Gary Born: The Leading Authority on International Arbitration & Law

This is a magnificent and comprehensive work of scholarship that belongs in the library of any person interested in the foreign relations law of the United States. The domestic legal controversy as to what constitutes federal law is almost beside the point, as Born’s scholarship explores the full range of U.S. practice in adapting its legal system to international law.

A figure without peer in the field of international dispute resolution, Gary Born has once again penned a masterpiece. This time, he trains his scholarly insights on the essential topic of international law in American courts. His careful and principled approach upends conventional wisdom on the topic and signifies another original contribution to the field.

In this magisterial book, Gary Born argues forcefully that all international law, both public and private, should be treated as federal law. Drawing on his deep engagement with these issues over more than four decades, Born’s work should be required reading for anyone interested in international law.

Born provides not only a masterful historical account of private international law as federal common law but also a careful and thorough analysis of its implications for every aspect of private international law, as only one part of this magnificent opus on International Law in American Courts.

Nobody has bridged the gap between theory and practice in both public and private international law better than Gary Born. This outstanding book is the latest example of his valuable contributions to both.

Scholars, students, and practitioners will welcome the latest work by Gary Born, it’s the gold standard for international civil litigation in American courts.

An incredible resource.

Born is prodigious and his volume is comprehensive and accomplished, a major achievement worth having on every international lawyer’s shelf.