Stephen F. Diamond

Stephen Diamond is a law professor at Santa Clara University. He teaches courses on business law, securities law, corporate finance, corporate governance, labor issues and the global economy. He has also been a visiting professor at Cornell Law School and a visiting researcher at Harvard, Stanford and U.C. San Diego. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in International Peace and Security.

Professor Diamond’s research focuses on capitalist institutions with a particular interest in capital and labor markets. Trained as both a lawyer and a political scientist, he relies on comparative and institutional analysis to assess the impact of globalization, new technology and financial innovation. He is particularly interested in the development of new forms of governance and regulation in the wake of the end of the Cold War.

Professor Diamond is co-editor with Lance Compa of Cornell University of Human Rights, Labor Rights and International Trade (University of Pennsylvania Press), the leading text in that subject area. His most recent book is The Hidden History of the Equal Rights Amendment (with Hal Draper). He is also author of Rights and Revolution: The Rise and Fall of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Movement (Vandeplas).