Faculty Steering Committee

The Faculty Steering Committee is the strategic decision making body of the Institute of International Economic Law. All Members of the Faculty Steering Committee also serve as Faculty Associates. If you wish to contact any of the individuals below, please send an email to iiel@law.georgetown.edu.

Chair:

James V. Feinerman, Esq. , James M. Morita Professor of Asian Legal Studies

Professor Feinerman is the James M. Morita Professor of Asian Legal Studies, the Director of the Asian Law and Policy Studies Program at Georgetown Law, and a specialist in Chinese law. He has been a Fulbright Lecturer on Law at Peking University and a Fulbright researcher in Japan. Professor Feinerman was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship to study international law in China, and he has been a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  Professor Feinerman is a former Associate Dean of International and Graduate Programs at the Georgetown University Law Center

Members:

Charles H. Gustafson, Professor of Law

Professor Gustafson is a former Associate Dean of International and Graduate Programs at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has expertise in taxation and international law. He is the author of articles on taxation and international law issues, co-author of three casebooks on taxation, has been active in various committees on tax and international law of the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute, and he serves as an arbitrator in domestic and international contract disputes.

John H. Jackson, Director IIEL, University Professor of Law

Professor Jackson joined the Georgetown faculty in 1998 after a distinguished career as the Hessel E.Yntema Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He is a preeminent figure in international trade law. Professor Jackson has published numerous books, articles, and chapters, and he has worked with governmental, international, and academic institutions throughout the world. In 1992 he received the Wolfgang Friedman Memorial Award for lifelong contribution to the field of international law.

Robert Pitofsky, Sheehy Professor in Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law

Professor Pitofsky is the Sheehy Professor in Antitrust and Trade Regulation Law and Dean Emeritus of Georgetown Law.  He is a former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, where he also served as a Commissioner, and as the director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. He also has been a Professor of Law at New York University, and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. Professor Pitofsky is the co-author of Cases and Materials on Trade Regulation (with Milton and Handler) and the author of numerous articles on antitrust law. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he was the Chair of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Antitrust Aspects of Defense Industry Downsizing.

Edith Brown Weiss, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law

Professor Weiss is active in the areas of public international law, international environmental law, and water resources law. Her professional experience includes positions in government and academics. She has published numerous articles in international and environmental law, and is the author of many books, including In Fairness to Future Generations: International Law, Common Patrimony and Intergenerational Equity (1989). Professor Weiss is also the Co-Director of the Joint Degree Program in Political Science and Law.