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Stephen C. McCaffrey, Of Counsel, Distinguished Professor of Law

Stephen McCaffrey

E-mail:sm@usa-eurolaw.com
Phone:+1 916 448 9088
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Distinguished Professor & Scholar Stephen C. McCaffrey has joined Martensen Wright PC as Of Counsel. Stephen is one of the world’s foremost authorities on international water law and will serve our firm as a resource in public and private international law. His impressive resume includes numerous appointments as counsel to foreign countries and international committees, departments and councils for matters regarding international law, environmental law and cooperation, and transnational litigation. He is a Member of the Implementation Committee, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

 

At McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Professor McCaffrey teaches courses in Conflict of Laws, International Water Resources Law, International Environmental Law and Transnational Litigation.

Publications:
  • Transnational Litigation in Comparative Perspective: Theory and Application, co- author with Thomas O. Main, Oxford University Press, 2010
  • Public International Law: Cases, Problems, and Texts, with Dinah Shelton and John Cerone, Lexis Nexis Publishers, 2010
  • Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation and Cooperation, with Ariel Dinar (economist, The World Bank and Johns Hopkins University), Shlomi Dinar (political scientist, Florida International University) & Daene McKinney (engineer, University of Texas-Austin), World Scientific Publishing, 2007
  • Negotiator’s Handbook on International Freshwater Agreements, United Nations Environment Programme, 2005
Selected Professional Affiliations:
  • International Council of Environmental Law
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Panel of Arbitrators Experienced in Environmental Law
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht (German Association of International Law)
  • American Society of International Law
  • Section of International Law and Practice, American Bar Association
  • Member, Core Team, World Bank and Government of Netherlands International Waters Training Program

Expertise

  • International Water Law
  • International Environmental Law
  • Transnational Litigation

Education

  • University of Colorado, B.A. (History), 1967
  • University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), J.D., 1971
  • University of Cologne, Germany, Dr.iur., (Magna Cum Laude), 1974

Honors

  • Member, United Nations International Law Commission
  • Counsel to India, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Slovakia on various cases and proceedings

Languages

English
German
French
Spanish