Nationality United States Role Author Name Daniel Farber | Fields Legal history | |
Born July 16, 1950 (age 73)
Chicago, Illinois ( 1950-07-16 ) Education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Books Lincoln's Constitution, Public Choice and Public Law, Eco‑pragmatism, Environmental Law in a Nutshell, Retained by the People: T Similar People Suzanna Sherry, William Eskridge, John Paul Stevens | ||
Alma mater University of Illinois Institutions University of Michigan | ||
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Daniel A. Farber (born July 16, 1950) is an American author and historian.
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Farber graduated the University of Illinois, 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. Farber also clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens at the United States Supreme Court.
He has contributed to the history of law, and constitutional and environmental law in the United States. He has written and lectured in the areas of law, legislation, and jurisprudence. Farber is the first Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law, and holds an appointment as Sho Sato Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1981 he became a member of the University of Minnesota Law School faculty. During his years there he was the first Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law in 1987, served as a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School, and was named McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law in 2000.