Curriculum Vitae

David Evan Landau

September 13, 2018

General Information

University address:	College of Law
College of Law
Law - Roberts Hall 0206
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1601
Phone: 850/644-7296

E-mail address:	dlandau@law.fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

2015	Ph.D., Harvard University. Major: Department of Government. comparative politics; judicial politics. 

Landau, D.E. (2015). "Beyond Judicial Independence: The Construction of Judicial Power on the Colombian Constitutional Court" (Defense date: 10/06/14). (Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University). Retrieved from Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH), https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/14226088/LANDAU-DISSERTATION-2015.pdf?sequence=1. 

2004	J.D., Harvard University. Major: Law. Magna cum laude. 

2001	A.B., Harvard University. Major: Social Studies. Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa. 

Professional Experience

2015–present	Associate Professor of Law, Florida State University. 

2014–present	Mason Ladd Professor, Florida State University. 

2012–present	Associate Dean for International Programs, College of Law, Florida State University. 

2010–2015	Assistant Professor, College of Law, Florida State University. 

2011	Consultant, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Honduras. 

2007–2009	Climenko Fellow & Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School. 

2004–2005	Law Clerk, Hon. Sandra L. Lynch, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. 

2002	Law Clerk Intern, Judge William G. Young, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 

Language Proficiency

Portuguese - advanced in speaking, reading, and writing.
Spanish - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.

Visiting Professorship(s)

2018	European University Institute, Academy of European Law Summer School. 

2016–2018	Central European University. 

2017–2018	EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia. 

2016	ICESI University, Cali, Colombia. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

University Teaching Award, Florida State University (2013). 
Humane Studies Fellowship (2009). 
Presidential Scholar, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2005). 
Sears Prize, Harvard Law School (2002). ($5,000). 

Fellowship(s)

Climenko Fellow & Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School (2007–2009).

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 
Law and Society Association 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Comparative Constitutional Law (LAW7930)
Constitutional Law I (LAW5501)
Law Review (LAW7950)
Civil Procedure (LAW5300)
Directed Independent Study (LAW7939)
International Law (LAW6260)
Conflict of Laws (LAW7340)
International Litigation and Arbitration (LAW7930)
Moot Court Competition (LAW7951)
Seminar: First-Year Legal Research Writing, Latin American Law
Seminar: Latin American Public Law

Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation

Behan, C. (2018). 

Goulfine, K. (Aug–Dec 2017). 

Grosholz, J. (2017). 

Poor, C. (2017). 

Rodgers, H. (2017). 

Draguta, C. (Jan–May 2016). 

Bradley, M. (2016). 

Hoffmann, M. (2016). 

Kaitlyn Cawley (2015). 

Michael Piccolo (2015). 

Spicer, M. (Jan–May 2014). 

Hart, J. (2014). 

Houlihan, A. (2014). 

Maney, M. (2014). 

Rowland, K. (2013). 

Perez, M. (Aug–Dec 2012). 

Filartoski, C. (2012). 

Gaffney, D. (2012). 

Hofheimer, A. (2012). 

Gott, A. (2011). 

Jordan, P. (2011). 

Kramarow, A. (2011). 

Moot Court Coaching

Landau, D. E. (2012–2014). Coach for the Jessup International Moot Court Team. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Invited Journal Articles

Landau, D. (in press). Constitutional Design, International Law and Vulnerable Insiders: The Victims of Internal Armed Conflict in Colombia. Virginia Journal of International Law, 29 pages.

Landau, D. (2018). Populist Constitutions. University of Chicago Law Review, 85, 521-543.

Landau, D. (2017). "Democratic Erosion and Constitution-Making Moments: The Role of International Law". University of California-Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 3, 87-112.

Landau, D. (2016). "Selective Entrenchment in State Constitutional Law: Lessons from Comparative Experience". Arkansas Law Review, 69, 425-452.

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (2015). Constraining Constitutional Change. Wake Forest Law Review, 50, 859-890.

Landau, D. E. (2014). Aggressive Weak-Form Review. Constitutional Court Review (South Africa), 5, 21.

Landau, D. E. (2012). "The Importance of Constitution-Making,". Denver Law Review, 89, 611.

Landau, D. E. (2009). "Political Institutions and Judicial Role: An Approach in Context, the Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court". Vniversitas, 119, 55.

Landau, D. E. (2003). Case Comment, Civil Procedure – Forum Non Conveniens – Fifth Circuit Holds Mexico to be an Adequate Alternative Forum Despite its $2500 Cap on Damages for a Child's Death – Gonzalez v. Chrysler Corp., 301 F.3d 377 (5th Cir. 2002). Harvard Law Review, 116, 1905.

Refereed Journal Articles

Landau, D. (in press). "Presidential Term Limits in Latin America: Transnational Constitutional Dialogue as a Double-Edged Sword". Law and Ethics of Human Rights, 17 pages.

Landau, D., Dixon, R., & Roznai, Y. (in press). "From an Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment to an Unconstitutional Constitution? Lessons from Honduras". Global Constitutionalism, 24 pages.

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (2018). Tiered Constitutional Design. George Washington Law Review, 86, 438-512.

Landau, D. (2017). "Substitute and Complement Theories of Judicial Review". Indiana Law Journal, 92, 1283-1327.

Landau, D. (2016). "Political Context and Structural Constitutional Law". Alabama Law Revew, 67, 1069-1124.

Landau, D. E., & Dixon, R. (2015). "Transnational Constitutionalism and a Limited Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment". International Journal of Constitutional Law, 13, 606-638.

Landau, D. E. (2014). "A Dynamic Theory of Judicial Role". Boston College Law Review, 55, 1501-1562.

Landau, D. E. (2013). "Constitution-Making Gone Wrong". Alabama Law Review, 64, 923-980. Retrieved from http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2064/Issue%205/1%20Landau%20923-980.pdf

Landau, D. E. (2013). "Abusive Constitutionalism". UC Davis Law Review, 47, 189-260. Retrieved from http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/47/1/Articles/47-1_Landau.pdf

Landau, D. E. (2012). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement". Harvard International Law Journal, 53, 189.

Landau, D. E. (2010). "Political Institutions and Judicial Role in Comparative Constitutional Law". Harvard International Law Journal, 51, 319.

Landau, D. E. (2005). "The Two Discourses in Colombian Constitutional Jurisprudence: A New Approach to Modeling Judicial Behavior in Latin America". George Washington International Law Review, 3, 687.

Landau, D. E., & Westfall, D. (2005). "Publicity Rights as Property Rights". Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, 23, 71.

Invited Books

Landau, D. (2015). Derechos sociales y limites a la reforma constitucional: la influencia de la jurisprudencia de la Corte Constitucional colombiana en el derecho comparado. Bogota, Colombia: Universidad Externado de Colombia Press. 

Refereed Books

Landau, D. E., & Cepeda, M. J. (2017). Colombian Constitutional Law: Leading Cases. New York: Oxford University Press. 

Edited Books

Landau, D., & Lerner, H. (Eds.). (contract). Comparative Constitution-Making. Manuscript under contract for publication, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Landau, D. E., & Bilchitz, D. (Eds.). (2018). The Evolution of the Separation of Powers: Between the Global North and the Global South [Book]. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Invited Book Chapters

Landau, D. E. (contract). Constituent Power and Constitution-Making in Latin America. Manuscript under contract for publication, Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D. (in press). "Constitutional Backsliding and its Responses in Colombia". In Law, D. (Ed.), Constitutionalism in Context (21 pages). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Landau, D. (in press). "Constitution-Making and Authoritarianism in Venezuela: The First Time as Tragedy, the Second as Farce". In Graber, M., Levinson, S., & Tushnet, M. (Eds.), Constitutional Democracy in Crisis? (15 pages). New York: Oxford University Press. 

Landau, D. (in press). Courts and Support Structures: Beyond the Classic Narrative. In Delaney, E., & Dixon, R. (Eds.), Comparative Judicial Review (26 pages). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (in press). "Constitutional Non-Transformation? Socioeconomic Rights beyond the Poor". In Young, K. (Ed.), The Future of Social and Economic Rights (19 pages). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Landau, D. (2018). "Institutional Failure and Intertemporal Theories of Judicial Role in the Global South". In Bilchitz, D., & Landau, D. (Eds.), The Evolution of the Separation of Powers: Between the Global North and the Global South (pp. 31-56). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D. (2018). "Legal Pragmatism and Comparative Constitutional Law". In Jacobsohn, G., & Schor, M. (Eds.), Comparative Constitutional Theory (pp. 208-228). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D. (2018). "Socioeconomic Rights and Majoritarian Courts in Latin America". In Crawford, C., & Bonilla Maldonado, D. (Eds.), Constitutionalism in the Americas (pp. 188-214). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D. (2018). "South African Social Rights Jurisprudence and the Global Canon: A Revisionist View". In Roux, T., & Dixon, R. (Eds.), Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution's Local and International Influence (pp. 406-427). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Landau, D., & Bilchitz, D. (2018). "Introduction: The Evolution of the Separation of Powers in the Global South and Global North". In Bilchitz, D., & Landau, D. (Eds.), The Evolution of the Separation of Powers: Between the Global North and the Global South (pp. 1-27). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D. (2017). "Judicial Role and the Limits of Constitutional Convergence in Latin America". In Ginsburg, T., & Dixon, R. (Eds.), Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America (pp. 227-252). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. 

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (2016). "Constitutional Endurance and Democracy: Judging Constitutional Performance". In Tom Ginsburg, & Aziz Huq (Eds.), Assessing Constitutional Performance (pp. 268-292). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Landau, D. E. (2014). "The Promise of a Minimum Core Approach: The Colombian Model for Judicial Review of Austerity Measures". In Aoife Nolan (Ed.), Economic and Social Rights After the Global Financial Crisis (pp. 267-298). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Invited Encyclopedia Entries

Landau, D. (2016). Constitutional Court of Colombia (Corte Constitucional De Colombia). In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law-mpeccol/law-mpeccol-e524

Landau, D. (2016). Decision T-025 (2004) (Colombia). In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law-mpeccol/law-mpeccol-e550

Landau, D. (2016). Decision T-426 (1992) (Colombia). In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law:mpeccol/law-mpeccol-e551

Landau, D. (2016). Social Rights. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law. New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law:mpeccol/law-mpeccol-e172

Invited Reviews

Landau, D. (2015). Book Review: Fragile Democracies: Contested Power in the Age of Constitutional Courts. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 13, 1082-1084.

Landau, D. E. (2012). "Book Review: Cultures of Legality: Judicialization and Political Activism in Latin America". Law & Society Review, 46, 205-207.

Presentations

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Landau, D. (presented 2018, September). Panelist, Book Roundtable on The Adventures of the Constituent Power: Beyond Revolutions? Presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, MA. (National)

Landau, D. (presented 2018, June). "Constitutional Backsliding: Colombia". Presentation at Annual Meeting of the international Association of Constitutional Law (ICON-S), International Association of Constitutional Law (ICON-S), Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2018, June). "Constitution-Making and Authoritarianism in Venezuela: The First Time as Tragedy, the Second as Farce". Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2018, June). Panelist, Book Roundtable on The Alchemists: Questioning our Faith on Courts as Democracy Builders (by Tom Daly). Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. (International)

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (presented 2018, June). "Abusive Judicial Review". Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2017, August). Commentator, Conference on Constitutions, Human Rights, and Economic Inequality. Presentation at Conference on Constitutions, Human Rights, and Economic Inequality, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, July). "Constitutional Non-Transformation? Socioeconomic Rights beyond the Poor,". Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, July). Discussant, Panel on Constitutional Actors and Constitutional Change: Comparative Perspectives. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, July). Discussant, Panel on High Courts and Executive Leadership in Latin America: An Ambivalent Relationship. Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Landau, D., & Dixon, R. (presented 2017, July). "Tiering Constitutional Amendment". Presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), International Association of Public Law (ICON-S), Copenhagen, Denmark. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, June). "Democratic Erosion and Constitution-Making Moments: The Role of International Law". Presentation at International Meeting on Law & Society, Law & Society Association. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, June). Discussant, Panel on Constitutional Amendment and Democracy. Presentation at International Meeting on Law & Society Association, Law & Society Association, Mexico City, Mexico. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, June). Discussant, Panel on Judicial Review in Colombia: The Peace Process and Beyond. Presentation at International Meeting on Law & Society, Law & Society Association, Mexico City, Mexico. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, June). "The Substitute and Complement Theories of Judicial Review". Presentation at Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Law and Society Association, New Orleans, LA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, June). "The Substitute and Complement Theories of Judicial Review". Presentation at International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) 2016 Conference, International Society of Public Law, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, May). "Constitution-Making in Latin America". Presentation at Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Annual Meeting, LASA. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, May). Commentator, Panel on "Superior Courts and LGBTI Rights in Latin America: Reaching the Limits of Litigation?". Presentation at Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Annual Meeting, LASA, New York, NY. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, September). Constraining Constitutional Change. Presentation at Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, July). A Weak Vision of Structural Constitutional Law. Presentation at ICON-S 2015 Conference, International Society of Public Law, NYU Law School, New York, NY. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2014, May). Defenses Against Court-Packing and Court-Curbing in Colombia. Presentation at The Annual Meeting, Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, IL. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2014, April). A Dynamic Theory of Judicial Role. Presentation at The Annual Meeting, American Society of Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2014, January). Courts in New Democracies. Presentation at Bridge Program: Constitution-Making in Egypt and the Middle East: A Stalled Arab Spring or a Pathway to Democracy?, The Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Schools (AALS), New York, NY. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2014, January). Democracy and a Limited Doctrine of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment. Presentation at Symposium on Comparative Constitutional Change: New Perspectives on Formal and Informal Amendment, The Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Schools (AALS), New York, NY. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2013, August). Abusive Constitutionalism. Presentation at Southeastern Law Scholars Conference, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, Palm Beach, FL. (Regional)

Landau, D. (presented 2013, April). Abusive Constitutionalism. Presentation at The Annual Meeting, American Society of Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee, Indianapolis, IN. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2013, April). Improving Remedies for Social Rights. Presentation at Workshop on Socioeconomic Rights, International Association of Constitutional Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2012, April). "Constitution-Making Gone Wrong". Presentation at New Frontiers in Comparative Law Conference, American Society of Comparative Law, George Washington University. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2012, March). "Constitution-Making Gone Wrong". Presentation at Comparative Constitutional Law Roundtable, George Washington University. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2011, June). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement". Presentation at Annual Meeting, Law & Society, San Francisco, CA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2009, September). "One Sided Constitutionalism". Presentation at the meeting of American Political Science Association, Theme Panel: How Constitutions Work – Developmental Approaches to Constitutional Function. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2009, May). "Political Institutions and Judicial Role in Comparative Constitutional Law". Presentation at the meeting of Law and Society Conference, Denver, CO. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2008, November). "Courts and Party Systems in Colombia and Mexico". Presentation at the meeting of Northeast Law & Society Conference, Amherst, MA. (Regional)

Invited Presentations at Symposia

Landau, D. E. (presented 2017, October). Discussant, "Classification Confusion" & "Teaching Islamic Law in a Positivist Environment". In 5th Annual Montpelier Roundtable on Comparative Constitutional Law. Presentation at the meeting of Center for the Study of the Constitution, James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier, VA. (National)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, August). "Doctrinal Capture and the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Doctrine". In Comparative Constitutional Law Work in Progress Roundtable. Presentation at the meeting of Gilbert & Tobin Center, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2017, May). "Why Constitutionalism? Formal Constitutional Change and Democratic Erosion". In U. Chicago Law Review Symposium. Presentation at the meeting of U. Chicago. (National)

Landau, D. (presented 2017, April). Commentator, Panel on Financial Crises: Economic Constraints and Consequences. In Economic Constitutionalism Workshop. Presentation at the meeting of Columbia Law School. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2017, March). "Formal Constitutional Change and Democratic Erosion". In Mark Graber (Chair), Con Law Schmooze. Presentation at the meeting of University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, December). "Structure and the Limits of Transnational Dialogue: The Example of Term Limits in Latin America". In Conference on Global Constitutionalism. Presentation at the meeting of Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College Law School, Boston, Ma. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, October). "Courts and Support Structures: Rethinking the Standard Narrative". In Conference on Comparative Judicial Review. Presentation at the meeting of Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, September). "Conferencia Central: Corte Constitucional en el derecho comparado: control de reforma constitucional y DESC". In 25 Anos de la Constitucion de Colombia. Presentation at the meeting of ICESI University, Cali, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, September). "Democratic Erosion and Constitution-Making Moments: The Role of International Law". In Constitution-Making as Transnational Practice ABF-UCI Symposium. Presentation at the meeting of University of California Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, September). "IDPs vs. Refugees: Insiders and Outsiders in Colombian Constitutional Law". In The External Dimensions of Constitutions. Presentation at the meeting of Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. (International)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, August). "Courts and Democratic Constitution-Making". In Symposium on Constitution-Making in Democratic Constitutional Orders. Presentation at the meeting of CIDE, Mexico City, Mexico. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, April). "Social Rights Beyond Social Transformation". In Symposium on the Future of Economic and Social Rights. Presentation at the meeting of Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, April). "The South African Model for the Enforcement of Social Rights". In Symposium: Constitutional Triumphs, Constitutional Disappointments: A Critical Assessment of the 1996 South African Constitution's Local and International Influence. Presentation at the meeting of University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. (National)

Landau, D. E. (presented 2016, January). "Selective Entrenchment in Constitutional Design". In Symposium on State Constitutional Change. Presentation at the meeting of University of Arkansas. (National)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, October). Constitution-Making in Latin America. In Conference on Processes of Constitutional Construction in Latin America. Presentation at the meeting of Ministry of the General Secretary of the Chilean Presidency, IDEA International, and the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, October). Social Rights in Latin America. In Colloquium on Contemporary Constitutional Debate. Presentation at the meeting of Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Juriquilla, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, August). Judicial Role and Enduring Divergence in Latin American Constitutional Law. In Workshop on Comparative Constitutional Law in Latin America. Presentation at the meeting of Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. (presented 2015, May). Inter-temporal Theories of Judicial Role. In The "New" Separation of Powers: Can the Doctrine Evolve to Meet the C21 Context? Presentation at the meeting of International Association of Constitutional Law, Johannesburg, South Africa. (International)

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Landau, D. E. (2017, October). "Formal Constitutional Change and Democratic Erosion". Delivered at Roundtable on Authoritarian Constitutionalism, Princeton University, University Center for Human Values. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2017, September). Closing Address, "The Efficacy and Impact of Judicial Decisions,". Delivered at Meeting of the Constitutional Court, San Juan de Pasto, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2017, August). "Tiered Constitutional Design". Delivered at University of Melbourne Law School. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2017, February). "Las contribuciones de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia al Derecho Constitucional Comparado". Delivered at EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia. (Local)

Landau, D. E. (2016, January). Commentator, "Constitutional Archetypes". Delivered at University of Washington Trans-Pacific Comparative Public Law Roundtable. (National)

Landau, D. (2015, May). Abusive Constitutionalism in Latin America. Delivered at Turan Gunes Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law, Koc University Law School, Istanbul, Turkey. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, December). Commentator, Constitutions Un-entrenched: Toward an Alternative Theory of Constitutional Design. Delivered at University of Washington Trans-Pacific Comparative Public Law Roundtable, Seattle, WA. (International)

Landau, D. E., & Dixon, R. (2014, December). Constraining Constitutional Change. Delivered at G+T Public Law Centre Public Law Roundtable, University of New South Wales Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, November). Socioeconomic Rights. Delivered at Workshop on the Judiciary and Constitutional Transition, International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) and International Development Law Organization (IDLO), The Hague, Netherlands. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, October). Constraining Constitutional Change. Delivered at Symposium on Constitution-Making and Constitutional Design, The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College Law School, Newton, MA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2014, September). Abusive Constitutionalism in the Ecuadorian Context. Delivered at Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (UEES), Guayaquil, Ecuador. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, September). Improving Judicial Remedies for Social Rights. Delivered at Human Rights Workshop, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2014, August). The Success and Failure of the New Constitutionalism. Delivered at Conference on Constitutionalism in the Americas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, June). A Dynamic Theory of Judicial Role. Delivered at Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2014, June). Commentator, "Religion, Human Rights and Constitution-Writing in Brazil (by Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves). Delivered at Workshop on Constitution Writing, Religion, and Human Rights, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF), Bielefeld, Germany. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2014, June). The Spread of a Thick Conception of Equality in Latin America. Delivered at American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Workshop on Transnational Equality, Washington, DC. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, December). Superficial Convergence. Delivered at University of Washington Roundtable on Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Washington School of Law. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, October). Superficial Convergence. Delivered at Montpelier Roundtable on Comparative Constitutional Law (University of Virginia/Washington & Lee Universities), Montpelier, VA. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, September). Abusive Constitutionalism. Delivered at Center for Constitutional Democracy, University of Indiana Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, August). Abusive Constitutionalism. Delivered at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2013, August). Commentator, Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in the Case Study of Colombia: An Analysis of the Justification and Meaning of the Constitutional Replacement Doctrine (by Carlos Bernal). Delivered at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2013, August). Social Rights in Latin America. Delivered at ICESI, Cali, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2013, July). The Symbolic and the Material in the Enforcement of Social Rights: A Reply to Brian Ray. Delivered at Constitutional Court Review, 5th Annual Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa (participation via skype). (International)

Landau, D. E. (2013, June). Commentator, "The Politics of Euro Constitutionalism in the 'New' Member States (by Jan Komarek). Delivered at Revisiting Van Gend en Loos: A Joint Symposium of the International Journal of Constitutional Law and the European Journal of International Law, College de France, Paris, France. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2013, March). Abusive Constitutionalism. Delivered at Faculty Workshop Series, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, March). Discussant, "A Monitoring Mechanism for Constitutional Decisions in Costa Rica" (by Jeffrey Staton & Varun Gauri). Delivered at Comparative Constitutional Law Roundtable, George Washington University, Washington, DC. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2013, February). Revisiting the Value of the Small-N Case Study in Comparative Constitutional Law. Delivered at Roundtable on Methodology in Comparative Constitutional Law, Columbia Law School, New York, NY. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2012, June). "Social Rights Enforcement in Latin America". Delivered at Universidad Externado, Bogota, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2012, March). "Constitution-Making Gone Wrong". Delivered at Comparative Constitutional Law Roundtable, George Washington University. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2012, February). "Grootboom and the One-Case (Or Country?) Canon on Social Rights". Delivered at University of Maryland Con Law Schmooze. (National)

Landau, D. E., & Feldman, N. (2011, October). "The Honduras Coup and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,". Delivered at Law and Development Seminar, Harvard Law School. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2011, August). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement". Delivered at Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. (Local)

Landau, D. E. (2011, June). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement in Colombia". Delivered at Harvard-MIT Club of Bogota, Bogota, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2011, March). "Report to the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation of Honduras: Constitutional Issues". Delivered at Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2011, March). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement". Delivered at David Rockefeller Center on Latin American Studies, Harvard University. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2010, April). "Political Institutions and Judicial Role: An Approach in Context, the Case of the Colombian Constitutional Court". Delivered at Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia. (International)

Landau, D. E. (2009, January). Discussant. Delivered at Panel on Judicial Design, University of Texas Law School Conference on Constitutional Design, Austin, TX. (National)

Landau, D. E. (2008, May). "Constitutional Jurisprudence in a World of Weak Legislatures,". Delivered at University of Michigan and University of Illinois, Comparative Law Work in Progress Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI. (National)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Landau, D. E. (May 2011–Aug 2011). First-Year Assistant Professor Grant. Funded by Florida State University. Total award $11,000. 

Landau, D. E. (2009–2010). Weatherhead Center Mid-Dissertation Grant. Funded by Weatherhead Center. Total award $6,000. 

Landau, D. E. (2009–2009). Summer Research Travel Grants. Funded by David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Total award $2,000. 

Landau, D. E. (2008–2009). Department of Government Summer Research Grant. Funded by Harvard University. Total award $12,000. 

Landau, D. E. (2007–2007). Summer Research Travel Grants. Funded by David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Total award $2,000. 

Landau, D. E. (2006–2006). Summer Research Travel Grants. Funded by David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Total award $2,000. 

Editor to Law Blog

Landau, D. E. (2012). Editor and Contributor to the International Journal of Constitutional Law blog ICONnect. 

Internal Presentations

Landau, D. E. (2014). "A Dynamic Theory of Judicial Role". FSU College of Law Internal Enrichment Series. 

Landau, D. E. (2013). "Superficial Convergence". FSU College of Law Internal Enrichment Series. 

Landau, D. E. (2012). Speaker at the American Constitution Society Supreme Court Preview, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.. FSU College of Law. 

Landau, D. E. (2011). Speaker at the American Constitutional Society Supreme Court Preview, Zivotofsky v. Clinton. FSU College of Law. 

Landau, D. E. (2011–2012). "Constitution-Making Gone Wrong". FSU College of Law Internal Enrichment Series. 

Landau, D. E. (2011). "The Reality of Social Rights Enforcement". FSU College of Law Internal Enrichment Series. 

Op-eds

Landau, D., Sheppard, B., & Dixon, R. (2015). Fixing Latin America's 'Strong-Man' Problem. International New York Times. 

Landau, D., & Sheppard, B. (2015). Why Honduras's Judiciary is its Most Dangerous Branch. International New York Times. 

Landau, D. E., & Goldenziel, J. (2013). Egypt's Constitutional Crisis. Los Angeles Times. 

Feldman N., Landau, D. E., & Sheppard B. (2011). Fixing Honduras. Los Angeles Times. 

Reports

Landau, D. E., Feldman, N., Sheppard, B., & Suazo, L. R. (2011). Report to the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation of Honduras: Constitutional Issues, Commision on Truth and Reconciliation of Honduras. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Teaching and Advisory Awards Committee (2016–2018).

Member, Faculty Grievance Committee (2011–2017).

FSU College Service

Associate Dean for International Programs, International Programs (2012–present).

Member, Clerkship Committee (2017–2018).

Member, Curriculum Committee (2017–2018).

Member, Admissions Committee (2015–2018).

Member, Curriculum Committee (2015–2016).

Member, Appointments Committee (2014–2015).

Member, Admissions Committee (2011–2012).

The Profession

Series Editor for Books

The Rule of Law in Context (2018–present).

Editorial Board Membership(s)

Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (2016–present).

International Journal of Constitutional Law (2013–present).

ICONnect Blog (Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (2012–present).

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Springer (2018–present).

Constitutional Studies (2017–present).

European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance (2017–present).

Israel Law Review (2017–present).

Journal of Comparative Politics (2017–present).

Politica y gobierno (Mexico) (2017–present).

American Journal of Comparative Law (2015–present).

Edward Elgar Press (2015–present).

Oxford University Press (2015–present).

Global Constitutionalism (2014–present).

South African Journal on Human Rights (2014–present).

Cambridge University Press (2013–present).

American Political Science Review (2012–present).

Democratization (2012–present).

Law & Society Review (2011–present).

Service to Professional Associations

Board Member, Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law (2015–2017).

Program Committee Chair, 4th Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, FL, American Society of Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee (2014–2015).

Chair, Scholarship Advisory Group, American Society of Comparative Law (2013–2015).

Member, Scholarship Advisory Group, American Society of Comparative Law, Younger Comparativists Committee (2011–2015).

Service to Other Universities

First-Year-Legal-Research-and-Writing, Harvard Law School (2007–2009). 

Teaching Fellow "Constitutional Design", Harvard College (2008). 

Consultation

U.S. Department of State. Occasional consultant on issues related to Honduran constitutional law (2011–present).

United Nations Development Project. Consultant on Project on Constitutional Bills of Rights (2017).

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Honduras. Consultant on Constitutional Issues (2011).

Additional Service Not Reported Elsewhere

Landau, D. E. (2012–2014). Editor-in-Chief. New Scholarship Bulletin, Younger Comparativists Committee, American Society of Comparative Law.