David H. Moore
Professor of Law

(801) 422-8549
moored@law.byu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Moore is a scholar of U.S. foreign relations law, international law, and international human rights. His publications appear in the Harvard, Northwestern, and George Washington law reviews as well as the Harvard Law Review Forum and the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Professor Moore has taught civil procedure, international law, and international human rights.

After joining the BYU law faculty in 2008, Professor Moore taught as a visiting professor at the George Washington University Law School. Before joining BYU, Professor Moore clerked for Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. during the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 Term. From 2003 to 2007, Professor Moore was an Assistant and then Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law. He arrived at the University of Kentucky after researching and teaching at the University of Chicago Law School as an Olin Fellow from 2001 to 2003. Prior to entering the academy, Professor Moore clerked for Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2000 to 2001. From 1996 to 2000, he was an Honor Program trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch.

Professor Moore is a summa cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University Law School, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review and graduated first in his class. Professor Moore obtained his B.A. in political science from Brigham Young University where he was a Benson Scholar and graduated summa cum laude, with honors, and as co-valedictorian of his college. He and his wife Natalie are the parents of four boys.

Education

JD, Brigham Young University; BA, Brigham Young University

Research Interests

International Law, Foreign Relations Law

Featured Publications

Sosa, Customary International Law, and the Continuing Relevance of Erie (2007) (with Curtis A. Bradley and Jack L. Goldsmith)

Setting the Record Straight: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain and the Debate over Customary International Law, in Outsourcing American Law (2007)

Accommodating Concerns for International Law and Proper Governance (2007)

An Emerging Uniformity for International Law (2006)

Agency Costs in International Human Rights (2004)

A Signaling Theory of Human Right Compliance (2003)

Comment, Religious Freedom and doctrines of Reluctance in Post-Charter Canada (1996)

Note, The Parol Evidence Rule and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Justifying Beijing Metals & Minerals Import/Export Corp. v. American Business Center, Inc. (1995)

Canada’s Limitation of Hate Speech: A Comparative Perspective (1996)