Rate My Professor Cris Mirasol

Chris Mirasola serves as Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and affiliate faculty in the Department of Political Science. His research centers on emerging questions of national security and international law, situating legal doctrines in historical contexts informed by his practical experience as a Department of Defense attorney-advisor and prior work in the People's Republic of China. Mirasola's scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in prestigious journals including the William & Mary Law Review, Southern California Law Review, Harvard National Security Journal, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, and Harvard Negotiation Law Review. Key publications include "Domestic Military Deployments after Trump v. United States," 67 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 189 (2025); "Common Heritage as Public Trust: A Property Law Approach to Managing Resources Beyond National Jurisdiction," 97 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1469 (2024); "Sovereignty, Article II, and the Military during Domestic Unrest," 15 Harv. Nat’l Sec. J. 199 (2023); and "The Role of Secretariats in International Negotiations: The Case of Climate Change," 24 Harv. Negotiation L. Rev. 213 (2019). He regularly contributes articles on national security law, international law, and PRC law to Lawfare. Mirasola frequently advises on matters of national security law and international law, with recent emphasis on the legal framework for domestic military deployments. He teaches International Law, National Security, and Property at the Law Center.