Mark Sidel

Associate Professor of Law
University of Iowa College of Law and Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
475 Boyd Law Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 USA
Email:  mark-sidel@uiowa.edu/Tel:  319-384-4640

General information

University of Iowa faculty page, curriculum vitae, narrative resume
University of Iowa College of Law; Obermann Center for Advanced Studies


Recent Publications
Publications list [some publications also posted below]
Books

More Secure, Less Free? Antiterrorism and Civil Liberties After September 11 (University of Michigan Press, 2004)
Philanthropy and Law in South Asia (Sidel and Zaman, eds., Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, 2004)

Recent Articles

Courts, Markets, States and the Nonprofit Sector in South Asia (Tulane Law Review, 2004)
The Struggle for Hershey (Pittsburgh Law Review, 2004)
Community Philanthropy (U.C. Davis Law Review, 2003)
Reinterpreting Constitutional Dialogue in Vietnam (Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2002)

Other Publications

AAUP Books for Understanding Bibliography on Philanthropy, the Nonprofit Sector, and Civil Society (2004)
Nonprofit Self-Regulation in Asia (Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium resource paper, 2003)
A Research Guide to Law in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under post -1986 doi moi (renovation) (2002)
New Economy Philanthropy in Bangalore and Hyderabad (CUNY/Rockefeller) (2001)
New Directions in the Study of Vietnamese Law (Michigan Journal of International Law, 1993)

Talks and presentations


Legal Reform, State-Society Relations, and the Regulation of Social Organizations in Asian Comparative Perspective
(Paper presented at the UNDP/Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Conference on the Twentieth Anniversary of Doi Moi,
Hanoi, June 2005, to be posted late June 2005)

Foundations and Scholarly Press Publishing: Data and Observations
(Presentation at the annual meeting of the Association of American University Presses, Philadelphia, June 2005)


The Legacy of Catherine Hope
(Remarks at the dedication of the Hope Tango Tower, YMCA Camp Wapsie, Coggon, Iowa, June 3, 2005)


Courses

Contracts and Sales I Fall 2004 Syllabus, Assignments, Practice Exam, Final Exam
Contracts and Sales I Fall 2003 Syllabus, Assignments, Practice Exam, Final Exam
Contracts and Sales I Fall 2002 Syllabus, Assignments, Practice Exam, Final Exam
Contracts and Sales I Fall 2001 Syllabus, Assignments, Practice Exam, Final Exam
Contracts and Sales I Fall 2000 Syllabus, Assignments, Practice Exam, Final Exam

Contracts links: Lucy v. Zehmer, Leonard v. Pepsico, Seaview Ass'n of Fire Island v. Williams,
Congregation Kadimah Toras-Moshe v. DeLeo, Hamer v. Sidway, Dyer v. National By-Products, Inc.,
Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Feinberg v. Pfeiffer Co., Mills v. Wyman

Philanthropy and the Law, Spring 2005 Syllabus, Assignments
Law in Asia Fall 2004 Syllabus
Law and Development Spring 2004 General Information, Syllabus, Paper Instructions



Research, projects, presentations

U.S. v. Kil-Soo Lee
Philanthropy and the Law in South Asia (PALISA), guide for authors, volume information, update
University of Iowa releases
Nam Cam case photos


Course on Civil Society and the Law in Asia
University of Melbourne Law School
(Spring 2004)

Lectures on Legal Reform in Vietnam and China
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
and Centre d'Etudes et de Reserches Internationales (May 2004)

Debating and Amending Constitutions: The Multiple Meanings of Constitutionalism in Vietnam (Reading: Sidel)
Law, the State and the Regulation of Civil Society in Vietnam (Readings: Sidel, Gray, Salemink, Wischermann, Suzuki)
Elaborating Law, Constricting Rights? Labor Law and the Export of Labor in Vietnam
The Tale of the Godfather Nam Cam: Law, Politics and the Problem of Legitimacy in Vietnam (Reading: Sidel)
Foreign Models and Foreign Donor Support in Vietnamese Legal Reform (Reading: Rose)

Introductory material on law and the state in Vietnam
(Readings: Sidel/Legal Systems of the World; Sidel/Asian Legal Systems)

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Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in Asia: Useful Links

Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium: Philanthropy and Law in Asia
Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium: Philanthropy and Law in South Asia
Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium: 2003 Conference Papers on Nonprofit Governance in Asia
Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium: Overviews of Philanthropy in Selected Asian Countries
Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium: Investing in Ourselves - Giving and Fundraising in Asia