Kal Raustiala

Kal Raustiala is a professor of law at the UCLA Law School and a professor at the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as the director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations.

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Could Drones Land in Peoria?

The government insists that its legal analysis applies only outside the U.S., but Kal Raustiala begs to differ.

Kal Raustiala

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Copycats

Why Ripoffs Aren’t All Bad

Is it theft, or an integral part of innovation? In their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195399781/thedaibea-20/" target="_blank">new book</a>, authors Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman examine the wider benefits of outright copying—in a restaurant.

Christopher Sprigman