Eduardo M. Peñalver is an American

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who is the president of

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. From 2014 until 2021, Peñalver was dean of

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. Peñalver has served as the President of

since July 1, 2021, and is a Professor of Law at its

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Education

Peñalver earned his B.A. from

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and M.A. from

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, where he was a

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. He then received his J.D. from

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. Peñalver also clerked for Judge

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of the

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, and Justice

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of the

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Career

From 2014 until 2021, Peñalver was the Allan R. Tessler Dean of

taking over for Stewart J. Schwab. He is an expert on

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and land use law as well as the intersection of law and religion. His scholarship has appeared in law reviews such as the

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and

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. He has authored, co-authored or edited five books on property including ''Property Outlaws'', examining the role of disobedience in the development of property law, and ''An Introduction to Property Theory''. Peñalver began his academic career at

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from 2003-2006 before moving on to Cornell Law School from 2006-2012 and was a visiting professor at both

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and

. He then served as the John P. Wilson Professor of Law at the

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from 2012 to 2014 before being named the 16th dean of Cornell Law School. Peñalver is the first person of Latino descent to become dean of an

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law school.

Publications

Books authored

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Selected scholarly publications

*''Exactions Creep'', 2013 S. Ct. Rev. 287 (2014)(with Lee Fennell) *''The Right Not to Use in Patent and Property Law'', 98 Cornell L. Rev. 1437 (2013) (with Oskar Liivak) *''The Illusory Right to Abandon'', 109 Mich. L. Rev. 191 (2010) *''Regulatory Taxings'', 105 Colum. L. Rev. 2182 (2004)

Selected opinion writing

*"The Obscure Case That Could Blow Up American Civil-Rights and Consumer-Protection Laws", The Atlantic, March 25, 2021 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/cedar-point-scotus/618405/ *"Remembering Justice Ginsburg", Cornell Chronicle, Sept. 2020, https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/09/penalver-justice-justice-shall-you-pursue-remembering-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg

References

External links

Cornell Law School Faculty Profile
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