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Michael D. Ramsey
University Professor
Director, International & Comparative Law Programs
- JD 1989, Stanford University
- AB 1986, Dartmouth College
Areas of Expertise
Professor Ramsey teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, foreign relations law and international business law.
Professional Experience
Ramsey clerked for the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. He practiced international business law with the firm of Latham & Watkins. Ramsey taught as a visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego department of political science and at the University of Paris-Sorbonne department of comparative law. He joined the USD School of Law faculty in 1995.
Honors and Affiliations
Ramsey served as senior articles editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law. He received USD’s Thorsnes Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 1998, and the Thorsnes Prizes for Outstanding Scholarship in 2002 and 2007.
Key Works
Ramsey’s publications include International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court (co-edited with Sloss and Dodge) (Cambridge University Press, 2011); The Constitution's Text in Foreign Affairs (Harvard University Press, 2007); "Textualism and War Powers" in 69 Chicago Law Review 1543 (2002); and "The Executive Power Over Foreign Affairs" in 111 Yale Law Journal 231 (with Prakash) (2001).
