Biography

Allen Weiner ’89 is a seasoned international lawyer with expertise in such wide-ranging fields as international and national security law, the law of war, international conflict resolution, and international criminal law (including transitional justice). His scholarship focuses on international law and the response to the contemporary security threats of international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. His work also explores the relationship between international law and the invocation of domestic “war powers” in connection with the U.S. response to terrorism, as well as the role of legal norms in the resolution of international conflict. For more than a decade he practiced international law in the U.S. Department of State, where he advised government policy-makers, negotiated international agreements, and represented the United States in litigation before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.

Senior Lecturer Weiner is the co-director of the Stanford Program in International Law and the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 2003, Weiner served as legal counselor to the U.S. Embassy in The Hague and attorney adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State. He was a law clerk to Judge John Steadman of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Key Works

• Barry E. Carter, Phillip R. Trimble and Allen S. Weiner, International Law, New York: Aspen Publishers, 5th ed., July 2007.
• Allen S. Weiner, Hamdan, Terror, War, 11 Lewis & Clark Law Review 997 (2007).
• Allen S. Weiner, Law, Just War, and the International Fight Against Terrorism: Is it War?, in Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture: Challenges to Just War Theory in the 21st Century, Stephen Lee, ed., Berlin: Springer Press, 2007.
• Allen S. Weiner, The Use of Force and Contemporary Security Threats: Old Medicine for New Ills? 59 Stanford Law Review 415 (2006).

In the News

• Tibet Protester Injured At SF Chinese Consulate
  KPIX Ch. 5, August 06, 2008
• Democrats Cave On Telecom Immunity
  The Washington Independent, June 20, 2008
• Discussion of the Supreme Court's Boumediene Decision
  KGO NewsTalk AM 810 - The Gil Gross Show, June 16, 2008

Courses & Programs

Courses

• International Conflict Resolution Colloquium
• International Conflict: Management and Resolution
• International Law

Programs

• Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN), Co-Director
• Stanford Program in International Law, Co-Director

Publications & Cases

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• Allen S. Weiner, Chaim Bruan, Michael May and Roger Speed, Enhancing Implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540: Report of the Center on International Security and Cooperation, Stanford, CA: Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, September 2007.
• Barry E. Carter, Phillip R. Trimble and Allen S. Weiner, International Law, New York: Aspen Publishers, 5th ed., July 2007.
• Allen S. Weiner, The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal: What Lies Ahead? 6 Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals: A Practitioners' Journal 89 (2007).
• Allen S. Weiner, Book Review: War and the Law of Nations: A General History, by Stephen Neff, 101 American Journal of International Law 241 (January 2007).
• Allen S. Weiner, Hamdan, Terror, War, 11 Lewis & Clark Law Review 997 (2007).
• Allen S. Weiner, Law, Just War, and the International Fight Against Terrorism: Is it War?, in Intervention, Terrorism, and Torture: Challenges to Just War Theory in the 21st Century, Stephen Lee, ed., Berlin: Springer Press, 2007.
• Allen S. Weiner, The Use of Force and Contemporary Security Threats: Old Medicine for New Ills? 59 Stanford Law Review 415 (2006).
• William J. Aceves, Kevin R. Sullivan, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Jenny S. Martinez and Allen S. Weiner, Brief of Amici Curiae Bar Associations, Human Rights Organizations and Other Legal Groups in Support of Petitioners: Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon/Bustillo v. Johnson, Case No. 04-10566; 05-51 in the Supreme Court of the United States (December 2005).
• Allen S. Weiner. Hussein’s Trial, Iraq’s Future, Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2005, p. M5.
• Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Jenny S. Martinez, Allen S. Weiner and William Aceves, Brief of Amici Curiae Bar Associations and Human Rights Organizations in Support of Petitioner: Jose Ernesto Medellin, Petitioner v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, respondent, No. 04-5928, Supreme Court of the United States, January 24, 2005.

Affiliations & Honors

Professional Affiliations

• Affiliated Faculty, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
• Affiliated Faculty, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
• Affiliated Researcher, European Forum, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
• Member, Pacific Council on International Policy
• Member, American Society of International Law

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, State Department Superior Honor Award, 1992 (individual), 1995 (group), 1999 (group)
• Recipient, Federal Bar Association Younger Federal Lawyer Award, 1997
• Honorable Mention, Associated Students of Stanford University Teacher of the Year Award (2006)