Phone: 217-244-7614
Email: tginsbur@law.uiuc.edu
B.A., J.D., Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Courses
Comparative Legal Institutions
International Law
Law and Economic Development
Law and Society in East Asia
Administrative Law
Torts
Vita
Publications
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A scholar in comparative and international law, Professor Ginsburg joined the College of Law faculty in 2000. He received a B.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with high honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law as a member of the Order of the Coif, and served as the Notes and Comments Editor for the California Law Review. He later completed a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at Berkeley. Prior to joining the faculty, Ginsburg served as a Legal Advisor for the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague, Netherlands, and was on the law faculty of Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. He had previously staffed the Mekong Region Law Center in Bangkok, an international non-governmental organization for legal training and exchange in Southeast Asia. Ginsburg also served The Asia Foundation in a variety of roles, focusing on issues related to the role of law in economic development and democratization. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Trento, Italy, a faculty member at the Law & Society Association Summer Institute, and a consultant to the Judicial Commission of Afghanistan. Professor Ginsburg’s scholarship has been published in journals such as Law and Social Inquiry, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, and Constitutional Political Economy. His article, Dismantling the Developmental State?,was published in 49 American Journal of Comparative Law 585 (2001) and won the Hessel Yntema Prize from the American Society for Comparative Law for the best paper by an author under 40. His recent book, Judicial Review in New Democracies, was published by Cambridge University Press, and won the C. Herman Pritchett Award from the American Political Science Association for best book on Law and Courts. He has taught and presented work at numerous universities in Asia, Europe, and North America. In 2006, Professor Ginsburg was honored with a University Scholar Award, presented annually for excellence in research and teaching. Professor Ginsburg is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the State Bar of California, the Law and Society Association, the American Political Science Association, the American Law and Economics Association, and the American Society of International Law. Professor Ginsburg is currently co-directing "The Comparative Constitutions Project" with Professor Zachary Elkins (Political Science). The goal of the project is to collect data on the formal characteristics of written constitutions, both current and historical, for most independent states since 1789. Characteristics include aspects of both form and content of these documents. The project is housed at The Center for the Study of Democratic Governance. The initial release of the data is scheduled for September 2007. The website for this project is https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/zelkins/constitutions/
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