Harold G. Maier
David Daniels Allen Professor of Law Emeritus
Room No. 280
Phone: (615) 322-2587
Fax: (615) 322-6631
Email: hal.maier@vanderbilt.edu
Harold G. Maier (B.A. 1959, J.D. 1963 Cincinnati; L.L.M. Michigan 1964) held the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law until his retirement in 2006. A member of the Vanderbilt Law Faculty since 1965, he is an internationally recognized authority on the application of United States regulatory legislation to foreign business activity. He has done advanced research at the Brookings Institution and the Max-Planck Institute in Munich, FRG, and has been a visiting professor at Pepperdine, the University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Georgia. He has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of International Law and is currently a member of the editorial board of the American Journal of Comparative Law. In 1983-84, he was Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, and has testified on several occasions before congressional committees and as an expert witness in domestic courts. Professor Maier founded the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and serves as its faculty advisor. He teaches courses in international civil litigation, conflict of laws, and foreign relations.
Representative Publications
- "The U.S. Supreme Court and the 'User-Friendly' Forum Selection Clause: The Effect of Carnival Cruise Lines on International Contracts," in International Dispute Resolution: The Regulation of Forum Selection Clauses (14th SOKOL Colloq., J. Goldsmith ed., 1997)
- "Jurisdictional Rules in Customary International Law," in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Theory and Practice (K. Meessen ed., 1996)
- "The Principles of Sovereignty, Sovereign Equality, and National Self-Determination," in International Law and International Security (Stephan & Klimenko, eds., 1991)
- Public International Law in a Nutshell (West 2d ed., 1989); (1st ed., 1985) (with T. Buergenthal) (trans. German, 1987; Spanish, 1994."The Utilitarian Role of a Restatement of Conflicts in a Common Law System: How Much Judicial Deference is Due to the Restaters or Who Are These Guys, Anyway?," 75 Ind. L. Rev. 117 (2000)
- "The Trade Embargo as an International Political Instrument," 34 New Eng. L. Rev. 47 (1999)
- "The Conduct of Foreign Policy by Legislative Fiat: The Helms-Burton Act and United States Trade Relations," in 41st Annual Symposium on Private Investment Abroad (Southwestern Legal Foundation 1999)
- "A Hague Conference Judgments Convention and United States Courts: A Problem and Possibility," 61 Albany L. Rev. 1207 (1998)
- "The Role of Experts in Proving International Human Rights Law in Domestic Courts: A Commentary," 25 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 205 (1995-96)
- "Three Mock Judicial Opinions In Hypothetical Cases," 29 New Eng. L. Rev. 608, 652, 679 (1995)
- "Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and the Cuban Democracy Act," 8 Fla. J. Int'l L. 391 (1993)
- "Finding the Trees in Spite of the Metaphorist: The Problem of State Interests in Choice of Law," 56 Albany L. Rev. 753 (1993)
- "A Unifying Theory for Judicial Jurisdiction and Choice of Law," 39 Am. J. Comp. L. 801 (1991) (with T. McCoy)
