John C.P. Goldberg

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Visiting Professor of Law .Eli Goldston Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Email: jgoldberg@law.harvard.edu
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Research Interest(s)

Tort law and theory, common law, political theory, jurisprudence

Education

J.D. New York University
M.A. Princeton University
M. Phil. (Politics) Oxford University
B.A. Wesleyan University

Biography

John Goldberg is an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy. Before joining the faculty of Harvard Law School in 2008, he was a member of the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as Associate Dean for Research (2006-08). The author of numerous articles and essays, Professor Goldberg has also co-authored a leading tort law casebook and The Oxford Short Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts. A member of the editorial board of Legal Theory and Editor in Chief of the peer-reviewed Journal of Tort Law, he has previously served as Chair of the Torts Section of the Association of American Law Schools. After receiving his J.D. in 1991 from New York University School of Law, Goldberg clerked for Judge Jack Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and for Supreme Court Justice Byron White and practiced at the firm of Hill & Barlow.

 

Representative Publications


Books

  • The Oxford Short Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts (2010) (with Benjamin C. Zipursky)

  • Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress (Second edition, 2008) (with A. Sebok & B. Zipursky)

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