Vanderbilt University Law School
Chris Brummer
Assistant Professor of Law
Voice: 615-343-3490
Fax: 615-322-6631
Email: chris.brummer@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Room 295
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Research Interest(s)
Securities regulation, international trade and investment, globalization and the law
Education
Ph.D. (Germanic Studies) University of Chicago
J.D. Columbia University
B.A. Washington University, St. Louis
Biography
Chris Brummer came to Vanderbilt in 2006 after practicing in the New York and London offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. His research focuses on how both private firms and states create transnational economic linkages to achieve certain outcomes, and how these linkages are then regulated and governed by other firms, governments, and international regulatory bodies. Professor Brummer has explored these issues in a variety of contexts, including securities regulation, international trade and international investment law. His writings have appeared in several leading journals including the University of Chicago Law Review, the Southern California Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law. During the 2008-09 fall term, he will be on leave to serve as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s first Academic Fellow for the agency’s Office of International Affairs.
Professor Brummer earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated with honors, and he holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago. He is fluent in French and German.
Representative Publications
Articles
"Corporate Law Preemption in an Age of Global Capital Markets,” 81 Southern California Law Review (forthcoming 2008)
"Regional Integration and Incomplete Club Goods: A Trade Perspective,” 8 Chicago Journal of International Law 535 (2008)
"Stock Exchanges and the New Market for Securities Laws,” 75 University of Chicago Law Review (forthcoming 2008)
"Ties that Bind?: Regionalism, Commercial Treaties and the Future of Global Economic Integration," 60 Vanderbilt Law Review 1349 (2007)
"Examining the Institutional Design of International Investment Law" in Karl P. Sauvant, ed., Appeals Mechanism in International Investment Disputes (Oxford University Press, 2008, 281-87)
Note, "Sharpening the Sword: Class Certification, Appellate Review, and the Role of the Fiduciary Judge in Class Action Lawsuits," 104 Columbia Law Review 1042 (2004)
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