Tom Ginsburg (born February 22, 1967) is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at the

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and a member of the

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. He is primarily known as a scholar of international and comparative law, with a focus on constitutions and a regional specialty of East Asia.

Biography

Ginsburg was born in

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on February 22, 1967. He holds a B.A. in Asian Studies, a J.D., and a Ph.D in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the

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. He was a professor at the

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College of Law from 2000 until 2008, when he joined the law faculty at Chicago.

Professional work

Before entering law teaching at the University of Illinois in 2000, he served as a legal advisor to the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in the Hague, Netherlands as well as consulting for numerous international development agencies and foreign governments. He has been a visiting professor at the

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, Seoul National University, the

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, the

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, and the

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. In addition to seven books, he has written a large number of journal and law review articles. With Zachary Elkins, he founded th
Comparative Constitutions Project
which records the content of a complete set of national constitutions since 1789 and produces the websit
Constitute
in partnership with Google Ideas. Ginsburg is one of the most cited scholars of international law in the

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Selected works

* ''How to Save a Constitutional Democracy'' (University of Chicago Press, 2018) (with Aziz Z. Huq) * ''Judicial Reputation'' (University of Chicago Press, 2015) (with Nuno Garoupa) * ''The Endurance Of National Constitutions'' (Cambridge University Press, 2009) (with Zachary Elkins and James Melton) Winner of Best Book Award from Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association * ''Administrative Law And Governance In Asia: Comparative Perspectives'' (Routledge Press, 2009) (with Albert Chen) * ''Rule By Law: The Politics Of Courts In Authoritarian Regimes'' (Cambridge University Press, 2008) (with Tamir Moustafa) * ''Institutions And Public Law: Comparative Approaches'' (Peter Lang Publishing, 2005) (with Robert A. Kagan). * ''Legal Reform In Korea'' (Routledge Publishing, 2004). * ''Judicial Review In New Democracies: Constitutional Courts In East Asia'' (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Winner of the C. Herman Pritchett Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book on law and courts. * ''The Multiple Worlds Of Japanese Law (University of Victoria Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives,'' 2001) (with Luke Nottage and Hiroo Sono).

References

* http://www.law.uchicago.edu/node/533/cv

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginsburg, Tom 1968 births Living people Lawyers from Berkeley, California University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Chicago Divinity School faculty