Russell Powell

Biography

Professor Powell was an Associate with Coudert Brothers from 1996-1998 and an Associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati before teaching at the University of Jordan and at Loyola University Chicago. He taught as a Visiting Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law from 2003-2005. His areas of expertise are business law (especially corporate law), jurisprudence (with particular interests in Catholic social thought and Islamic legal theory), and comparative law. Professor Powell reads and speaks a number of languages including Turkish and Farsi.

Articles

Theology in Public Reason and Legal Discourse: A Case for the Preferential Option for the Poor, __ Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice __ (Forthcoming), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111713.

Catharine MacKinnon May Not Be Enough: Legal Change and Religion in Catholic and Sunni Jurisprudence, 8 Geo. J. Gender & L. 1 (2007), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1033119.

The Enron Trial Drama: A New Case for Stakeholder Theory, 38 U. Tol. L. Rev. 1087 (2007), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031476.

Toward Reconciliation in the Middle East: A Framework for Christian-Muslim Dialogue Using Natural Law Tradition, 2 Loy. Int'l L. Rev. 1 (2005), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031269.

Beyond Lane: Who is Protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act, Who Should Be?, 82 Denv. U.L. Rev. 25 (2004), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031255.