David Zaring Faculty Profile

David Zaring
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies

JD, Harvard University (Law School); BA, Swarthmore College

Research Areas
International and administrative law

Current Projects
International economic regulation and alternatives to domestic administrative law.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2008-present. Previous appointment: Washington & Lee School of Law

Other Positions
Attorney, United States Department of Justice

Representative Publications
(with William Henderson)
"Young Associates in Trouble." 105 Michigan Law Review 1087 (2007).

(with Elena Baylis)
Sending the Bureaucracy to War, 92 Iowa Law Review 1359 (2007).

"The Use of Foreign Decisions by Federal Courts: An Empirical Analysis." 3 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 297 (2006) (peer-reviewed).

(with Anne-Marie Slaughter)
"Networking Goes International: An Update." 2 Annual Review of Law and Social Studies 211 (2006) (invited contribution).

"Best Practices." 81 NYU Law Review 294 (2006).

"Informal Procedure, Hard and Soft, in International Administration." 5 Chicago Journal of International Law 547 (2005).

"National Rulemaking Through Trial Courts: The Big Case and Institutional Reform." 51 UCLA Law Review 1015 (2004).


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