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Fernanda G. Nicola | |
|---|---|
| Born | Italy |
| Education | University of Turin, University of Trento, Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Professor of Law |
| Employer | American University Washington College of Law |
| Website | www |
Fernanda G. Nicola is an Italian-American legal scholar and Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL). Her scholarship focuses on European Union law, comparative law, and constitutional law and she is recognized for scholarship on legal pluralism, judicial narratives, and transnational legal theory. She directs AUWCL’s Program on International Organizations, Law and Development. [1]
Early life and education
[edit]Professor Nicola earned dual degrees in law and political science from the University of Turin. She received a Ph.D. in Comparative Private Law from the University of Trento in 2006 and an LL.M. (2002) and S.J.D. (2009) from Harvard Law School. Her S.J.D. dissertation was titled Decentralization and Private Law Harmonization in the Construction of Europe. She also trained at the European University Institute and Sciences Po Strasbourg.[2]
Academic career
[edit]Professor Nicola joined American University Washington College of Law in 2006. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and Full Professor in 2014. Since 2014, she has served as Director of the Program on International Organizations, Law and Development. From 2018 to 2023, she was a Permanent Visiting Professor at iCourts, the Danish National Research Foundation’s Center of Excellence for International Courts at the University of Copenhagen.[3]
She has also held visiting or adjunct appointments at:
- Temple University Beasley School of Law (2011)
- Drexel University (2012)
- New England School of Law (2004–2006)
- LUISS Law School in Rome, Italy (2017, 2020)
- Fernand Braudel Fellow, EUI, Fiesole (2017)
- Paris-Est Créteil Law School, UPEC (2024)
Research and scholarship
[edit]Professor Nicola’s scholarship covers comparative law, constitutional governance, and European Union law. She is recognized for her critical approach to legal harmonization and rule-of-law narratives in transnational settings. Her scholarship engages with feminist theory, distributive justice, and European legal history.[4]
Publications
[edit]Articles (selected)
[edit]- “Authoritarian Transfers,” with Günter Frankenberg, University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 1 (2025).[5]
- “The Balkanization of Data Privacy Regulation,” with Oreste Pollicino, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 123 (2020), pp. 61–115. (https://research.wvu.edu/law-review/volume-123-issue-1)[6]
- “Defending Democracy through Law,” with Antonio Caiola, Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 46 (2022). (https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj/vol46/iss1/1/)[7]
- “Legal Diplomacy in an Age of Authoritarianism,” Columbia Journal of European Law, Vol. 27, No. 3 (2021). (https://heinonline.org/)[8]
- “It’s All About the Pasta,” with Gino Scaccia, FIU Law Review, Vol. 14 (2021), pp. 479–508. (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5001837)[9]
- “The Luxembourg Style with or Without the UK,” Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 40 (2017), pp. 1505–1527. (https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj/vol40/iss5/6)[10]
- “National Legal Traditions at Work in the Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union,” American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 64 (2016), pp. 865–896. (https://academic.oup.com/ajcl/article/64/4/865/3111708)[11]
- “The Politicization of Legal Expertise in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiation,” Duke Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 78 (2015), pp. 153–173. (https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol78/iss4/6)[12]
- “The Contractualization of Family Law in the United States,” with Adrianne Jules, American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 62 (2014), pp. 151–180. (https://academic.oup.com/ajcl/article/62/suppl_1/151/2684059)[13]
- “Family Law Exceptionalism in Comparative Law,” American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 58 (2010), pp. 777–810. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/25766168?seq=1)[14]
- “Invisible Cities in Europe,” Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 35 (2012), pp. 1282–1334. (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2120163)[15]
Books
[edit]- Misuses of Comparative Law in International Development (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2025).
- Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice, with Günter Frankenberg (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024).[16]
Book Chapters (selected)
[edit]- “La pasta Made in Italy fra protezionismo, liberalizzazione e sfida della sostenibilità,” with Gino Scaccia, in Made in Italy. L'identità di un brand storico, Barbara Pozzo (ed.), Giappichelli Editor, 2024. (Giappichelli)[17]
- “Critical Approaches to Comparative Law,” with Günter Frankenberg, in Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Jan Smits, Jaakko Husa, Catherine Valcke & M. Narciso (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp. 495–502. (Elgar)[18]
- “From Methodological Shifts to EU Law Embeddedness,” with Mikael Rask Madsen and Antoine Vauchez, in Researching the European Court of Justice, Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 1–26. (Cambridge)[19]
- “The Familial Subject,” with Ann Shalleck, in The Cambridge Companion to Gender & Law, R. Marin-Rubio and S. Hennette-Vauchez (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2023. (Cambridge)[20]
- “EU–Asian Free Trade Agreements: The Negotiating Capital of Trade Experts,” with Chris Kimura, in Law, Legal Expertise, and EU Policy-Making, Päivi Leino-Sandberg & Emilia Korkea-aho (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2022. (Cambridge)[21]
- “The Failure to Grapple with Racial Capitalism in European Constitutionalism,” with Jeffrey Miller, in European Constitutional Imaginaries, Jan Komárek (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2023. (Oxford)[22]
Edited Volumes
[edit]- The Italian Influence on EU Law: Judges and Advocates General 1952–2000, co-edited with Daniele Gallo, Roberto Mastroianni, and Lorenzo Cecchetti (Hart Publishing, 2024). (Hart)[23]
- Researching the European Court of Justice: Methodological Shifts and Law's Embeddedness, with Mikael Rask Madsen and Antoine Vauchez (Cambridge University Press, 2022). (Cambridge)[24]
- EU Law Stories: Contextual and Critical Histories of European Jurisprudence, with Bill Davies (Cambridge University Press, 2017). (Cambridge)[25]
Honors and awards
[edit]- Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Grant (2019–2023)
- Erasmus+ Program on Women in Leadership (2019–2023)
- Bridges Award for Co-Teaching EU Law and Governance (2019–2020)
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fernanda Giorgia Nicola". Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- ^ "Fernanda G. Nicola – Just Security Author Page". Just Security. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- ^ "Fernanda Nicola – Faculty Profile". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- ^ "Fernanda Nicola – Google Scholar Citations". Google Scholar. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Frankenberg, Günter (2025). "Authoritarian Transfers". University of Miami Law Review. 80 (1).
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Pollicino, Oreste (2020). "The Balkanization of Data Privacy Regulation". West Virginia Law Review. 123: 61–115.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Caiola, Antonio (2022). "Defending Democracy through Law". Fordham International Law Journal. 46.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2021). "Legal Diplomacy in an Age of Authoritarianism". Columbia Journal of European Law. 27 (3).
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Scaccia, Gino (2021). "It's All About the Pasta". FIU Law Review. 14: 479–508. SSRN 5001837.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2017). "The Luxembourg Style with or Without the UK". Fordham International Law Journal. 40: 1505–1527.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2016). "National Legal Traditions at Work in the Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union". American Journal of Comparative Law. 64: 865–896. doi:10.1093/ajcl/avw015.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2015). "The Politicization of Legal Expertise in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiation". Law and Contemporary Problems. 78: 153–173.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Jules, Adrianne (2014). "The Contractualization of Family Law in the United States". American Journal of Comparative Law. 62: 151–180. doi:10.5131/AJCL.2013.0022.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2010). "Family Law Exceptionalism in Comparative Law". American Journal of Comparative Law. 58 (4): 777–810. doi:10.5131/ajcl.2010.0002. JSTOR 25766168.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G. (2012). "Invisible Cities in Europe". Fordham International Law Journal. 35: 1282–1334. SSRN 2120163.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Frankenberg, Günter (2024). Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781035314959.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Scaccia, Gino (2024). "La pasta Made in Italy fra protezionismo, liberalizzazione e sfida della sostenibilità". In Barbara Pozzo (ed.). Made in Italy. L'identità di un brand storico. Giappichelli Editor.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Frankenberg, Günter (2023). "Critical Approaches to Comparative Law". In Jan Smits; Jaakko Husa; Catherine Valcke; M. Narciso (eds.). Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 495–502. ISBN 978-1-83910-560-9.
- ^ Madsen, Mikael Rask; Nicola, Fernanda G.; Vauchez, Antoine (2022). "From Methodological Shifts to EU Law's Embeddedness". Researching the European Court of Justice. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–26. doi:10.1017/9781009049818.001. ISBN 978-1-009-04981-8.
- ^ Nicola, Fernanda G.; Shalleck, Ann (2023). "The Familial Subject". In R. Marin-Rubio; S. Hennette-Vauchez (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Gender & Law. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108634069. ISBN 978-1-108-63406-9.
- ^ Kimura, Chris; Nicola, Fernanda G. (2022). "EU–Asian Free Trade Agreements: The Negotiating Capital of Trade Experts". In Päivi Leino-Sandberg; Emilia Korkea-aho (eds.). Law, Legal Expertise, and EU Policy-Making. Cambridge University Press. pp. 173–196. doi:10.1017/9781108909099.009. ISBN 978-1-108-83012-6.
- ^ Miller, Jeffrey; Nicola, Fernanda G. (2023). "The Failure to Grapple with Racial Capitalism in European Constitutionalism". In Jan Komárek (ed.). European Constitutional Imaginaries. Oxford University Press. pp. 320–339. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192855480.003.0015. ISBN 978-0-19-285548-0.
- ^ Daniele Gallo; Roberto Mastroianni; Fernanda G. Nicola; Lorenzo Cecchetti, eds. (2024). The Italian Influence on European Law: Judges and Advocates General (1952–2000). Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509967766.
- ^ Mikael Rask Madsen; Fernanda G. Nicola; Antoine Vauchez, eds. (2022). Researching the European Court of Justice: Methodological Shifts and Law's Embeddedness. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316511299.
- ^ Fernanda G. Nicola; Bill Davies, eds. (2017). EU Law Stories: Contextual and Critical Histories of European Jurisprudence. Law in Context. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316340479. ISBN 9781107118898.