My research addresses problems across a range of public and private international law topics. These include questions about international regulatory cooperation, foreign investment, international trade, theories of international law, and rational choice approaches to international law. I have recently published a book entitled "How International Law Works" (Oxford Univ. Press 2008), and am completing a casebook on International Trade (with Joost Pauwelyn). My most recent research includes work on a somewhat eclectic mix of topics, including: international tribunals, soft law, the safety of imported products, and climate change.
A. Books
International Trade Law: Cases and Materials, Aspen Publishers (with Joost Pauwelyn) (2009)
A casebook for courses in international trade law.
How International Law Works, Oxford University Press (2008)
How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why...
Research Handbook in International Economic Law, Elgar Publishing (with Alan O. Sykes) (2007)
This edited volume features chapters from leading legal thinkers outlining the current state and future...
B. Work in Progress
A Strategy for Cooperation in Global Competition Policy, Regulation and Competition in the Global Economy: Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy (2010)
Studying How International Law Works, International Theory (2009)
This comment serves as the introduction to a symposium on my book, How International Law...
Studying How International Law Works: Response to Commentators, International Theory (2009)
This is a response to the discussion of commentators in a symposium on my book,...
C. International Economic Law
A Strategy for Cooperation in Global Competition Policy, Regulation and Competition in the Global Economy: Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy (2010)
Keeping Imports Safe: A Proposal For Discriminatory Regulation Of International Trade (with Kenneth A. Bamberger), California Law Review (2008)
The benefits of overseas outsourcing have come at a cost. Americans enjoy unprecedented levels of...
D. Foreign Direct Investment
Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000, International Organization (2006)
Over the past forty-five years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have become the most important international...
Why LDCs Sign Treaties That Hurt Them: Explaining the Popularity of Bilateral Investment Treaties, Virginia Journal of International Law (1998)
E. International Trade
International Trade Law: Cases and Materials, Aspen Publishers (with Joost Pauwelyn) (2009)
A casebook for courses in international trade law.
Standard of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution, Cornell Journal of International Law (2009)
This article considers how the WTO judicial organs should determine the standard of review in...
Dispute Resolution in SPS Cases, Ten Years of WTO Dispute Settlement (2007)
The Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) aims to find the right equilibrium...
Power Plays and Capacity Constraints: The Selection of Defendants in WTO Disputes (with Beth A. Simmons), Journal of Legal Studies (2005)
This paper examines the relationship between the wealth and power of states and their ability...
F. Public International Law
Explaining Soft Law (with Timothy L. Meyer), Journal of Legal Analysis (2009)
Although the concept of soft law has existed for years, scholars have not reached consensus...
International Common Law: The Soft Law of International Tribunals (with Timothy L. Meyer), Chicago Journal of International Law (2009)
Rising legalization in the international community has lead to greater use of international tribunals and...
Sea Walls Are Not Enough: Climate Change and U.S. Interests (with Jody Freeman), Columbia Law Review (2009)
The public policy debate on the appropriate American response to climate change is now in...
Studying How International Law Works, International Theory (2009)
This comment serves as the introduction to a symposium on my book, How International Law...
G. Empirical Studies
Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1960-2000, International Organization (2006)
Over the past forty-five years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have become the most important international...
Power Plays and Capacity Constraints: The Selection of Defendants in WTO Disputes (with Beth A. Simmons), Journal of Legal Studies (2005)
This paper examines the relationship between the wealth and power of states and their ability...
To Settle or Empanel? An Empirical Analysis of Litigation and Settlement at the WTO (with Beth A. Simmons), Journal of Legal Studies (2002)
This paper seeks to understand the factors that cause disputes at the World Trade Organization...
H. Other Topics
Sea Walls Are Not Enough: Climate Change and U.S. Interests (with Jody Freeman), Columbia Law Review (2009)
The public policy debate on the appropriate American response to climate change is now in...
Choice and Federal Intervention in Corporate Law (with Stephen Choi), Virginia Law Review (2001)
Arbitrator Liability: Reconciling Arbitration and Mandatory Rules, Duke Law Journal (2000)
In this Article, Professor Guzman resolves the tension that exists between mandatory legal rules and...