Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. BUTLER MARKS 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF GROTIUS TREATISE June 2025—Professor William E. Butler delivered a paper on “The Carnegie Translation of Grotius: Influencing Public Opinion” at a conference marking the 400th anniversary of the Grotius treatise. The publication has been accepted for Grotiana, no. 1 (I225), and the online version of that journal already has appeared. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM E. BUTLER INVITED TO MARTENS READINGS June 2025—Professor William E. Butler was invited to appear at the Martens Readings, established in 2000 jointly by the International Red Cross and St. Petersburg University to honor the contributions made to international humanitarian law by Fedor Fedorovich Martens (1845-1909). Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM BUTLER PUBLISHES TRANSLATION OF CIVIL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC UZBEKISTAN June 2023 — Professor William E. Butler has translated and edited Civil Code of the Republic Uzbekistan. Talbot Publishing, an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange, announced that the book is now available to order through their site. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM BUTLER PUBLISHES TRANSLATION OF THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE MARTENS’ TREATISE ON PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW November 2021 — Professor William E. Butler has edited and translated F.F Martens's Contemporary International Law of Civilized Peoples, General Part. Talbot Publishing, an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BUTLER INAUGURATES WARSAW UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EAST EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN LAW April 2021 — Professor William E. Butler delivered the inauguration lecture entitled “Post-Soviet Legal Systems in Comparative Legal Studies” at the School of the Law of Eastern Europe and Central Asia newly-established at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Warsaw University on 9 April 2021 to 65 assembled staff and students. Full story |
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NEW EDITION OF RUSSIAN CIVIL CODE PUBLISHED BY PROFESSOR BUTLER April 2021 — Now so substantial that two volumes (1200+ pages) are required for the English-language version of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Professor William E. Butler updated his earlier text of five years ago to accommodate literally thousands of changes introduced in the interim period up to 1 February 2021. Full story |
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“DISCOVERING THE UNEXPECTED” IS THEME OF JOURNAL OF COMPARATVE LAW EDITED BY PROFESSOR BUTLER April 2021 — Professor William E. Butler, co-founder and co-editor of The Journal of Comparative Law, now in its sixteenth year and among the leading peer-reviewed law reviews in its field, has edited in collaboration with Dr. O. V. Kresin of the Koretsky Institute of State and Law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, volume XVI, no. 1 (2021) devoted to “Discovering the Unexpected: Comparative Legal Studies in Eastern and Central Europe”. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BUTLER DELIVERS VIRTUAL BOOK TALK AT THE KENNAN INSTITUTE March 2021 — Professor William E. Butler discussed his book, International Law in the Russian Legal System, during a virtual book talk on March 19 hosted by the George F. Kennan Institute. Professor Butler's book, commissioned and published by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in late fall 2020, is the second volume in the OUP’s newly established series on the Elements of International Law. Full story |
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THIRD EDITION OF PROFESSOR BUTLER’S RUSSIAN LAW AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS PUBLISHED March 2021 — In March 2020, with effect from July 4, 2020, the 1993 Russian Constitution was massively amended, an event which attracted media attention throughout the world and a demonstration or two in Russia itself. The length of the Basic Law was increased by nearly a third. These far-reaching changes are integrated, together with other recent materials, into the third edition of Professor William E. Butler, Russian Law and Legal Institutions (3d ed.; Clark, New Jersey, Talbot Publishing, 2021), released on February 23, 2021. Full story |
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NEW BOOK BY PROFESSOR BUTLER ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE RUSSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM February 2021 — The Oxford University Press commissioned and has published Professor William E. Butler's book entitled International Law in the Russian Legal System. Full story |