Bernadette Atuahene

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Faculty Fellow

750 N. Lake Shore Drive
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611

Joint appointment

Assistant Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Education

J.D., Yale Law School; M.P.A., Harvard University

Research focus

Law and international development, particularly the dispossession and restitution of property rights in the developing world. Research has examined the challenges faced by transitional democracies that provide compensation for past property dispossession as well as how land titling programs can best address urban poverty.

Projects

The Effects of Land Restitution in South Africa: A Qualitative Study: Latest finding: Feb 11, 2008; Preliminary research has resulted in the article, “From Reparations to Restoration: Moving from Restoring Property to Restoring Economic and Political Visibility,” which argues that…

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Publications

“From Reparation to Restoration: Moving Beyond Restoring Property Rights to Restoring Political and Economic Visibility”: Southern Methodist University Law Review
“Land Titling: A Mode of Privatization with the Potential to Deepen Democracy”: St. Louis University Law Journal
“Legal Title to Land as an Intervention Against Urban Poverty in Developing Nations”: George Washington International Law Review

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Presentations

The Legitimacy of Property Rights in the Context of Past Theft: Nov 2007
The Legitimacy of Property Rights in the Context of Past Theft: Nov 2007
Illegitimacy and criminal behavior: Aug 2007

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Professional Service & Recognition

International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Adviser to Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins on the legal challenge to the Illinois Act to End Atrocities and Terrorism in Sudan