Steven Swanson
ProfessorEmail: sswanson@hamline.edu
Phone: 651-523-2362
A.B. Bowdoin College
J.D., Vanderbilt School of Law
LL.M., Yale Law School
Areas of legal expertise: admiralty, international law/litigation, comparative law (civil law legal systems)
Professor Swanson brings experience in both practice and academic study of international law. He practiced law with the Wall Street firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, where he gained experience in international banking and civil litigation. Prior to joining Hamline, Professor Swanson was a graduate fellow at Yale Law School researching international law.
He has served as chair of the Maritime Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Professor Swanson has published articles on public international law, international civil litigation, admiralty, the European Economic Community, and trusts. While in law school, he served as the executive articles editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transitional Law and was elected to the academic honor society Order of the Coif.
Professor Swanson teaches International Studies, International Civil Litigation, Comparative Law, Admiralty, Torts, and seminars on international law topics, such as national security law, the Nuremberg Trials, and international water pollution. He serves as advisor for the International Law concentration.
Publications
- Terrorism, Piracy, and the Alien Tort Statute,
40 RUTGERS L.J. 159 (2008).
Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline
- Antisuit Injunctions in Support of International Arbitration,
81 TUL. L. REV. 395 (2006).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline - ADMIRALTY: CASES AND MATERIALS (2004)(with Robert M. Jarvis, David J. Bederman, & Joel K. Goldstein).
- Enemy Combatants and the Writ of Habeas Corpus,
35 ARIZ. ST. L. J. 939 (2003).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Personal Injury and Death, in 8 BENEDICT ON ADMIRALTY (7th ed. 2001 and 2002).
- OPA 90+10: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 after Ten Years,
32 J. MAR. L. & COM. 135 (2001).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Jurisdictional Discovery under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act,
13 EMORY INT’L L. REV. 445 (1999).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - A Survey of Admiralty Offerings in United States Law Schools,
29 J. MAR. L. & COM 657 (1998).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - The Application of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(2) in Admiralty: National Contacts for a Worldwide Industry,
29 J. MAR. L. & COM 79 (1998).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - The Vexatiousness of a Vexation Rule: International Comity and Antisuit Injunctions,
30 GEO. WASH. J. INT’L L. & ECON. 1 (1997).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Federalism, the Admiralty, and Oil Spills,
27 J. MAR. L. & COM 379 (1996).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - A Threshold Test for Validity: The Supreme Court Narrows the Act of State Doctrine,
23 VAND. J. TRANSNAT’L L. 889 (1991).
Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Comity, International Dispute Resolution Agreements, and the Supreme Court,
21 L. & POL’Y IN INT’L BUS. 333 (1990).
Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - The Citadel Survives a Naval Bombardment: A Policy Analysis of the Economic Loss Doctrine,
12 TUL. MARITIME L. J. 135 (1987).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Discriminatory Charitable Trusts: Time for a Legislative Solution,
48 U. PITT. L. REV. 153 (1986).
Lexis Westlaw HeinOnline (Hamline Users) HeinOnline PDF - Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal: A Policy Analysis of the Expropriation Cases,
18 CASE W. J. INT’L L. 307 (1986).
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