1. Ward Farnsworth served as Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm, and is the author of books on law, rhetoric, philosophy, and chess.
10 Facts About Ward Farnsworth
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Immediately after law school, Farnsworth served as a law clerk for Judge Richard A Posner on the Seventh Circuit and then clerked for Justice Anthony M Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court.
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Ward Farnsworth then worked as a Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.
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Ward Farnsworth was appointed Dean of the University of Texas School of Law in May 2012.
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Ward Farnsworth's legal writing includes articles on economic analysis of law, constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and legal applications of cognitive psychology.
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Ward Farnsworth is author of Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment, and The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking About the Law, an acclaimed guide to interdisciplinary approaches to legal thought.
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Ward Farnsworth is Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm.
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Ward Farnsworth is the co-author of a casebook on the law of torts, and co-author of a casebook on the law of restitution, both published by Aspen.
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Ward Farnsworth is the author of three books on the English language: Classical English Rhetoric, Classical English Metaphor, and Classical English Style, all of which have received critical acclaim.
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Ward Farnsworth is the author of two books on philosophy, The Practicing Stoic and The Socratic Method, and a treatise on chess, which is available online.