Michael D. Ramsey is Hugh and Hazel Darling Foundation Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Foreign Relations Law and International Law. He is the author of The Constitution’s Text in Foreign Affairs (Harvard University Press 2007), co-editor of International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change (Cambridge University Press 2011), and co-author of two casebooks, Transnational Law and Practice (Aspen 2015) and International Business Transactions: A Problem-Oriented Coursebook (12th ed., West 2015). His scholarly articles have appeared in publications such as the Yale Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal and the American Journal of International Law. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Dartmouth College and his J.D. summa cum laude from Stanford Law School. Prior to teaching, he served as a judicial clerk for Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court, and practiced law with the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in international finance and investment. He has taught as a visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Department of Political Science and at the University of Paris – Sorbonne, in the Department of Comparative Law.
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The Sweep and Force of Section Three: The Constitution's Disqualification from Office of Oath-Breaking Insurrectionists
San Diego Student Chapter
University of San Diego School of Law5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Panel One: Judicial Independence and Trust: Has Article III Become Too Political?
2024 Western Chapters Conference
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
Debate: Should Judges Interpret the Constitution Consistent with the Meaning It Had When It Was Enacted?
San Diego Student Chapter & San Diego Lawyers Chapter
University of San Diego School of Law5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
A Discussion on Executive Power
Cornell Student Chapter
Cornell Law SchoolMyron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
Originalism 101
San Diego Student Chapter
University of San Diego5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Panel One: Judicial Independence and Trust: Has Article III Become Too Political?
2024 Western Chapters Conference
All levels of the judiciary have faced increased attacks on their independence in recent years....
Panel One: Judicial Independence and Trust: Has Article III Become Too Political?
2024 Western Chapters Conference
All levels of the judiciary have faced increased attacks on their independence in recent years....
Taxation by International Consent?
Finance ministers from leading industrial states have been trying, this summer, to work out an...
Panel IV: How Beneficial is International Human Rights Law?
2021 National Student Symposium
International human rights law has expanded greatly since World War II. Its advocates see it...
Jam v. International Finance Corporation
SCOTUScast featuring Mike Ramsey
On October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court heard argument in Jam v. International Finance Corporation,...