Jody Kraus

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Jody S. Kraus is a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He holds the titles of Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy and the Albert Clark Tate, Jr. Research Professor. He teaches contracts, commercial law, political theory, and jurisprudence. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.A. from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from The Ohio State University. He received numerous awards at the University of Arizona and served as a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

He is a popular professor, known for his rough cold calls, in depth lectures, and habitual Diet Pepsi use. He frequently uses economic theory in his lectures. He is co-author of the textbook, Contract Law and Theory. He was parodied in the 100th Anniversary Libel Show. He is rumored to have been a top candidate in the University of Texas School of Law dean search in 2006, and the University of Virginia School of Law dean search in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

1 Publications
- 1.1 Books
2 References
3 External links

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Contract Law and Theory (with Robert E. Scott) (LexisNexis, 4th ed. 2007).
The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law (ed. with Steven D. Walt) (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
The Limits of Hobbesian Contractarianism (Cambridge University Press, 1993).