John Goldberg

Andrew S. Gold, John C. P. Goldberg, Daniel B. Kelly, Emily Sherwin & Henry E. Smith, Introduction in, The Oxford Handbook of the New Private…

The Oxford Handbook of the New Private Law (Andrew Gold, John C.P. Goldberg, Daniel B. Kelly, Emily L. Sherwin & Henry E. Smith eds., 2020).

Henry E. Smith & John C.P. Goldberg, Letter from America (Private Law in the UK Supreme Court), 6 UK Sup. Ct. Y.B. 169 (2014/2015).

John Goldberg, an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy, joined the Law School faculty in 2008 and served as a Deputy Dean…

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this workshop, but it is intended for students with a strong academic bent. Exam: No Exam This workshop will…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule Most simply, a tort is a civil wrong not arising from contract. But…

Exam Type: Please refer to the Spring 2021 Exam Schedule This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the…

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this workshop, but it is intended for students with a strong academic bent. Exam: No Exam This workshop will…

Prerequisite: Admission is by permission of the instructors. Students who wish to be considered for the seminar should submit a CV to Henry Smith (hesmith@law.harvard.edu).

Exam Type: In Class Most simply, a tort is a civil wrong not arising from contract. But tort law also reflects much deeper questions about…

Prerequisite: Admission is by permission of the instructors. Students who wish to be considered for the seminar should submit a CV to Henry Smith (hesmith@law.harvard.edu).

Prerequisite: Admission is by permission of the instructors. Students who wish to be considered for the seminar should submit a CV to Henry Smith (hesmith@law.harvard.edu).

Exam Type: In Class A tort is a civil wrong not arising from contract. But tort law also reflects much deeper questions about when we…

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course provides an introduction to the structure of the U.S. Constitution and the rights and liberties it defines.

John C.P. Goldberg & Christopher J. Robinette, Symposium Issue: “Tort, No-Fault, and Real-World Compensation,” A Volume in Honor of Jeffrey O’Connell, 6 J. Tort L.

John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, A Precedent-Based Critique of Legal Positivism, (Harv. Pub. L. Working Paper No. 22-06, April 7, 2022).

John C.P. Goldberg, Torts in the American Law Institute, in, The American Law Institute: A Centennial History (Andrew S. Gold & Robert W. Gordon eds.,…

John C.P. Goldberg, Seeing Negligence for What It Is, 2021 JOTWELL 1 (2021) (reviewing Nicolas Cornell, Looking and Seeing in New Conversations in Philosophy Law…

Charles Fried, Frances Kamm, Frank I. Michelman et al. In Memoriam: Ronald Dworkin, 127 Harv. L. Rev. 489 (2013).

Danielle Keats Citron, John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, The most disturbing aspect of Vanessa Bryant’s case, CNN (Sept. 15, 2022).

I. Bennett Capers, John C. P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, How to Reform Police Liability Without Involving McConnell or Trump, Wash. Post, Aug. 17,…

John C. P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Tort Theory, Private Attorneys General, and State Action: From Mass Torts to Texas S.B. 8, J. Tort…

John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Replies to Commentators, 41 L. & Phil. 127 (2022).

John C.P. Goldberg, Taking Responsibility Personally: On John Gardner’s From Personal Life to Private Law, 14 J. Tort L. 3 (2021).

John C.P. Goldberg, Anthony J. Sebok, Benjamin C. Zipursky & Leslie Kendrick, Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress (Wolters Kluwer Aspen 2021).

Benjamin C. Zipursky & John C.P. Goldberg, Thoroughly Modern Tort Theory, 134 Harv. L. Rev. F. 184 (2021).

John C.P. Goldberg, Remedies as a Remedy for Uncertainty, Jotwell Torts (Nov. 4, 2020) (reviewing Alexandra D. Lahav, The Knowledge Remedy, 98 Tex. L. Rev.

John C.P. Goldberg, Torts, in The Oxford Handbook of the New Private Law (Andrew S. Gold, John C. P. Goldberg, Daniel B. Kelly, Emily Sherwin…

John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Vosburg v. Baxendale, in Civil Wrongs and Justice in Private Law 463 (Paul B. Miller & John Oberdiek…

Howard M. Erichson, John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Case-Linked Jurisdiction and Busybody States, 105 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 54 (2020).

John C.P. Goldberg, Liability for Economic Loss in Connection with the Deepwater Horizon Spill (Nov. 22, 2010).

John C.P. Goldberg, Comment on Meir Dan-Cohen, Skirmishes on the Temporal Boundaries of States, 72 Law & Contemp. Probs. 115 (2009).

John C.P. Goldberg, Doing Justice in the Face of a Disaster, 45 Akron L. Rev. 583 (2012).

John C.P. Goldberg, Tort Law’s Missing Excuses, in Defenses in Tort 53 (Andrew Dyson, James Goudkamp & Frederick Wilmot-Smith eds., 2015).

John C.P. Goldberg, Compensating Distress with a Stiff Upper Lip, Jotwell Torts (Nov. 21, 2019)(reviewing Eric Descheemaeker, Rationalising Recovery for Emotional Harm in Tort Law,…

John C. P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Recognizing Wrongs (2020).

John C.P. Goldberg, You Can’t Spell “America” Without C A R, JOTWELL (Dec. 11, 2018) (reviewing Nora Freeman Engstrom, When Cars Crash: The Automobile’s Tort…

John C.P. Goldberg, History, Theory, and Tort: Four Theses, J. Tort L. (July 11, 2018).

John C. P. Goldberg, Benjamin Cardozo and the Death of the Common Law, 34 Touro L. Rev. 147 (2018).

John C.P. Goldberg, The Fiduciary Duty of Care, in The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law 405 (Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller & Robert H.

John C. P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, From Riggs v. Palmer to Shelley v. Kraemer: The Continuing Significance of the Law-Equity Distinction, in Philosophical…

John C.P. Goldberg, Book Review: Allan Beever, A Theory of Tort Liability (2016), 80 Mod. L. Rev. 1183 (2017).

Bruce Feldthusen, Michael D. Green, John C.P. Goldberg & Catherine M. Sharkey, Product Liability in North America, in Product Liability: Fundamental Questions in a Comparative…

John C.P. Goldberg, The Curious Case of the Disclaimer That Didn’t Bark, JOTWELL (Oct. 19, 2017)(reviewing Victor P. Goldberg, The MacPherson-Henningsen Puzzle, Colum. L. &…

Barry Friedman & John C.P. Goldberg, Open Book: The Inside Track to Law School Success (Wolters Kluwer 2d ed. 2016).

Andrew R. Gould, Richard Nagareda, J. Maria Glover, John C. P. Goldberg, Chris Guthrie, Samuel Issacharoff & Suzanna Sherry, Richard A. Nagareda, In Memoriam 1963-2010,…

John C.P. Goldberg & Benjamin C. Zipursky, Hohfeldian Analysis and the Separation of Rights and Powers, in Wesley Hohfeld A Century Later: Edited Work, Select…