Aaron Schwabach
Professor of Law
J.D., University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall);
B.A., Antioch College
Telephone: 619.374.6926
Email: aarons@tjsl.edu
Professor Schwabach has been teaching at Thomas Jefferson School of Law since 1994. After graduating from Boalt (where he was an associate editor of the Ecology Law Quarterly), he clerked with the Department of Justice's Executive Office of Immigration Review, working on employer sanctions and anti-discrimination cases arising under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Professor Schwabach then taught at the University of Miami School of Law and Gonzaga University School of Law before coming to Thomas Jefferson. He has published books and articles on topics including international environmental law, intellectual property, Internet law, immigration policy, the life of Thomas Jefferson and the law of Harry Potter.
Recent Scholarship
Books
Intellectual Property: A Reference Handbook (2007)
Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises (2005)
International Environmental Disputes: A Reference Handbook (2005)
Editorship
Editor (with Arthur J. Cockfield), Themes 1.36 (Institutional and Infrastructural Resources: The Role of International Law and Institutions) and 6.31 (Social Sciences and Humanities: Law) of the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (UNESCO-EOLSS, 2002).
Law Review Articles
The Harry Potter Lexicon and the World of Fandom: Fan Fiction, Outsider Works, and Copyright, 73 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 387 (2009)
Measures to Protect the Tibetan Antelope under the CITES Framework, 29 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 251 (2007) (with Liang Qinghua); reprinted in Icfai J. Envtl. L., Oct. 2007, at 30
Intellectual Property Piracy: Perception and Reality in China, the United States, and Elsewhere, 2 J. OF Int'l Media & Ent. L. 65 (2007), reprinted in __ L./Tech. ___ (forthcoming 2009-2010)
Harry Potter and the Unforgivable Curses: Norm-formation, Inconsistency, and the Rule of Law in the Wizarding World, 11 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 309 (2006)
Harry Potter and the Law, 12 Texas Wesleyan L. Rev. 427 (2005)(coauthored with Jeff Thomas [lead author] et al.)
Ecocide and Genocide in Iraq: International Law, the Marsh Arabs and Environmental Damage in Non-international Conflicts, 15 Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L & Pol'y 1 (2003)
Kosovo: Virtual War and International Law, 15 L. & Literature 1 (2003)
How Protectionism is Destroying the Everglades, 31 Envtl. L. Rptr. 14,999 (2001), reprinted in abridged form as How Free Trade Can Save the Everglades, National Wetlands Newsletter, Jan.-Feb. 2002, at 7
How Free Trade Can Save the Everglades, 14 Georgetown Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 301 (2001)
NATO's War in Kosovo and the Final Report to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 9 Tulane J. Int'l & Comp. L. 167 (2001)
From Schweizerhalle to Baia Mare: The Continuing Failure of International Law to Protect Europe's Rivers, 19 Va. Envtl. L.J. 431 (2000)
Humanitarian Intervention and Environmental Protection: The Effect of the Kosovo War on the Law of War, 6 Colum. J. E. Eur. L. 405 (2001)
The Tisza Cyanide Disaster and International Law, 30 Envtl. L. Rptr. 10,509 (2000)
Yugoslavia v. NATO, Security Council Resolution 1244, and the Law of Humanitarian Intervention, 27 Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Comm. 77 (2000)
Environmental Damage Resulting From the NATO Military Action Against Yugoslavia, 25 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 117 (2000)
The Legality of the NATO Bombing Operation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 11 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 407 (1999)
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, 21 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 101 (1999)
Using International Law to Prevent Environmental Harm from Increased Use of Desalination, 34 Tex. Int'l L.J. 187 (1999)
Thomas Jefferson as an Unsuccessful Advocate for Freedom in Howell v. Netherland, 20 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 129 (1998)
The United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, Customary International Law, and the Interests of Developing Upper Riparians, 33 Texas Int'l L.J. 257 (1998), reprinted as Appendix D to ABA/CEELI, Analysis of the Draft Convention on the Use of Water and Biological Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Dniester River for the Republic of Moldova, Apr. 25, 2000
Jefferson and Slavery, 19 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 63 (1997)
An Analysis of First-Year Student WESTLAW Use: Why Vendor-Provided Training Isn't Enough, 16 Legal Reference Services Q. 7 (1997)
Diverting the Danube: the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dispute & International Freshwater Law, 14 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 290 (1996)
Doctrine or Dictum: The Ker-Frisbie Doctrine and Official Abductions Which Breach International Law, 25 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 19 (1993)
Employer Sanctions and Discrimination: The Case for Repeal of the Employer Sanctions Provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 4 La Raza L.J. 1 (1991)
The Sandoz Spill: the Failure of International Law to Protect the Rhine from Pollution, 16 Ecology L.Q. 443 (1989), reprinted in part in Plater, Abrams, & Goldfarb, Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society 999 (1992), and in Weiner, Favre & Chopra, International Environmental Law 6 (1993)
Other Works
Intellectual Property, 1945 to Present, World History Encyclopedia (forthcoming, Fred Nadis ed., Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO 2008)
Measures to Protect the Tibetan Antelope under the CITES Framework, in Endangered Species and Forests: Legal Perspectives 145 (A. Usha ed., Hyderabad, India: Amicus Books 2008) (with Liang Qinghua)
File-sharing, World History Encyclopedia (forthcoming, Fred Nadis ed., Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO 2008)
"Harry Potter and the Unforgivable Curses," chapter in The Law & Harry Potter (Jeff Thomas ed.; Durham: Carolina Academic Press forthcoming 2008)
America Online, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)
Internet Filtering at Libraries and Free Speech, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)
The Internet and Intellectual Property, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)
How Free Trade Can Save the Everglades, National Wetlands Newsletter, Jan.-Feb. 2002, at 7 (see above)
Comments on the Draft Convention on the Use of Water and Biological Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Dniester River Between Moldova and Ukraine, American Bar Ass'n Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, Jan.18, 2000
Death Watch on the Rhine, 75 Bus. & Soc. Rev. 36 (1990)
Professional Responsibility (Chapter in Thomas Jefferson School of Law Bar Passage Handbook) (2000)
International Environmental Law, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems §1.36.2 (2002)
Law Regarding Protection of the Environment During Wartime, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems §1.36.4.5 (2002)
Law, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Theme 6.31 (2002), reprinted in III Knowledge for Sustainable Development 611 (2002)
Non-Western Philosophies of Law, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems §6.31.1.3 (2002)
Philosophies and Systems of Law, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Topic 6.31.1 (2002)
The Role of International Law and Institutions, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Theme 1.36 (2002)(with Art Cockfield), reprinted in I Knowledge for Sustainable Development 757 (2002)
Transboundary Environmental Harm and State Responsibility, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems §1.36.2.2 (2002)
Subjects include:
Computer & Internet Law, International Environmental Law, Property.