Gustavo Sampaio A. Ribeiro
S.J.D. Candidate
Doctoral Fellow, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School
Graduate Fellow, Visiting Researcher/Visiting Scholar Colloquium Coordinator, Harvard Law School
Fellow at the Research Center for Law and Economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
guribeiro@sjd.law.harvard.edu
Dissertation
Scientific Imagination and Modern Legal Thinking
My goal is to investigate how scientific ideas and philosophical ideas about science have influenced modern legal thinking. Of particular interest is the influence these ideas have exerted on the major shifts in the answers offered to questions about the nature of law and about legal reasoning over the last two centuries.
To reflect on this topic, I focus on two main frontlines. First, tracing how legal theorists have made selective use and adaptation of suggestive analogies and illustrative metaphors from scientific ideas while advancing their positions. My second frontline will inquire how philosophical thinking about science has also provided an enduring set of models for modern social science, with a notable impact on legal theorizing. Here, I am particularly interested in investigating how legal theories are influenced by ideas from philosophy of science.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Jurisprudence with Professor Scott Brewer, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- History of Western Legal Thought with Professor Duncan Kennedy, Harvard Law School]
- Philosophy of Science with Professor Ned Hall, Harvard University
- Science and Technology Studies with Professor Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School
Additional Research Interests
- Epistemology
- Evidence
- Antitrust
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2011-Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. Program 2010-2011 (waived)
- Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, LL.B. 2011 (summa cum laude)
Academic Appointments and Fellowships
- Doctoral Fellow, Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School, 2012-2013
- Graduate Fellow, Visiting Researcher/Visiting Scholar Colloquium Coordinator, Harvard Law School, 2012-2013
- Visiting Lecturer, Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law (Rio de Janeiro), 2012
- Ling Institute Scholarship, 2010
- Research Fellow, Research Center for Law and Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law (Rio de Janeiro), 2009-
Representative Publications
Articles
- Ribeiro, Gustavo, "Racionalidade e Pequisa Comportamental: Avanço Científico ou Retórica?" in Coleção Jovem Jurista, Rio de Janeiro: FGV, 2010 (in Portuguese)
- Ribeiro, Gustavo and Porto, Antonio, "Política Industrial: Oportunidade para Inovar com Responsabilidade", Revista Conjuntura Economica, August, 2010 (in Portuguese)]
- RIBEIRO, Gustavo, No Need to Toss Coin?: Conflicting Scientific Expert Testimonies and Intellectual Due Process, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2128915
Additional Information
- Languages: English, Portuguese (native speaker), French (fluent), and Spanish (working knowledge)
Last Updated: September 17, 2011