Robert K. Stumberg

Director, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Professor of Law

B.A., Macalester; J.D., LL.M., Georgetown

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Stumberg is the author of various reports and articles on the impact of trade agreements on government authority. His recent work includes GATS &...

Professor Stumberg is the author of various reports and articles on the impact of trade agreements on government authority. His recent work includes GATS & Electricity, Trade Policy & Prescription Drugs, Federalism & Political Accountability under Global Trade Rules (with Matthew Porterfield), Preemption & Human Rights, and Sovereignty by Subtraction: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment. His previous work covered legislation, economic development, community lending and housing policy. After receiving his JD from Georgetown, he was a Georgetown teaching fellow, and his other past positions include service as Policy Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington, DC. He has served on the boards of directors of the Center for the Study of Services, publisher of Consumer Checkbook magazines; the AALS Section on Legislation, which he chaired; Susanna Wesley House, which he chaired; the Committee of 100 on the Federal City; the D.C. Housing Action Council; and the D.C. Mutual Housing Association.

Recent Scholarship

Forthcoming Works and Works in Progress

Robert K. Stumberg, Procurement and Decent Work, I.L.O. (Policy Brief, forthcoming 2009).

Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Robert K. Stumberg, Safeguards for Tobacco Control: Options for the TPPA, 39 Am. J.L. & Med. 382-441 (2013).

Book Chapters and Collected Works

Robert K. Stumberg, NAFTA Services and Climate Change, in The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA 11-25 (Boston: Boston University 2009). [WWW]
Robert K. Stumberg, The WTO, Services and the Environment, in Handbook on Trade and the Environment 246-267 (Kevin P. Gallagher ed., Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar 2008). [BOOK]

All Scholarship 2000 - Present

Forthcoming Works and Works in Progress

Robert K. Stumberg, Procurement and Decent Work, I.L.O. (Policy Brief, forthcoming 2009).

Books

Working Group on Energy & Trade Policy, Interim Report: GATS and Electricity (National Conference of State Legislators 2005) (Robert K. Stumberg, Contributor).

Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals

Robert K. Stumberg, Safeguards for Tobacco Control: Options for the TPPA, 39 Am. J.L. & Med. 382-441 (2013).
Robert K. Stumberg, Dan Price, Howard Mann & Olin Wethington, The New Concern About Investment Agreements: Is There a "There" There?, 37 Int'l Law. 831-833 (2003). [HEIN] [L]
Robert K. Stumberg, Preemption & Human Rights: Local Options After Crosby v. NFTC, 32 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 109-196 (2000). [HEIN] [L] [Gtown Law]

Book Chapters and Collected Works

Robert K. Stumberg, NAFTA Services and Climate Change, in The Future of North American Trade Policy: Lessons from NAFTA 11-25 (Boston: Boston University 2009). [WWW]
Robert K. Stumberg, The WTO, Services and the Environment, in Handbook on Trade and the Environment 246-267 (Kevin P. Gallagher ed., Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar 2008). [BOOK]
Robert K. Stumberg, Fuels and Trade Policy, in State Alternative Fuels Plan 82-88 (Sacramento, Cal.: California Energy Commission 2007).

Congressional Testimony

Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements: Hearing Before the H. Subcomm. on Trade of the H. Comm. on Ways & Means, 111th Cong., May 14, 2009 (Statement of Robert K. Stumberg) (CIS-No.: 2010-H781-14).
Securing American Sovereignty: A Review of the United States' Relationship with the WTO: Hearing Before the Subcomm. on Fed. Fin. Mgmt., Gov't Info., & Int'l Sec. of the S. Comm. on Homeland Sec. & Governmental Affairs, 109th Cong., July 15, 2005 (Statement of Robert K. Stumberg) (CIS-No.: 2006-S481-40). [Gtown Law]

Selected Contributions to Other Publications

Robert K. Stumberg & Matthew Porterfield, Who Preempted the Massachusetts Burma Law? Federalism and Accountability Under Global Trade Rules, 31 Publius 173-204 (2001).

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