Producing International Impact
Preparing Attorneys For An Era Of Increasing Globalization
The faculty of Pacific McGeorge are at the forefront of a national movement to globalize legal education. Learn mor on how Pacific McGeorge is producing international impact in sustainable development and in developing legal infrastructure.
"Global Issues" Casebook Series
In addition to introducing international, transnational and comparative law issues into their own Civil Procedure, Torts, Contracts, Property, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Corporate Law, Legal Ethics, and various elective courses, as of this point, thirteen members of the Pacific McGeorge faculty of are co-authors of books in the innovative “Global Issues” casebook series published by Thomson-West.
This series, conceived of by Professor Franklin Gevurtz who serves as series editor, allows professors at law schools around the country to introduce international, transnational and comparative law material into traditionally domestic courses.
Providing Critical Guidance To Government
Professor Michael P. Malloy submitted written evidence in a wide-ranging inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee of the United Kingdom House of Lords into the impact of economic sanctions.
A recognized international authority on the subject, Professor Malloy had written a related study for the National Foreign Trade Council in Washington, D.C. and has written on the subject of international economic sanctions -- including successive books for Little, Brown & Co. (now Aspen) and Kluwer Law International -- for a quarter century.
Influencing Transnational Litigation
An article by Professor Frank Gevurtz provided the legal theory used in litigation arising out of a major international scandal. Citing Gevurtz’ Using the Antitrust Laws to Combat Overseas Bribery by Foreign Competitors, 27 Va. J Int’l L. 211, a group of American wheat farmers filed a lawsuit last year when it was discovered that AWB Limited, an Australian wheat exporter, bribed the Saddam Hussein regime under the UN Oil for Food Program in exchange for a monopoly in the Iraqi wheat market.
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, dismissed the claim, stating that the legal theory developed in Gevurtz’ article did not apply, since the framers failed to claim they would have exported their wheat to Iraq but for the bribery. Rather, the suit only alleged that they were the indirect victims of lower prices in the U.S. market.
Promoting Public Understanding Of Trade
Professor Marjorie Florestal launched a TradeVoices.com to provide a forum within which develop a true understanding of trade issues: “What is free trade? How did it develop and where is it going? How does it affect our lives?”
Professor Florestal says that trade is about more than producing wealth; it is also about granting freedom. Her website hosts conversations with trade policy experts and practitioners, as well as essays and commentary by Florestal.