Aaron Fellmeth
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MC 9520 111 E Taylor St Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 9520Campus: Dtphx
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Aaron Fellmeth is the Dennis S. Karjala Professor of Law, Science, and Technology at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Professor Fellmeth is a leading expert in public international law, international business transactions, and intellectual property law. He has published extensively on legal theory, the history of international law, public international law, the international law of armed conflict, international trade law, human rights, and intellectual property law. He teaches Public International Law, International Business Transactions, International Law of Armed Conflict, and International Human Rights Law.
Professor Fellmeth's work has been cited several times by federal courts and in testimony before Congress. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the International Law Association's American Branch (ABILA) and is the chair of its International Human Rights Committee. He is also a member of the American Society of International Law's (ASIL) Executive Committee of the Law of Armed Conflict / International Humanitarian Law Interest Group and past Co-Chair of the Human Rights Interest Group. He sits on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA.
Before coming to ASU, Professor Fellmeth clerked for the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. International Trade Commission and at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. He then spent seven years at international law firms practicing international business law, public international law, and intellectual property law.
- J.D. Yale University School of Law 1997
- M.A. International Relations, Yale University 1997
- A.B. University of California-Berkeley 1993
Legal Theory
Public International Law
International Human Rights Law
GUIDE TO LATIN IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (2d ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2021) (with Maurice Horwitz)
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (Edward Eglar Pub. 2020)
PARADIGMS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016)
HE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (NYU Press, forthcoming) (with Linda Demaine)
The Human Right to Suicide under International Law, 21 Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 641 (2021) (with Nourin Abourahma)
nternational Human Rightgs Law and the Concept of Good Governance, 44 Hum. Rts. Q. __ (forthcoming 2022) (with Siobhán McInerney-Lankford)
International Human Rights Law, Normative Hierarchy, and Development Policy, 54 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. __ (forthcdoming 2021) (with Siobhán McInerney-Lankford)
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 791 | Seminar |
LAW 768 | Intl Business Transactions |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 615 | Public International Law |
LAW 709 | International Human Rights |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 768 | Intl Business Transactions |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 615 | Public International Law |
LAW 709 | International Human Rights |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 791 | Seminar |
LAW 768 | Intl Business Transactions |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 615 | Public International Law |
LAW 709 | International Human Rights |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
LAW 768 | Intl Business Transactions |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 615 | Public International Law |
LAW 709 | International Human Rights |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
2019 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 791 | Seminar |
LAW 768 | Intl Business Transactions |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 709 | International Human Rights |
LAW 615 | Public International Law |
2018 Summer
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2018 Spring
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2005 Harold D. Lasswell Prize for Best Policy Sciences Paper (for Secrecy, Monopoly, and Access to Pharmaceuticals in International Trade Law), Society for Policy Sciences
2002 Next Generation Leader in Science & Technology, American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Law Association - Human Rights in Times of Emergency Committee
International Law Association, American Branch (ABILA) - Board of Directors
ABILA International Human Rights Committee - Chair
ASIL Law of Armed Conflict / International Humanitarian Law Interest Group - Executive Committee
American Society of International Law (ASIL) Human Rights Interest Group - Co-Chair
Amnesty International USA - Board of Directors
Lead author, Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking a Determination on the Discriminatory Policy of Suspending Immigration of Certain Muslims by the United States of America, Inter-Am. Comm’n on Hum. Rts., Dec. 3, 2018
Lead author, Brief of International Law Scholars & Nongovernmental Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Trump v. Hawaii, Case No. 17-965, 585 U.S. __, 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018) (also, amicus briefs in parallel cases before the D. Haw., W.D. Wash., 4th Cir. & 9th Cir.)
Lead author, Brief of International Law Scholars & Nongovernmental Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs, Darweesh v. Trump, Case No. 1:17 Civ. 480 (E.D.N.Y. 2017)
Sole author, Brief of GeneDX and Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, 569 U.S.576 (2013)