Phone: (434) 243-8541

E-mail: versteeg@virginia.edu

Subject Area(s): Comparative law


Current Course(s): Human Rights, Public International Law, And The Scholarly Process (Yr), Human Rights, Public International Law, And The Scholarly Process (Yr), Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr), Comparative Constitutional Design, International Human Rights Law, Seminar In Ethical Values (Yr)

In the Media:

• "In Sickness and in Health: The Constitution Should Give Americans the Right to Basic Health Care" (Co-Author) (Slate, 06/12/2012)
• "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)