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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Commentary

Haiti: Has God Turned His Back on the Country?

Mar 10, 2010

January 28, 2010 blog posting on the Huffington Post entitled Haiti: Has God Turned His Back on the Country?

We Need to Anticipate Terrorists, Not React to Them

Mar 10, 2010

January 4, 2010 blog posting on the Huffington Post entitle We Need to Anticipate Terrorists, Not React to Them. Based on her Huffington Post blog post about the Nigerian terrorist, the BBC Radio…

Congress must do more for those evicted

Mar 10, 2010

Professor Atuahene's opinion editorial, Congress must do more for those evicted, was published in the Athens Banner Herald and four other regional newspapers, on October 25, 2009.

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Publications

“This is the Least We Can do to Wipe Your Tears: A Qualitative Study of the Financial Compensation”: South African Land Restitution Commission
“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

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Presentations

Property Rights and the Demands of Transformation: Apr 2009
What Have Been the Effects of Compensation Distributed through the Land Restitution Program: Preliminary Findings: Jul 2008
The Legitimacy of Property Rights in the Context of Past Theft: Nov 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