Rice Distinguished ProfessorRaj Bhala joined the KU law faculty in 2003 as the Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor of Law. He has worked in no less than 20 countries, and played in another two dozen. Raj joined KU from George Washington, where he held the Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professorship. Raj is a summa cum laude graduate of Duke, and was an Angier B. Duke Scholar. The British Government awarded him a Marshall Scholarship, and he earned master's degrees from both the London School of Economics (LSE) and Oxford. He obtained his law degree with honors from Harvard, and thereafter worked at the Federal Reserve in New York, where he was twice granted the President's Award for Excellence. Raj's scholarly reputation in international trade is world wide, based in part on a prolific publication record, including a leading treatise, Modern GATT Law, and textbook, International Trade Law. Raj's work embodies three signature themes: (1) protectionist devices are embedded in the details of trade law, (2) generosity and social justice ought to play a prominent role in trade law, and (3) precedent operates as a de facto source of multilateral trade law. He is the editor of two book series, Studies in Globalization and Society (Carolina Academic Press) and International Law and Development (Martinus Nijoff Publishers). Raj is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Royal Society of Asian Affairs, American Law Institute, and Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, and has consulted to governments and international organizations. He has lectured around the world, including at the University of Auckland (New Zealand), Bahcesehir University (Istanbul), College of Shari'a and Law (Muscat, Oman), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), LaTrobe University (Melbourne), University of London, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur), National University of Singapore, Pakistan College of Law (Lahore). Raj has been a Visiting Fellow at the Bank of Japan (Tokyo) and the University of Hong Kong.
Modern GATT Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2005); Trade, Development,
and Social Justice (Carolina Academic Press, 2003); International Trade Law:
Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice (LexisNexis, 3rd ed. 2008, 2nd ed. 2001);
Dictionary of International Trade Law (LexisNexis); “Virtues, the Chinese Yuan, and the American Trade Empire,” 38 Hong Kong Law Journal part I, 183 (May 2008); "The Limits
of American Generosity," 29 Fordham International Law Journal 299 (January
2006); "Saudi Arabia, the WTO, and American Trade Law and Policy," 38 International
Lawyer 741 (Fall 2004), "World Agricultural Trade in Purgatory," 79 North Dakota
Law Review 691(Spring 2003); "WTO Dispute Settlement and Austin's Positivism:
A Primer on the Intersection," 9 International Trade Law & Regulation 14
(2003); "The Forgotten Mercy: GATT Article XXIV:11 and Trade on the Subcontinent,"
2002 New Zealand Law Review 301 (2002); "Theological Categories for Special
and Differential Treatment," 50 Kansas Law Review 635 (2002); "Poverty, Islam,
and Doha," 36 International Lawyer 159 (2002); "The Power of the Past: Towards
De Jure Stare Decisis in WTO Adjudication (Part Three of a Trilogy)," 33 George
Washington International Law Review 873 (2001); "Marxist Origins of the 'Anti-Third
World' Claim," 24 Fordham International Law Journal 132 (2002).
Curriculum Vitae with Complete Publications List
Wheat Law Library's International Trade Law Page
International trade (particularly GATT, developing countries, trade remedies, and agriculture), social justice theory, Islamic law (particularly Classical Theory)
J.D., 1989, Harvard, cum laude; M.Sc. (Management), 1986, Oxford; M.Sc. (Economics), 1985, London School of Economics; A.B. (Economics), 1984, Duke, summa cum laude.
New York, District of Columbia, Colorado, 1990
Attorney, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Director, Graduate Program, William & Mary 1989-1993, 1993-1998; Professor, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies, George Washington University School of Law, 1998-2003; Visiting Professor Duke, 1996, Michigan 1999; University of Auckland, 2003, LaTrobe University (Melbourne), 2003, World Trade Institute (Berne), 2003-2006, Raymond F. Rice Distinguished Professor of Law, Kansas, 2003-present.
Council on Foreign Relations; Royal Society for Asian Affairs; American Law Institute; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars; Consultant - United Arab Emirates University, U.S. Department of Commerce (Middle East Partnership Initiative), Saudi Aramco, Government of Laos, World Bank, International Monetary Fund; Editorial Advisory Boards - Carolina Academic Press, International Trade Law and Regulation (Thomson/Sweet and Maxwell); Shari'a and Law Journal (United Arab Emirates University).
