Santa Clara University School of Law Professor David Sloss is an internationally renowned scholar who has published three books and a few dozen book chapters and law review articles. His scholarship focuses on the relationship between domestic law and international affairs. His work in this area is informed by a decade of experience in the federal government, where he helped draft and negotiate several major international treaties. Professor Sloss has written a book, Tyrants on Twitter, about information warfare and social media.
David Sloss, a professor Santa Clara University School of Law, believes the former president said that the suit — which has “zero chance of winning that claim” — is less about a victory in a courthouse than in the court of public opinion. “I don’t think he’s really filing it because he thinks he can win; I think he’s filing it because it helps perpetuate his narrative that he’s a victim of the system,” Sloss told TheWrap. “It’s mostly about publicity and public relations and not about not really about trying to present a viable legal claim.” The Wrap story, Trump Has ‘Almost No Chance’ in Defamation Case Against CNN, Legal Experts Say, Oct. 5, 2022.
In "Tyrants on Twitter" Professor David Sloss explores how social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok have become platforms for political operations which have very real and very dire consequences for democracy..
The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) welcome you for an insightful discussion on the current state of the international legal order. The new book: "Is the International Legal Order Unraveling?," an edited volume with 17 contributing authors was recnetly published by Oxford University Press. The book grows out of the work of a study group convened by the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) that examined threats to the international legal order. David Sloss chaired the study group and edited the book. This event will involve a moderated discussion of the central themes explored in the book.
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