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Chantal Thomas 
Professor of Law
Working Papers
"What Does the Emerging International Law of Migration Mean for Sovereighty," Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-72 (2013).
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"The Death of Doha? Forensics of Democratic Governance, Distributive Justice, and Development in the WTO," Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No.12-18 (2012).
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"Migration and Social Regionalism: Labour Migration as an Unintended Consequence of Globalization in Mexico, 1980-2000," Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-013 (June 18, 2009), Available at SSRN.
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"Unpopular Popular Constitutionalism," Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-012 (June 18, 2009), Available at SSRN.
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"Re-Reading Weber in Law and Development: A Critical Intellectual History of 'Good Governance' Reform," Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-034 (Dec 9, 2008) Available at SSRN. Parts I, II.A. and II.B. were published as "Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and the Sociology of Legal Reform: A Reassessment with Implications for Law and Development," 15 Minnesota Journal of  International Law 383 (2006).
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Books
"Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System" (ed. with Joel P Trachtman), (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009).
Contributions to Books

"Democratic Governance, Distributive Justice and Development," in Distributive Justice and International Economic Law (Cambridge University Press; Chi Carmody, Frank Garcia, John Linarelli, eds. forthcoming, 2010)

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"Trade, Labor and Migration," in Social Regionalism in the Global Economy (forthcoming)(Routledge; Adelle Blackett, Christian Lévesque eds., 2010).

"Trade and Labor in the World Trade Organization," in Human Rights and the World Trade Organization (forthcoming, Edward Elgar; Sarah Joseph ed., 2009)

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"Intellectual Property Intersections with Trade and Labor Rules: Rethinking Domestic and International Strategies to Promote Biodiversity from the 'NAFTA Corn' Example," in Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a TRIPS-Plus Era (Oxford University Press, Daniel J. Gervais ed. 2007).
"Constitutionalism, Trade Legislation, and 'Democracy'," in The Least Examined Branch : The Role of Legislatures in the Constitutional State (Cambridge University Press, Richard Bauman and Tsvi Kahana, eds. 2006).
"'Non-Trade' Issues and the WTO," in Handbook of International Trade - Vol II: Economic and Legal Analysis of Laws and Institutions (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing; E. Kwan Choi & James C. Hartigan, eds., 2004).
Articles
"Convergences and Divergences in International Legal Norms on Migrant Labor," 32 Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal 405 (2011).
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"Migrant Domestic Workers in Cairo: A Case Study of Informality in Legal and Economic Ordering," 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 987 (2010).
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"Globalization and the Border: Trade, Labor, Migration, and Agricultural Production in Mexico," 41 McGeorge Law Review 867 (2009).
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"An Introduction: The Future of International Law," 101 American Society of International Law Proceedings 1 (2007).
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"The Globalization of the American Law School," 101 American Society of International Law Proceedings 183 (2007).
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"From the International to the Local in Feminist Legal Responses: Four Studies in Contemporary Governance Feminism," 29 Harvard Journal of Law and Gender 336 (2006).
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"Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and the Sociology of Legal Reform: a Reassessment with Implications for Law and Development," 15 Minnesota Journal of International Law 383 (2006).
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"Working Borders: Linking Debates About Insourcing and Outsourcing of Capital and Labor," 40 Texas International Law Journal 769 (2005).
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"Challenges for Democracy and Trade: The Case of the United States," 41 Harvard Journal on Legislation 1 (2004).
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"Should the World Trade Organization Incorporate Labor and Environmental Standards?" 61 Washington & Lee Law Review 347 (2004).
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"Poverty Reduction, Trade, and Rights," 18 American University International Law Review 1399 (2003).
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"Disciplining Globalization: International Law, Illegal Trade, and the Case of Narcotics," 24 (2) Michigan Journal of International Law 549 (2003).
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"Economy, Prosperity, and Social Justice," (with Leopold Specht, Ratna Kapur, Balakrishnan Rajagopal & David M. Trubek) 16 Leiden Journal of International Law 849 (2003).
"Trade Related Labor and Environmental Agreements?" 5 Journal of International Economic Law 791 (2002).
"Globalization in Financial Services: What Role for GATS?" 21 Annual Review of Banking Law 323 (2002).
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"Constitutional Change and International Government," 52 (1) The Hastings Law Journal 1 (2000).
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"Balance-of-Payments Crises in the Developing World: Balancing Trade, Finance and Development in the New Economic Order," 15 American University International Law Review 1249 (2000).
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"Globalization and the Reproduction of Hierarchy," 33 University of California Davis Law Review 1451 (2000).
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"International Debt Forgiveness and Global Poverty Reduction," 27 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1711 (2000).
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"Critical Race Theory and Postcolonial Development Theory: Observations on Methodology," 45 Villanova Law Review 1195 (2000).
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"Causes of Inequality in the International Economic Order: Critican Race Theory and Postcolonial Development," 9 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 1 (1999).
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"Does the 'Good Governance' Policy of the Bretton Woods Institutions Privilege Markets at the Expense of Democracy?" 14 Connecticut Journal of International Law 551 (1999).
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"Transfer of Technology in the Contemporary International Order," 22 Fordham International Law Journal 2096 (1999).
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"Comparing the 1990s-Style and 1980s-Style Debt Crisis," 93 American Society of International Law Proceedings 135 (1999).
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"Customary International Law and State Taxation of Corporate Income: The Case for the Separate Accounting Method," 14 Berkeley Journal of International Law 99 (1996).
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Note, "Developing Countries and Multilateral Trade Agreements: Law and the Promise of Development, 108 Harvard Law Review 1715 (1995).
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Recent Case, "Administrative Law -- Administrative Procedure Act -- D.C. Circuit Holds That Trade Representative's Failure to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement for NAFTA Is Not Reviewable Under the Administrative Procedure Act," 107 Harvard Law Review 1819 (1994).
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