Chantal J.M. Thomas

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Chantal J.M. Thomas, Cornell Law Professor at Cornell Law School, [1] directs the Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa. [2] Thomas teaches in the areas of Law and Development, Law and Globalization, and International Economic Law and is active in the areas of human rights and social justice, particularly in the Middle East.

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Education

Thomas graduated from McGill University in Quebec in 1992 with a B.A. in Political Science. She received the James McGill Award for Outstanding Scholarship in 1989 and was a University Scholar in 1992. In 1995, Thomas received her J.D. and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. She received a PhD candidate from Cambridge University.

Career

Prior to joining Cornell, Thomas chaired the Law Department of the American University in Cairo, and served on the University of Minnesota and Fordham University law faculties. [3] She has been a Visiting Professor of Law teaching international economic law at institutions including the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London, Soochow University in China and the University of Texas School of Law.[ citation needed ] Thomas has been an Academic Visitor to both the University of London and Oxford University, School of Law.[ citation needed ]

Thomas has consulted for the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Affairs. She currently serves on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law [4] and the U.S. State Department 2019s Advisory Committee on International Law.

Chantal Thomas is a founding member of McGill University's Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory, [5] sits on the faculty of Cornell University's Land Theme Project [6] and is a participant of the Interdisciplinary Project on Human Trafficking. [7]

Speaking engagements

Professor Thomas is a frequent speaker and lecturer at conferences and symposiums on the subject of international law having spoken at The University of Maryland, [8] Washington University in St. Louis, [9] the University of Texas at Austin [10] and the University of Minnesota. [11] In 2014 she was a keynote speaker at the 7th Annual Toronto Group Conference for the Study of International Transnational and Comparative Law. [12]

Published works

Thomas has authored several papers, [13] articles, [14] book chapters and has been a featured guest of many news agencies. She has written for CNN [15] and been interviewed by PBS [16] on the subject of Egyptian politics. She focuses her scholarship on the relationship between international law, political economy, and global social justice in a variety of contexts. Her writings include:

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  5. ↑ "Mc Gill University Labor Law And Development Research Laboratory, Laboratory Members". McGill University. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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  7. ↑ "Interdisciplinary Project on Human Trafficking". American University Washington School of Law. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Conferences & Symposia Multilateralism and Global Law: Evolving Conceptions of International Law and Governance". University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Human trafficking panel April 7 at law school". Washington University in St. Louis. March 30, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Working Borders Linking Debates About Insourcing and Outsourcing of Capital and Labor – Conference Participants". University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System Program Schedule". University of Minnesota Law School. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Toronto Group 2014 Conference". The Toronto Group. May 2, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ "A Complete List Of Chantal J.M. Thomas' Published Papers". Cornell University. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  14. ↑ "A Complete List Of Chantal J.M. Thomas' Published Articles". Blawg Search. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Egypt Needs Buffer Period". CNN. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Mubarak Supporters' Offensive Heightens Volatility in Egypt". PBS. February 2, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ "WHAT DOES THE EMERGING INTERNATIONAL LAW OF MIGRATION MEAN FOR SOVEREIGNTY?" (PDF). Melbourne Journal of International Law. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  18. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (July 16, 2013). "Immigration Controls and 'Modern Day Slavery'". Social Science Research Network. SSRN   2294656.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (June 4, 2013). "International Law against Sex Trafficking, in Perspective". Cornell University. SSRN   2274095.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. ↑ Legal Innovation and Empowerment for Development. The World Bank Legal Review. December 11, 2012. ISBN   9780821395073 . Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  21. ↑ Thomas, Chantal. "Law and Neoclassical Economic Development in Theory and Practice: Toward an Institutionalist Critique of Institutionalism". Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Retrieved September 10, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ↑ "Globalization and the Border: Trade, Labor, Migration, and Agricultural Production in Mexico". Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  23. ↑ Thomas, Chantal. "Re-Reading Weber in Law and Development: A Critical Intellectual History of "Good Governance" Reform". Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Retrieved September 10, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  24. ↑ Specht, Leopold; Kapur, Ratna; Rajagopal, Balakrishnan; Thomas, Chantal; Trubek, David M. (2003). "Theme I: Economy, Prosperity, and Social Justice". Leiden Journal of International Law. 16 (4): 849–871. doi:10.1017/S0922156503001535. S2CID   145691397.
  25. ↑ Thomas, C. (2002). "Trade-Related Labor and Environment Agreements". Journal of International Economic Law. 5 (4): 791–819. doi:10.1093/jiel/5.4.791.
  26. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (2010). "Migrant Domestic Workers in Egypt: A Case Study of the Economic Family in Global Context". The American Journal of Comparative Law. 58 (4): 987–1022. doi:10.5131/ajcl.2010.0009 . Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  27. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (January 2000). "Balance-of-Payments Crises in the Developing World: Balancing Trade, Finance and Development in the New Economic Order". American University International Law Review. Retrieved September 10, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  28. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (January 2000). "International Debt Forgiveness and Global Poverty Reduction". Fordham Urban Law Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (January 2003). "Poverty Reduction, Trade, and Rights". The American University International Law Review. 18 (6). Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  30. ↑ Thomas, Chantal (January 1998). "Transfer of Technology in the Contemporary International Order". Fordham International Law Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2014.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  31. ↑ Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN   978-0195383614.
  32. ↑ "Empowerment and Innovation Strategies for Law, Justice and Development". The World Bank Legal Review. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
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