David A. Koplow
Director, Center for Applied Legal Studies, Professor of Law
B.A., Harvard; Queen's College, Oxford, England; J.D., Yale
Areas of Expertise:
Professor Koplow specializes in the areas of public international law and national security law. He joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1981. His principal courses...
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Professor Koplow specializes in the areas of public international law and national security law. He joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1981. His principal courses have been International Law I (the introductory survey of public international law topics), a seminar in the area of arms control, non-proliferation and terrorism, and the pro-seminar for LLM students in national security law. In addition, he directs a clinic, the Center for Applied Legal Studies, in which students provide pro bono representation to refugees who seek asylum in the United States because of persecution in their homelands. His government service has included stints as Special Counsel for Arms Control to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2011); as Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs at the Department of Defense (1997-1999); and as Attorney-Advisor and Special Assistant to the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1978-1981). He is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. Most of his scholarly writing concentrates on the intersection between international law and U.S. constitutional law, especially in the areas of arms control and national security and treaty negotiation and implementation.
Recent Scholarship
Books
- David A. Koplow, Death by Moderation: The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons (New York: Cambridge University Press 2010). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- David A. Koplow, Indisputable Violations: What Happens When the United States Unambiguously Breaches a Treaty?, 37 Fletcher F. World Aff. 53-74 (2013). [WWW]
- David A. Koplow, Train Wreck: The U.S. Violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 6 J. Nat'l Sec. L. & Pol'y 319-408 (2013). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- David Koplow, ASAT-isfaction: Customary International Law and the Regulation of Anti-Satellite Weapons, 30 Mich. J. Int'l L. 1187-1272 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- David A. Koplow, The Jurisprudence of Non-Proliferation: Taking International Law Seriously, in Arms Control Law 3-29 (Daniel H. Joyner ed., Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate 2012). [BOOK]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Books
- David A. Koplow, Death by Moderation: The U.S. Military's Quest for Useable Weapons (New York: Cambridge University Press 2010). [BOOK]
- David A. Koplow, Non-Lethal Weapons: The Law and Policy of Revolutionary Technologies for the Military and Law Enforcement (New York: Cambridge University Press 2006). [BOOK]
- David A. Koplow, Smallpox: The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge (Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press 2003). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- David A. Koplow, Indisputable Violations: What Happens When the United States Unambiguously Breaches a Treaty?, 37 Fletcher F. World Aff. 53-74 (2013). [WWW]
- David A. Koplow, Train Wreck: The U.S. Violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 6 J. Nat'l Sec. L. & Pol'y 319-408 (2013). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- David Koplow, ASAT-isfaction: Customary International Law and the Regulation of Anti-Satellite Weapons, 30 Mich. J. Int'l L. 1187-1272 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- David A. Koplow, Tangled up in Khaki and Blue: Lethal and Non-Lethal Weapons in Recent Confrontations, 36 Geo. J. Int'l L. 703-808 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- David A. Koplow, Deliberate Extinction: Whether to Destroy the Last Smallpox Virus, 37 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 1-50 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- David A. Koplow, That Wonderful Year: Smallpox, Genetic Engineering, and Bio-Terrorism, 62 Md. L. Rev. 417-514 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- David A. Koplow, 94 Am. J. Int’l L. 221-224 (2000) (reviewing The New Chemical Weapons Convention: Implementation and Prospects (Michael Bothe, Natalino Ronzitti & Allan Rosas eds., 1998)). [HEIN] [L] [W]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- David A. Koplow, The Jurisprudence of Non-Proliferation: Taking International Law Seriously, in Arms Control Law 3-29 (Daniel H. Joyner ed., Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate 2012). [BOOK]
- David A. Koplow, International Legal Standards and the Weaponization of Outer Space, in Security in Space: The Next Generation -- Conference Report, 31 March-1 April 2008 (Geneva, Switz.: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) 2008).
- David A. Koplow, Green Chemistry: Dismantling Chemical Weapons While Protecting the Environment, in Arms Control and the Environment 143-157 (Lakshman D. Guruswamy & Suzette R. Grillot eds., Ardsley, N.Y.: Transnational Publishers 2001). [BOOK]
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Office Location:
McDonough 592
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Assistant:
Dianne McDonald
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Phone:
202-662-9567
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