David J. Bederman is Professor of Law at Emory University's School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. After having earned an undergraduate degree from Princeton University in international affairs (with highest honors), he went on to receive an M.Sc. in Marine Affairs at the London School of Economics. Bederman read law at the University of Virginia, and, after graduating, clerked with the Hon. Charles E. Wiggins, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bederman's academic and professional career has focused on international law and its practical impact on American government. In addition, he is an acknowledged authority on the protection of property rights and the management of natural resources. Aside from holding the coveted Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law, as well as a Ph.D. in Law from the University of London, he has also served as a Legal Advisor at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. After a stint in private practice with the Washington firm of Covington & Burling, he accepted his current teaching appointment at Emory. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Virginia's and New York University's law schools. In 2001, he was appointed as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair for Canada, lecturing on international and constitutional law at Osgoode Hall Law School, in Toronto. As well as being a full-time teacher, Bederman continues to represent clients on important constitutional and international law issues, including a number of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and significant international arbitrations. He has served as a litigation consultant to the U.S. Departments of Justice, State, Treasury and numerous federal agencies. He has advised clients on issues relating to underwater cultural heritage issues, sovereign immunity questions, and property rights matters. Bederman's research interests also include legal theory and history, admiralty and maritime law, and federal practice and procedure. Bederman is married with one daughter, and lives
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Human rights courses: LAW 677L – The Law of International Common Spaces: offered intermittently; LAW 732L – Public International Law: offered annually, fall semester. Publications relating to human rights: Bederman, David J. 2008. Globalization and International Law. New York: Palgrave MacMillan Press. Bederman, David J. 2002. The Spirit of International Law. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Bederman, David J. 2006. International Law Frameworks. 2d ed. New York: Foundation Press. Bederman, David J. 1999. Deference or Deception: Treaty Rights as Political Questions, 70 U. Col. L. Rev. 1439. Bederman, David J. “Dead Man's Hand: Reshuffling Foreign Sovereign Immunities” in U.S. Human Rights Litigation, 25 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 255 (1995-96).
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