Professor Ray August teaches in the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He is the coordinator for the College\u2019s business law program and he teaches courses on international business law, public international law, cyberlaw, and American business law. His courses feature animated on-line lectures that students watch on the Internet and he is the recipient of many teaching honors and awards. He is the author of two textbooks published by Prentice Hall: International Business Law and Public International Law; a co-author of CyberLaw, a textbook published by West; and he is presently writing a textbook on American Business Law for Prentice Hall. He also maintains an International Law Dictionary & Directory on the Internet. His research interests are in the areas of international and comparative law, intellectual property law, and legal history. His article on the number of attorneys in the world (The Mythical Kingdom of Lawyers) has been widely cited. His article for Jurist describes how he creates animated lectures for his courses. He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in American Legal History from the University of Idaho. He is the webmaster for the International Law Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business as well as the webmaster for the Pacific Northwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Before taking up teaching he was the administrative director of the California District Attorneys Association and a criminal prosecutor for the City of San Diego. He is a Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Naval Reserve (Retired) and a member (inactive) of the California Bar and the Texas Bar.<\/p>\n
Works<\/strong><\/p>\n He published several articles (see above) and the following 2 books:<\/p>\n Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n “International Cyber-Jurisdiction,” American Business Law Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 531-573 (2002). “Animating Web Lectures with Agent Technology,” Jurist, (February 2001). In addition, he creates an “International Law Dictionary & Directory”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ray A. August in Europe Professor Ray August teaches in the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. He is the coordinator for the College\u2019s business law program and he teaches courses on international business law, public international law, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,190,69,52],"tags":[224,288],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n“The Rules of the Game in Cyberspace,” Dividend, vol. xvi, no. 1, p. 2, 10 (Winter 2000-2001).
\n“Obiter Dictum! The Limits of Academic Free Speech on the Internet,” University of Florida: Journal of Law and Public Policy (Fall 1998).
\n“Gringos v. Mineros: This Hispanic Origins of Western American Mining Law,” Western Legal History, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 147-175 (Fall 1996).
\n“Cowboys v. Rancheros: The Origins of Western American Livestock Law,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 96, no.4, pp. 456-488, illus., cover illus. (April 1993).
\n“The Mythical Kingdom of Lawyers,” ABA Journal, vol. 78, pp. 72-74 (September 1992). Reprinted in: The Florida Bar News, vol. 19, pp. 16-17 (October 15, 1992); The Advocate [State Bar of Texas Litigation Section Report], vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 212-214 (December 1992).
\n“The Spread of Community-Property Law to California and the Far West,” Western Legal History, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 35-66 (Winter\/Spring 1990).
\n“Corpus Juris Roboticum,” Computer\/Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 375-388 (Fall 1988).
\n“The Myth of Japan as a Land Without Lawyers,” [co-authored with Toshikazu Kitawaki], International Bar News, pp. 13-14 (March, 1987). Reprinted in: The Houston Post, p. A14 (November 30, 1987).
\n“Computer Program Protection: A World-View of Developments,” Computer Law & Practice, pp. 117-128 (March\/April 1985).
\n“Turning the Computer into a Criminal,” Barrister, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 12-15, 53-54 (Fall 1983). Reprinted in: The Advocate, [Idaho State Bar monthly], vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 20-22 (April 1984); Bar Notes, [North Carolina State Bar Newsletter], pp. 13-17 (February 1984); The Los Angeles Daily Journal, vol. 97, p. 4 (February 16, 1984).
\n“The Origins of the Mexican Judicial System,” Revista de Historia de Am\u00e9rica, no. 96, pp. 69-92 (July-December 1983).
\n“So You Want to Start Your Own Profession! Fable, Fulfillment, or Fallacy?” Museum Studies Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 16-23 (Fall 1983).
\n“Computers and Products Liability,” Selected Papers of the American Business Law Association National Proceedings, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983, pp. 638-657 (August 1983).
\n“Human Rights in Mexico, 1824-1857: A Comparison of Centralist and Federalist Constitutions” International Review of History and Political Science, vol. 20., no. 3, pp. 44-59 (August 1983).
\n“Museum: A Legal Definition,” Curator, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 137-153 (June 1983).
\n“Clockwork Condo: The Time-Sharing Condominium Stumbles into Court” Real Estate Law Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 203-213 (Winter 1983). Reprinted in: Personal Finance Law Quarterly Report, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 15-18 (Winter 1983).
\n“Protecting Computer Software: A Comprehensive Analysis,” [Report of the American Bar Association’s Proprietary Rights In Software Committee: Dissenting Opinion] Arizona State Law Journal, vol. 1983, pp. 621-624 (1983).
\n“Computers, Robots and Crime: A Call to Update the Criminal Law,” Selected Papers of the American Business Law Association National Proceedings, Louisville, Kentucky, 1982, pp. 531-543 (August 1982).
\n“A Brief History of Argentina’s Courts,” Intercambio Internacional, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3-6 (June 1982).
\n“Trial by Jury in a Court of Admiralty: A Constitutional Right Buried Under Historical Ignorance,” Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 149-176 (January 1982).
\n“Codification in Latin America; The Brazilian Commercial Code of 1850,” Texas International Law Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 347-356 (Spring 1975). Note: This was the Texas International Law Journal prize-winning comment of 1975.<\/p>\n