- Jody Kraus
Jody S. Kraus is a professor of law at the
University of Virginia School of Law . He holds the titles of Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy and the Albert Clark Tate, Jr. Research Professor. He teaches contracts, commercial law, political theory, and jurisprudence. He holds a J.D. fromYale Law School , a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.A. from theUniversity of Arizona , and a B.A. from TheOhio State University . He received numerous awards at theUniversity of Arizona and served as a Senior Editor of theYale Law Journal .He is a popular professor, known for his rough cold calls, in depth lectures, and habitual Diet Pepsi use. He frequently uses economic theory in his lectures. He is co-author of the textbook, " [http://lccn.loc.gov/2007024883 Contract Law and Theory] ". He was parodied in the 100th Anniversary Libel Show. He is rumored to have been a top candidate in the
University of Texas School of Law dean search in 2006, and theUniversity of Virginia School of Law dean search in 2007.Fact|date=April 2008Publications
Books
*Contract Law and Theory (with Robert E. Scott) (LexisNexis, 4th ed. 2007).
*The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law (ed. with Steven D. Walt) (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
*The Limits of Hobbesian Contractarianism (Cambridge University Press, 1993).References
* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/338611?journalCode=et Ethics 112 (April 2002): 626–628. DOI: 10.1086/338611 Book Review of Kraus, Jody S., and Walt, Steven D., eds. The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. 245. $54.95 (cloth). Reviewed by Eric A. Posner, University of Chicago]
* [http://www.lawweekly.org/?module=displaystory&story_id=1047&edition_id=28&format=html Virginia Law Weekly. 24 February 2006, Volume 58, Number 17. Law Review symposium debates philosophy of private law. By Scott Dorfman '07, News Editor]External links
* [http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/Faculty.nsf/FHPbI/2390 Jody S. Kraus – Page at University of Virginia School of Law]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
