Frank J. Garcia joined the BC Law faculty in 2001. He had been an associate professor at the Florida State University College of Law since 1993. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of the Republic in Uruguay, as Visiting Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and as the Katherine A. Ryan Distinguished Visiting Professor at the St. Mary's University School of Law/University of Innsbruck, Austria. Professor Garcia received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Reed College in 1985, and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1989. He was a law clerk for Andrews & Kurth in Texas and Davis Wright Tremaine in Oregon , and an associate in the Oregon firm Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey from 1990-1993.
Books
Global Justice and International Economic Law: Opportunities and Prospects (with Chios Carmody and John Linarelli) (2012)
Forthcoming
Developing a Normative Critique of International Trade Law, Bremen Working Paper (2012)
Theories of Justice and International Economic Law (with Lindita Ciko), Research Handbook on Global Justice and International Economic Law (2012)
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
Banking and Finance
Justice, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Problem of Inequality, Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System (2009)
The Bretton Woods Institutions are, together with the WTO, the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
Evaluating IMF Crisis Prevention as a Matter of Global Justice, ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law (2008)
Civil Law
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Civil Rights
Justice, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Problem of Inequality, Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System (2009)
The Bretton Woods Institutions are, together with the WTO, the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
Trade Justice and Security, Trade as Guarantor of Peace, Liberty and Security? Critical Historical and Empirical Perspectives (2006)
[Refers to Revised Draft, December 9, 2005]
The social psychology literature on justice suggests that...
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Commercial Law
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
The ‘Fair’ Trade Law of Nations, or a ‘Fair’ Global Law of Economic Relations?, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2007)
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression and Consent in Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2007)
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise,...
Corporations
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
Economics
Justice, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Problem of Inequality, Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System (2009)
The Bretton Woods Institutions are, together with the WTO, the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
Evaluating IMF Crisis Prevention as a Matter of Global Justice, ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law (2008)
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression and Consent in Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2007)
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise,...
Trade and Justice: Linking the Trade Linkage Debates, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1998)
Global Justice
Globalization
The Doha Round, Justice, and the Transformative Power of Crisis, Castan Centre for Human Rights (2009)
Human Rights Law
Justice, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Problem of Inequality, Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System (2009)
The Bretton Woods Institutions are, together with the WTO, the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
Integrating Trade and Human Rights in the Americas, International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues (2006)
This paper analyzes the relationship between the OAS Inter-American human rights system and several regional...
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
The Global Market and Human Rights: Trading Away the Human Rights Principle, Brooklyn Journal of International Law (1999)
Reprinted in Human Rights, edited by Robert McCorquodale, 359-405. Aldershot, Hants., UK: Ashgate/Dartmouth, 2003.
International Law
Comment: Doha, Security and Justice – A Response to Prof. Raj Bhala, University of St. Thomas Law Journal (2012)
Theories of Justice and International Economic Law (with Lindita Ciko), Research Handbook on Global Justice and International Economic Law (2012)
The ‘Fair’ Trade Law of Nations, or a ‘Fair’ Global Law of Economic Relations?, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2007)
Why Trade Law Needs a Theory of Justice, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law) (2006)
International Trade
Developing a Normative Critique of International Trade Law, Bremen Working Paper (2012)
Justice, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Problem of Inequality, Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System (2009)
The Bretton Woods Institutions are, together with the WTO, the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
Global Justice and the Bretton Woods Institutions, Journal of International Economic Law (2007)
Together with the WTO, the Bretton Woods Institutions are the preeminent international institutions devoted to...
The ‘Fair’ Trade Law of Nations, or a ‘Fair’ Global Law of Economic Relations?, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2007)
Law and Economics
Theories of Justice and International Economic Law (with Lindita Ciko), Research Handbook on Global Justice and International Economic Law (2012)
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
The ‘Fair’ Trade Law of Nations, or a ‘Fair’ Global Law of Economic Relations?, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2007)
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression and Consent in Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2007)
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise,...
Law and Society
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression and Consent in Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2007)
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise,...
Trade Justice and Security, Trade as Guarantor of Peace, Liberty and Security? Critical Historical and Empirical Perspectives (2006)
[Refers to Revised Draft, December 9, 2005]
The social psychology literature on justice suggests that...
Globalization, Global Community and the Possibility of Global Justice, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2005)
In this essay, I suggest five ways in which globalization is changing the cosmopolitan/communitarian debate...
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Legal Analysis and Writing
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Politics
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Selected Professional Activities
Teaching for Global Understanding in the 21st Century Keynote Address, Primary Source (2012)
Committee Member, AALS Special Advisory Committee on Global Initiatives (2012)
Doha, Security and Justice: A Response to Prof. Raj Bhala, University of St. Thomas Law Journal Annual Lecture (2011)
Arguing for a Framework of Consensual Trade Agreements, Monash Law School Faculty Seminar (2011)
Putting the 'Trade' Back in Free Trade Agreements, WTO Scholars Forum, University College London (2011)
Social Welfare
Globalization and the Theory of International Law, International Legal Theory (2005)
The dominant modern account of the social basis of international law has been the "society...
Trade Regulation
The Moral Hazard Problem in Global Economic Regulation, IALS Conference on The Law of International Business Transactions: A Global Perspective (2008)
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem....
Evaluating IMF Crisis Prevention as a Matter of Global Justice, ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law (2008)
A "Fair" Trade Law of Nations or a "Fair" Global Law of Economic Relations?, Alberta Law Review (2007)
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression and Consent in Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Seattle Journal for Social Justice (2007)
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise,...
Integrating Trade and Human Rights in the Americas, International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues (2006)
This paper analyzes the relationship between the OAS Inter-American human rights system and several regional...
No subject area
Between Cosmopolis and Community: Globalization and the Emerging Basis for Global Justice, NYU Journal of International Law & Politics (2013)
Globalization is fundamentally transforming economic and social relations but its impact has yet to be...
Just Trade Under Law: Do We Need a Theory of Justice for International Trade Relations?, Boston College Law School Faculty Papers (2006)
The Salmon Case: Evolution of Balancing Mechanisms for Non-Trade Values in WTO, Trade and Human Health and Safety (2006)
Beyond Special and Differential Treatment, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review (2004)
Developing country concern over flawed special and differential treatment (S&D) provisions has already contributed to...