Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityJide Nzelibe
Associate Professor of Law
Phone: (312) 503-5295
E-mail: j-nzelibe@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Phone: (312) 503-5295
E-mail: j-nzelibe@law.northwestern.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Jide Nzelibe joined Northwestern's faculty as an assistant professor in 2004 after serving as the Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago. In addition to his JD from Yale Law School, he also holds an MPA in international relations from Princeton University, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and a pre-doctoral fellowship from the Ford Foundation. He is currently on the board of directors at the Center for Law Enforcement Education of Nigeria. His research interests include international trade, foreign relations law, public and private international law and contracts.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- International Trade
- Foreign Relations
- International Law
- Contracts
- International Business Transactions
PUBLICATIONS
Representative Publications
- Are Congressionally Authorized Wars Perverse?, 59 Stan L. Rev. (forthcoming 2007)
- Rational War and Constitutional Design, (with John Yoo), 115 Yale L J 2512 (2006)
- The Fable of the Nationalist President and the Parochial Congress, 53 UCLA Law Rev. 1217 (2006)
- A Positive Theory of the War-Powers Constitution, 91 Iowa Law Review 993 (2006)
- The Credibility Imperative: The Political Dynamics of Retaliation in the World Trade Organization's Dispute Resolution Mechanism, 6 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 215 (2005)
Recent Publications
- The Case Against Reforming the WTO Enforcement Mechanism, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW , 2008
- Do International Criminal Tribunals Deter or Exacerbate Humanitarian Atrocities, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW , 2007
- Are Congressionally Authorized Wars Perverse? , STANFORD LAW REVIEW , 2007
- Rational War and Constitutional Design, YALE LAW JOURNAL , 2006
- A Positive Theory of the War-Powers Constitution, IOWA LAW REVIEW, 2006
EDUCATION
- BA, St. John's College
- MPA, Princeton University
- JD, Yale University
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago, 2002-2004
- Law Clerk, Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1998-99
- Associate, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, PLLC, 1999-2002
