David B. Wexler is a Professor of Law at the
University of Puerto Rico in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, a Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus at the
James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is the law school at the University of Arizona located in Tucson, Arizona and was the first law school founded in the State of Arizona, opening its doors in 1915. Also known as University of Ar ...
,
Tucson, Arizona, and an Honorary President of the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
Wexler is credited with first discussing the
therapeutic jurisprudence
Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) studies law as a social force (or agent) which inevitably gives rise to unintended consequences, which may be either beneficial (therapeutic) or harmful (anti-therapeutic). These consequences flow from the operation ...
perspective in 1987,
[- ] and along with
Bruce Winick
Bruce J. Winick was the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he had taught since 1974. He was an internationally known sc ...
is recognized as one of the two "leading scholars in this field."
He is a consultant on therapeutic jurisprudence to the
National Judicial Institute of Canada, and has served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. One author characterizes Wexler's jurisprudence as
radical centrist
Radical centrism (also called the radical center, the radical centre or the radical middle) is a concept that arose in Western nations in the late 20th century.
The '' radical'' in the term refers to a willingness on the part of most radical ce ...
in orientation. Constance Backhouse, a leading legal historian from Canada, has published a biography of Wexler and his work. In 2020, for his work in therapeutic jurisprudence, Wexler was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Marquis Who's Who
Retrieved August 23,2020
Published works
* ''Rehabilitating Lawyers: Principles of Therapeutic Jurisprudence for Criminal Law Practice'' (Carolina Academic Press
Carolina Academic Press (also known as CAP) is an academic publisher of books and software. Since entering the legal education market in the late 1970s, Carolina Academic Press has become a major publisher of law school textbooks. Today, CAP publi ...
2008)
* ''Judging in a Therapeutic Key: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Courts'' (with Bruce Winick
Bruce J. Winick was the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he had taught since 1974. He was an internationally known sc ...
) (Carolina Academic Press 2003)
* ''Practicing Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Law as a Helping Profession'' (with Dennis P. Stolle and Bruce Winick
Bruce J. Winick was the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he had taught since 1974. He was an internationally known sc ...
) (Carolina Academic Press 2000)
* ''Law in a Therapeutic Key: Developments in Therapeutic Jurisprudence'' (with Bruce Winick
Bruce J. Winick was the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he had taught since 1974. He was an internationally known sc ...
) (Carolina Academic Press 1996)
* ''Essays in Therapeutic Jurisprudence'' (with Bruce Winick
Bruce J. Winick was the Silvers-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he had taught since 1974. He was an internationally known sc ...
) (Carolina Academic Press 1991)
* ''Therapeutic Jurisprudence: The Law as a Therapeutic Agent'' (Carolina Academic Press 1990)
* ''Mental Health Law: Major Issues'' (Plenum Press 1981).
Achievements and recognitions
* Manfred S. Guttmacher Forensic Psychiatry Award, American Psychiatric Association;
* American Bar Association's Commission on Mental Disability and the Law, chair;
* Association of American Law Schools Section on Law and Mental Disability, chair;
* Advisory Board of the National Center for State Courts' Institute on Mental Disability and Law, chair;
* Panel on Legal Issues of the President's Commission on Mental Health, member;
* National Commission on the Insanity Defense, member;
* International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Vice President;
* New York University School of Law Distinguished Alumnus Legal Scholarship/Teaching Award;
* Distinguished Service Award from the National Center for State Courts;
* MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mental Health and the Law, member;
* Honorary Distinguished Member of the American Psychology-Law Society.
* Honorary President, Iberoamerican Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
* Honorary President, International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence
* Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who, 2020
References
External links
Profile
at the James E. Rogers College of Law
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is the law school at the University of Arizona located in Tucson, Arizona and was the first law school founded in the State of Arizona, opening its doors in 1915. Also known as University of Ar ...
International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence
David B. Wexler
at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
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*https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-service/470109 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquiz Who's Who
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Legal educators
Radical centrist writers
University of Arizona faculty
University of Puerto Rico faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people