Phone: (434) 243-8541

E-mail: versteeg@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Comparative law


Current Course(s): Comparative Constitutional Design, International Human Rights Law

In the Media:

• "Japan's Constitution is Still One of the World's Most Advanced" (The Asahi Shimbun, 05/03/2012)
• "Is Canada's Charter Better Than the U.S. Constitution? (GlobalPost, 04/18/2012)
• "Canada's Charter Legacy" (CTV, 04/18/2012)
• "Gov't Press Release Dubs Charter an 'Important Step'" (CTV News, 04/17/2012)
• "Charter of Rights Turns Canada into a 'Constitutional' Trendsetter" (CBC, 04/17/2012)
• "The Charter Proves to Be Canada's Gift to the World" (The Globe and Mail, 04/15/2012)
• "Canadian Model a Global Template, U.S. Study Finds" ("The Vancouver Sun", 04/14/2012)
• "We The People: Declining Global Appeal of U.S. Constitution" (The Kojo Nnamdi Show, 02/28/2012)
• "Global Influence of U.S. Constitution on the Decline" (Science Blog, 02/27/2012)
• "No Longer a Model Constitution Works For Us" (Watertown Daily Times, 02/27/2012)
• "Simplicity is Beautiful: How to Build a Democracy" (The Daily Caller, 02/21/2012)
• "Influence of U.S. Constitution Declining Globally" (The Christian Post, 02/19/2012)
• Take Five: Scholar David Law on U.S. Constitution's Declining Global Appeal (St. Louis Beacon, 02/13/2012)
• "Ginsburg’s Right U.S. Constitution a Bad Model: Noah Feldman" (Bloomberg, 02/12/2012)
• "Canada’s Charter of Rights: A Global Model" (The Globe and Mail, 02/10/2012)
• "Is The USA The Only Nation in the World With Corporate Personhood?" (The Huffington Post, 02/08/2012)
• Canada: Constitutional Superpower? (The Wall Street Journal, 02/08/2012)
• "It's The System, Stupid" (The New Yorker, 02/08/2012)
• "Popularity of Once-Much-Emulated US Constitution in Foreign Countries Now in ‘Free Fall,’ Study Says" (ABA Journal, 02/07/2012)
• "Canada’s Commonwealth Edge" (Maclean's, 02/07/2012)
• "Our Constitution Is The Best Model A Country Could Have" (Investor's Business Daily, 02/07/2012)
• "U.S. Constitution’s Dwindling Influence, Law Professors Report" (Ethiopian Review, 02/07/2012)
• "Our Constitution Is Out of Step with the Rest of the World" (Cato Institute, 02/07/2012)
• "Summary Judgments" (Reuters, 02/07/2012)
• "'We the People' Loses Appeal With People Around the World" (The New York Times, 02/06/2012)