Ryan Goodman

Lawyer

Ryan Goodman
Goodman in 2018
Born	Johannesburg, South Africa

Academic background
Education	B.A., J.D., Ph.D.
Alma mater	Yale University University of Texas at Austin
Academic work
Discipline	Legal scholar
Sub-discipline	International law
Institutions	New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School

Website	http://ryangoodman.us/

Ryan Goodman (born in Johannesburg, South Africa) is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and is the founding co-editor-in-chief of its website Just Security, which focuses on U.S. national security law and policy.^[1] Goodman joined the NYU faculty in 2009.^[2]

Prior to moving to NYU, Goodman was the inaugural Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.^[3]^[4] He joined the faculty of Harvard Law School in 2002 and received tenure at Harvard in 2006.^[4]

Education

Goodman received his J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University, and a B.A. in government (political science) and philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin.^[3]

Legal career

Following law school, Goodman clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.^{[citation needed]}

In a phase of his career prior to 2018, Goodman held the role of "special counsel to the general counsel" of the United States Department of Defense.^[5]

Writings

Books:

(2013). Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights Through International Law (Oxford University Press) (with Derek Jinks).
(2011). Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change: Assessing National Human Rights Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2011) (ed. with Thomas Pegram).
(2012). Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2012) (with Derek Jinks & Andrew K. Woods).
(2007). International Human Rights In Context 3d ed. (Oxford University Press) (with Philip Alston & Henry Steiner).

Articles:

(2017). Many think this law is obsolete. It could actually be a big problem for Trump. (about the Logan Act)
(2013). The Power to Kill or Capture Enemy Combatants, 24 European Journal of International Law.
(2013). Social Mechanisms to Promote International Human Rights: Complementary or Contradictory?, in From Commitment to Compliance: the Persistent Power of Human Rights (Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp, and Kathryn Sikkink, eds.) (Cambridge University Press) (with Derek Jinks).
(2012). Psychic Numbing and Mass Atrocity in The Behavioral Foundations of Policy (Eldar Shafir, ed) (Princeton University Press) (with Derek Jinks, Paul Slovic, Andrew K. Woods, and David Zionts).
(2012). Asylum and the Concealment of Sexual Orientation: Where Not to Draw the Line, 44 NYU Journal of International Law 407.
(2009). Acculturation and International Human Rights Law: Toward a More Complete Theoretical Model, 20 European Journal of International Law 443.
(2009). Controlling the Recourse to War by Modifying Jus in Bello, 53 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.
(2009). Rationales for Detention: Security Threats and Intelligence Value, 85 INTERNATIONAL LAW STUDIES (Naval War College).
(2009). The Detention of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 48American Journal of International Law.
(2008). Incomplete Internalization and Compliance with Human Rights Law, 19 European Journal of International Law 725 (Oxford University Press) (with Derek Jinks).
(2006). Humanitarian Intervention and Pretexts for War, 100 American Journal of International Law 107.
(2005). International Law and State Socialization: Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges, 54 Duke Law Journal 983 (with Derek Jinks)
(2005). International Law, U.S. War Powers, and the Global War on Terror, 118 Harvard Law Review 2653 (with Derek Jinks).
(2005). International Institutions and the Mechanisms of War, 99 American Journal of International Law 507.
(2004). How to Influence States: Socialization and International Human Rights Law, 54 Duke Law Journal 621 (with Derek Jinks).
(2004). The Difference Law Makes: Research Design, Institutional Design, and Human Rights, 98 American Society of International Law Proceedings 198.
(2004). U.S. Civil Litigation and International Terrorism, in CIVIL LITIGATION AGAINST TERRORISM (with Jack Goldsmith).
(2003). Toward an Institutional Theory of Sovereignty, 55 Stanford Law Review 1749 (with Derek Jinks).
(2003). Measuring the Effects of Human Rights Treaties, 13 European Journal of International Law 171 (Oxford University Press) (with Derek Jinks).
(2002). Human Rights Treaties, Invalid Reservations, and State Consent, 96 American Journal of International Law 531.
(2001). Beyond the Enforcement Principle: Sodomy Laws, Social Norms, and Social Panoptics, 89 California Law Review 643.
(2001). Norms and National Security: The WTO as a Catalyst for Inquiry, 2 Chicago Journal of International Law 101.
(1997). Filartiga's Firm Footing: International Human Rights and Federal Common Law, 66 Fordham Law Review 463 (with Derek Jinks).
(1997). Gender Blindness and the Hunter Doctrine, 105 Yale Law Journal 261.
(1995). The Incorporation of International Human Rights Standards into Sexual Orientation Asylum Claims, 105 Yale Law Journal 255.

References

^ "Faculty Profiles: Ryan Goodman". NYU Law. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "Professor Ryan Goodman (Harvard) joins NYU Law School permanent faculty in Fall 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Ryan Goodman named Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law". Harvard Law Today. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Jiang, Athena Y. (March 18, 2009). "HLS Prof To Leave Harvard for NYU". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ Goodman, Ryan (2018-04-26). "The Pentagon Needs a Better Way to Count Civilian Casualties". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-19.