Daniel H. Joyner
Ph: 205-348-5831
EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMASCHOOL OF LAW, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Professor of Law August 2011 - Present
Associate Professor of Law August 2007 – August 2011
Courses Taught: Public International Law, International Trade and Investment Law,
WMD Law and Policy, the Law of Armed Conflict, International Human Rights Law, Contracts
Committees and Activities: Faculty Advisor, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; International Programs Committee; Hiring Committee; Curriculum Committee;
Founder, The Footnotes(Law School a cappella choir)
Founder of Arms Control Law( an online blog devoted to analysis and discussion of legal issues relevant to arms control.(Arms Control Law was chosen in 2013, 2014 and 2015for the ABA Journal’s annual Blawg 100 list, as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal audience).
Consultant attorney, providinglegal advice and training to sovereign states and private parties on matters related to international nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation law.
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKSCHOOL OF LAW, Coventry, UK Associate Professor September 2006 –November 2007
Lecturer September 2003 - August 2006
Courses Taught: Public International Law, the World Trade Organization, Legal Theory
Administrative Positions Held: Director of Academic Practice 2006-2007
Chair of the Cheating Committee 2005-2007
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SECURITY
at the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Athens, Georgia, USA
Dean Rusk Fellow June 2002-August 2003
Extensive research and writing on issues of law and policy as part of
the Center’s projects related to international trade and security, including
national export controls, and multilateral WMD nonproliferation regimes.
ALSTON & BIRD LLP, Atlanta, GA, USA
Associate August 2001-April 2002
Summer Associate Summer 2000
Attorney in the International and Public Finance practice groups
ACADEMICVISITSUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, Manchester, UK
Simon Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law Spring, 2017
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, UK
Research Associate, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict Hilary/Trinity, 2012
Academic Visitor, Faculty of Law Hilary/Trinity, 2012
Senior Associate Member, St. Antony’s College Michaelmas, 2005
EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF WARWICK SCHOOL OF LAW, Coventry, U.K.
Ph.D. in Law, June 2009
Ph.D. Thesis: International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Supervisor: Professor Istvan Pogany
External Examiners: Professor Vaughan Lowe (OxfordUniversity)
Professor Malcolm Shaw (University of Leicester)
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
M.A. in Political Science, August 2003
M.A. Thesis: Restructuring the Multilateral Export Control Regime System
Supervisor: Professor Gary Bertsch
Academic Awards:
Martin J. Hillenbrand Scholarship(2002-2003)
Dean Rusk Fellowship in the Center for International Trade and Security
DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
J.D., May 2001
Independent research in public international law supervised by Professor Michael Byers
Activities: Staff Editor, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law
Staff Editor, Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
Member, Public Hearing (LawSchoola cappella choir)
BRIGHAMYOUNGUNIVERSITY, Provo, UT, U.S.A.
B.A. in Japanese, April 1998
PUBLICATIONS Books (Monographs)
Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law:
From confrontation to accord
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
interpreting the nuclear nonproliferation treaty
(Oxford University Press, 2011)
Reviewed in Arms Control Today, the American Journal of International Law, Survival, the Nonproliferation Review,the European Journal of International Law, the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Netherlands International Law Review, and the British Yearbook of International Law.
(Quoted favorably by the International Law Commission’s Special Rapporteur, in his Second Report on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Relation to the Interpretation of Treaties, Pg. 40, March 26, 2014 (A/CN.4/671))
International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
(Oxford University Press, 2009)
Reviewed inthe American Journal of International Law, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, and the Netherlands International Law Review.
Books (Edited Volumes)
(Co-Editor with Marco Roscini)The Rights of States in International Law, a special issueof the Cambridge Journal of international & Comparative Law,organized and edited with Marco Roscini. Volume 4(3) (2016)
(Co-Editor with Marco Roscini) Nonproliferation Law as a Special Regime: a contribution to fragmentation theory in international law
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Reviewed in the American Journal of International Law.
(Editor) Arms control law (Ashgate, 2012)
(Co-Editor with Nathan Busch) Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Future of Non-proliferation Policy (University of Georgia Press, 2009)
(Editor) Non-proliferation Export Controls: Origins, Challenges and Proposals for Strengthening (Ashgate, 2006)
Articles
Fundamental Rights of States in International Law, and the Right to Peaceful Nuclear
Energy, Cambridge Journal of international & Comparative Law, Volume 4(3)
(2016)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law, Penn State Journal of Law &
International Affairs, Volume 2, Issue 2 (2013) (Symposium Issue)
Nuclear Power Plant Financing Post-Fukushima, and International Investment Law, journal of world energy law & business, Volume 7, Issue2 (Oxford University Press, 2013) (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
What if Iran Withdraws from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty? Part II: What Would the Legal Implications Be?, European Society of International Law Reflections, Volume 1, Issue 6 (2012)(Peer-Reviewed Online Publication)
What if Iran Withdraws from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty?Part I: Can They Do That?,European Society of International Law Reflections, Volume 1, Issue 5 (2012) (Peer-Reviewed Online Publication)
The Security Council as a Legal Hegemon, 43 Georgetown Journal of International Law225 (2012)
Recent Developments in International Law Regarding Nuclear Weapons,
60International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Issue 1
(CambridgeUniversity Press, 2011)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Why Less is More: Law and Policy Considerations on the Iranian Nuclear Issue,Harvard Law and Policy Review (Online), Volume 4 (March 24, 2010)
Jus ad Bellum in the Age of WMD Proliferation, 40 George Washington International Law Review 233 (2008)
Non-proliferation Law and the United Nations System: Resolution 1540 and the Limits of the Power of the Security Council, 20 Leiden Journal of International Law,No. 2
(CambridgeUniversity Press,2007)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The Proliferation Security Initiative: Nonproliferation, Counterproliferation &
International Law, 30 Yale Journal of International Law 507 (2005)
The Nuclear Suppliers Group: Present Challenges and Future Prospects,
International Trade Law & Regulation 11(3), 84-96
(Sweet & Maxwell 2005)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The Nuclear Suppliers Group: History and Functioning,
International Trade Law & Regulation 11(2), 33-42
(Sweet & Maxwell 2005)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Restructuring the Multilateral Export Control Regime System,
9 Journal of Conflict & Security Law 181
(OxfordUniversity Press, 2004)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)(Excerpted inFolsom, Gordon, et al., International business transactions: a problem-oriented casebook, Chapter 8 (11th ed., 2012))
The Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative: National Security Necessity
or Unconstitutionally vague?, 32 georgia journal of international &
comparative law 107 (2004) (Excerpted inFolsom, Gordon, et al., International business transactions: a problem-oriented casebook, Chapter 8 (11th ed., 2012))
Bridging the Gap between International Law and Foreign Policymaking,
31 Denver Journal of International Law & Policy 437 (2003)
The Kosovo Intervention: Legal Analysis and a More Persuasive Paradigm,
13 European Journal of International Law 597
(OxfordUniversity Press, 2002)(Peer-Reviewed Journal)
A Normative Model for the Integration of Customary International Law
into United States Law, 11 Duke Journal of Comparative &
InternationalLaw 133 (2001)(Student Note)
Book Chapters
“United Nations Counter-proliferation Sanctions and International Law,” in Larissa van den Herik, ed., Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law (Solicited by Edward Elgar Publishing, publication anticipated 2016)
“International Legal Limits on the Imposition of Economic/Financial Sanctions,”in Natalino Ronzitti, ed., Coercive diplomacy: Sanctions and international law (Brill, 2016)
“Shared Responsibility Issues Arising in the Arms Control Law Area,” P.A. Nollkaemper & I. Plakokefalos, The Practice of Shared Responsibility(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
“Economic Sanctions and Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation,” in Ali Marossi, ed., Economic Sanctions under International Law (TMC Asser Institute/Springer Press, 2015)
“The Implications of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction for the Jus ad Bellum,” in Marc Weller, ed., The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in international law (Oxford University Press, 2015)
“Article VI of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty,” in Gro Nystuen and Stuart Maslen eds., Nuclear Weapons under International Law
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
“Withdrawal from Nonproliferation Treaties,” in Daniel H. Joyner and Marco Roscini, eds., Nonproliferation Law as a Special Regime: a contribution to fragmentation theory in international law (Cambridge University Press, 2012) (Co-author with Marco Roscini)
“Comment on Ruti Teitel’s Chapter ‘Global Transitions, New Perspectives on Legality and Judicial Review,’” in Austin Sarat, ed., Transitions
(University of Alabama Press, 2011)
“Can International Law Protect States from the Security Council?: Nuclear Non-proliferation and the U.N. Security Council in a Multipolar World,”in Matthew Happold, ed., International Law in a Multipolar World (Routledge, 2011)
“The Challenges of Counterproliferation: Law and Policy of the Iraq War”
in Andrew Williams & Philip Shiner, eds., The Iraq war and international law
(Hart, 2008)
“International Legal Responses to WMD Proliferation” in Christopher Hughes & Richard Devetak, eds., The Globalization of political Violence (Routledge, 2008)
Selected Other Publications
Various posts on arms control law topics at
Book Review of Eitan Barak, Deadly Metal Rain: The Legality of Flechette Weapons in International Law, Journal of Conflict & Security Law, Volume 19 Issue 3 (Winter 2014).
“Iran and the Bomb: The Legal standards of the IAEA”
Several pieces in an online Roundtable in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The Roundtable was convened around my previous blogpost at regarding the IAEA’s legal standards of investigation and assessment of Iran’s nuclear program.
“Introductory Note to the 2010 START Treaty”
International Legal Materials, 50 ILM 340 (2011)
Book Review of David Koplow, Death by Moderation: The U.S. Military’s Quest for Useable Weapons, 104 American Journal of International Law, No. 104 (2010)
“Introductory Note to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874”
International Legal Materials, 48 ILM 1174 (2009)
“North Korean Links to Building of a Nuclear Reactor in Syria: Implications for International Law,” ASIL Insights, Vol. 12, Issue 8, April 29, 2008
Book Review of Max Hilaire, United Nations Law and the Security Council
4 Political Studies Review 371 (2006)
“Globalization and Trade in Arms” in Robertson & Scholte eds.,
The Encyclopedia of Globalization (Routledge, 2006)
PEER REVIEWER* Member of the Editorial Board of the Oxford Database on International
Organisations
* Member of the Editorial Boardof the Journal on the Use of Force and
International Law
* Peer reviewer for academic law and political science publications including:
The British Yearbook of International Law; Oxford University Press; Aspen Publishing; Yale Law Journal; Stanford Law Review; Leiden Journal of International Law;Routledge Publishing;The University of Georgia Press; Edward Elgar Publishing; Journal of Conflict and Security Law;Cambridge Review of International Affairs; Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; McGill Law Journal; The Nonproliferation Review; Security Dialogue; Ashgate Publishing;Law, Social Justice and Global Development; Journal of Marine and Coastal Law; Political Studies Review; Melbourne Journal of International Law; and Review of International Studies.
SELECTED
ACTIVITIES* Presentation at the University of Manchester International Law Centre. Presentation on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed between Iran and the P5+1. November 24, 2015
* Presentation at All Souls College, Oxford University, as part of the Public International Law Discussion Group series. Presentation on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed between Iran and the P5+1. November 19, 2015.
* Presentation on a panel at the University of Westminster, London, along with Sir Richard Dalton and Peter Jenkins. Panel on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed between Iran and the P5+1. November 17, 2015.
* Paper presentation at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, at a conference on United Nations Sanctions in the 21st Century. Presentation on international legal limits on the application of coercive economic sanctions by states and by the Security Council. June 26, 2015.
* Public lecture at the University of Perugia, Italy, at the invitation of Professor Carlo Focarelli, on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. May 6, 2015.
*Lecture at the University of Florence, Italy, at the invitation of Professor Micaela Frulli, on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. May 4, 2015.
* Organized and hosted a workshop at the University of Alabama School of Law on the topic of the Rights of States in International Law, as part of a project leading to the publication of a special issue of the Cambridge Journal of international & Comparative Lawon this topic.April 13-14, 2015.
* Presentation at the Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome, Italy, at a conference on coercive economic sanctions and international law. Presentation on international legal limits on the application of coercive economic sanctions by states and by the Security Council. February 13, 2015.
*Paper presentation at Fordham University Law School in New York City, at the International Law Association’s 2014 International Law Weekend. Panel presentation on the legal authority of the IAEA. October 24, 2014.
* Taught a short, intensive course on WMD proliferation law & policy at the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia. July 30 – August 5, 2014
*Taughta short, intensive course on WMD proliferation law & policy at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. Ottawa, Canada, January 2014.
* Presentation at the Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome, Italy, at a seminar on coercive economic sanctions in international law. Presentation on international legal limits on the application of coercive economic sanctions by states and by the Security Council. October 11, 2013.
* Presentation at the Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. October 19, 2013.
* Paper presented at a conference in Stockholm, Sweden organized by the University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law, and the Swedish National Defense University. Conference on shared responsibility in international law. Paper on shared responsibility issues arising in the arms control law area. April 12, 2013.
* Paper presented as part of the International Law Forum series at Hebrew University, in Jerusalem. Paper on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. April 9, 2013.
* Paper presented at a conference at PennStateUniversity. Conference on the U.S.-Iranian Relationship and the Future of International Order. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and the nuclear nonproliferation legal regime. Also on the panel was Ambassador Richard Butler, former head of UNSCOM. February 15, 2013.
* Paper presented at a conference in Paris organized by the Faculté Libre de Droit,
d’Economie et de Gestion de Paris, under the patronage of former U.N. Secretary General H.E. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Conference on embargoes and international sanctions. Paper presentation on international law relevant to sanctions purposed in WMD counterproliferation aims. February 1, 2013.
* Lecture at the Centre Thucydide, University of Paris II (Pantheon-Assas), at the invitation of Professor Serge Sur. Lecture on Iran’s nuclear program and International Law. December 17, 2012.
* Delivered a two-hour conférence d'actualitéat the University of Paris Ouest (Nanterre), at the invitation of Professor Mathias Forteau, and sponsored by the Centre de Droit International De Nanterre (CEDIN). Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. December 14, 2012.
* Presentation in Oslo, Norway at a conference organized by the International Law and Policy Institute. Conference on Nuclear Weapons and International Law. Papers to comprise an edited book published by Cambridge University Press. Paper on NPT Article VI and nuclear weapons disarmament. December 13, 2012.
* Invited presentation on a panel at a Special Briefing fordelegate members of the U.N. General Assembly, First Committee. Briefing on the topic of disarmament and international security, organized jointly by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and the Permanent Missions of Egypt and Indonesia. Event was a briefing for U.N. General Assemblymembers, primarily by the U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs, along with outside experts. Presentation on the evolution of NPT Review Conferences. New York City, October 3, 2012.
* Taught a short, intensive course on WMD proliferation law and policy on the J.D. program at the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia.
April 30 – May 3, 2012.
* Presentation in Nottingham, U.K., on a panel at the International Law Association British Branch annual conference. Also on the panel were Natalino Ronzitti, Eric Myjer, and Tom Coppen. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law.
April 20, 2012.
* Presentation at the University of Bonn, in the Institute for Public International Law, at the invitation of Professor Stefan Talmon. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. April 12, 2012.
* Presentation at the University of Luxembourg, in the School of Law, Economics and Finance, at the invitation of Professor Mathew Happold. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. April 11, 2012.
* Paper presentation in London, at a workshop of the International Law Association Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Nonproliferation, and Contemporary International Law.
Presentation on the legal authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
March 30, 2012.
* Presentation at CambridgeUniversity, at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. March 16, 2012.
(Video of the event can be viewed at
* Presentation at the University of Reading, U.K., at the invitation of Dr. James Green. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. March 14, 2012.
* Presentation in London at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Presentation on a panel along with Sir Richard Dalton, on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. Also discussing the prospects of a WMD free zone in the Middle East.
March 8, 2012. (Transcript available at
* Presentation at Oxford University, hosted by the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, and the University of Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War. Presentation on Iran’s nuclear program and international law. March 6, 2012.
* Presentation in London as part of the International Law Association British Branch annual seminar series. Presentation entitled “Interpreting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: How the Nuclear Have's Keep the Nuclear Have Not's from Having” A discussion of international law and institutions related to civilian nuclear energy. February 29, 2012.
* Presentation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., on a panel organized by the Carnegie Endowment around my book Interpreting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Also on the panel was Dr. Christopher Ford, former U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation. September 30, 2011.