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Markus Puder

LL.M. Program Director and The Honorable Herbert W. Christenberry Distinguished Professor of Law

Education

Ph.D. in Law, Ludwig-Maximilians University

LL.M.(Common Law Studies), Georgetown University

Second Legal State Examination, Munich Upper Court of Appeals

First Legal State Examination, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Departments

  • College of Law
  • Law

Expertise

  • Environmental Law
  • International Law
  • Louisiana Civil Law

Bio

Dr. Puder holds advanced law degrees from the Federal Republic of Germany (Ph.D. in Law, Munich) and the United States (LL.M., Georgetown). His studies, which included a research semester in the Republic of South Africa (University of Cape Town), were sponsored by Germany’s National Scholarship Foundation and the Fulbright Program.

Dr. Puder has earned the right to practice law in common law and civil law jurisdictions. In the United States, he is a member of the New York State Bar (inactive) and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. His German multi-bar certification is recognized throughout the European Union.

At Loyola, Dr. Puder teaches International Organizations, Introduction to US Law, Civil Law, Property, Energy, and Environment in International Law. In addition to having held visitorships at La Sagesse University (Beirut, Lebanon), Federico II (Naples, Italy), and Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, Germany), he continues to serve as Summer Academy Professor at Paris Lodron University (Salzburg, Austria).

Dr. Puder is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and more than 40 law review articles. His most recent book, Law in the United States (West Academic, 2021) (with Professor Charles F. Abernathy), explores US law as a topic of comparative law and legal processes. In addition to Louisiana Property Law(Carolina Academic Press, 2020; with Professors John A. Lovett and Evelyn L. Wilson), Dr. Puder prepared, in solo work, the first bilingual edition (English-German) of the Louisiana Civil Code, with an introduction to Louisiana law. In the 1990s, when “fracking” was cheerfully ignored by the legal academy, one of his first law review articles foresaw hydraulic fracturing as a “law and technology” issue requiring serious scholarly attention.

Dr. Puder has previously been employed in the Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory (a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC) while teaching European Union Law at the Georgetown University Law Center and the George Washington University School of Law. He has also taught and spoken in many corners of the World, including Bhutan, Brazil, and Turkey. Dr. Puder has served as a Congressional Fellow with the U.S. House of Representatives and as a Law Clerk with the Munich Upper Regional Court of Appeals.

In addition to speaking German, French, and Spanish, Dr. Puder has intermediate knowledge of Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Italian. In his spare time, Dr. Puder is a concert violinist.

Classes Taught

  • Introduction to US Law
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Energy and Environment in International Law
  • European Union Law
  • Louisiana Property Law

Titles

Professor Dr. jur. Markus G. Puder

The Honorable Herbert W. Christenberry Distinguished Professor of Law

Faculty Director, LL.M. Programs

Publications

Books:

Law in the United States (American Casebook Series) (4th ed., with Charles F. Abernathy, in progress).

Law in the United States (American Casebook Series) (3rd ed., with Charles F. Abernathy, 2021).

Louisiana Property Law: Principles, Cases, and Problems (2nd ed., with John A. Lovett & Evelyn L. Wilson, 2020).

Das Zivilgesetzbuch von Louisiana—Zweisprachige Erstausgabe mit einer Einleitung [The Louisiana Civil Code—First Bilingual Edition, with an Introduction] (2017).

Louisiana Property Law: Principles, Cases, and Problems (1st ed., with John A. Lovett & Evelyn L. Wilson, 2014).

European Union Issues from a Portuguese Perspective (Marshall J. Breger & Markus G. Puder eds., 2007).

Die Legitimation nichtehelicher Kinder—Funktionsvergleich zwischen deutschem Recht und ausgewählten ausländischen Rechtskreisen [The Legitimation of Children Born out of Wedlock—Functional Comparison between German Law and Select Foreign Legal Orders] (Doctoral Dissertation in Law, 1998).

Book Chapters:

L’interpretazione del Sistema Giuridico Onusiano nella Giurisprudenza Interna e Internazionale: Il Caso della Seconda Guerra del Golfo [The Interpretation of UN-System Law in Domestic and International Courts: The Case of the Second Gulf War ], in Il Diritto Internazionale alla Prova del Caos: alla Ricerca di una Logica Giuridica 105 (Giancarlo Guarino ed., 2016).

Compliance and Regulatory Considerations, in Solids Injection 83-103 (Neal B. Nagel & John D. McLennan eds., 2010) (with John A. Veil, Michael Bruno, & Carole Fleming).

The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe: A Step in European Integration along Federal Lines—The F-Less Constitution (?), in European Union Issues from a Portuguese Perspective 33 (Marshall J. Breger & Markus G. Puder eds., 2007).

Preface, in European Union Issues from a Portuguese Perspective 6 (Marshall J. Breger & Markus G. Puder eds., 2007) (with Marshal J. Breger).

Regulatory Requirements and Practices Governing Slurry Injection of Drilling Wastes, in Developments in Water Science 549 (Chin-fu Tsang & John A. Apps eds., 2005) (with John A. Veil & William Bryson).

Legal Framework for Groundwater Protection in the United States, in Handbook of Groundwater Engineering 32:1 (Jacques W. Delleur ed., 2006) (with John A. Veil, Deborah Elcock, & Nancy L. Ranek).

Law Reviews:

Adding the Environmental Piece to the Puzzle of Serious Violations in International Law: From “No Harm” to “Rights to Nature” and “Ecocide”, __ Ordine Internazionale e Diritti Umani (OIDU) __ (2024)

The Voice of Mixed Jurisdictions in the Comparative Law Discourse, __ Journal of International and Comparative Law __ (2024)

Dystopian or Not: Alternate Realities for Thibaut and von Savigny’s Codification Debate, __ Loyola Law Review ___ (2024).

The Global South as a Player in the Climate Space: Private Litigants in European Courts Stepping Unto the Breach, 37 Tulane Environmental Law Journal __ (202_).

Festive Essay in Honor of Professor J. Michael Rainer, Dean of the Paris Lodron University and Director of the Salzburg Summer School: Imprints of French Influence in Louisiana’s Law and Language, 70 Loyola Law Review 165 (2023).

Mischrechtsordnungsrecht jenseits der gefühlten Gegensätzlichkeit von Common Law und Civil Law: Eine Fallstudie zum iranischen Waqf [The Law of Mixed Legal Orders Beyond the Perceived Duality between Common Law and Civil Law], 6 Zeitschrift für Europarecht, International Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung [ZfRV] 266 (2023).

The Élysée Treaty and the Aachen Treaty—Franco-German Trailblazing for Bilateral Cooperation and Convergence within the European Union?, 5 (Supp.) Ordine Internazionale e Diritti Umani (OIDU) 41 (2023).

Acquisitive Prescription of Art Work and Other Valuables: A Comparative Case Study of Litigation and Legislation in Louisiana, Germany and Russia (with Anton D. Rudokvas), 71 Am. J. Comp. L. 142 (2023).

Note from the Guest Editors (with Philip J. Thomas), Mixed Jurisdictions Special Edition Second Volume, 67 Правоведение (Pravovedenie) 113 (2023).

Mixed Jurisdiction Law beyond the Common Law-Civil Law Dichotomy: The Property Endowment in Iran, 18 U. Pa. Asian L. Rev. 135 (2023).

The Western Crescent Rises—A Verticality Dimension in Louisiana’s Mixed Legal Space, 67 Правоведение (Pravovedenie) 5 (2023).

Note from the Guest Editors (with Philip J. Thomas), Mixed Jurisdictions Special Edition First Volume, 67 Правоведение (Pravovedenie) 3 (2023).

Comparative Insights for the Doctrinal Relationship between the Public Records Doctrine and the Acquisitive Prescription of Immovables in Louisiana, 37 Tul. Eur. & Civ. L.F. 27 (2022).

Dynamische Rechtsvergleichung im Gravitationsfeld von Recht und Sprache: Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse im Zuge meiner Übersetzung des Zivilgesetzbuchs von Louisiana aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche [Dynamic Legal Comparativism in the Gravity Field of Law and Language: Insights Gained and Experiences Made in the Course of Translating the Louisiana Civil Code from English to German], Schweizerische Juristen-Zeitung (SJZ) 379 (Issue 8/2022).

Constitutionalism in the Land of the Peaceful Thunder Dragon: The Kingdom of Bhutan’s Marbury Moment (with Ngawang Choden), 50 Ga. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 357 (2022).

Louisiana’s Whistleblower Statute in the 21st Century: Challenges in State Practice and Lessons from California and Europe, 96 Tul. L. Rev. 223 (2021).

Brexit—Disentangling the Quantum in Law and Politics, 52 Geo. Wash. Int’l L. Rev. 101 (2020).

Legal Transplants under the Magnifying Glass: A Bridging Study from Louisiana to Germany and Back, 35 Tul. Eur. & Civ. L.F. 1 (2020).

Law and Language in Action: Transformative Experiences Associated with Translating the Louisiana Civil Code into German, 84 RabelsZ 228 (2020).

The Adams-Onís Treaty’s Bicentennial and Its Enduring Legacy for the American Doctrine of Self-Executing and Non-Self Executing Treaties, 27 J. South. Leg. Hist. 79 (2019).

How Trust-Like is Russia’s Fiduciary Management? Answers from Louisiana (with Anton D. Rudokvas), 79 La. L. Rev. 1071 (2019).

The Paris Climate Agreement and Bederman’s Six Myths about International Law and International Practice, 52 Int’l Law. 233 (2019).

Guidance and Control Mechanisms for the Construction of UN-System Law—Sung and Unsung Tales from the Coalition of the Willing, or Not, 121 Penn St. L. Rev. 143 (2016).

The Construction of UN-System Law in Domestic and International Courts—The Second Gulf War as a Case Study, 53 Rivista della Cooperazione Giuridica Internazionale 11 (2016).

The Construction of UN-System Law in Domestic and International Courts—The Second Gulf War as a Case Study, 5 Ordine Internazionale e Diritti Umani (OIDU) 840 (2015).

Uncertain Land Titles in Louisiana’s Formative Years: Colonial Grants, John Marshall’s Foster Opinion, and Lauterpachtian Interplays between Private Law and International Law, 53 Am. J. Leg. Hist. 329 (2013).

Mixity Dynamics in Federal-State Frameworks: American Court-Structure Federalism and Louisiana’s Codal Core, 77 RabelsZ 251 (2013).

Federalism and Mixity in the United States: A Survey of Federal Judges Regarding Erie Courts and Louisiana’s Civil Law—Appendix, Survey of Federal Erie Judges, Loyola University College of Law Research Paper (Sept. 24, 2012), <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2330460>.

The Rise of Regional Integration Law (RIL): Good News for International Environment Law (EIL)?, 23 Geo. Int’lEnvtl. L. Rev. 165 (2011).

Did You Ever Hear of the Napoleonic Code, Stella? A Mixed Jurisdiction Impact Analysis from Louisiana’s Law Laboratory, 85 Tul. L. Rev. 635 (2011).

Romans Reloaded and Comparativists Charged—Living Law in Louisiana: The Case of Civil Possession, 54 Loy. L. Rev. 571 (2008).

Beer Wars—A Case Study: Is the Emerging European Private Law Civil or Common or Mixed or Sui Generis, 20 Tul. Eur. & Civil L.F. 38 (2005).

Tremors in the Cooperative Federalism Arena: What Happens When a State Wants to Pick and Choose (Seek Partial Program Approval) or Cut and Run (Return Program Primacy to the Federal Government) 24 Temp. Sci. Tech. & Envtl. L.J. 71 (2005) (with Michel J. Paque).

Constitutionalizing Government in the European Union: Europe’s New Institutional Framework under the Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe, 11 Col. J. Eur. L. 77 (2005).

Overfiling in the Cooperative Federalism Balance—A Search Forever Incomplete and Incompletable, 29 Col. J. Envtl. L. 119 (2004).

Supremacy of the Law and Judicial Review in the European Union: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Marbury v. Madison with Costa v. ENEL, 36 Geo. Wash. Int’l L. Rev. 567 (2004).

Constitutionalizing the European Union—More than a Sense of Direction from the Convention on the Future of Europe, 26 Ford. Int’l L.J. 1562 (2003).

The Discrete Charm of Cooperative Federalism—Environmental Citizen Suits in the Balance, 27 Vt. L. Rev. 81 (2002) (with John A. Veil).

Salade Niçoise from Amsterdam Left-Overs—Does the Treaty of Nice Contain the Institutional Recipe to Ready the European Union for Enlargement, 8 Col. J. Eur. L. 53 (2002).

The Grass Will Not Be Trampled Because the Tigers Need Not Fight—New Thoughts and Old Paradigms for Détente across the Taiwan Strait, 34 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 481 (2001).

Sounds of Silence—What Happened to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Hazardous Waste Recycling Program Reform?, 10 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 95 (2000).

Phantom Menace or New Hope—Member State Public Tort Liability after the Double-Bladed Light Saber Duel between the European Court of Justice and the German Bundesgerichtshof inBrasserie du Pêcheur, 33 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 311 (2000).

Did the Eleventh Circuit Crack ‘Frac?’—Hydraulic Fracturing after the Court’s Landmark LEAF Decision, 18 Va. Envtl. L.J. 507 (1999).

Trash, Ash, and the Phoenix—Fifth Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s City of Chicago Decision on Waste-to-Energy Combustion Ash, 26 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 473 (1999).

Book Reviews :

Comparative Succession Law – Mandatory Family Protection (Kenneth G.C. Reid, Marius J. De Waal, Reinhard Zimmermann eds. – Oxford: Oxford University Press 2020, vol. III, 798 pp.), Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (ZEuP) 1041 (Issue 4/2021).

James R. Maxeiner, Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2018, 368 pp.), 12 J. Civ. L. Stud. 412 (2019).

Science and Policy Journals:

Options, Methods, and Costs for Offsite Commercial Disposal of Exploration and Production Wastes, 2(4) Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Projects, Facilities & Construction 1 (2007) (with John A. Veil).

DOE Funds New Study on U.S. Offsite Commercial Disposal of E&P Waste, 104 Oil & Gas J. 37 (2006) (with John A. Veil).

Regulatory Considerations in the Management of Produced Water—A U.S. Perspective, GasTIPS 1 (2004) (with John A. Veil).

Innovative and Interactive Drilling Waste Information System, 102 Oil & Gas J. 31 (2004) (with Deborah Elcock & John A. Veil).

A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, 2 The Scientific World J. 41 (2002) (with Deborah Littleton, Nancy Johnston & John A. Veil).

The DoD Operational and Environmental Executive Steering Committee for Munitions—A New Paradigm, 11 Fed. Facil. Envtl. J. 41 (Winter 2001) (with Kenneth A. Cornelius, Connie Van Brocklin & Timothy A. Alexander).

Cooling Water Use Patterns at U.S. Nonutility Electric Generating Facilities, 2 Envtl. Sci & Pol’y, 477 (1999) (with John A. Veil, Deborah J. Littleton & David O. Moses).

Partnering with Non-Defense Stakeholders to Improve Environmental Policy and Explosives Safety Standards for Munitions—A Case Study, 10 Fed. Facil. Envtl. J., 37-51 (Autumn 1999) (with Kenneth A. Cornelius, Ed Sims & Dan McFerrin).

Using Best Available Scientific Information in Assessing the Involvement of Energy Industries at Superfund Sites, 331A J. of the Franklin Inst. 163 (1994) (with Deborah Elcock).

Environmental Impact Statements:

U.S. Department of Energy Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, DOE/EIS-0200-F (1997) (List of Preparers, Comment Response & Assistant to Argonne National Laboratory Project Manager).

U.S. Department of Energy Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, DOE/EIS-0236-F (1996) (List of Preparers, Public Participation & Scoping).

Deliverables for the U.S. Government:

U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies and organizations: more than 40 sponsor reports, white papers, and other deliverables.

Websites:

Produced Water Management Information System, Federal and State Regulations (June 2007).

Drilling Waste Management Information System, Federal and State Regulations (June 2004).

            
                

Activities

                
                
  • International and Comparative Law
  • International Legal Education
  • Law and Language
  • Federalism and Supranationalism
  • Legal History