Page 1 of 6 Richard K. Greenstein James E. Beasley School of Law
Temple University 1719 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-5006
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Temple University Beasley School of Law Professor of Law (1988-present)
Director, Freedman Fellow Program (2008-present) Chair, Tenurial Faculty (2012-present)
Vice-chair, Tenurial Faculty (2009-2012) Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law (1996-1999) Associate Professor of Law (1987-1988)
Visiting Associate Professor of Law (1985-1987)
Georgia State University College of Law Assistant Professor of Law (1983-1985)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (1982-1983)
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Honorable Abraham L. Freedman Fellow and Lecturer in Law (1980-1982)
LEGAL PRACTICE
Managing Attorney and Staff Attorney, Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., Atlanta, GA (1973-1980)
EDUCATION
LL.M. (1982), Temple University
J.D. (1973), Vanderbilt University
Special Project Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
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Articles
“What is the Problem?” Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy (issue including papers presented at a symposium on “The Ethical Limits of Markets,” sponsored by the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics) (forthcoming 2015)
“Toward a Jurisprudence of Social Values,” 8 Washington University Jurisprudence Review ____ (forthcoming 2015)
“The Rule of Law as a Law of Standards: Interpreting the Internal Revenue Code,” 64 Duke Law Journal Online53(with Alice Abreu) (2015)
“It’s Not a Rule: A Better Way to Understand the Definition of Income,” 13 Florida Tax Review 101 (2012) (with Alice Abreu)
“Defining Income,” 11 Florida Tax Review 295 (2011) (with Alice Abreu)
“Against Professionalism,” 22 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 327 (2009)
“Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence,” 45 Houston Law Review 1801 (2009)
“The Action Bias in American Law: Internet Jurisdiction and the Triumph of Zippo Dot Com,” 80 Temple Law Review 21 (2007)
“Why the Rule of Law?” 66 Louisiana Law Review 63 (2005)
“Constructing the Field of Professional Responsibility,” 15 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 37 (2001) (with Jane Baron)
“Is the Proposed U.C.C. Choice of Law Provision Unconstitutional?” 73 Temple Law Review 1159 (2000)
"Text as Tool: Why We Read the Law,” 52 Washington and Lee Law Review 105 (1995)
“The Three Faces of ORPP: Value Clashes in the Law,” 54 Louisiana Law Review 95 (1993)
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“The Nature of Legal Argument: The Personal Jurisdiction Paradigm,” 38 Hastings Law Journal 855 (1987)
“Teaching Case Synthesis,” 2 Georgia State University Law Review 1 (1986)
“Bridging the Mootness Gap in Federal Court Class Actions,” 35 Stanford Law Review 897 (1983)
“Legal Services Training In Georgia: A Statewide Approach,” 13 Clearinghouse Review 136 (1979)
Encyclopedia Entries
“Mootness,” 3 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (David S. Tanenhaus ed.) (2008)
“Remand,” 4 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (David S. Tanenhaus ed.) (2008)
Presentations
“What is the Problem,” presented at a symposium on “The Ethical Limits of Markets,” sponsored by the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, November 21, 2014
“The Rule of Law as a Law of Standards: Interpreting the Internal Revenue Code,” presented at the annual meeting of the Law & Society Association, May 30, 2014 (with Alice Abreu)
“The Rule of Law as a Law of Standards: Interpreting the Internal Revenue Code,” presented at a faculty colloquium, Temple University School of Law, October 13, 2013 (with Alice Abreu)
“The Rule-Standard Continuum,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, April 7, 2012
“Against Professionalism,” presented at a meeting of the William Howard Taft American Inn of Court, Ohio Northern University, April 20, 2011 “Defining Income,” presented at a meeting of the Tax Law Society, Temple
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Comment on Rachel Barkow’s “Life Without Parole and the Hope for Real Sentencing Reform,” presented at a faculty workshop, Temple University Beasley School of Law, February 18, 2011
Comment on Claire Finkelstein’s ‘Hobbesian Legal Reasoning and the Problem of Wicked Laws,’” presented at a faculty workshop, Temple University Beasley School of Law, September 13, 2010
“Defining Income: Economics Is Not Everything,” presented at the Grapperhaus Colloquium (Ferrara, Italy), September 7, 2010 (with Alice Abreu)
“The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: The Supreme Court Shoots Down Gun Bans,” presented as part of a CLE program sponsored by the Institute of Jewish Law and Ethics (Philadelphia, PA), August 30, 2010
“Professionalism, Ethical Conflicts, and Moral Reasoning,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 28, 2008
Comment on Alice Ristroph’s “Respect and Resistance in Punishment Theory,” presented at a faculty workshop, Temple University Beasley School of Law, January 14, 2008
Comment on Dirk Hartog’s “Planning for Old Age,” presented at a faculty workshop, Temple University Beasley School of Law, January 25, 2007
“From Values Clarification to Critical Thinking,” presented at the annual meeting of the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, May 28, 2006 (with Barry Dancis)
Comment on John Hasnas’ “Reflections on the Minimal State,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 28, 2001
“Critique of Draft Proposal for a New UCC Choice-of-law Provision (§ 1-301(a)),” presented at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law, July 9, 2000
“The Transparency of Rules,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, April 6, 1996
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“Easy Cases, Determinacy, and the Rule of Law,” presented as a faculty colloquium, Temple University Beasley School of Law, April 25, 1994
“Abortion, Constitutional Interpretation, and the Rule of Law,” presented as part of a lecture series sponsored by the Political Science Department, Temple
University, March 28, 1994
“The Scope of Legal Regulation: A Comment on John Hasnas' Paper, ‘Back to the Future,’” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 29, 1993
“What is a Legal Right?” presented as a faculty colloquium, Temple University Beasley School of Law, November 25, 1992
“Hard Cases and Moral Dilemmas: An Essay Concerning Legal and Moral
Reasoning,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December 30, 1990
Student Publications
“Developments in Contemporary Landlord-Tenant Law: An Annotated Bibliography,” 26 Vanderbilt Law Review 689 (1973) (with others)
“Nashville Model Cities: A Case Study,” 25 Vanderbilt Law Review 727 (1972) (with others)
“Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 — Grand Jury Witness Standing to Suppress Illegally Obtained Evidence,” 25 Vanderbilt Law Review 206 (1972)
Newspaper Articles
“Looking at Changing Law of Federal Jurisdiction,” The Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 16, 1989, at 7, col. 1 (review of Federal Jurisdiction by Erwin Chemerinsky)
“Heart of Atlanta case was a key in unlocking closed civil rights door,” Atlanta Constitution, December 14, 1984, at 3-A, col. 1 (commemorating 20th anniversary of Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States)
Editor
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State: Georgia
Federal: Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for the
