Paul Stephan's Avatar

Paul Stephan

@pbs3.bsky.social

UVA Law. Published The World Crisis and International Law -- The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future (CUP 2023), and Applying Municipal Law in International Disputes (Brill Nijhoff: Leiden, 2024). More at www.paulbstephan.com.

2,507 Followers  |  682 Following  |  30 Posts  |  Joined: 15.10.2023  |  1.7069

Latest posts by pbs3.bsky.social on Bluesky

Chicago Journal of International Law The University of Chicago, Chicago Journal of International Law is a journal of legal scholarship edited by students of The University of Chicago Law School.

My keynote address for the Chicago Journal of International Law's symposium is now in print:
cjil.uchicago.edu
In addition, the Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law, edited by Joel Slawtowsky, is now out:
www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-r...

07.07.2025 01:41 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Devas and Subject Matter Jurisdiction In an earlier post on this platform, I discuss what a personal jurisdiction requirement for suits confirming a foreign arbitral award would look like.

A new, and I hope last, post on the Devas decision. This one looks at whether suits seeking to confirm an arbitral award based on the New York Convention must satisfy a subject matter jurisdiction requirement. paulstephan.substack.com/p/devas-and-...

22.06.2025 04:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Post image

Farewell to Shenzhen and my wonderful students at Peking University School of Transnational Law.

20.06.2025 05:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Three Questions for the Ninth Circuit in Antrix - Transnational Litigation Blog The Supreme Court’s recent decision in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. represents a minimalist response to a narrow question embedded in a procedural labyrinth. As Ingrid Brunk noted on...

My take on the Supreme Court's Devas opinion has appeared on Transnational Litigation Blog: tlblog.org/three-questi...
I have additional thoughts on my substack: paulstephan.substack.com/p/more-on-in...
Please subscribe! It's free (and perhaps still overpriced).

19.06.2025 12:40 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The seventies were an embarrassment for everyone, although certainly looks fetching.

28.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
The Edifice Complex In 1974, the University of Virginia School of Law moved from UVA’s Clark Hall to North Grounds, setting the stage for one of legal education’s best expansion stories. But the new building’s first resi...

Buried in this story is an account of my courtship of Pamela Clark some fifty years ago: www.law.virginia.edu/uvalawyer/sp...

28.05.2025 07:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hey Kim!

29.04.2025 19:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
State Succession and Sovereign Debt State Succession and Sovereign Debt

Following my appearance on the Clauses and Controversies podcast, I have published some additional thoughts on my substack:
paulstephan.substack.com/p/state-succ...

29.04.2025 19:50 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Ep 156 ft. Paul Stephan Is There Any Law of State Succession? Syria, Ukraine and Greenland. The law of state succession to obligations comes mostly from a different era, when war and conquest were legal and borders changed

My guest appearance on Clauses and Controversies: soundcloud.com/clauses-cont...
Mitu, Mark and I discuss successor-state debtor and creditor issues with respect to Syria, Ukraine, and, speculatively, Greenland.

28.04.2025 17:07 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you my dear.

21.04.2025 10:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
The Threat to Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status and the Baleful Influence of Bob Jones University v. United States Reports that the Trump administration wants the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status invites a reconsideration of Bob Jones University v.

paulstephan.substack.com/p/the-threat...

20.04.2025 19:12 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
Preview
The syndicated loan for Ukraine: a model for future crisis collaboration Shortly before the 2024 US presidential election came news of a $50 billion loan package from the G7 nations to Ukraine, with a $20 billion contribution fr

@bsky.app Our article on Ukraine and syndicate loans is now up. Still relevant (I think):
academic.oup.com/cmlj/article...

20.03.2025 23:03 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Do Foreign States Deserve Due Process? “Minimum Contacts” and the Future of International Arbitration Devas v. Antrix considers whether foreign governments are protected by the Fifth Amendment’s Due Pro...

Wednesday 1:30 pm EST the Federalist Society is hosting George Bermann, Ingrid Brunk, and myself on Devas v. Antrix, argued Monday morning in SCOTUS, Julian Ku moderating. Link at fedsoc.org/events/do-fo...

04.03.2025 13:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Many thanks

14.02.2025 02:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
The Reign of Cerberus: International Law and Technological Innovation My keynote paper at the Chicago Journal of International Law annual symposium

I have just published a substack post, this one about my keynote address for the Chicago International Law Journal's annual symposium on technological innovation in global governance. It's free, and you can find it here: open.substack.com/pub/paulstep...

31.01.2025 17:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
Preview
CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp.: International Arbitration and Constitutional Avoidance Last Friday I filed an amicus brief in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v.

Having just submitted an amicus brief in CC/Devas (Mauritious) Limited v. Antrix Corp. in support of respondents, I share my reflections on the case on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/paulstep...
Also cross-posted on Transnational Litigation Blog
tlblog.org/cc-devas-mau...

29.01.2025 19:33 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yesterday I filed an amicus brief on behalf of respondents in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., No. 23-1201, a case involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in which the Supreme Court will here oral argument on March 3. Here is the link:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...

25.01.2025 11:28 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
The Gaza Peace Agreement Today is my last day teaching in the law faculty of Tel Aviv University.

Another substack post, brief thoughts on the hostage/peace agreement in Gaza that comes just as a finish up my time teaching at Tel Aviv University:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...

16.01.2025 07:42 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Big Data as a National Security Issue As debates swarm around Tik Tok and Chinese cyber operations targeting the United States, my article on Big Data as a National Security Issue has finally dropped.

New Substack post at open.substack.com/pub/paulstep...

16.01.2025 07:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Big Data as a National Security Issue | The University of Chicago Legal Forum This Article considers the national security implications of the legal vacuum concerning modern enhancements of data mining. Its key insight is to distinguish big data as an emergent entity from the c...

My contribution to the 2024 University of Chicago Legal Forum has just dropped:
legal-forum.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

15.01.2025 19:28 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Syndicated Loan for Ukraine: A Model for Future Crisis Collaboration The recently-announced $50 billion loan package from the G7 nations to Ukraine fell short of the $300 billion or so hoped for by the designers of its framework.

Our paper, The Syndicated Loan for Ukraine: A Model for Future Crisis Collaboration, with Ashley Deeks and Mitu Gulati, is now up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Soon to appear in the Capital Markets Law Review.

23.12.2024 03:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Ep 147 ft. Paul Stephan Podcast Episode · Clauses & Controversies · 12/01/2024 · 48m

I took part in a Clauses and Controversy podcast, discussing the NML case and Argentina's contributions to international law: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
I expand on the podcast in a new Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/paulstep...
Please consider subscribing to my substack: It's free!

03.12.2024 22:44 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

How can anything be nearly infinite? I thought infinity was immeasurable far from anything finite? Asking as a friend.

30.11.2024 14:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Eisenhower and Civil Rights Two months ago the Eisenhower Foundation organized a panel discussion at Columbia Law School about Eisenhower’s contribution to civil rights.

I included a bad link in my original post about my most recent Substack publication. You can find it at paulstephan.substack.com/p/eisenhower...

29.11.2024 16:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Eisenhower and Civil Rights Two months ago the Eisenhower Foundation organized a panel discussion at Columbia Law School about Eisenhower’s contribution to civil rights.

My bad, I didn't finish the publication process at Substack. Old but still a newbie. The link is paulstephan.substack.com/p/eisenhower....

29.11.2024 16:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I have just published a new post on substack, linked to a panel discussion in which I took part on Eisenhower and Civil Rights. You can read it at paulstephan.substack.com/publish/post.... And please subscribe to my substack!

22.11.2024 16:14 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Comity and Kleptocrats An Experiment in Substacking

I have activated my substack @paulstephan by reposting my recent contribution to Transnational Litigation Blog, with some additional comments. You can find it at substack.com/home/post/p-...
Please subscribe!

18.11.2024 21:26 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

My interview of KCBS regarding the law of war and Gaza:
www.audacy.com/podcast/kcbs...

02.11.2023 21:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My bit on WGN's Legal Face-Off about the Law of War and Israel-Gaza:
WGN Radio: wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/leg...
Facebook:  fb.watch/nSr9dRIDDN/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Twitter: x.com/WGNLegalFace...
Instagram:  www.instagram.com/reel/CywAh7O...

24.10.2023 12:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yet another emission on the confiscation of Russian assets, with Lee Buchheit on Lawfare Blog:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/once...

20.10.2023 16:56 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@pbs3 is following 20 prominent accounts