Professor of Law and Society - Retired

Year Joined RCNJ: 1993

Contact Information

• Phone: (201) 684-7431
• Office: G227
• Office Hours: Tuesday, Friday 9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., or by appointment

Education:

• Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, U.C. Berkeley (1993)
• M.A., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, U.C. Berkeley (1988)
• M.A., Liberal Studies, Washington University (1986)
• J.D., Tulane University School of Law (1981)
• B.A., Philosophy, St. Louis University (1977)

Convening Group:

• Law and Society

Courses Offered:

• Introduction to Law and Justice
• Comparative Legal Systems
• American Legal History
• Directed Readings in Law and Society
• Thesis Supervision in Law and Society
• Famous Trials
• Civil Disobedience

Teaching Interest:

• Humanities and Law: Philosophy, History and Literature of Law

Research Interest:

• Law and Justice
• Law and Social Change

Recent Publications:

• Socrates and the Moral Limits of Legal Obligation, Journal of Law, Culture and the Humanities (2009)