Jules Lobel

Through the U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights, Jules Lobel has litigated important issues regarding the application of international law in the U.S. courts. In the late 1980’s, he advised the Nicaraguan government on the development of its first democratic constitution, and has also advised the Burundi government on constitutional law issues.

Professor Lobel is editor of a text on civil rights litigation and of a collection of essays on the U.S. Constitution, A Less Than Perfect Union (Monthly Review Press, 1988). He is author of numerous articles on international law, foreign affairs, and the U.S. Constitution in publications including Yale Law Journal, Harvard International Law Journal, Cornell Law Review, and Virginia Law Review. He is a member of the American Society of International Law.

Currently Teaching

• International Law (Fall 08)
• Constitutional Law (Spring 09)
• Human Rights Litigation Seminar (Spring 09)

Courses Previously Taught

• Foreign Affairs and the Constitution Seminar

Selected Publications

Books and Monographs:

• David Cole & Jules Lobel, Less Safe, Less Free : the Failure of Preemption in the War on Terror (New Press 2007).
• Jules Lobel, Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America (New Press 2003).
• Jules Lobel, A Less Than Perfect Union — Alternative Perspectives on the U.S. Constitution, Editor (Monthly Review Press 1988).

Scholarly Articles:

• Jules Lobel, The Preventive Paradigm And The Perils Of Ad Hoc Balancing (9/11 Five Years on: A Look at the Global Response to Terrorism), 91 Minn. L. Rev. 1407-1450 (2007).
• Jules Lobel & George Loewenstein, Emote Control:   The Substitution of Symbol for Substance in Foreign Policy and International Law (Symposium:   Must We Choose Between Rationality and Irrationality?), 80 Chicago-Kent L. Rev. 1045-1090 (Summer 2005).
• Jules Lobel, Courts as Forums for Protest, 52 UCLA L. Rev. 477-561 (December 2004).
• Jules Lobel & Michael Ratner, International Law, the New Bush Doctrine and War with Iraq, 60 Guild Practitioner 205-215 (Fall 2003).
• Jules Lobel, Preventive Detention:   Prisoners, Suspected Terrorists and Permanent Emergency (Rounding Up Unusual Suspects:   Human Rights in the Wake of 9/11), 25 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 389-413 (Spring 2003).
• Jules Lobel, The War on Terrorism and Civil Liberties, 63 Univ. Pitt. L. Rev. 767-790 (Summer 2002).
• H. Lee Halterman, Jules Lobel, Joel E. Starr, Michael Ratner & James Klimaski, The Fog of War (Powers), 37 Stan. J. Int’l L. 197-204 (Winter 2001).

Awards and Honors

• Excellence in Teaching Award (1992)
• Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (1993)
• Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award (2002)