Steven Walt

Steven D. Walt (/wɔːlt/) is a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. He teaches courses on contracts, sales/commercial paper, legal philosophy, bankruptcy and secured transactions.

Biography

Walt graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Kalamazoo College in 1976.^[1] Walt also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago (received in 1978 and 1984, respectively).^[1]

He earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1988 and was an associate professor at the University of San Diego for three years.^[1] He joined the University of Virginia School of Law faculty after visiting for one year as a professor of law from the University of San Diego.^[1] He is currently the Percy Brown, Jr., Professor of Law and John V. Ray Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.^[1]

He has received several academic awards, including a Whiting National Fellowship in the Humanities.^[1] In addition, he has been a visiting research scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford, and an Amoco Foundation Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.^[1] He is a member of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy.^[1]

Publications

Books

Gillette, Clayton P.; Walt, Steven D. (2008). Sales Law: Domestic and International, 2nd Edition (Concepts and Insights Series). Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1599412658.
Kraus, Jody S.; Walt, Steven D., eds. (2007). The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521038768.
Warren, William D.; Walt, Steven D. (2010). Commercial Law, 8th Edition (University Casebook Series). Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1599417851.
Warren, William D.; Walt, Steven D. (2010). Payments and Credits, 8th Edition (University Casebook Series). Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1599417462.
Warren, William D.; Walt, Steven D. (2010). Secured Transactions in Personal Property, 8th Edition (University Casebook Series). Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1599417578.
Warren, William D.; Walt, Steven D. (2012). Commercial Law: Selected Statutes, 2012-2013. Foundation Press. ISBN 978-1609301538.

Journal articles

Gillette, Clayton P.; Walt, Steven (2008). "Uniformity and Diversity in Payment Systems". Chicago-Kent Law Review. 83: 499. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Goldsmith, Jack; Walt, Steven (May 1998). "Erie and the Irrelevance of Legal Positivism". Virginia Law Review. 84 (4): 673–713. JSTOR 1073753.
Hynes, Richard M.; Walt, Steven (Summer 2010). "Why Banks Are Not Allowed in Bankruptcy". Washington & Lee Law Review. 67: 985. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Kraus, Jody S.; Walt, Steven (June 1999). "In Defense of the Incorporation Strategy". University of Virginia Law School, Legal Studies Working Paper. No. 99-4. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1990). "Expectations, Loss Distribution and Commercial Impracticability". Indiana Law Review. 24: 65. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (November 1991). "Book Review: Some Problems of Pragmatic Jurisprudence". Texas Law Review. 70: 317. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1991). "For Specific Performance under the United Nations Sales Convention". Texas International Law Journal. 26: 211. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1995). "The Case for Laundered Security Interests". Tennessee Law Review. 63: 369. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1998). "Decision by Division: The Contractarian Structure of Commercial Arbitration". Rutgers Law Review. 51: 369. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1998). "Generosity in Bankruptcy: The New Place of Charitable Contributions in Fraudulent Conveyance Law". Loyala of Los Angeles Law Review. 32: 1029. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (1998). "Novelty and the Risks of Uniform Sales Law". Virginia Journal of International Law. 39: 671. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (2000). "Collective Inaction and Investment: The Political Economy of Delay in Bankruptcy Reform". Emory Law Journal. 49: 1211. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (2000). "Introduction: Privatization and Its Prospects". Virginia Journal of International Law. 41: 517. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven (November 2006). "Eliminating Corrective Justice". Virginia Law Review. 92 (7): 1311–1323. JSTOR 4144955.
Walt, Steven; Laufer, William S. (1990). "Why Personhood Doesn't Matter: Corporate Criminal Liability and Sanctions". American Journal of Criminal Law. 18: 263. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
Walt, Steven; Sherwin, Emily L. (1993). "Contribution Arguments in Commercial Law". Emory Law Journal. 42 (4): 897. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 University of Virginia School of Law - Faculty (Accessed September 5, 2012)

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