law: Faculty
- Titles:
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Professor of Law
- Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
- Director, LLM Tax Program
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Professor of Law
- Department:
- Law
- Campus:
- San Francisco
415-442-6673
- jsylvester@ggu.edu
COURSES TAUGHT
- Contract Law
- International Commercial Dispute Resolution
- International Sales
- Remedies
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Arbitration
- Contract Law
EDUCATION
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JD, Harvard University
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MJ, University of California, Berkeley
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BA, Stanford University
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Practiced with the Washington, DC offices of two major New York-based law firms.
- Has directed and/or taught in legal education programs in China, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Kenya, Malta, Panama and Turkey.
- Formally a Fulbright Scholar (East Africa 1992-93).
- Formerly a New York Times Fellow.
- Worked as a television news writer, reporter and producer.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Bound To Arbitrate, The Recorder, 7/31/2012.
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The Other Sovereign Debt Crisis – A 30-Year Update on Sub-Saharan Africa, 41:3 International Law News p. 9 (ABA, Summer 2012). An abbreviated version of this article was subsequently published as Sovereign Debt in Sub-Saharan Africa in the "Best of ABA Sections" feature of 30:2 GP-Solo p. 68 (ABA, March/April 2013).
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Resolving Arbitrability, The Recorder, 29 March 2012.
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The Problem With Nominees, 28 CEB Real Prop. Law Rptr 5 (2005). With Roger Bernhardt.
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Deconstructing Development, 22 Wisconsin Int'l. L.J. 1 (2004). With Ruth Gordon.
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It's Not Just A Job, It's An Adventure! 34 Univ. Toledo L.R. 165 (2002). With Anthony Pagano.
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Sub-Saharan Africa: Economic Stagnation, Political Disintegration and the Specter of Recolonization, 27 Loyola of Los Angeles L. Rev. 1299 (1994).
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Impracticability, Mutual Mistake and Related Contractual Bases for Equitably Adjusting the External Debt of Sub-Saharan Africa, 13 Northwestern J. of Int'l. Law & Bus. 258 (1992).
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Is the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act Potentially Unconstitutional? If So, Should the Texas Cure be Adopted Elsewhere? 25 Geo. Wash. J. Int'l L. & Econ. 737 (1991). With Richard J. Graving.
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Validity of Post-Employment Non-Compete Covenants in Broadcast News Employment Contracts, 11 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L. J. 423 (1989).
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The Uncertain Status of Post-Employment Non-Compete Covenants in Texas, 14 T. Marshall L.Rev. 1 (1988).
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How California Governs the News Media, 26 Santa Clara L. Rev. 381 (1986).
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How the States Govern the News Media - A Survey of Selected Jurisdictions, 16 SW Univ. L. Rev. 723 (1986).
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Government Supports United States Exporters, 1 Int'l Fin. L. Rev. 13 (1982). With Anthony F. Essaye.