Elected Member

Professor Andrew T. Guzman

Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
Education
University of Toronto
Harvard Law School

Andrew T. Guzman joined the University of Southern California Gould School of Law as Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law, and Professor of Law and Political Science on July 1, 2015.

An authority on international law and economics, Dean Guzman has written extensively on international trade, international regulatory matters, foreign direct investment and public international law. Dean Guzman’s recent work has addressed international tribunals, soft law, the safety of imported products, and climate change. His interdisciplinary research addresses problems across the range of public and private international law, including international regulatory cooperation, foreign investment, international trade, theories of international law and rational choice approaches.

Dean Guzman is a member of the board of editors of six journals, including the Journal of International Economic Law. He has served as a member of the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and as an international arbitrator. He is the author of Overheated: The Human Cost of Climate Change, How International Law Works and International Trade Law.

Prior to joining USC Gould, he was the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of Law and associate dean of International and Advanced Programs at UC Berkeley, where he also served as director of the International and Executive Legal Education Program. In addition, he has taught as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago Law School, the University of Virginia Law School, Vanderbilt Law School, the University of Hamburg, and the National University Law School in Bangalore, India.

 
Areas of Expertise
International Law
Economic Torts (Tort Law)