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Seattle University School of Law

Mark A. Chinen

Associate Professor of Law

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Biography

Professor Chinen practiced for seven years with the Washington, D.C., firm of Covington & Burling, focusing on corporate transactions, securities, banking and international trade. He is a former associate editor of the Intellectual Property Fraud Reporter. He joined the faculty in 1996.

Articles

On Lawyers and Good Samaritans: A Reflection, 4 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 497 (2006).

Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan and the Use of Procedural and Substantive Heuristics for Consensus, 27 Mich. J. Int’l L. 55 (2005).

Game Theory and Customary International Law: A Response to Professors Goldsmith and Posner, 23 Mich. J. of Int'l L. 143 (2001).

Presidential Certifications in U.S. Foreign Policy Legislation, 31 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 217 (1999).

Case Note: Bank of Hawaii v. Balos, 701 F. Supp. 744 (1988), 83 Am. J. Int'l L. 583 (1989).

Jurisdiction: Foreign Plaintiffs, Forum Non Conveniens, and Litigation Against Multinational Corporations, 28 Harv. Int'l L.J. 202 (1987).

Contact

Seattle University School of Law
Location: SLLH-456
Phone: (206) 398.4040
E-mail: mchinen@seattleu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • B.A., cum laude, Pomona College, 1981
  • M.Div., magna cum laude, Yale Divinity School, 1984
  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1988; Harvard International Law Review associate editor

Courses

  • Contracts
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Law
  • Business Transactions Simulation

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