Gathii, James Thuo
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship; Governor George E. Pataki Professor of International Commercial Law
Phone: 518-445-3304

Bio  |  Academia  |  Publications

LL.B., University of Nairobi  
LL.M., S.J.D., Harvard Law School
Editor, Harvard Human Rights Journal  
Special Editor, Harvard International Law Journal, Spring 2000

James Thuo Gathii is the Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship and the Governor George E. Pataki Chair of International Commercial Law at Albany Law School, where he has been on the faculty since 2001. His research and expertise are in the areas of public international law, international economic, international intellectual property and trade law as well as on issues of good governance and legal reform as they relate to the third world and sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Before joining Albany Law School, Professor Gathii taught at the Rutgers Business School. He was also a Crowe and Dunlevy Visiting International Law Professor at the University of Oklahoma's College of Law.  

Professor Gathii has published over 40 articles and book chapters, including the Michigan Law Review. Professor Gathii has presented his research at several law schools, including at Harvard, Cornell, UC Davis and the University of North Carolina and around the World including in the U.K., Italy, Canada, Kenya, Finland and Holland. He is a member of the International Law Association's Study Committee on the Meaning of War.

Professor Gathii received his LL.B. from the University of Nairobi and his LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Prof. Gathii's two forthcoming books are: War, Commerce and International Law (Oxford University Press, January 2010) and African Regional Trade Agreements as Legal Regimes (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

Courses

Business Organization
International Business Transactions
International Organizations
Public International Law

Return to Faculty Directory