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Jack Landman Goldsmith
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Former Visiting Scholar
Visiting Scholar Jack Landman Goldsmith III
Jack Goldsmith joined the Bush administration in 2002, working first in the general counsel's office at the Pentagon and then serving as assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel. In the summer of 2004, Mr. Goldsmith left the Justice Department to join AEI as a visiting scholar and to teach at Harvard Law School. At AEI, Mr. Goldsmith worked on international law, sovereignty, and intelligence reform.

 

Professional Experience

-Professor, Harvard Law School, 2004-present

-Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, 2003-2004

-Associate professor, 1994-1997; professor, 2003-2004, University of Virginia School of Law

-Special counsel to the general counsel, Department of Defense, 2002-2003

-Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1997-2003

-Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., 1992-1994

-Legal assistant to Judge George Aldrich, Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, The Netherlands, 1991-1992

-Law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court, 1990-1991

-Law clerk to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1989-1990

Education

Diploma in Private International Law, Hague Academy of International Law

J.D., Yale Law School

B.A., M.A., Oxford University

B.A., Washington & Lee University

Articles and Short Publications
The Laws in Wartime
Out of Commission
Questions of Justice
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Books
The Terror Presidency
Who Controls the Internet?
The Limits of International Law
Events
The Law of the Sea Treaty: Help or Hindrance?
Successes and Challenges in Terrorism Prosecutions
Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World
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Research Areas
International law (treaties and war powers)
Sovereignty
Intelligence reform
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Contact Information
Jack Goldsmith
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Assistant: 202-828-6027
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: catherine.hamilton@aei.org
Latest Book
The Terror Presidency
The Terror Presidency
This book is an account of the clash between the rule of law and the necessity of defending America. [Read More]