# Gregory Shaffer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Shaffer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Shaffer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Shaffer > Source revision: 1306391560 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|International Law legal scholar}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Gregory Shaffer | image = Gregory Shaffer in 2019.png | alt = | caption = | occupation = Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law at the [Georgetown University Law Center](/source/Georgetown_University_Law_Center) | education = [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[Stanford University](/source/Stanford_Law_School) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor)) | website = [https://www.gregshaffer.com/ Gregory Shaffer's Website] | known_for = [International Law](/source/International_Law)
[International Trade Law](/source/International_Trade_Law)
[Globalization](/source/Globalization)
[World Trade Organization](/source/World_Trade_Organization) }} '''Gregory Shaffer''' is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law at the [Georgetown University Law Center](/source/Georgetown_University_Law_Center).{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/|website=Georgetown University Law Center |access-date=11 July 2024}} From 2022-2024 he served as President of the [American Society of International Law](/source/American_Society_of_International_Law).{{cite web |title=Governance |url=https://www.asil.org/about/governance |website=American Society of International Law |access-date=23 May 2021}} He is known for his work on [international law](/source/international_law), with a specialization on [international trade law](/source/international_trade_law), and law and globalization.{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/|website=Georgetown University Law Center |access-date=11 July 2024}} ==Biography== Shaffer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He holds a B.A. from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) and a J.D. from [Stanford Law School](/source/Stanford_Law_School).{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/ |website=Georgetown University Law Center |access-date=11 July 2024}} He previously was a Chancellor's Professor of Law at the [University of California, Irvine School of Law](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine_School_of_Law), was a [Melvin C. Steen](/source/Melvin_Steen) Professor of Law at the [University of Minnesota Law School](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Law_School), held the inaugural Wing-Tat Lee Chair at [Loyola University Chicago School of Law](/source/Loyola_University_Chicago_School_of_Law), and was a professor at the [University of Wisconsin Law School](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_Law_School), where he was Co-Director of the Center on World Affairs and the Global Economy and of the European Union Center of Excellence.{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/|website=Georgetown University Law Center |access-date=11 July 2024}} == Professional work == Before entering academia, Shaffer was a member of the Paris bar, working at the law firms of [Coudert Frères](/source/Coudert_Fr%C3%A8res) and [https://www.bredinprat.fr/en/ Bredin Prat].{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.americanbarfoundation.org/events/14915 |website=American Bar Foundation |access-date=23 May 2021}} == Personal life == Shaffer is married to [Michele Goodwin](/source/Michele_Goodwin), author, advocate and law professor.{{cite web |title=Michele Goodwin's Website |url=https://www.michelebgoodwin.com/ |access-date=24 May 2021}} They have two children. == Scholarship == Shaffer is a leading international trade expert, author, and consultant on the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Union law, globalization, transnational legal orders, and transnational legal ordering.{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/|website=Georgetown University Law Center |access-date=11 July 2024}} He introduced the concepts of public-private partnerships and legal capacity in the WTO dispute settlement system, examining how they work in practice in the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, and China.{{cite journal |last1=Shaffer |first1=Gregory |editor1-first=Yasuhei |editor1-last=Taniguchi |editor2-first=Alan |editor2-last=Yanovich |editor3-first=Jan |editor3-last=Bohanes |title='Public–private partnerships' in WTO dispute settlement: The US and EU experience |journal=The WTO in the Twenty-first Century |series=WTO Internal Only |date=2007 |pages=148–184 |doi=10.1017/CBO9781139162067.008 |isbn=9781139162067 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/wto-in-the-twentyfirst-century/publicprivate-partnerships-in-wto-dispute-settlement-the-us-and-eu-experience/8C5D795CB1383E3B5D3AF1072B98D680|url-access=subscription }} Shaffer has written major books on the international law and politics governing [genetically modified foods](/source/genetically_modified_foods), [transatlantic relations](/source/transatlantic_relations), and works in the tradition of legal realism and socio-legal studies.{{cite web |title=Gregory Shaffer's Books |url=https://www.gregshaffer.com/gregshafferbooksresearch.html |website=Gregory Shaffer's Website |access-date=23 May 2021}} His publications include nine books and over 100 articles and book chapters, including, [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/emerging-powers-and-the-world-trading-system/260AE77E88428799AD0B400C831806A0 ''Emerging Powers and the World Trading System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law''] (2021), [https://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Making-Transnational-Comparative-Constitutional-Policy/dp/1108473105 ''Constitution-Making and Transnational Legal Order''] (Ginsburg and Halliday, 2019), [https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Orders-Cambridge-Studies-Society/dp/1107641136 ''Transnational Legal Orders''] (Halliday, 2015), and [https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Ordering-Cambridge-Studies-Society/dp/1107026113 ''Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change''] (2013). ==Selected writings== ===Books=== * [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/emerging-powers-and-the-world-trading-system/260AE77E88428799AD0B400C831806A0 Emerging Powers and the World Trading System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law] (2021) * [https://www.amazon.com/Constitution-Making-Transnational-Comparative-Constitutional-Policy/dp/1108473105 Constitution-Making and Transnational Legal Order] (Ginsburg and Halliday, 2019) * [https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Orders-Cambridge-Studies-Society/dp/1107641136 Transnational Legal Orders] (Halliday, 2015) * [https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Ordering-Cambridge-Studies-Society/dp/1107026113 Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change] (2013) * [https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Orders-Cambridge-Studies-Society/dp/1107069920 Transnational Legal Orders], Cambridge University Press (with Terence Halliday). * [http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/socio-legal-studies/transnational-legal-ordering-and-state-change Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change], Cambridge University Press. * [http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5634876/?site_locale=en_GB Dispute Settlement at the WTO: The Developing Country Experience], Cambridge University Press. * [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/InternationalStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780199567058 When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods], Oxford University Press. * [http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2003/defendinginterests.aspx Defending Interests: Public-Private Partnerships in WTO Litigation], Brookings Institution Press. * [http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5eDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0742509311 Transatlantic Governance in the Global Economy], Rowman & Littlefield. ===Articles=== * [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2004640 The Empirical Turn in International Legal Scholarship], 106 American Journal of International Law 1 (with Tom Ginsburg). * [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1901952 Transnational Legal Process and State Change], 37 Law and Social Inquiry 229-264. * [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1426123 Hard vs. Soft Law: Alternatives, Complements and Antagonists in International Governance], 94 Minnesota Law Review 706-799 (with Mark A. Pollack). * [https://ssrn.com/abstract=1405437 Varieties of New Legal Realism: Can a New World Order Prompt a New Legal Theory?], 95 Cornell Law Review 61 (with Victoria Nourse). * [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=85914 Other Publications on SSRN] ==External links== * [https://www.gregshaffer.com/ Gregory Shaffer's Website] *[https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/gregory-shaffer/ Profile on the Georgetown University Law Center website] *[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0XBOolAAAAAJ&hl=en Profile on Google Scholar] *[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=85914 Profile on SSRN] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaffer, Gregory}} Category:Living people Category:Georgetown University Law Center faculty Category:University of California, Irvine faculty Category:University of Minnesota Law School faculty Category:Loyola University Chicago School of Law faculty Category:University of Minnesota faculty Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Presidents of the American Society of International Law --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gregory Shaffer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Shaffer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Shaffer?action=history)). 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