Restatement of the Law Fourth,

The Foreign Relations Law of the United States

This Restatement will cover topics not addressed in the previous Restatement Fourth volume on selected topics in treaties, jurisdiction, and sovereign immunity, as well as selected topics that have emerged since publication of the Restatement Third.

The Council approved the initiation of this project in January 2023. ALI members may join the Members Consultative Group.

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William S. Dodge George Washington University Law School
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John B. Bellinger, III Arnold & Porter
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Harold Hongju Koh Yale Law School
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David J. Barron U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
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James E. Boasberg District of Columbia Superior Court
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David Bowker WilmerHale
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Ingrid Brunk Vanderbilt University Law School
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Todd F. Buchwald U.S. Department of State
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José A. Cabranes U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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Donald Earl Childress III Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law
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Kathleen Claussen Georgetown University Law School
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Kristina Daugirdas The University of Michigan Law School
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Ashley S. Deeks University of Virginia School of Law
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Stephen A. Higginson U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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Duncan B. Hollis Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Rebecca Ingber Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Peter D. Keisler Sidley Austin LLP
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Chimène Keitner University of California, Davis School of Law
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Jane Kelly United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
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Carolyn B. Lamm White & Case LLP
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Gerard E. Lynch U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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Jenny S. Martinez Stanford Law School
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Michael Mattler U.S. Department of State
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M. Margaret McKeown U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
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Patricia Ann Millett U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
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Jeffrey P. Minear Georgetown University Law Center
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David H. Moore Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Provo, UT

Randolph D. Moss U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Sean David Murphy George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

William Nardini United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
New York, NY

Gerald L. Neuman Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA

Andrew Olson United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, DC

Michael D. Ramsey University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CA

David W. Rivkin Arbitration Chambers
New York, NY

Cristina M. Rodriguez Yale Law School
New Haven, CT

John M. Rogers U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Lexington, KY

Anthony J. Scirica U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Philadelphia, PA

Ryan Scoville Marquette University Law School
Milwaukee, WI

Michael Y. Scudder, Jr. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Chicago, IL

Linda J. Silberman New York University School of Law
New York, NY

Paul B. Stephan University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, VA

David P. Stewart Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

Edward T. Swaine George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

Carlos Manuel Vázquez Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

David M. Zionts Covington & Burling LLP
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Dapo Akande St. Peter's College, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Helmut Aust Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Congyan Cai Fudan University School of Law
Shanghai, China

Christopher J. Greenwood Magdalene College
Cambridge, England

Yuji Iwasawa International Court of Justice
The Hague, Netherlands

Catherine Kessedjian University Paris-Panthéon-Assas
Paris, France

Claus Kress University of Cologne, Institute for International Peace and Security Law
Cologne, Germany

Keun-Gwan Lee Seoul National University School of Law
Seoul, South Korea

Campbell Alan McLachlan Victoria University of Wellington Law School
Wellington, New Zealand

August Reinisch University of Vienna, Section of International Law
Vienna, Austria

Alejandro Rodiles Friedrich Schiller Unversitat Jena
Jena, Germany

Prabhakar Singh BML Munjal University School of Law
Kapriwas, India

Philippa Webb King's College London
London, England

Hannah Woolaver University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa

Sienho Yee China Foreign Affairs University
Beijing, China

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Andrew N. Keller U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (SFRC)
Washington, DC

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William J. Aceves California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA

Mark D. Agrast World Justice Project
Washington, DC

Raquel E. Aldana University of California, Davis School of Law
Davis, CA

Denise E. Backhouse Littler Mendelson, P.C.
New York, NY

Thad H. Balkman District Court, State of Oklahoma
Norman, OK

Peter V. Baugher Baugher Dispute Resolution LLC
Chicago, IL

Michael M. Baylson U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Pamela Bookman Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY

Enrique Braquehais Spain State Attorney General's Office
Balearic Islands, Spain

Tiffany Williams Brewer Howard University School of Law
Washington, DC

Stuart N. Brotman University of Tennessee, College of Communication & Information
Knoxville, TN

Charles H. Brower II Wayne State University Law School
Detroit, MI

John P. Burton Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A.
Santa Fe, NM

Peter H. Carson Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (Retired)
San Francisco, CA

Jonathan G. Cedarbaum George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

Steve Charnovitz George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

Yee Wah Chin Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
New York, NY

Margaret Chon Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA

Jack J. Coe, Jr. Pepperdine University, Caruso School of Law
Camarillo, CA

Michael S. Coffee Washington, DC

Jacob Katz Cogan University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH

Harlan G. Cohen Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY

Thomas L. Cubbage, III The Center for American and International Law
Plano, TX

Steven A. Dean Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA

Joseph William Dellapenna Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (Retired)
Ardmore, PA

Christopher R. Drahozal University of Kansas School of Law
Lawrence, KS

Gabriel Eckstein Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX

Samuel Estreicher New York University School of Law
New York, NY

Boris Feldman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Redwood City, CA

Martin S. Flaherty Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY

Theodore J. Folkman Rubin & Rudman LLP
Boston, MA

Maggie Gardner Cornell Law School
Ithaca, NY

Steven S. Gensler University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK

Beth George Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Redwood City, CA

Michael A. Harring Chicago, IL

Eric L. Hirschhorn Winston & Strawn LLP
Washington, DC

Christina Michelle Houston DLA Piper US LLP
Wilmington, DE

Roscoe Jones, Jr. Drake Law School
West Des Moines, IA

Christopher M. Klein U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
Vancouver, WA

Jeffrey D. Kovar U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC

Ajay B. Kundaria Google LLC
San Francisco, CA

Peter B Kutner University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK

Herbert I. Lazerow University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CA

Thomas H. Lee Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY

Addar Levi U.S. Department of the Treasury
Washington, DC

John Linarelli University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Pittsburgh, PA

Houston Putnam Lowry Ford & Paulekas, LLP
Hartford, CT

C. Scott Maravilla U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC

D. Stephen Mathias United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
New York, NY

Maurice H. Mendelson Blackstone Chambers Barristers
London, England

Thomas Butler Merritt Littleton, NH

Timothy Meyer Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC

Sean David Murphy George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC

Fred F. Murray Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel
Gainesville, FL

Jennifer Gillian Newstead Meta Platforms, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA

Jide Okechuku Nzelibe Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL

John T. Parry Lewis & Clark Law School
Portland, OR

Steven N. Peskind Peskind Law Firm
Saint Charles, IL

John V.H. Pierce Latham & Watkins LLP
New York, NY

C. Ryan Reetz Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Miami, FL

Daniel I.S.J. Rey-Bear Rey-Bear McLaughlin LLP
Spokane, WA

Kenneth M. Rosen University of Alabama School of Law
Tuscaloosa, AL

Leila Nadya Sadat Washington University School of Law
Saint Louis, MO

Victoria Shannon Sahani Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA

Timothy R. Schnabel Uniform Law Commission
Chicago, IL

Mark Sidel University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, WI

Aaron D. Simowitz Willamette University College of Law
Salem, OR

Matthew D. Slater Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Washington, DC

Mary L. Smith VENG Group
Lansing, IL

Adam N. Steinman Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX

Beth Stephens Rutgers Law School
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Guy Miller Struve Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Retired)
New York, NY

Symeon C. Symeonides Willamette University College of Law
Salem, OR

Louise Ellen Teitz Roger Williams University School of Law
Bristol, RI

David B. Thronson Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI

Peter D. Trooboff Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, DC

Pierre-Hugues Verdier University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, VA

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Chicago, IL

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David B. Wilson David B. Wilson Dispute Resolution LLC
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Eric H. Zagrans Zagrans Law Firm LLC
Columbus, OH

The Foreign Relations Law of the United States

This Restatement will cover topics not addressed in the previous Restatement Fourth volume on selected topics in treaties, jurisdiction, and sovereign immunity, as well as selected topics that have emerged since publication of the Restatement Third.

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