“Can – and Should – the UN Charter Be Saved?”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Florida State Journal of Transnational Law and Policy
2026

“Double Standards in UN Political Bodies: Is Impartiality Possible?”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Afronomics Law
2025

“Reparations for Colonialism: Beyond Legal Responsibility”

Steven R. Ratner
American Journal of International Law
2025

“Espionage, Secrecy, and Institutional Moral Reasoning”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Criminal Law
  • Philosophy of Law
Criminal Law and Philosophy
2024

“Towards Greater Investor Accountability: Indirect Actions, Direct Actions by States and Direct Actions by Individuals”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Journal of International Dispute Settlement
2023

“The Human Rights Remedy Gap in ISDS - The Potential of the Hague Rules on Business and Human Rights Arbitration”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
  • Human Rights
Faculty Lectures and Presentations - University of Notre Dame Law School
2023

“Not Just the Historians: Anne Orford’s Insights and the Suspicion Between International Law and Philosophy”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Temple International and Comparative Law Journal
2022

“Fair and Equitable Treatment and Human Rights: A Moral and Legal Reconciliation”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
  • Human Rights
Journal of International Economic Law
2022

“The Aggravating Duty of Non-Aggravation”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
European Journal of International Law,
2021

“International Investment Law and Domestic Investment Rules: Tracing the Upstream and Downstream Flows”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Journal of World Investment & Trade
2020

“Business and Human Rights: Seizing the Opportunity”

Steven R. Ratner
Revista Cadernos do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito/UFRGS [Journal of the Graduate Program in Law/UFRGS]
2020

“Introduction to the Symposium on Soft and Hard Law on Business and Human Rights”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Human Rights
American Journal of International Law Unbound
2020

“Independence and Impartiality in Investment Dispute Settlement: Assessing Challenges and Reform Options”

Steven R. Ratner
Journal of World Investment & Trade
2020

“International Law and Theories of Global Justice”

Steven R. Ratner
Proceedings of the American Society of International Law
2020

“Global Investment Rules as a Site for Moral Inquiry”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Journal of Political Philosophy
2019

“International Law and Political Philosophy: Uncovering New Linkages”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Philosophy Compass
2019

“Compensation for Expropriations in a World of Investment Treaties: Beyond the Lawful/Unlawful Distinction”

Steven R. Ratner
American Journal of International Law
2017

“International Investment Law Through the Lens of Global Justice”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Journal of International Economic Law
2017

“Complicity and Compromise in the Law of Nations”

Steven R. Ratner
Criminal Law and Philosophy
2016

“After Atrocity: Optimizing UN Action Toward Accountability for Human Rights Abuses”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Criminal Law
  • International and Comparative Law
  • Human Rights
Michigan journal of International Law
2015

“Ethics and International Law: Integrating the Global Justice Project(s)”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
International Theory
2013

“Accountability and the Sri Lankan Civil War”

Steven R. Ratner
American Journal of International Law
2012

“In Memoriam: Eric Stein”

Mathias W. Reimann Steven R. Ratner Daniel H. Halberstam
  • International and Comparative Law
American Journal of International Law
2012

“Democratizing International Law”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Global Policy
2011

“Law Promotion Beyond Law Talk: The Red Cross, Persuasion, and the Laws of War”

Steven R. Ratner
European Journal of International Law
2011

“Labeling Mass Atrocity: Does and Should International Criminal Law Rank Evil?”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Wayne Law Review
2008

“Regulatory Takings in Institutional Context: Beyond the Fear of Fragmented International Law”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
American Journal of International Law
2008

“Think Again: Geneva Conventions”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Law Quadrangle Notes
2008

“Geneva Conventions”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Foreign Policy
2008

“Can We Compare Evils? The Enduring Debate on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Criminal Law
  • Human Rights
Washington University Global Studies Law Review
2007

“Symposium: State Intelligence Gathering and International Law: Introduction”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Michigan Journal of International Law
2007

“Predator and Prey: Seizing and Killing Suspected Terrorists Abroad”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Criminal Law
  • International and Comparative Law
Journal of Political Philosophy
2007

“Land Feuds and Their Solutions: Finding International Law Beyond the Tribunal Chamber”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
American Journal of International Law
2006

“The War on Terrorism and International Humanitarian Law”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
  • Human Rights
Michigan State Journal of International Law
2006

“Is International Law Impartial?”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Legal Theory
2005

“Are the Geneva Conventions Out of Date?”

Steven R. Ratner
Law Quadrangle Notes
2005

“Foreign Occupation and International Territorial Administration: The Challenges of Convergence”

Steven R. Ratner
European Journal of International Law
2005

“Overcoming Temptations to Violate Human Dignity in Times of Crisis: On the Possibilities for Meaningful Self-Restraint”

Steven R. Ratner
Theoretical Inquiries in Law
2004

“The Method Is the Message”

Steven R. Ratner
Studies in Transnational Legal Policy
2004

“Empirical Work in Human Rights”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Human Rights
American Society of International Law Proceedings
2004

“Appraising the Methods of International Law: A Prospectus for Readers”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Studies in Transnational Legal Policy
2004

“Precommitment Theory and International Law: Starting a Conversation”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Texas Law Review
2003

“Belgium’s War Crimes Statute: A Postmortem”

Steven R. Ratner
American Journal of International Law
2003

“The International Criminal Court and the Limits of Global Judicialization”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Texas International Law Journal
2003

“Revising the Geneva Conventions to Regulate Force by and Against Terrorists: Four Fallacies”

Steven R. Ratner
IDF Law Review
2003

“Corporations and Human Rights: A Theory of Legal Responsibility”

Steven R. Ratner
  • Corporate and Securities Law
  • Human Rights
Yale Law Journal
2001

“The Multinational Enterprise as Global Corporate Citizen: Symposium”

Steven R. Ratner
New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law
2001

“Does International Law Matter in Preventing Ethnic Conflict? (Colloquy: Minority Disputes in Europe: Toward New Roles for International Law)”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
New York University Journal of International Law and Politics
2000

“Appraising the Methods of International Law: A Prospectus for Readers”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
American Journal of International Law
1999

“New Democracies, Old Atrocities: An Inquiry in International Law”

Steven R. Ratner
  • International and Comparative Law
Georgetown Law Journal
1999