Chris Brummer
Professor of Law
A.B., Washington University in St. Louis; J.D., Columbia; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Areas of Expertise:
Business Organizations and Securities Regulation, International Finance, International Law
Chris Brummer is an expert in international financial regulation. Prior to joining Georgetown's faculty with tenure in 2009, Brummer was an assistant professor of law...
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Chris Brummer is an expert in international financial regulation. Prior to joining Georgetown's faculty with tenure in 2009, Brummer was an assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School. He has also taught at several leading universities as a visiting professor including the universities of Basel, Heidelberg, and the London School of Economics.
Professor Brummer lectures widely on finance and global governance, as well as on public and private international law, market microstructure and international trade. His work has often appeared in leading academic journals and he blogs periodically for major news sites and forums. His book, Soft Law and the Global Financial System: Rule Making in the 21st Century, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. His new book, Minilateralism: How Trade Alliances, Soft Law and Financial Engineering are Redefining Economic Statecraft, will be published in 2013.
Chris Brummer earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated with honors, and he holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago. Before becoming a professor, he practiced law in the New York and London offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. In 2011, he joined the Washington offices of the Milken Institute where he is a Senior Fellow, and was appointed in 2012 the C. Boyden Gray Fellow for Growth and Finance at the Atlantic Council.
Recent Scholarship
Books
- Chris Brummer, Soft Law and the Global Financial System: Rule Making in the 21st Century (New York: Cambridge University Press 2012). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- Chris Brummer, How International Financial Law Works (And How It Doesn't), 99 Geo. L.J. 257-327 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- Chris Brummer, Networks In(-)Action?: The Transgovernmental Origins of, and Responses to, the Financial Crisis, in 3 The World Bank Legal Review: International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance 323-334 (Hassane Cissé, Daniel D. Bradlow & Benedict Kingsbury eds., Wash., D.C.: The World Bank 2012). [BOOK]
- Chris Brummer, Why Soft Law Dominates International Finance—and Not Trade, in International Law in Financial Regulation and Monetary Affairs 95-113 (John H. Jackson, Thomas Cottier & Rosa M. Lastra eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012). [BOOK]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Books
- Chris Brummer, Soft Law and the Global Financial System: Rule Making in the 21st Century (New York: Cambridge University Press 2012). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- Chris Brummer, How International Financial Law Works (And How It Doesn't), 99 Geo. L.J. 257-327 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, Post-American Securities Regulation, 98 Cal. L. Rev. 327-383 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Chris Brummer, Why Soft Law Dominates International Finance—And Not Trade, 13 J. Int'l Econ. L. 623-643 (2010). [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Chris Brummer, Territoriality as a Regulatory Technique: Notes from the Financial Crisis, 79 U. Cin. L. Rev. 499-526 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, Corporate Law Preemption in an Age of Global Capital Markets, 81 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1067-1114 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, Regional Integration and Incomplete Club Goods: A Trade Perspective, 8 Chi. J. Int'l L. 535-551 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, Stock Exchanges and the New Markets for Securities Laws, 75 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1435-1491 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, The Ties That Bind? Regionalism, Commercial Treaties, and the Future of Global Economic Integration, 60 Vand. L. Rev. 1349-1408 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Chris Brummer, Note, Sharpening the Sword: Class Certification, Appellate Review, and the Role of the Fiduciary Judge in Class Action Lawsuits, 104 Colum. L. Rev. 1042-1071 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- Chris Brummer, Networks In(-)Action?: The Transgovernmental Origins of, and Responses to, the Financial Crisis, in 3 The World Bank Legal Review: International Financial Institutions and Global Legal Governance 323-334 (Hassane Cissé, Daniel D. Bradlow & Benedict Kingsbury eds., Wash., D.C.: The World Bank 2012). [BOOK]
- Chris Brummer, Why Soft Law Dominates International Finance—and Not Trade, in International Law in Financial Regulation and Monetary Affairs 95-113 (John H. Jackson, Thomas Cottier & Rosa M. Lastra eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012). [BOOK]
- Chris Brummer, Examining the Institutional Design of International Investment Law, in Appeals Mechanism in International Investment Disputes 281-287 (Karl P. Sauvant ed., New York: Oxford University Press 2008). [BOOK]
Congressional Testimony
- Limiting the Extraterritorial Impact of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Capital Mkts. & Gov't Sponsored Enters. of the H. Comm. on Fin. Servs., 112th Cong., Feb. 8, 2012 (Statement of Chris Brummer) (CIS-No.: Pending). [WWW]
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Address:
600 New Jersey Avenue N.W.
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Office Location:
Hotung 6017
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Assistant:
Jacquelyn Williams
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Phone:
202-662-4191
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Office Hours:
Wednesday 3-4pm
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