, rules

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Lawyers and Precedent

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 46, p. 1025, 2013, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-14
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Apr 2014
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, lawyers, nongovernmental organizations, precedent, interpretation

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Fragmentation

Fundamental Concepts for International Law: The Construction of a Discipline (Jean d’Aspremont & Sahib Singh, eds.) (Forthcoming) , UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-22, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2016-12
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 May 2016
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, International Court of Justice, Prosecutor v. Dusko Tadic, international tribunals, international courts, jurisdictional or interpretative fragmentation, regulatory fragmentation, normative fragmentation, World Trade Organization

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From Fragmentation to Constitutionalization

Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal, Vol. 24, 2011, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Dec 2011
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, fragmentation, constitutionalization, human rights

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The Plural Sources of Customary International Law

University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 01, 2023, forthcoming in Interpretation of CIL: Methods, Interpretative Choices and the Role of Coherence, Panos Merkouris, Andreas Follesdal, Geir Ulfstein, Pauline Westerman, Marina Fortuna, and Kostiantyn Gorobets, eds., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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customary international law, international law

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Zivotofsky II's Two Visions for Foreign Relations Law

109 AJIL Unbound 10 (2015), UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-17, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-02
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Zivotofsky v. Kerry, Justice Kennedy, Chief Justice Roberts, Supreme Court, foreign relations, international law, Israel, United States, passport, recognition of states

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The American Challenge to International Law: A Tentative Framework for Debate

Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2003
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Dec 2007
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Culture Clash: The Sociology of WTO Precedent

Precedents as Rules and Practice (C.H.Beck/Hart/Nomos, Amalie Frese and Julius Schumann, eds. 2021), University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-14
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, international trade, international economic law, international courts, international dispute resolution, jurisprudence, and legal theory

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International Decision: Munaf v. Geren

American Journal of International Law, Vol. 102, 2008, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-011
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Dec 2008
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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Habeas corpus, Iraq, torture

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Book Review: Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World

113 Am. J. Int'l L. __ (Forthcoming April 2019)., University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-01, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2019-01
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Jan 2019
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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human rights, international law, social justice, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, neoliberalism

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The Death of Deference and the Domestication of Treaty Law

Brigham Young University Law Review, Forthcoming, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-34, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2015-08
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Nov 2015
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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foreign relations, international law, international agreements, interpretation, executive branch, president, treaty deference, domestication

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Judicialization and Public Support for Compliance with International Commitments

University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-03
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Mar 2022
Harlan Grant Cohen and Ryan Powers
University of Georgia School of Law and University of Georgia
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International Law, international commitments

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The Primitive Lawyer Speaks!: Thoughts on the Concepts of International and Rabbinic Laws

Villanova Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-26, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2019-07
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Aug 2019
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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international law, policymaking, international relations, H.L.A. Hart, religious law, Rabbinic Laws, soft law

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...And Trade

2019 U. Ill. L. Rev. Online 48 (2019)., University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-16, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2019-06
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Apr 2019
Harlan Grant Cohen
University of Georgia School of Law
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International law, trade, World Trade Organization, tariffs, Brexit, Trans-Pacific Partnership, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, social welfare, social inclusion, human rights