Faculty

George Walker

Professor of Law

Phone: 336.758.5720

Books

  • Revised 2006 Handbook: Arbitrating Family Law Cases Under the North Carolina Family Law Arbitration Act (2 v. 2006) (forthcoming), to be available on N.C. Bar Association website.
  • Rptr., N.C.B. Association Family Law Section Drafting Comm., Recommended Amendments for Forms and Rules To Be Used with the North Carolina Family Law Arbitration Act As Amended in 2005, (2005).
  • Rptr., Am. Acad. Matrimonial Lawyers Arb. Comm., Model Family Law Arbitration Act (2005); rptr., prev. ed., id., Model Family Law Arbitration Act (2 v. 2004).
  • Rptr., N.C.B., Association Family Law Section Drafting Comm., 2005 Amendments for the Family Law Arbitration Act and Associated Forms and Rules (2004).
  • Rpt., 1 & 2 N.C.B. Association International Law & Practice Section Revised Uniform Arbitration Act Legislative Focuse Group, Proposal for Enacting the Uniform Arbitration Act 2000 (Revised Uniform Arbitration Act or RUAA) to Replace North Carolina's Uniform Arbitration Act; Recommended Conforming Amendment for the North Carolina International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation Act (ICACA) (Sept. 10, 2002).  2
  • The Tanker War 1980-88: Law and Policy.  U. S. Naval War College, International Law Studies, vol. 74.  Newport, RI: Naval War College, 2000.
  • The North Carolina Family Law Arbitration Act: Proposed Legislation, Forms and Rules; Sept. 16, 1998; revised November 23, 1998; revised January 25, 1999. North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Family Law Sections Joint Committee;  Lynn P. Burleson, chair; George Walker, reporter; Suzanne Reynolds, committee member. 
  • North Carolina Canons of Ethics for Arbitrators.  North Carolina Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section and the Committee on Ethics and Professionalism; Dorothy C. Bernholz, section chair; George Walker, reporter. [N.C.] 1998.
  • Civil Justice Reform Act Annual Assessment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina for Calendar Year 1996.  [N.C.]  1997. 
  • Civil Justice Reform Act Annual Assessment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina for Calendar Year 1995.[N.C.]  1996. 
  • Proposal for Training the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Law of Armed Conflict  Winston-Salem, N.C.:  Wake Forest University School of Law, 1982.
  • Wake Forest Clinical Appellate Briefs  Edited by  George K. Walker and Kenneth A. Zick.  Winston-Salem, N.C.:  Wake Forest University School of Law, [197??].

Electronic (Web) Publications

Articles, Parts of Books, Book Reviews

  • Chapter 17. “Arbitrating Disputes by Agreement.”  Alternative Dispute Resolution in North Carolina : a New Civil Procedure. Editor, Jacqueline R. Clare ; assistant editors, Lynn P. Roundtree and Elizabeth P. Manley.  Cary, NC: N.C. Bar Foundation and the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission, 2003.
  • "Application of the Law of Armed Conflict During Operation Allied Force : Maritime Interdiction and Prisoner of War Issues."  Legal and Ethical Lessons of NATO's Kosovo Campaign.  U. S. Naval War College, International Law Studies, vol. 78: [85]-105. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 2002. 
  • "Principles for Collective Humanitarian Intervention to Succor Other Countries Imperiled Indigenous Nationals."  American University International Law Review 18, no. 1 : 35-162. 
  • "Definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention."  California Western International Law Journal 32, no. 2 (Spring 2002): 343-386. 
  • "Neutrality and Information Warfare."  Computer Network Attack and International Law.  U. S. Naval War College, International Law Studies, vol. 76: [233]-263.  Newport, RI: Naval War College, 2002.
  • "Defining Terms in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (Sept. 4, 2001 Initial Draft)(Rev. 1, Jan. 22, 2002)."  Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 2001-2002 (2002): 154-174.
  • "Dilemmas in Definitions: Conclusions on Defining Terms in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (Sept. 4, 2001 Initial Draft)(Rev. 1, Jan. 22, 2002)."  Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 2001-2002 (2002): 195-198.
  • "Responses to Humanitarian Law Violations in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Historical Perspectives and Considerations on Conflicts of Jurisdiction."  Israel Yearbook on Human Rights 30 (2001): 79-102. 
  • "Responses to Humanitarian Law Violations in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Historical Perspectives and Considerations on Conflicts of Jurisdiction."  Published as a chapter in International Lawyers Convened by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Humanitarian Protection in Non-International Armed Conflicts: First Reports of a Research Project 79-102 (Dieter Fleck coord. 2001).
  • "Supplemental, Pendent, and Ancillary Jurisdiction in Admiralty and Maritime Cases:  the ALI Federal Judicial Code Revision Project and Admiralty Practice."  Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 32, no. 4 (October 2001): 567-653.
  • "Information Warfare and Neutrality."  Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 33, no. 5 (November 2000): 1079-1202.

Earlier PublicationsArticles, Parts of Books, Book Reviews

  • "State Rules for Arbitrator Ethics" in  Arbitration Now: Opportunities for Fairness, Process Renewal and Invigoration.  Edited by Paul H. Haagen. Washington, DC : American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, c1999.
  • "State Rules for Arbitrator Ethics." The Journal of the Legal Profession 23 (1998-99): 155-196.
  • "International Law Association, Taipei Conference (1998), Committee on Maritime Neutrality, Final Report."  Report of the Sixty-Eighth Conference held at Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 24-30 May 1998. Edited by A.H.A. Soons, Michael Byers.  London : International Law Association, 1998.
  • "Anticipatory Collective Self-Defense in the Charter Era: What the Treaties Have Said."  Cornell International Law Journal 31, no. 2 (1998): [321]-376.
  • "Non-Binding, Court-Ordered Arbitration: Practice Pointers," in Symposium, "Mediation and Arbitration." Trial Briefs (Summer 1998): 6-10.
  • "In Memoriam : a Tribute to Professor Howard Oleck : The Colleague at Wake Forest University."  Stetson Law Review 27, no. 2, (Fall 1997), [355]-368.
  • Book review: Alexandrov, Stanimar A., "Self-Defense Against the Use of Force in International Law ;" and McCormack, Timothy L.H., "Self-Defense in International Law: the Israeli Raid on the Iraqi on the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor."  American Journal of International Law 91, no. 4 (Oct. 1997), 757-760.
  • Vol.14: Chapters 72-76.  Moore's Federal Practice. 3rd ed.  Edited by James Wm. Moore. New York: Matthew Bender, 1997.
  • Chapter 13: "Oceans Law, the Maritime Environment, and the Law of Naval Warfare." In  Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict. Edited by Richard J. Grunawalt, John E. King and Ronald S. McClain, Newport, Rhode Island: Naval War College, 1996.
  • "The Interface of Criminal Jurisdiction and Actions under the United Nations Charter with Admiralty Law."  Tulane Maritime Law Journal 20, no. 2, Summer 1996, 217-255.
  • Chapter 4: "Sea Power and the Law of the Sea: The Need for a Contextual Approach." In John Norton Moore and Robert F. Turner's (Eds.), Readings on International Law from the Naval War College Review 1978-1994  (International Law Studies 68). Newport, RI: Naval War College, 1995: 47-61.
  • "The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the Context of Transnational Law."  Law and Contemporary Problems 57, no. 3, Summer 1994, 183-208.
  • "U.S. National Security Law and U.N. Peacekeeping or Peacemaking Operations."Wake Forest Law Review 29, no. 2, Summer 1994, 435-508.
  • "The Law of Naval Operations: International Law Studies." Naval Law Review 41, 1993. 155-162.
  • "Overview of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) and 1993 Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." 
  • "State Practice Following World War II:  1945-1960." In Targeting Enemy Merchant Shipping (International Law Studies 65). Newport, R.I.: Naval War College, 1993. 121-221.
  • "Maritime Neutrality in the Charter Era."  In  New National Perspectives and the Law of the Sea Convention (University of Virginia School of Law Center for Oceans Law and Policy, Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Seminar, Myron H. Nordquist, editor, 1993) 124-202.
  • "Integration and Disintegration in Europe: Reordering the Treaty Map of the Continent."  Transnational Lawyer 6, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 1-79.
  • "Report of the Advisory Group of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Appointed Under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, and Recommended Plan."  George K. Walker, Reporter. December 10, 1992.
  • "Commentary no. 18."  Methods and Means of Combat in Naval Warfare: Report & Commentaries of the Round-Table of Experts on International Humanitarian Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea. 1992.  p. 132-136.
  • "Commentary No. 15: Further Questions on Targeting in the Law of Naval Warfare."  The Military Objective and the Principle of Distinction in the Law of Naval Warfare: Report, Commentaries and Proceedings of the Round-Table of Experts on International Humanitarian Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea.  1991.  p. 107-110.
  • "Trends in State Legislation Governing International Arbitrations."  North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 17, no. 3, (Summer 1992), 419-460.
  • "Legal Aspects of Military Force in the Kuwait Crisis: U.N. Charter Norms and General Principles of the Law of Armed Conflict."  Legalities involved in the Use of Economic, Diplomatic and Military Pressure in the Persian Gulf 1991.
  • "Changes in Federal Arbitration Practice."  The Litigator 11, no. 4 (June/July 1991),  7-8, 10. (Library copy)
  • "Integration and Disintegration in Europe: Opportunities and Risks." Wake Forest Jurist 21, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1991), 25-32.
  • "The Personification of the Vessel in United States Civil in Rem Actions and the International Law Context."  Tulane Maritime Law Journal 15, no. 2 (Spring 1991), 177-243.
  • "Crisis over Kuwait, August 1990-February 1991." Symposium on International Law and the Rules of War: The Crisis over Kuwait. Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 1991 no. 1, 25-55.
  • "Arbitration." Desk Book on Alternative Dispute Resolution in North Carolina  I1-I113. Prepared by the Dispute Resolution Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association, A.M. Weisburd, Editor. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Association, 1991.
  • "The Kuwait Crisis and the Relevance of International Law." Wake Forest Jurist  21, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 1990): 23-31.
  • "Changes in State Court Arbitration Practice."  North Carolina State Bar Quarterly 37, no. 3 (Summer 1990): 24-27.
  • "Spotlight on Current Issues: The Multiple Ratchet Effects of the Revolutions of 1989-92 on International Law."  Splice...A Newsletter 3, no. 2 (Summer 1990):  [1, 4].
  • "Future Projections for Admiralty Litigation." Second Biennial Admiralty Law Seminar  XV1-XV28. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Foundation Continuing Legal Education, 1990.
  • "The Personam Jurisdiction Problems in U.S. International Civil Litigation."  Jurisdiction and Service of Process  I1-I32.  Sponsored by the International Law Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Foundation Continuing Legal Education, 1990.
  • "The Federal Rules of Evidence Compared with the North Carolina Evidence Rules" Surviving and Prospering in Federal Court  II1-II66.  Co-Sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Federal Bar Advisory Council. Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Foundation Continuing Legal Education, 1989.
  • "An Anatomy of an Arbitration" Fireman's Fund Insurance Company  v. Binswanger Glass Company and National Gypsum Company Civil Action No. C-88-45-G, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Vols. I, II, III, IV, & V. (September 1, 1989). Winston-Salem, NC : Wake Forest School of Law. 1989.
  • "Jurisdictional and Procedural Issues Resulting from Recent Legislation Cases."Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Program Materials 1989 June 23-24, 1989: 09-ii, 1-52.
  • "General Assembly Considers Arbitration Bill." Campbell Law Observer 10, no. 5, (May 1989): 1,7.
  • "The Law of Armed Conflict Taught in a Comparative Criminal Law Context."  Touro Journal of Transnational Law 1, no. 1 (1988):153-167.
  • "The Sources of International Law and the Restatement (Third), Foreign Relations Law of the United States."  Naval Law Review 37, (Winter 1988): 1-47.
  • "Court-Annexed Arbitration in North Carolina:  Postscript and Progress." The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly 34, no. 2 (Spring 1987):36-37.
  • Appendix 1:  "Local Rules for General Civil Practice in the U.S. District Courts of North Carolina: a Comparative Study."  In Federal View From the Bench  Sponsored by the North Carolina Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Federal Bar Advisory Council.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, 1987.
  • "Court-Ordered Arbitration Comes to North Carolina and the Nation."  Wake Forest Law Review 21, no. 4 (1986):  901-943.
  • "The Other 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- Pleadings and Motions; Pretrial and Discovery; U.S. Magistrate Cases." Wake Forest Law Review 20, no. 4 (Winter 1984):  819-881.
  • "The 1983 Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 -- Process, Jurisdiction and Erie Principles Revisited."  Wake Forest Law Review 19, no. 6 (December 1983):  957-991.

CLE, Casebook Outlines

  • Basics of International Law: Practice Tools for North Carolina's Emerging Global Economy.  Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, 1998.
  • "Ethics Rules for Arbitrators."  "Winning" at Mediation: Tips and Techniques for Litigators and Mediators III-1-III-28. Cary, N.C. : North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, 1998.
  • "North Carolina Bar Association International Law & Practice Section Legislative Proposals for the 1997 General Assembly Session." Selected Issues in Business and International Law: Business Law and International Law Sections Annual Meetings VI-1-VI-37.  Cary, N.C. : North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, 1997.

Other

  • "Arbitration of Family Law Cases by Agreement: A Comparative Law Analysis."  Essay for Joint Dispute Resolution-Family Law Section Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association, April 6, 1999.
  • "The Chair's Comments."  International Law : the Newsletter of the NCBA's International Law & Practice Section 6, no. 1, February 1997.
  • "North Carolina Bar Association International Law & Practice Section Legislative Proposals for the 1997 General Assembly Session."George K. Walker, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, January 20, 1997.
  • "Overview of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) and 1993 Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."  I1 - I105, IA1 - IA4. Federal Rules Seminar, Mecklenburg County Bar Association. Charlotte, N.C.: Mecklenburg County Bar, 1994.
  • "Military Perspectives: The Use of Force."  Speaker, Conference, Legalities Involved in the Use of Economic, Diplomatic and Military Pressure in the Persian Gulf.  Chapel Hill, N.C.: North Carolina Bar Association, 1991.
  • "Commentary No. 18. Methods and Means of Combat in Naval Warfare: Report & Commentaries of the Round-Table of Experts on Humanitarian Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea Institut Mediterraneen d'Etudes Strategiques, Universite de Toulon et du Var, 19-23 October 1990.  Edited by Wolff Heintschel v. Heinegg. 132-136.
  • "Commentary No. 15." The Military Objective and the Principle of Distinction in the Law of Naval Warfare Report, Commentaries and Proceedings of the Round-Table of Experts on International Humanitarian Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 10-14 November 1989. Edited by Wolff Heintschel v. Heinegg. 107-109.
  • "Jurisdictional and Procedural Issues Resulting From Recent Legislation and Cases." 09-i - 09-ii, 09-1 - 09-52. Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, Co-Sponsored by Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute and Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.  Athens, GA: Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, 1989.
  • "The Responsibility for Training Foreign Military Personnel:  Should Arms Transfers Be Conditioned on Training in the Law of Armed Conflict?"  Moderator, Proceedings, Seventy?Eight Annual Meeting of The American Society of International Law.  Washington, D.C., April 12-14, 1984.
  • "The Control of Violence in a Lebanese Context."  Proceedings, Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law.  Washington, D.C., April 14-16, 1983. 
  • "Humanitarian Law."  Moderator, Proceedings, Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law.  Washington, D.C., April 14-16, 1983.
     
    American Society of International Law.  Editor, Proceedings of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Meeting.  Washington, D.C.,, April 22-24,1982.  Moderator:  The 75th Anniversary of the Second Hague Peace Conference, 130-149.
  • "Fourth Circuit Student Advocacy Conference:  Papers and Remarks."  Moderator, Proceedings, Richmond, Va., September 18, 1978.
  • American Society of International Law. Editor, Proceedings of the Seventy-second Annual Meeting.  1978.