Kristen E. Boon
Associate Professor of Law
Dr. Kristen E. Boon, Director of International Programs, specializes in public international law and international organizations.
Professor Boon joined the Seton Hall Law School faculty as an Associate Professor of Law in 2006. Professor Boon teaches courses in international law and contracts at Seton Hall. Professor Boon holds a Doctorate in law from Columbia Law School, a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2000, a M.A. in Political Science from McGill University in 1996, and a B.A. with honors, in Political Science and History from McGill University in 1994.
She has authored and co-authored articles on such topics as legislative reform in post-conflict zones, international criminal courts, and federalism and the challenges of aboriginal self-government. Prior to joining Seton Hall she served as a clerk to Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian Binnie and as a litigation associate with Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. Kristen Boon is a member of the bar of New York (2002) and the Law Society of Upper Canada (2003) and the US Supreme Court Bar (2008).
Publications
Law Review Articles
Obligations of the New Occupier: The Contours of a Jus Post Bellum, 31 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 101 (2008)
Law Journal Article
Coining a New Jurisdiction: The Security Council as Economic Peacekeeper, 41 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 991 (2008)
Open for Business: International Financial Institutions, Post-Conflict Economic Reform and the Rule of Law, 9 N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol. 513 (2007)
Legislative Reform in Post-Conflict Zones, 50 McGILL L.J. 285 (2005)
International Criminal Courts in DELEGATING SOVEREIGNTY TO INTERNATIONAL TREATY REGIMES 171 – 207, (Thomas Franck ed., 2000)
A Response to the American Position on the International Criminal Court, 10 E.J.I.L.108 (No. 1, 1999) (co-author)
Federalism and the Challenges of Aboriginal Self-Government, 15 McGILL J. POL. STUDIES 53 (1996)
Federalism and the Challenges of Aboriginal Self-Government, 15 McGill J. Pol. Studies 53 (1996)
Other Articles
The Future of the Law of Occupation, Canadian Yearbook of International Law (2009)