HR job title
- Professor and Director
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- 0000-0001-7241-5545
Ku, Charlotte Professor
Positions
- Professor, School of Law, Texas A&M University
I am interested in how law operates as a social phenomenon, not necessarily dependent on formal structures or institutions. I am particularly interested in understanding the structures and processes that facilitate the development and implementation of international law.
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Ku, C.
(2021).
What Can Islamic Law Practice Tell Us about the Peaceful Resolution of International Disputes?. 23(1), 211-213.
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Morriss, A. P., & Ku, C.
(2020).
The Evolution of Offshore: From Tax Havens to IFCs. 2020, 7-9.
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Ku, C.
(2020).
The Changing Practices of International Law. American Journal of International Law.
114(1), 173-177.
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Ku, C., Henning, W. H., Stewart, D. P., & Diehl, P. F.
(2019).
Even Some International Law is Local: Implementation of Treaties through Subnational Mechanisms. VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
60(1), 105-158.
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Ku, C.
(2017).
1917: Towards a Global Order. South Central Review.
34(3), 128-143.
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Ku, C.
(2015).
The Elements of Legitimacy: The State and the United Nations System
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Irish, A., Ku, C., & Diehl, P. F.
(2013).
Bridging the International Law-International Relations Divide: Taking Stock of Progress. Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law.
41(2), 357-388.
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Ku, C., & Smith, K. A.
(2012).
Teaching International Law in the Context of Domestic Legal Systems: Towards a Transnational Approach
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Ku, C.
(2011).
Creating and Sustaining Information Networks: The Role of the Professional Association and Learned Society in the United States
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Ku, C.
(2008).
Strengthening International Law's Capacity to Govern through Multilayered Strategic Partnerships. South African Yearbook of International Law.
33, 107-123.
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Diehl, P. F., & Ku, C.
(2008).
Colouring Within the Lines: How the International Legal Operating System Influences Rule Creation. Global Society.
22(3), 319-336.
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Ku, C., & Diehl, P. F.
(2006).
Filling in the Gaps: Extrasystemic Mechanisms for Addressing Imbalances between the International Legal Operating System and the Normative System. Global Governance.
12(2), 161-183.
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Gamble, J. K., Ku, C., & Strayer, C.
(2005).
Human-Centric International Law: A Model and a Search for Empirical Indicators. Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law.
14(1), 61-80.
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Ku, C.
(2005).
Introduction to Transnational Law: What Is It - How Does It Differ from International Law and Comparative Law. 23(4), 795-796.
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Ku, C.
(2003).
When Can Nations Go to War - Politics and Change in the UN Security System. Michigan Journal of International Law.
24, 1077-1077.
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Diehl, P. F., Ku, C., & Zamora, D.
(2003).
The Dynamics of International Law: The Interaction of Normative and Operating Systems. International Organization.
57(1), 43-75.
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Ku, C., Diehl, P. F., Simmons, B. A., Dallmeyer, D. G., & Jacobson, H. K.
(2001).
Exploring International Law: Opportunities and Challenges for Political Science Research. International Studies Review.
3(1), 3-23.
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Ku, C.
(2001).
Harold K. Jacobson (1929-2001): An Appreciation. American Journal of International Law.
95(4), 849-851.
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Ku, C.
(2001).
Using Military Forces under International Auspices and Democratic Accountability. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.
1(1), 21-50.
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Ku, C., & Jacobson, H. K.
(2000).
Accountability and Democracy in the Case of Using Force under International Auspices. 94, 19-30.
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Ku, C., & Borgen, C. J.
(2000).
American Lawyers and International Competence. Dickinson Journal of International Law.
18(3), 493-515.
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Ku, C., & Borgen, C. J.
(2000).
American Lawyers and International Competence. Dickinson Journal of International Law.
18(3), 493-515.
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Gamble, J. K., & Ku, C.
(2000).
International Law - New Actors and New Technologies: Center Stage for NGOs. Law and policy in international business.
31(2), 221-262.
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Ku, C.
(1996).
The ASIL as an Epistemic Community. 90, 584-585.
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Ku, C.
(1996).
Catholicism, the Peace of Westphalia, and the Origins of Modern International Law. 1(2), 734-739.
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Ku, C.
(1995).
The Developing Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Policy and Law Making. The Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs.
13, 140-156.
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Ku, C.
(1994).
Images to Frame the Discourse: Group Cohesion and the State. History of European Ideas.
18(2), 175-185.
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Ku, C.
(1994).
Abolition of China's Unequal Treaties and the Search for Regional Stability in Asia, 1919-1943. The Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs.
12, 67-86.
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Gamble, J. K., & Ku, C.
(1993).
Choice of Language in Bilateral Treaties: Fifty Years of Changing State Practice. Indiana international & comparative law review.
3(2), 233-264.
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Ku, C.
(1991).
The Archipelagic States Concept and Regional Stability in Southeast Asia. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law.
23(3), 463-478.
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Ku, C.
(1990).
The Concept of Res Communis in International Law. History of European Ideas.
12(4), 459-477.
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Ku, C.
(1990).
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: From Crown to Chinese Colony. Asian Affairs: An American Review.
17(3), 101-115.
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Ku, C.
(2021).
What Can Islamic Law Practice Tell Us about the Peaceful Resolution of International Disputes?. 23(1), 211-213.
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book
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Ku, C.
(2012).
International Law, International Relations, and Global Governance. Routledge.
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Diehl, P. F., & Ku, C.
(2010).
The Dynamics of International Law. Cambridge University Press.
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Ku, C., & Jacobson, H. K.
(2003).
Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law. Cambridge University Press.
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Ku, C.
(2001).
Global Governance and the Changing Face of International Law. The Academic Council on the United Nations System, Yale Univ.
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Ku, C., & Weiss, T. G.
(1998).
Toward understanding global governance: the international law and international relations toolbox. Academic Council on the United Nations System.
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Ku, C.
(2012).
International Law, International Relations, and Global Governance. Routledge.
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chapter
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Ku, C.
(2018).
International Court of Justice. Weiss, T. G., & Daws, S. (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations.
(pp. 189-211).
Oxford University Press.
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Scott, S. V., & Ku, C.
(2018).
The UN Security Council and global action on climate change. Climate Change and the UN Security Council.
(pp. 1-24).
Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Ku, C.
(2018).
International Organization and Global Governance. Weiss, T. G., & Wilkinson, R. (Eds.),
International Organization and Global Governance.
(pp. 35-48).
Routledge.
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Ku, C.
(2018).
The Evolution of International Law. Weiss, T., & Wilkinson, R. (Eds.),
International Organization and Global Governance.
(pp. 35-48).
Taylor & Francis.
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Ku, C., & Diehl, P.
(2016).
The Primary Effects of Secondary Rules: Institutions and Multilevel Governance. Palgrave MacMillan.
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Ku, C.
(2015).
Fragmentation in International Law and Governance: Understanding the Sum of the Parts. Ryngaert, C., Molenaar, E. J., & Nouwen, S. (Eds.),
What's Wrong with International Law?.
(pp. 419-433).
Brill/Nijhoff.
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Ku, C.
(2015).
Transparency, Accountability, and Responsibility for Internationally Mandated Operations. Weller, M. (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law.
(pp. 416-436).
Oxford University Press.
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Ku, C.
(2013).
Evolution of International Law. Weiss, T. G., & Wilkinson, R. (Eds.),
International Organization and Global Governance.
(pp. 35-47).
Routledge.
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Ku, C.
(2006).
Legitimacy as an Assessment of Existing Legal Standards: The Case of the 2003 Iraq War. Thakur, R., & Pal Singh Sidhu, W. (Eds.),
The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges.
(pp. 397-412).
United Nations University Press.
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Ku, C.
(2005).
Collective Security and the Personalization of Peace. Charnovitz, S., Steger, D., & Van Den Bossche, P. (Eds.),
Law in the Service of Human Dignity: Essays in Honour of Florentino Feliciano.
(pp. 336-349).
Cambridge University Press.
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Ku, C.
(2005).
Forging a Multilayered System of Global Governance. MacDonald, R., & Johnston, D. (Eds.),
Towards World Constitutionalism.
(pp. 631-651).
BRILL.
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Ku, C.
(2004).
Using Military Forces under International Auspices: A Mixed System of Accountability. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific.
(pp. 21-50).
Ashgate Pub Ltd.
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Ku, C.
(1994).
International Legitimation in the Late Twentieth Century. Taiwan in World Affairs.
(pp. 179-190).
Westview Press.
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Ku, C.
(1994).
Change and Stability in the International System: China Secures Revision of the Unequal Treaties. Essays in Honor of Wang Tieya.
(pp. 447-461).
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
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Ku, C.
(2018).
International Court of Justice. Weiss, T. G., & Daws, S. (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations.
(pp. 189-211).
Oxford University Press.
editor of
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book
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Scott, S. V., & Ku, C.
(2018).
Climate Change and the UN Security Council
Scott, S., & Ku, C. (Eds.),
Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Scott, S. V., & Ku, C.
(2018).
Climate Change and the UN Security Council
Scott, S., & Ku, C. (Eds.),
Edward Elgar Publishing.
Teaching
teaching activities
- LAW7816 Independent Study Instructor
- LAW7830 Global Lawyering: London & Mal Instructor
- LAW7830 Global Lawyering: Maritime-uk Instructor
- LAW7830 Global Lawyering:intl Maritime Instructor
- LAW7830 Global Lawyering:jersey & Guer Instructor
- LAW7900 Natl Sec Trans Lgl Sem (sptp) Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptp: Intl Human Rts Seminar Instructor
- LAW7900 Sptp:natl Sec Trans Lgl Sem Instructor
- LAW7900 Transnatl Legal Ord Sem Instructor
- LAW7900 Transnatl Lgl Ord Sem Instructor
Background
education and training
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Charlotte
has last name
- Ku
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University School of Law
8500 TAMU
Fort Worth, TX 76102
USA
Other
- cku@law.tamu.edu