PETER J. SPIRO

Peter J. Spiro

Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law

Temple University

peter.spiro@temple.edu





Peter J. Spiro joined the Temple Law School faculty in Fall 2006 as the inaugural holder of Charles R. Weiner Professorship in international law. Before coming to Temple, Professor Spiro was the Rusk Professor of Law at the University of Georgia Law School, where he also served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development. A former law clerk to Justice David H. Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court, Spiro specializes in international law, the constitutional aspects of U.S. foreign relations, and immigration and nationality law. Spiro is the author of Beyond Citizenship: American Identity After Globalization (Oxford University Press 2008).

In a 2007 survey, Professor Spiro was ranked in the top 15 nationally among international law scholars on the basis of academic citation frequency. He has contributed commentary to such publications as FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, and THE NEW REPUBLIC. He also writes for the leading international law blog, Opinio Juris more... Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
B.A., Harvard University

Teaching Areas
Immigration Law, International Law, Foreign Relations Law

Select Publications

A Negative Proof of International Law, 34 Georgia J. Int'l & Comp. L. 445 (2006).[ssrn]
Perfecting Political Diaspora, 81 NYU L. Rev. 207 (2006).[ssrn]
Disaggregating U.S. Interests in International Law, 67 L. & Cont. Prob. 195 (2004).[ssrn]
Realizing Constitutional and International Norms in the Wake of September 11, in The Constitution in Wartime: Beyond Alarmism and Complacency (M. Tushnet ed., Duke University Press 2005).[more]
Treaties, International Law, and Constitutional Rights, 55 Stan. L. Rev. 1999 (2003).[ssrn]