Author Profile

Jacob Katz Cogan

Jacob Katz Cogan

Phone: (513) 556-0105
Clifton Avenue & Calhoun Street P.O. Box 210040 Cincinnati OH 45221 United States

About

Jacob Katz Cogan has spent more than a decade both teaching and practicing law – partially for the United States government – and has in his travels developed a wealth of knowledge on matters relating to international law. He currently teaches at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

Areas of Expertise

* Comparative constitutional law * Contracts * International business transactions * International commercial arbitration * International criminal law * International investment law * International organizations * U.S. legal history

Professional Experience

* Assistant Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law (2006-present) * Attorney-Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, U.S. Department of State - Office of the Legal Adviser (2004-2006) * Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School (2004) * Attorney-Adviser for United Nations Affairs, U.S. Department of State - Office of the Legal Adviser (2003-2004) * Attorney-Adviser for International Claims and Investment Disputes, U.S. Department of State - Office of the Legal Adviser (2001-2003) * Teaching Assistant, Yale Law School (1998) * Teaching Assistant, Princeton University (1993, 1996) * Fellow, Harvard University's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (2000-2001) * Law Clerk, Judge Sandra L. Lynch - U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1999-2000) * Assistant Director, Yale Law School - Global Constitutionalism Project (1997-1999, 2000-2003) * Legal Intern, United Nations - Office of Legal Affairs, Codification Division (1998)

Education

* PhD (history), Princeton University (2002) * JD, Yale Law School (1999) * MA (history), Princeton University (1993) * BA(history), University of Pennsylvania (1991)

Recent Articles

New Issue: Journal of International Economic Law

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 22, 2012 13:43

The latest issue of the Journal of International Economic Law (Vol. 15, no. 1, March 2012) is out. Contents include:Norbert Seiler & Jelena Madir, Fight Against Corruption: Sanctions Regimes of Multilateral Development BanksChi Manjiao, China’s Participation in WTO Dispute Settlement Over the Past...

Fauchald & Nollkaemper: The Practice of International and National Courts and the (De-)Fragmentation of International Law

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 22, 2012 10:39

Ole Kristian Fauchald (Univ. of Oslo - Law) & André Nollkaemper (Univ. of Amsterdam - Law) have published The Practice of International and National Courts and the (De-)Fragmentation of International Law (Hart Publishing 2012). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:In recent decades...

Steingruber: Consent in International Arbitration

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 22, 2012 09:16

Andrea M. Steingruber has published Consent in International Arbitration (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:Examining the notion, nature, and extent of consent in both commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, this book provides practitioners and academics with a thorough,...

Prost: The Concept of Unity in Public International Law

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 22, 2012 04:27

Mario Prost (Keele Univ. - Law) has published The Concept of Unity in Public International Law (Hart Publishing 2012). Here's the abstract:'Fragmentation' has become a defining, albeit controversial, metaphor of international law scholarship in the era of globalisation. Some scholars see it as a...

Call for Participation: Measuring the Immeasurable? The Fairness Discourse in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Jacob Katz Cogan
March 21, 2012 19:11

Daniel Behn, a PhD Candidate at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), is conducting a study on the fairness discourse in investment treaty arbitration. This study is not a typical questionnaire; rather, it asks the participant to sort through...