Christine Abely is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. She is an expert on economic sanctions, international trade, and compliance. She also studies contracts, property, and professional responsibility.
Professor Abely is the author of The Russia Sanctions (Cambridge University Press 2023). She has been quoted extensively in the media, including in Forbes, HuffPost, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, CNN Business, and MarketWatch. She has authored op-eds, essays, and articles in the L.A. Times, The Hill, Corporate Compliance Insights, Just Security, War on the Rocks, and elsewhere.
Courses Taught
- LGP 920: Contracts
- LGP 952: Property
- LGP 951: Professional Responsibility
Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
- B.A., Dartmouth College
Research Interests
- Contracts
- Professional Responsibility
- International Economic Law
Selected Publications
- Abely, C. (2023). The Russia Sanctions, Cambridge University Press.
- Abely, C. Amid the Ukraine war, are sanctions against Russia working? Los Angeles Times.
Selected Publications
Abely, C. (2025). The Expansion of U.S. Dollar-Based Sanctions. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 58, 305. Retrieved from https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/
Abely, C. (2023). The Russia Sanctions. Cambridge University Press.
Abely, C. (2022). Gluten-Free and CBD: Compliance Challenges and Regulatory Action in New Areas of Food and Drug Law. Florida State University Law Review, 49, 55.
Abely, C. (2022). The Uncertain Role of Reliance in the Enforcement of Charitable Subscriptions. Lewis and Clark Law Review, 26, 113.
Abely, C. (2020). Adjusting Pre- and Post-Judgment Interest Rates for Consumer Debt Collection Actions. Tennessee Law Review, 88, 219.
Abely, C. (2019). Causing a Sanctions Violation with U.S. Dollars. Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 49, 29.
Abely, C. (2019). E-Commerce Transactions and Country of Origin Marking for Imported Products. Virginia Journal of International Law, 59, 1.
