William Magnuson

Climenko Fellow

Lecturer on Law

Additional Information

Mr. Magnuson will teach a section of First Year Legal Research and Writing in the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 terms.

Biographical Statement

William Magnuson's primary research interests are in the fields of international business, corporate law and negotiations. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, his M.A. in European Integration from the Universita di Padova and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. After graduating from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Priscilla R. Owen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. William also practiced as a corporate associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Representative Publications

• Magnuson, William. "International Corporate Bribery and Unilateral Enforcement," 51 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (forthcoming 2013).
  
• Magnuson, William. "The Domestic Politics of International Extradition," 52 Virginia Journal of International Law 839 (2012).
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• Magnuson, William. "WTO Jurisprudence and its Critiques: The Appellate Body's Anti-Constitutional Resistance," 51 Harvard International Law Journal Online 121 (2010).
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• Magnuson, William. "The Responsibility to Protect and the Decline of Sovereignty: Free Speech Protection Under International Law," 43 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 255 (2010).
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• Magnuson, William. "Takeover Regulation in the United States and Europe: An Institutional Approach," 21 Pace International Law Review 205 (2009).
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Bibliography

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