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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Burns H. Weston
Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus
The University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1113 USA
Tel: + 1-319-335-9169
Fax: + 1-319-335-9098
burns-weston@uiowa.edu (e-mail)
Contents:
Personal/Professional Overview
Date and Place of Birth
Education
Bar Memberships
Employment
Honors, Awards, Fellowships, Grants
Professional Activities and Affiliations
Editorial Boards
Special Consultancies and Projects
Conventional Organizational Affiliations
Legal Organizational Affiliations
Non-Legal Organizational Affiliations
University of Iowa Committees and Affiliations
UI College of Law Committees and Affiliations
Courses Taught or Teaching
Travel
Date and Place of Birth
5 Nov 1933
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Education
Shaker Heights High School (1949-52)
Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1952-53)
Oberlin College (1953-54, 1955-56)
B.A., 1956 (History Major; International Relations Minor)
Western Reserve University (Summer 1954)
University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1954-55)
Yale Law School (1958-61) (Sterling & Rockefeller Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1964-66)
LL.B., 1961 (specializing in International Law)
J.S.D., 1970 (specializing in International Law)
Honorary Degrees
Marycrest International University
D.H.L., 1998 (Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters)
Bar Memberships
New York Bar (ret.)
Iowa Bar (ret.)
Employment (reverse chronology) | |
| 2007 (Autumn) | Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR); Director, Climate Legacy Initiative (an externally funded joint project of the Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center and the UICHR |
| 2007 (Spring) | Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Interim Director and Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR); Director, Climate Legacy Initiative (an externally funded joint project of the Vermont Law School Environmental Law Center and the UICHR |
| 2006 (Autumn) | Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Interim Director and Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2006 (Summer) | Interim Director and Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2006 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Iowa; Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2005 (Autumn) | Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2005 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Iowa; Senior Scholar, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2004 (Autumn) | Vermont Law School Visiting Distinguished Professor of International Law and Policy; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2004 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2003 (Autumn 2004) | The Freeman Foundation Senior Professor of Law, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2003 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2002 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2001 (Spring) | Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar and Visiting Professor of Law, Florida State University; Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 2000 (Spring) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 1999- | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, The University of Iowa; Director, The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR) |
| 1993-99 | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies, and Chair of the Graduate Program in International and Comparative Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1993 (Summer) | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law Summer Program, in association with the University of Bordeaux, Arcachon, France |
| 1992-93 | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law, Director of International and Comparative Legal Studies, and Chair of the Graduate Program in International and Comparative Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1991-92 | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law, Chair of the International and Comparative Law Program, and Chair of the Graduate Program in International and Comparative Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1991 (Summer) | Visiting Professor of Law, Louisiana State University Summer Program, Centre de Droits Compar , Faculte de Droits et des Science Politiques, Universite d'Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 1989-91 | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law and Chair of the International and Comparative Law Program, The University of Iowa |
| 1983-89 | Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1981-83 | Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1981 (Spring) | Visiting Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1978-80 | Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1976-78 | Senior Fellow and Director, Transnational Academic Program, Institute for World Order, New York City |
| 1974 (Spring) | Visiting Lecturer with the Rank of Professor, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa |
| 1972-76 | Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Center for World Order Studies, The University of Iowa and The Stanley Foundation (Muscatine, Iowa) |
| 1969-72 | Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1967-69 | Associate Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1966-67 | Assistant Professor of Law, The University of Iowa |
| 1961-64 | Associate Attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City |
| 1960 (Summer) | Law Clerk at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, New York City |
| 1959-60 | Part time Legal Assistant to Deputy Director and General Counsel of New Haven Redevelopment Agency, New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1959 (Summer) | Legal Assistant to Deputy Director and General Counsel of New Haven Redevelopment Agency, New Haven, Connecticut |
Conventional Organizational Affiliations (alphabetical order)
Legal
American Association for the International Commission of Jurists
American Bar Association (ABA)
Standing Committee on World Order Under Law (1984-92)
Section on International Law and Practice (1984-92)
Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities
American Society of International Law (ASIL)
Counselor to the Society (2007-- )
Vice-President (1992-94)
Executive Council (1970-76)
Nominating Committee (1972-73)
Executive Committee (1975-76)
Ad Hoc Committee on The Governance of the ASIL (1969-71)
Chair, 1972 Annual Meeting
Chair, Committee on the Selection of the Honorary Member (1991-92)
Chair, Regional Outreach Network (1992-96)
Committee on Annual Awards (1985-86)
Committee on Regional and Local Activities (1970-71)
Committee on Student and Professional Development (1972-82)
Committee on Regional and Local Activities (1969-75)
Research Committee (1994-96)
Working Group on the Ratification of the Human Rights Covenants by the United States(1980-91)
Study Panel on Reprisals in International Law (discontinued)
Study Panel on the Role of International Law in Civil Wars (discontinued)
Study Panel on State Responsibility (continuing)
Direct Information Access Network Association (DIANA)
Advisory Board(1994-99)
Independent Commission on Respect for International Law
Chairperson 1985-88)
International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (1988- )
Academic Council (1988- )
Chair 1992-99)
International Human Rights Law Group
Advisory Council (1989- )
International Law Association (American Branch)(1968-87)
International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples (North American Chapter)
National Consultative Council (1986-99)
Interest Group on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1991-99)
Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam
Consultative Council (1968-74)
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Board of Directors
Consultative Council
Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS)
Peace Law and Education Project, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
Advisory Council (1984-99)
Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute
Advisory Council (1976-94)
Board of Trustees (1994- )
Director of Publications (1994-2003)
Editor, Procedural Aspects of International Law Monograph Series (1994-2003)
Chair, Publications Committee and Editorial Board, Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute (1994- )
Non-Legal
Advisory Committee on Human Rights in Lebanon (a project of the American Friends Service Committee)
American Committee for Human Rights (ACHR)(discontinued)
Board of Directors (1984-87)
Consortium of Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED)
Executive Committee (1976-82)
Chairperson (1978-79)
Council on Foreign Relations
Emergency Committee for the Defense of Democracy and Human Rights in Iran (discontinued)
Federation of American Scientists
Elected Member, National Council (1996-99)
Fourth Freedom Forum Advisor (1988-94)
Global Education Associates
Board of Trustees (1978-86)
International Advisory Council (1986- )
Institute for Public Accuracy
Roster of Experts (1998- )
International Peace Research Association
International Society for Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Interchanges (ISECSI)
International Studies Association (ISA)
International Law Section
Peace Studies Section
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council
Program Committee (1988-99)
Iowa Nuclear Weapons FREEZE Campaign
At-Large Advisory Committee
Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
Founding Member (1995- )
Midwest Conference for U.S. Institute of Peace Planning Committee (terminated)
Planetary Citizens (discontinued)
PDHRE-People's Movement for Human Rights Education
Board of Directors (2001- )
Survival International (USA)(discontinued)
Board of Directors (1988-91)
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Futures Research (TFF) (Lund, Sweden)
International Law and Human Rights Consultant to the Board of Directors (1992- )
Union of American and Japanese Professionals Against Nuclear Omnicide
Advisory Council
United Nations Association/USA (Iowa Division)
Board of Directors (1985- )
U.S. Association for the Club of Rome
World Future Studies Federation
WSUI/KSUI/UITV Broadcasting Services Advisory Board, The University of Iowa (2000- )
University of Iowa Committees and Affiliations (chronological order)
Fulbright Screening Committee (1967-69; 1991-92); Standing Committee on University Relations with the Federal Government (1968-71); Executive Committee, Center for International Studies (1968-71); Executive Committee, The University of Iowa Chapter of the AAUP (1970-71); Faculty Advisory Committee on International Education 1973-76); Global Studies Program (1978- ); Faculty Senate, interim appointment (Jan 1983 - Apr 1983); Human Dimensions/Policy Group, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (1991-98); Executive Committee, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (1994-98); Chair, Global Focus: Human Rights '98 (1997-99); International Programs Advisory Council (1997-99); International Instruction and Research Programs Committee (1997-99); Cultural Affairs Committee (1998-2001); WSUI/KSUI/UITV Broadcasting Services Advisory Board (2000- )
UI College of Law Committees and Affiliations (chronological order)
Admissions Committee (1966-71); Long-Range Planning Committee (1966-67); Curriculum Committee (1969-71; 1985-88); Interdisciplinary Studies Committee (1971-76); Moot Court Committee (1971-76); Retention Committee (1974-76); Joint Program, MCL, Interdisciplinary Studies and Undergraduate Instruction (1978-80; 1985-92); Research & Professional Research and Development Committee (1978-80; 1985-92) (Chair, 1989-90); Speakers Committee (1978-92); Building and Equipment Committee (1979-92); Faculty Advisor, Iowa Society of International Law and Affairs (1967-76; 1980-99); Faculty Advisor, Jessup International Moot Court Competition (1982-96); Faculty Advisor, Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (1989-99); Chair, International and Comparative Law Program (1990-99); Special Committee on Focus (1990-92); Chair, Graduate Program in International and Comparative Law (1991-99)
Courses Taught or Teaching (alphabetical order)
American Exceptionalism and International Law Research Seminar; Arms Control, Disarmament and the Law (Seminar); Conflict of Laws; Conflict Resolution; Dynamics of International and Comparative Human Rights (inter-disciplinary University-wide Seminar); Foreign Relations and the Constitution; Global Corruption and the Law (Seminar); Global Interdependence and Human Survival: An Introduction to World Order Studies (an undergraduate course taught in 1975-76 as part of The University of Iowa's World Order Studies Program); Human Rights in the World Community; Human Rights Law and Policy Research Seminar; International Law; Intergenerational Rights and Climate Change Research Seminar; Legal Regulation of International Intervention (Seminar); Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence (Seminar); Problems in International Law and Policy Research Seminar; Transnational Law; Torts; World Organization and World Public Order; World Politics and International Law (Seminar)
Foreign Travel (67 foreign jursidictions in alphabetical order)
Andorra, Armenia (USSR), Austria, Azerbaijan (USSR), Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Corsica (France), Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Gaza (Palestine), Georgia (USSR & post-USSR)), Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan (USSR), Kenya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia (USSR & post-USSR), San Marino, Scotland, Serbia (Yugoslavia & post-Yugoslavia), South Korea, St Lucia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (ROC), Thailand, Turkey, Tadzhikistan (USSR), Uzbekistan (USSR), Vietnam, Virgin Islands, West Bank (Palestine), Croatia (Yugoslavia ), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Yugoslavia), Kosovo (Yugoslavia & Serbia), Montenegro (Yugoslavia), Slovenia (Yugoslavia)
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