J.D. 2002, Yale Law School; M.P.A. 2002, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; B.A. 1997 (magna cum laude), University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Atuahene has varied experiences in the field of law and international development. She has worked as a legal consultant for the World Bank and as a human rights investigator for the Center for Economic and Social Rights, where she received Amnesty International’s Patrick Stewart Human Rights Award for her work with human rights organizations throughout South America. Professor Atuahene was in South Africa as a Fulbright Scholar. She served as a judicial clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, working for Justices Madala and Ngcobo. She then practiced as an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York, where she focused on sovereign debt and real estate transactions. Professor Atuahene joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 2005. Broadly, her research deals with the confiscation and restitution of property. She teaches Law, Policy and International Development; Property; and International Business Transactions.
Articles
From Reparation to Restoration: Moving Beyond Restoring Property Rights to Restoring Political and Economic Visibility, SMU Law Review (2007)
Abstract: How does a democratic state legitimize strong property rights when property arrangements are widely...
Land Titling: A Mode of Privatization with the Potential to Deepen Democracy, Saint Louis University Law Journal (2006)
Land titling is a form of privatization in that public assets are transferred to private...
Legal Title to Land as an Intervention Against Urban Poverty in Developing Nations, George Washington International Law Review (2004)
One intervention intended to ameliorate poverty and its subsidiary effects is the distribution of legal...
The Effectiveness of International Legislative Responses to the Helms-Burton Act, Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico (2000)
The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act (Helms-Burton Act) is the latest appendage to...
Popular Press
Unpublished Papers
Property Induced Invisibility in The Short End of the Stick (forthcoming) (2008)
The Role of Race in Law, Markets, and Social Structures (eds. Emma Jordan and Charles...