Courses/Current Research
- Labor and employment law
- International labor rights
- Constitutional law
- Global economic institutions
- Legal and political theory
- Employment discrimination
- Democracy and law
- Foundations of the regulatory state
Education
- Harvard, University, graduate study in economics and history, 1978-79
- London School of Economics, M.Sc., 1978
- Harvard College, B.A., 1977
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Detailed Biography:
B.A., Harvard, 1977; M.Sc., London School of Economics, 1978; J.D., Harvard, 1982. Graduate study in economics and history, Harvard University, 1978-79. Editor, Harvard Law Review. Taught social theory, comparative economic history, and labor relations at Harvard University, 1979-82. Law clerk to Eugene H. Nickerson, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of New York, 1982-83. Practiced in the areas of labor, constitutional, and international law at the firm Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman. Joined the Columbia faculty in 1987. Visiting professor, Yale, 1997, Peking, 1995. Member, International Commission on Labor Rights; Law and Society Association; and Industrial Relations Research Association. Principal areas of interest are labor and employment law, international labor rights, constitutional law, global economic institutions, legal and political theory. Publications include: The Political Economy of the Wagner Act (1993); Democracy and Domination in Labor Law (1994); A Critical Mapping of the Law of "Social Dumping": Lessons from U.S. Federalism (1996); Labor Law and the New Global Economy (1997); Empirical Studies of Employee Involvement Programs: A Critique (1998); Constitutional Barriers to Redistribution (1999); Legal Consequences of China's Entry into the W.T.O. (2000); Coordinated Decentralization of Supranational Labor Regimes (2001); Private Monitoring of Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: Three Case Studies (2001-02); Enforcement of International Labor Rights in U.S. Law (2002); The Impact of the Free Trade Area of the Americas on Democratic Governance (2003); Workers: The Past and Future of Labor Law Scholarship (2003). Principal draftsperson of many federal, state, and local laws regulating labor conditions in companies supplying U.S. manufacturers and governments.
