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Tom Ginsburg

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Research Professor

  • 750 N. Lake Shore Drive
  • 4th Floor
  • Chicago, IL 60611
  • Phone: (217)766-5864

Joint appointment

Leo Spitz Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago

Education

Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law University of California, Berkeley

Curriculum vitae

Bio

Tom Ginsburg has been appointed to the research faculty of the ABF. He will be a joint appointee with the University of Chicago Law School. Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International…

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Research focus

National constitutions across time and space with a focus on the conditions under which constitutions are effective; the transformation of legal institutions in Northeast Asia.

Projects

Conceptualizing, Contextualizing, and Testing the Effects of the Rule of Law
Latest finding: Dec 29, 2011, with Robert L. Nelson
Using a mix of methodologies, this project seeks to identify the conditional mechanisms under which the rule of law produces its desired results. First, the project exploits its unique access to the…

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Publications

Empiricism and the Rising Incidence of Co-authorship in Law
University of Illinois Law Review
Constitutional Endurance
Edward Elgar Publishing
In Defense of Imperialism: The Rule of Law and the State-Building Project

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Presentations

The Content of Authoritarian Constitutions
Oct 2011
Constitutional Review: Options for Afghanistan
Sep 2011
Constitutional Constraints on Executive Lawmaking
Sep 2011

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Professional Service & Recognition

Honorable mention, best book in Political Economy, American Political Science Association, (for 2010, awarded in 2011)

Named Leo Spitz Chair of International Law, University of Chicago, July 2011