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Steve Charnovitz (born 1953) is a scholar of public international law, living in the United States. He teaches at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, and is best known for his writings on the linkages between trade and environment and trade and labor rights.〔''Ideas for the ILO's "Second Century,"'' Charnovitz Interview, Washington Branch Office of the International Labor Organization, ''ILO Focus'', Spring 2001, pp. 4–6.〕 ==Background== Charnovitz is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He was an early advocate for improving bicycle transportation in the United States where he worked in the Office of Environmental Affairs of the U.S. Department of Transportation.〔See U.S. Department of Transportation, ''Highway and Urban Mass Transportation'', September 1974, pp. 24–30 .〕 He was an analyst in the U.S. Department of Labor from 1975 to 1986 in international labor issues. During 1984–1985, he was an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Carl Levin and House Majority Leader Jim Wright. From 1987–1989, he was a legislative assistant to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright,〔See Jim Wright, ''Balance of Power'' (Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1996, p. 443).〕 and served once again in 1989–1991 for Speaker Tom Foley. In 1991, Charnovitz became Policy Director of the newly established Competitiveness Policy Council.〔See Competitiveness Policy Council ''A Competitiveness Strategy for America''. Second Report to the President and Congress, March 1993, p. 63.〕 In 1995, he co-founded and directed the Global Environment and Trade Study (GETS) located at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. After several years in private practice at the law firm now known as Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Charnovitz joined the faculty of The George Washington University Law School in 2004. Charnovitz serves on several editorial boards in scholarly journals including the ''American Journal of International Law'', the ''Journal of Environment & Development'', the ''Journal of International Economic Law'', and the ''World Trade Review''. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is affiliated with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University. He has been a forceful advocate of free trade combined with pro-competitiveness policies by governments to assist workers who are hurt by economic change and globalization. He was also an early proponent of giving students individual computers in the classroom.〔''Computerizing the Classroom'', Journal of Commerce, August 30, 1994.〕 He is a member of the American Law Institute. He received a B.A. degree from Yale College in 1975, an M.P.P. degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1983, and a J.D. degree from the Yale Law School in 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Charnovitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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