A Roadmap for Foreign Official Immunity Cases in U.S. Courts, 90 Fordham L. Rev. 677 (2021) (with William S. Dodge). FULLTEXTSSRN
Cybercrime vs. Cyberwar: Paradigms for Addressing Malicious Cyber Activity, 11 J. Nat'l Sec. L. & Pol'y 327 (2021) (with Mieke Eoyang). FULLTEXTSSRN
Prosecuting Foreign States, 61 Va. J. Int'l L. 221 (2021). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability, Part I: Written Testimony, Harv. Nat'l Sec. J. Online (2021). URL
To Litigate a Pandemic: Cases in the United States Against China and the Chinese Communist Party and Foreign Sovereign Immunities, 19 Chinese J. Int'l . 229 (June 2020). FULLTEXT
Attribution by Indictment, 113 AJIL Unbound 207 (2019). FULLTEXTSSRN
Between Law and Diplomacy: The Conundrum of Common Law Immunity, 54 Ga. L. Rev. 217 (2019). FULLTEXTSSRN
Cybersecurity Provisions and Trade Agreements, 10 Harv. Bus. L. Rev. Online 1 (2019) (with Harry Clark). URL
The Law Against Family Separation, 51 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 432 (2019) (with Carrie F. Cordero & Heidi Li Feldman). FULLTEXTSSRN
Explaining International Acts, 63 McGill L.J. 649 (2018). SSRN
Categorizing Acts by State Officials: Attribution and Responsibility in the Law of Foreign Official Immunity, 26 Duke J. Comp. & Int'l L. 451 (2016). FULLTEXTSSRN
Complicity in International Law: Remarks on Complicity Under the Alien Tort Statute, 109 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 175 (2015). URL
Functional Immunity of State Officials Before the International Law Commission: The “Who” and the “What", 17 QIL, Zoom-out 51 (2015). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
Horizontal Enforcement and the ILC’s Proposed Draft Articles on the Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction, 109 AJIL Unbound 161 (2015). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
Prosecute, Sue, or Deport? Transnational Accountability in International Law, 164 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 1 (2015). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
The Three C’s of Jurisdiction Over Human Rights Claims in U.S. Courts, 113 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions 67 (2015). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
International Decisions: Jones v. United Kingdom, 108 Am. J. Int'l L 302 (2014).
Germany v. Italy and the Limits of Horizontal Enforcement: Some Reflections from a United States Perspective, 11 J. Int'l Crim. Just. 167 (2013). FULLTEXTURL
State Courts and Transitory Torts in Transnational Human Rights Cases, 3 U.C. Irvine L. Rev. 81 (2013). FULLTEXTURL
Optimizing Liability for Extraterritorial Torts: A Response to Professor Sykes, 100 Geo. L.J. 2211 (2012). FULLTEXT
Panel Proceedings, The Future of Alien Tort Litigation: Kiobel and Beyond, 106 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. 487 (March 2012). FULLTEXTURL
Remarks: Some Functions of Alien Tort Statute Litigation, 43 Geo. J. Int'l L. 1015 (2012). FULLTEXT
The Forgotten History of Foreign Official Immunity, 87 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 704 (2012). FULLTEXTSSRN
Annotated Brief of Professors of Public International Law and Comparative Law as Amici Curiae in Samantar v. Yousuf, 15 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 609 (2011). FULLTEXTURL
Foreign Official Immunity After Samantar, 44 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 837 (2011). FULLTEXT
Foreign Official Immunity and the "Baseline" Problem, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 605 (2011). FULLTEXT
Framing Constitutional Rights, 40 Sw. L. Rev. 617 (2011). FULLTEXT
Rights Beyond Borders, 36 Yale J. Int'l L. 55 (2011). FULLTEXT
The Politics of Corporate Alien Tort Cases, 2011 Pepp. L. Rev. Online 23 (2011). FULLTEXTSSRN
Officially Immune? A Response to Bradley and Goldsmith, 36 Yale J. Int'l L. Online (2010). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
The Common Law of Foreign Official Immunity, 14 Green Bag 2d 61 (2010). FULLTEXTSSRNURL
Associate Statehood: Principles and Prospects, 3 Faroese L. Rev. 13 (2003). FULLTEXTSSRN
Free Association: The United States Experience, 39 Tex. Int'l L.J. 1 (2003) (with W. Michael Reisman). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Challenge of Building an Inter-Communal Rule of Law in Helen Hunt Jackson's Ramona, 15 Law & Lit. 53 (2003) (peer reviewed). FULLTEXTSSRN
Victim or Vamp? Images of Violent Women in the Criminal Justice System, 11 Colum. J. Gender & L. 38 (2002). FULLTEXTSSRN
Comment, Crafting the International Criminal Court: Trials and Tribulations in Article 98(2), 6 UCLA J. Int'l L. & Foreign Aff. 215 (2001). FULLTEXTSSRN
National Self-Determination in Historical Perspective 1789/1989: The Legacy of the French Revolution for Today's Debates, 2 Int'l Stud. Rev. 3 (Autumn 2000) (peer reviewed). FULLTEXTSSRN
Nationalism and War in the French Revolution, 17 ASEN Bull. 12 (Summer 1999) (peer reviewed).
The "False Promise" of Civic Nationalism, 28 Millennium: J. Int'l Stud. 341 (1999) (peer reviewed). URL
Power and Identity in Nationalist Conflicts, 8 Oxford Int'l Rev. 1 (1997).
Mandate for Change: An Analysis of the Elections in France, 17 Harvard Int'l Rev. 54 (1995). URL
Chapters In Books
The Extraterritorial Rights of Refugees, inResearch Handbook on Extraterritoriality in International Law 293 (Austen Parrish & Cedric Ryngaert eds., Edward Elgar Pub. 2023). URL
Sovereignty, Humanity, and Justice: Reflections on the U.S. Law of Foreign Sovereign Immunity, inSovereign Immunity Under Pressure: Norms, Values and Interests 9 (Régis Bismuth et al., eds., Springer 2022). CATALOG
Authority and Dialogue: State and Official Immunity in Domestic and International Courts, inConcepts of International Law in Europe and the United States ___ (Chiara Giorgetti & Guglielmo Verdirame, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2021). URL
Foreign Election Interference and International Law, inDefending Democracies: Combating Foreign Election Interference in a Digital Age 179 (Jens David Ohlin & Duncan B. Hollis eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2021). URL
Personal Jurisdiction and Fifth Amendment Due Process Revisited, inThe Restatement and Beyond: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Foreign Relations Law 231 (Paul B. Stephan & Sarah A. Cleveland eds., Oxford Univ. Press 2020). CATALOGURL
The Law and Politics of the “Shifting Border”, inThe shifting border: Legal cartographies of migration and mobility (Ayelet Shachar in dialogue) Chap. 6 (Peter Niesen, ed., Manchester Univ. Press 2020). URL
Immunities of Foreign Officials from Civil Jurisdiction, inThe Cambridge Handbook of Immunities and International Law 525 (Tom Ruys, Nicolas Angelet, & Luca Ferro eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2019). CATALOGURL
From Conquest to Consent: Puerto Rico and the Prospects for Genuine Free Association, inReconsidering the Insular Cases 77 (Gerald Neuman & Tomiko Brown-Nagin, eds., Harvard Univ. Press 2015). URL
Adjudicating Acts of State, inForeign Affairs Litigation in U.S. Courts 49 (John Norton Moore, ed., Martinus Nijhoff 2013) (Sokol Colloquium, book 6). CATALOGURL
Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Jurisdiction and Immunities, inThe Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law 794 (Dinah Shelton ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2013). CATALOGURL
"Cheap Talk" About Customary International Law, inInternational Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change 494 (David L. Sloss, Michael D. Ramsey, & William S. Dodge eds., Cambridge Univ. Press 2011). CATALOG
Sabbatino, Sosa, and "Super Norms", inLooking to the Future: Essays on International Law in Honor of W. Michael Reisman 559 (Mahnoush H. Arsanjani et al. eds., Martinus Nijhoff 2010) (with Kenneth C. Randall). URL
Diplomacy, Reconsidered, The Lawfare Book Review (July 12, 2018) (reviewing James F. Dobbins, Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy (2017) & Ronan Farrow, War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence (2018)). URL
Is Liberal Democracy Doomed to Fail?, The Lawfare Book Review (Apr. 10, 2018) (reviewing Yascha Mounk, The People vs. Democracy: Why our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save it (2018)). URL
Book Review, 29 Law & Hist. Rev. 904 (2011) (reviewing Turan Kayaoğlu, Legal Imperialism: Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China (2010)). HEINWL
Book Review, 26 Law & Hist. Rev. 430 (2008) (reviewing Howard G. Brown, Ending the French Revolution: Violence, Justice, and Repression from the Terror to Napoleon (2006)). HEIN
Book Review, 25 Yale J. Int'l L. 237 (2000) (reviewing Brad R. Roth, Governmental Illegitimacy in International Law (1999)). HEINWL
Book Review, 6 Nations & Nationalism 461 (2000) (reviewing Patricia M. E. Lorcin, Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, Prejudice And Race In Colonial Algeria (1999)).
Book Review, 25 Yale J. Int'l L. 552 (2000) (reviewing Fernando Téson, A Philosophy Of International Law (1998)). HEINWL
Book Review, 5 Nations & Nationalism 577 (1999) (reviewing Martin Evans, The Memory Of Resistance (1997)).
Book Review, 5 Nations & Nationalism 311 (1999) (reviewing Steven Laurence Kaplan, Farewell, Revolution (1995)).
Freaks: Part II, 3 Boston Book Rev. ___ (Aug./Sep. 1996) (reviewing Leslie Fiedler, The Tyranny Of The Normal (1996)).
Reconcilable Differences, 3 Boston Book Rev. (Oct. 1996) (reviewing Amy Gutmann & Dennis Thompson, Democracy And Disagreement (1996)).
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Foreign Policy and Legal Implications of the Belarus Aircraft Piracy Indictment, Just Sec., Feb. 8, 2022. URL
Swalwell v. Trump and the Legitimate Scope of Federal Employment, Just Sec., July 19, 2021. URL
The Need for More Chris Stevenses: A Memorial Lecture at UC Hastings Law, Just. Sec., Apr. 23, 2021 (with Christina Ennis). URL
Deciphering the Mystery Subpoena Case: Corporate Claims to Foreign Sovereign Immunity from Criminal Proceedings in U.S. Courts, Lawfare, Dec. 31, 2018. URL
Dispelling Some Myths About Consular Immunity and the Khashoggi Investigation, Just Sec., Oct. 18, 2018. URL
Domestic and International Challenges to the Rule of Law , Opinio Juris, Nov. 19, 2018. URL
Regulating Data Privacy in an Interconnected World: How Far Does California, Bloomberg Law Insight, Jul. 18 , 2018.
Sovereignty on Steroids: International Institutions and the Trump Administration, Lawfare, Sep. 28, 2018. URL
What Are the Consequences of the Trump Administration, Just Sec., Oct. 17, 2018. URL
Invited contributor to symposium on Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008), Opinio Juris , Jun. 16, 18, 2015.
In First Case, Justices Look Overseas, S.F. Daily Journal, Oct. 8, 2015.
The Proverbial Parental Balancing Act, The Rhodes Project, Jun. 8, 2015. URL
Why I Talk About My Kids in Class, Ms. JD, Feb. 20, 2015. URL
Foreign Official Immunity and the Chinese Cyberespionage Indictments, Opinio Juris, May. 21, 2014. URL
Jones v. United Kingdom, Opinio Juris, Jan. 16, 2014. URL
The ATS after Kiobel: Less Bark but More Bite?, Opinio Juris, Apr. 18, 2014. URL
The Evolving Law of Foreign Official Immunity, Opinio Juris, Oct. 23, 2014. URL
Germany v. Italy: The International Court of Justice Affirms Principles of State Immunity, ASIL Insights, Feb. 14, 2012. URL
Germany v. Italy: A View from the United States, EJIL Talk, Feb. 15, 2012. URL
Square Pegs and Round Holes: Individuals and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Opinio Juris, Mar. 5, 2010. URL
Invited contributor to symposium on Peter Spiro's Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization, Opinio Juris , May 14, 2008.
Invited contributor to symposium on Susan Benesch's Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization, Opinio Juris , Apr. 17, 2008.
The Alien Tort Statute and International Law, Opinio Juris, Sep. 26, 2008. URL
Comment on Holland Am. Line, Inc. v. Wartsila N. Am., Inc. (9th Cir. 2007), 29 Cal. Civ. Litig. Rep., June, 2007, at 98.
Introductory Note to Cornejo v. San Diego (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals), 46 I.L.M. 1158, 2007 (with Kenneth C. Randall) (reprinted in 24 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Newsl. 8 (Jan./Mar. 2008)). LXHEINWLURL
Panel: Challenging the Assumption of Equality: The Due Process Rights of Foreign Litigants in U.S. Courts, 5 Santa Clara J. Int'l L. 410, 2007 (with Paul R. Dubinsky, Lee Boyd & Austen Parrish). HEINWLURL
The Seventh Circuit Again Finds Jurisdiction for Private Remedies for Violations of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, ASIL Insight, May, 2007 (with Kenneth C. Randall). URL
New Overtime Regulations Require Heightened Vigilance, S.F. Att'y, Spring, 2004, at 31 (with James M. Finberg) (reprinted inICFAI J. Emp. L. (July 2005)).
Seduced By Stereotypes, We Put Strong Women On Trial, PROVIDENCE J.–BULL., June 27, 1996, at 15.
Other Publications
Four Proposals to Neutralize Social Media’s Threat to Democracies, Tech. Policy Press (Jan. 20, 2022) (with Ram Fish). URL
Brief of Foreign Sovereign Immunity Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees, NSO Group Technologies Ltd. v. WhatsApp Inc. (2021) (with William S. Dodge). URL
Testimony of Chimène Keitner Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 'The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability' (June 23, 2020). URL
Breaking International Promises, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 275 (2018). URL
Introductory Note, Jones v. United Kingdom, (Eur. Ct. Hum. Rts., 2014), 53 I.L.M. 538 (2014).
Introductory Note, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, (Eur. Ct. Hum. Rts., 2013), 107 I.L.M. 990 (2013).
International and Foreign Law Sources: Siren Song for U.S. Judges? (Oct. 2007) Am. Const. Soc'y for L. & Pol'y, (reprinted in 3 Advance: J. ACS Issue Groups 215 (2009)). URL
UNESCO and the Issue of Cultural Diversity: Review and Strategy, 1946–2000 (2000) (with Katérina Stenou ed.). URL
Protecting Election Integrity by Prohibiting Deception and Disenfranchisement, Center for a New American Security (Aug. 25, 2020). URL
Dissertations & Theses
Revolutionizing International Society: The Principle and Practice of National Self–determination in the French Revolution and Beyond (2000) (unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford) (on file with Bodleian Library, University of Oxford).
Re-vamping the Salome Myth: The Femme Fatale and Sexual Power in Rachilde (1996) (unpublished A.B. thesis, Harvard University) (on file with the Harvard Archives).