James J. Friedberg

Education

• Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968
• B.A., Temple University, 1972
• J.D., Harvard University, 1975
• Diplome, Institut International Des Droits De L’Homme, 1989

Selected Publications

• Brexit, the Misrepresentation of Democracy, and the Rock of Gibraltar, University of Bologna Law Review, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 209-225 (July 2020).
• “Yitz and Ishmael: A Drama in One Very Long Act” (2019). Minnesota Journal of International Law. 357.
• “Nuclear Weapons, Elephants, Israel, and the World Court,” Palestine Israel Journal, Fall 2013.
• “The Wane in Spain (of Universal Jurisdiction): Spain’s Forgetful Democratic Transition and the Prosecution of Tyrants,” 114 W. Va. L. Rev. 825, Spring 2012.
• “Ambiguity, Sovereignty and Identity in Ireland: Peace and Transition,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Vol. 20:1, 2005.
• “Skopje Letters: Four Months in Macedonia,” Forum Magazine, July 2002.
• “Views of Doñana” Columbia J. of European Law (Fall/Winter, 1996-97)
• Maxwell & Friedberg, Human Rights in Western Civilization, 1600-Present, Kendall Hunt Publishers (2 editions – 1991, 1994)
• "Politics, Environment and the Rule of Law in Bulgaria,” Duke J. Comp. & Int’l L. (Spring 1994)
• “The Convergence of Law in an Era of Political Integration: The Wood Pulp Case and the Alcoa Doctrine,” U. Pitt. L. Rev. (Winter 1991)

Teaching/Research Experience

• Faculty, West Virginia University College of Law (1980-present)
• Visiting Research Fellow, Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2014)
• Visiting Scholar, University of Guanajuato (Spring 2011)
• Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Professor, Cyril and Methodius University (Spring, 2002)
• Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii (Spring, 2000)
• Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1989-90)
• Visiting Faculty, Cambridge University (1986-87)

Professional Background

• Litigation Attorney, Tennessee Valley Authority (1975-80_