Ward Farnsworth
- W. Page Keeton Chair in Tort Law
- Professor
Ward Farnsworth served as dean of Texas Law from 2012 to 2022. Before his appointment, he taught for 15 years at Boston University School of Law, where he also served as associate dean for academic affairs. Dean Farnsworth is the Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement (Third) Torts: Liability for Economic Harm and author of several books, including "Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment," "The Legal Analyst," and his newest book, "Farnsworth's Classical English Argument." He has published scholarly articles in leading law reviews and teaches courses on torts, contracts, civil procedure, admiralty, and rhetoric. He clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and Judge Richard A. Posner.
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Before his appointment as Dean of The University of Texas School of Law, Ward Farnsworth taught for fifteen years at the Boston University law school, where he also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Dean Farnsworth is Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement (Third) Torts: Liability for Economic Harm. He is author of Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2014; The Legal Analyst, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2007; and Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric, published by David R. Godine in 2010. He has published scholarly articles on a range of topics in the Columbia Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, and various other journals. He teaches courses on torts, contracts, civil procedure, admiralty, and rhetoric. Dean Farnsworth graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1994, and afterwards served as a law clerk to Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and to Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He has also served as Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague.
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year-2016
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Article
The Economic Loss Rule
Ward Farnsworth, The Economic Loss Rule, 50 Valparaiso University Law Review 545 (2016).
year-2014
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Book
Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment
Ward Farnsworth, Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment (University of Chicago Press, 2014).
year-2011
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Book
Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
Ward Farnsworth, Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric (Boston: David R. Godine, 2011).
year-2010
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Article
Ambiguity About Ambiguity: An Empirical Inquiry into Legal Interpretation
Ward Farnsworth, Ambiguity About Ambiguity: An Empirical Inquiry into Legal Interpretation, 2 Journal of Legal Analysis 257 (2010) (with Dustin Guzior and Anup Malani).
year-2009
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Book
Torts: Cases and Questions
Ward Farnsworth, Torts: Cases and Questions (New York: Aspen, 2004; 2nd ed., 2009) (with Mark F. Grady).
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Book Chapter
The Case for Life Tenure
Ward Farnsworth, The Case for Life Tenure, in 245 Debating Reform (Richard J. Ellis and Michael Nelson, eds.; Congressional Quarterly Press, 2009).
year-2007
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Article
The Use and Limits of Martin-Quinn Scores to Assess Supreme Court Justices, with Special Attention to the Problem of Ideological Drift
Ward Farnsworth, The Use and Limits of Martin-Quinn Scores to Assess Supreme Court Justices, with Special Attention to the Problem of Ideological Drift, 1010 Northwestern University Law Review 1891 (2007). -
Article
Dissents Against Type
Ward Farnsworth, Dissents Against Type, 93 University of Minnesota Law Review 1535 (2009). -
Book
The Legal Analyst
Ward Farnsworth, The Legal Analyst (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).
year-2006
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Book Chapter
John Paul Stevens
Ward Farnsworth, John Paul Stevens, in Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court (Melvin I. Urofsky, ed., Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006). -
Article
The Ideological Stakes of Eliminating Life Tenure
Ward Farnsworth, The Ideological Stakes of Eliminating Life Tenure, 29 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 879 (2006). -
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The Role of Law in Close Cases: Some Evidence from the Federal Courts of Appeals
Ward Farnsworth, The Role of Law in Close Cases: Some Evidence from the Federal Courts of Appeals, 86 Boston University Law Review 1083 (2006).
year-2005
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Article
Signatures of Ideology: The Case of the Supreme Court's Criminal Docket
Ward Farnsworth, Signatures of Ideology: The Case of the Supreme Court's Criminal Docket, 104 Michigan Law Review 67 (2005). -
Article
The Regulation of Turnover on the Supreme Court
Ward Farnsworth, The Regulation of Turnover on the Supreme Court, 2005 University of Illinois Law Review 407.
year-2003
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Book Chapter
Pragmatism, Realism, and John Paul Stevens
Ward Farnsworth, Pragmatism, Realism, and John Paul Stevens, in Rehnquist Justice: Understanding the Court Dynamic at 157 (Earl M. Maltz, ed., University of Kansas Press, 2003). -
Book Chapter
The Role of Academics in the Legal System
Ward Farnsworth, The Role of Academics in the Legal System, in The Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies (Peter Cane and Mark Tushnet, eds.; Oxford University Press, 2003) (with William Twining, Stefan Vogenauer, and Fernando Teson). -
Article
The Legal Regulation of Self-Serving Bias
Ward Farnsworth, The Legal Regulation of Self-Serving Bias, 37 U.C. Davis Law Review 567 (2003).
year-2002
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Article
The Taste for Fairness
Ward Farnsworth, The Taste for Fairness, 102 Columbia Law Review 1992 (2002). -
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The Economics of Enmity
Ward Farnsworth, The Economics of Enmity, 69 University of Chicago Law Review 211 (2002). -
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More Tales Out of School: A Reply to Professor Griffin
Ward Farnsworth, More Tales Out of School: A Reply to Professor Griffin, 82 Boston University Law Review 281 (2002).