Max Schanzenbach

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 there was no evidence that alternative investment strategies would have mitigated the financial crisis of 2007–08.[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 studied police union contracts,[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] He lives in Wilmette, Illinois.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ Gold, Andrew S. (2014). Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law. OUP Oxford. p. 113.
  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.
  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. ↑ Routliffe, Kathy (11 July 2016). "Wilmette, Backyard Barbecue sued over business zoning approval". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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