John Setear
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| name = John K. Setear
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}
| education = Williams College (BA)
Yale University (JD)
| occupation = Law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law
| known_for = {{hlist||Academic|Law professor}}
}}
John Setear (born 1959) is a professor of International Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Setear teaches courses in Contracts, Rules, Counterfactual History, the Civil War, the Cold War, and Baseball.
Education
Setear is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School.
Career
After law school, Setear served as a law clerk for Judge Carl E. McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1984-1985). He then clerked on the United States Supreme Court for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (1985-1986). Setear worked at the RAND Corporation in the early 1990s, where his work focused on the use of war games and military simulations in defense analysis.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/authors/s/setear_john.html|title=John Setear: Publications|website=www.rand.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-16}} His areas of scholarly interest include Foreign Relations Law,{{Cite journal|last=Setear|first=John K.|date=2002-01-01|title=The President's Rational Choice of a Treaty's Preratification Pathway: Article II, Congressional‐Executive Agreement, or Executive Agreement?|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/342007|journal=The Journal of Legal Studies|volume=31|issue=S1|pages=S5–S39|doi=10.1086/342007|s2cid=152743209|issn=0047-2530}} international whaling,{{Cite journal|last=Setear|first=John|date=2004-02-16|title=Can Legalization Last? Whaling and the Durability of National (Executive) Discretion|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228313992}} and international climate agreements.{{Cite web|url=http://www.climatecentral.org/news/senate-could-block-landmark-hfc-climate-treaty-20795|title=U.S. Senate Could Block Landmark HFC Climate Treaty|website=www.climatecentral.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-16}}
See also
References
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Category:RAND Corporation people
Category:University of Virginia School of Law faculty
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:Yale Law School alumni
Category:Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
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