Daniel A. Farber (born July 16, 1950) is an American lawyer, law professor, author, and historian. He is the Sho Sato Professor of Law at the
UC Berkeley School of Law.
Life and work
Born in
Chicago, Illinois
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, Farber graduated from the
University of Illinois
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, earning his
B.A. (pre-law),
M.A. (sociology), and
J.D. degrees. He graduated summa cum laude from the College of Law, where he was class valedictorian. After graduating from law school, Farber clerked for Judge
Philip Willis Tone
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on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Justice
John Paul Stevens
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on the
United States Supreme Court
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.
After a brief period in private practice, Farber joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1978. In 1981, he became a member of the University of Minnesota Law School faculty. He joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2002, where he is currently co-director of the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment. Farber has also served as a visiting professor at the
University of Chicago Law School
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,
Harvard Law School
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, and
Stanford Law School.
Farber's academic interests include constitutional law, environmental law, and the history of American law. He has published over twenty books and nearly two hundred articles during his career. He has also taught a wide array of courses as a professor, including energy law, environmental law,
First Amendment
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law, contracts, torts, and constitutional law.
Farber is a regular contributor to the Legal Planet blog, which analyzes developments in environmental law and policy.
Selected works
*Lincoln's Constitution (2003).
*Eco-Pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World (1999).
*Environmental Law: Cases and Materials (1st ed. 1981, 2d ed. 1985, 3rd ed. 1991, 4th ed. 1995, 5th ed. 1999, 6th ed. 2003, Supp. 1983, 1988, 1993 & 1997) (with Roger W. Findley).
*The First Amendment (1998, 2d ed. 2003).
*Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law: Themes for the Constitution's Third Century (1st ed. 1993, 2d ed. 1998, 3d ed. 2003, Supp. 1996) (with William N. Eskridge, Jr. and Philip P. Frickey).
*Beyond All Reason: The Radical Assault on Truth in American Law. (1997) (with
Suzanna Sherry
Suzanna Sherry is an American legal scholar in the area of constitutional law with particular emphasis in the subject of federal courts. She is the Herman O. Loewenstein Chair Emerita at the Vanderbilt University Law School.
Education
Sherry e ...
).
*Environmental Law in a Nutshell (1st ed. 1983, 2d ed. 1988, 3d. ed. 1992, & 4th ed. 1996) (with Roger W. Findley).
*Law and Public Choice: A Critical Introduction (1991) (with Philip P. Frickey).
*A History of the American Constitution (1990) (with
Suzanna Sherry
Suzanna Sherry is an American legal scholar in the area of constitutional law with particular emphasis in the subject of federal courts. She is the Herman O. Loewenstein Chair Emerita at the Vanderbilt University Law School.
Education
Sherry e ...
).
*Retained by the People: The 'Silent' Ninth Amendment and the Constitutional Rights Americans Don't Know They Have (2007).
See also
*
List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 4)
References
Further reading
* Of Coase and the Canon: Reflections on Law and Economics, in Legal Canons eds. 1999).
* Building Bridges over Troubled Waters: Eco-pragmatism and the Environmental Prospect, Rev. 851 (2003).
External links
Daniel A. Farber University of California BerkeleyDaniel Farber book list at Amazon.
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1950 births
Living people
Legal historians
University of Illinois alumni
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
University of Michigan faculty
University of Minnesota Law School faculty