John C.P. Goldberg

Professor of Law

Biographical Statement

John Goldberg, an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy, joined the Law School faculty in 2008. From 1995 until then, he was a faculty member of Vanderbilt Law School, where he served as Associate Dean for Research (2006-08). Goldberg is an author of a leading tort law casebook, Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress, now in its second edition. He has also published more than 30 articles and essays. A member of the editorial board of Legal Theory and a senior editor of the Journal of Tort Law, he is serving in 2009 as Chair of the Torts Section of the Association of American Law Schools. After receiving his J.D. in 1991 from New York University School of Law, Goldberg clerked for Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York and for Supreme Court Justice Byron White. He earned his B.A. with high honors from the College of Social Studies, Wesleyan University. He also holds an M. Phil. in Politics from Oxford University and an M.A. in Politics from Princeton University.

Research Interests

• Tort Law and Theory
• Common Law
• Political Theory
• Jurisprudence

Appointments

• Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1995-2008
• Professor of Law, 2008
• Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, Fall, 2003
• Visiting Professor of Law, Fall, 2007
• Associate Dean for Research, Vanderbilt University Law School, May, 2005-June, 2008

Education

• Wesleyan University B.A. 1983
• Oxfird University, St. Antony's College M. Phil. 1985, Politics
• Princeton University M.A. 1989, Politics
• New York University School of Law J.D. 1991

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Common Law
• Jurisprudence
• Political Theory
• Tort Law and Theory

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

• Common Law
• Defamation
• Fraud
• Malpractice
• Mass Torts
• Personal Injury
• Preemption
• Privacy
• Products Liability
• Punitive Damages
• Tort Law
• Tort Reform

Representative Publications

• Goldberg, John C.P. & Benjamin C. Zipursky. Torts: A Short Introduction (Oxford University Press forthcoming 2010).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P., Anthony Sebok & Benjamin Zipursky. Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress (Aspen Publishers 2d ed. 2008).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. "Ten Half-Truths About Tort Law," 42 Valparaiso Law Review 1221 (2008).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. "Wrongs Without Recourse: A Comment on Jason Solomon's Judging Plaintiffs," 61 Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc 9 (2008).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. & Zipursky Benjamin. "Tort Law and Moral Luck," 92 Cornell Law Review 1123 (2007).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. "Two Conceptions of Tort Damages: Fair v. Full Compensation," 55 De Paul Law Review 435 (2006).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. & Benjamin Zipursky. "Accidents of the Great Society," 64 Maryland Law Review 364 (2005).
  
• Goldberg, John C.P. "The Constitutional Status of Tort Law: Due Process and the Right to a Law for the Redress of Wrongs," 115 Yale Law Journal 524 (2005).
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Bibliography

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