Electric Power Research Institute Donates $1.35 Million to Establish Laboratory on International Law and Regulation

EPRI Gift Funds New Research Center at IR/PS

11/24/2009
Amy Robinson, Laura Margoni, UCSD News Center

The University of California, San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) today announced receipt of the first installment in a three-year, $1.35 million gift from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The gift will establish a laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR) to examine when and why international law works. EPRI is a Palo Alto-based non-profit, nonpartisan research organization.

A laboratory to address the criteria of effective international law emerges at a critical juncture as the global community grapples with such difficult issues as climate change, resource management, human rights, economic stability and security. Governments manage all of those issues with international legal instruments, but often their efforts fall short.

Read the full news release here.