Max Schanzenbach

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Max M. Schanzenbach is the Seigle Family Professor of Law at the Northwestern University School of Law.

Education[]

Schanzenbach received his JD from Yale Law School and his PhD in economics from Yale University.[1]

Career[]

Schanzenbach joined the Northwestern University faculty in 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Law. He was named the Benjamin Mazur Professor of Law there in 2006.[2] In the Spring of 2008, he was the Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Since 2012, he has been the co-editor-in-chief of the American Law and Economics Review.[1]

Work[]

A 2007 study co-authored by Schanzenbach and Robert H. Sitkoff argued that trustees responded appropriately to the introduction of so-called prudent investor laws.[3][4] Also in 2007, Schanzenbach and Emerson Tiller (who is also a professor at Northwestern) co-authored a study showing that judges appointed by Republicans tend to give harsher sentences for street crime, while those appointed by Democrats tend to punish white-collar criminals more severely.[5] Schanzenbach has also argued that police union contracts are serious impediments to creating incentives for proper police conduct,[6] including the contract made by the union representing officers in the Chicago Police Department.[7]

Personal life[]

Schanzenbach is married to Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, a professor at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy, with whom he has three children.[8] As of 2015, they live in the North Shore area of Chicago, Illinois.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Max Schanzenbach". Northwestern University. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Schanzenbach Named Mazur Research Professor". Northwestern University. 8 August 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ^ Schanzenbach, Max M.; Sitkoff, Robert H. (November 2007). "Did Reform of Prudent Trust Investment Laws Change Trust Portfolio Allocation?". The Journal of Law and Economics. 50 (4): 681–711. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.182.3087. doi:10.1086/519815. S2CID 54878564.
  4. ^ Gold, Andrew S. (2014). Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law. OUP Oxford. p. 113. ISBN 9780191005282.
  5. ^ Higgins, Michael (7 February 2006). "Study ties toughness of judges to politics". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ^ Kaleem, Jaweed (12 October 2016). "Clashes erupt in Portland, Ore., over new police rules". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. ^ DePillis, Lydia (15 January 2016). "Public sector unions are under threat. Police unions may be a different story". Wonkblog. Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Understanding the Effects of Early Investments in Children". Reporter. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Understanding the Effects of Early Investments in Children". NBER Reporter. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

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