David Barnhizer is a Professor of Law Emeritus at Cleveland State University. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of London's Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Visiting Professor at the Westminster University’s School of Law. He worked in the International Program of the Natural Resources Defense Council, was Executive Director of the Year 2000 Committee, and consulted with the World Resources Institute, IIED, the UNDP, the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, the World Bank, the UN/FAO, World Wildlife Fund/US, and the Mongolian government. He served as a director of Performance Capital Management, consultant for British Petroleum’s Sovonics Solar Systems, Rapporteur for the Foresight Capability Workshop of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and worked on projects with various federal agencies. He received a Juris Doctor degree summa cum laude from Ohio State University and holds a Masters of Law degree from Harvard. His books include Strategies for Sustainable Societies, The Blues of a Revolution, Effective Strategies for Protecting Human Rights, The Warrior Lawyer, and Hypocrisy & Myth: The Hidden Order of the Rule of Law.