Melvin A. Eisenberg
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Melvin A. Eisenberg (born 3 December 1934) is the Jesse H. Choper Professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. After studying at Columbia University (1956) and Harvard University (1959),[1] he worked in the firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, as assistant counsel in the Warren Commission, and joined Berkeley in 1966. He is recognised as a leading scholar in US corporate law, and contract law, in both of which he has authored leading textbooks.[2]
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Born | (1934-12-03)December 3, 1934 |
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Discipline | Corporate Law |
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He has advised the American Law Institute on both the Restatement (Third) of Agency and Restatement (Third) of Restitution.[2] From 1991 to 1993, he held the Justice R. Ammi Cutter Chair at the institute.[2] He was also Justin W. D'Atri Professor of Law, Business, and Society at Columbia University.[2]
Eisenbeg received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981.[3] He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected in 1984.[4]