Andrew Gold
Expertise:
Private Law Theory; Fiduciary Law; Law of Corporations
Background:
A leading voice in the legal philosophy field, Professor Andrew Gold’s primary research interests address private law theory, fiduciary law, and the law of corporations. His recent work has also focused on law as a complex system. Prof. Gold holds a courtesy joint appointment with the Department of Philosophy in UC Irvine’s School of Humanities.
Prof. Gold’s scholarship is nationally acclaimed. He is the author of “The Right of Redress” (Oxford University Press 2020), the co-editor of “The American Law Institute: A Centennial History” (Oxford University Press 2023) (with Robert Gordon), “The Oxford Handbook of The New Private Law” (Oxford University Press 2020) (with John Goldberg, Dan Kelly, Emily Sherwin, and Henry Smith), and the “Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law” (Oxford University Press 2014) (with Paul Miller). Prof. Gold’s work has appeared in the nation’s leading publications, including the Michigan Law Review; Northwestern University Law Review; University of Toronto Law Journal; Ethics; Law and Philosophy; and the American Journal of Jurisprudence. His most recent work includes, “The Equity in Corporate Law,” forthcoming in 100 Notre Dame Law Review (2024-2025) (coauthored with Henry Smith), and “When Private Law Theory Is Close Enough,” in Methodology in Private Law: Between New Private Law and Rechtsdogmatik (Thilo Kuntz & Paul B. Miller, eds.) (Oxford University Press 2024).
Honored for his teaching and scholarship, Prof. Gold previously was the Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School; an HLA Hart Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford; and a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at McGill University. He is a co-founder of the North American Workshop on Private Law Theory and is a member of the American Law Institute. Among other accolades he has received a Canadian Fulbright Award, two awards for Excellence in Scholarship, and an award for Excellence in Teaching.
Prof. Gold joins UC Irvine School of Law from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as associate director of the Center for the Study of Business Law and Regulation, and director of its Program on Private Law. He has also taught at DePaul University College of Law, practiced corporate litigation for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and served as a law clerk for Judge Daniel Manion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and with Judge Loren Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. from Dartmouth College.
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- Private Law's Choice of Private Law, in Interstitial Private Law (Samuel L. Bray, John C.P. Goldberg, Paul B. Miller & Henry E. Smith, eds.) (Oxford University Press 2024)
- The Equity in Corporate Law, Volume 100, Notre Dame Law Review (forthcoming)
- Legal Concepts as a Deep Structure of the Law: Reinach's A Priori in Action, forthcoming in Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law (Marietta Auer, et al., eds.) (Cambridge University Press) (co-authored with Henry Smith)
- The Elegance of Private Law, forthcoming in Understanding Private Law: Essays in Honour of Stephen A. Smith (Evan Fox-Decent, et al., eds.) (Hart Publishing)
- The American Law Institute: A Centennial History (Oxford University Press, 2023) (Coedited With Robert W. Gordon)
- The Right Of Redress (Oxford University Press, 2020) (Oxford Legal Philosophy Series)
- The Oxford Handbook Of The New Private Law (Oxford University Press, 2020) (Co-edited With John Goldberg, Dan Kelly, Emily Sherwin, And Henry Smith)
- Fiduciary Government (Cambridge University Press, 2018) (Co-edited With Evan Criddle, Evan Fox-decent, Sung Hui Kim, And Paul Miller)
- Research Handbook On Fiduciary Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) (Co-edited With D. Gordon Smith) Contract, Status, And Fiduciary Law (Paul B. Miller & Andrew S. Gold, Eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)
- Philosophical Foundations Of Fiduciary Law (Andrew S. Gold & Paul B. Miller, Eds.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014)
- The Equity In Corporate Law, Forthcoming In 100 Notre Dame Law Review (2024-2025) (Coauthored With Henry Smith)
- When Private Law Theory Is Close Enough, In Methodology In Private Law Theory: Between New Private Law And Rechtsdogmatik (Thilo Kuntz & Paul B. Miller, Eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2024)
- Restatements And The Common Law, In The American Law Institute: A Centennial History
(Andrew S. Gold & Robert W. Gordon, Eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2023) (Co-authored With
Henry E. Smith)
- June 2025
Co-organizer, Good Faith and Loyalty Conference, Notre Dame Law School, for publication with the journal Theoretical Inquiries in the Law; co-editing a special issue of Theoretical Inquiries in the Law and publishing paper (with Genevieve Helleringer) for the conference and journal - June 2025
Invited paper presenter, Legal Reasoning: System in the Law Conference co-sponsored by Harvard Law School and University of Hamburg, hosted by Harvard Law School - July 2025
Invited paper presenter, Obligations XI Biennial Conference themed "Private Law: Inside and Out," Harvard Law School - September 2025
Co-organizer, "The Past, Present, and Future of Fiduciary Law: Essays in Honor of Deborah A. DeMott" Conference for the journal Law & Contemporary Problems, Duke Law School; honoring the work of Deborah DeMott in recognition of her 50 years on the Duke Law faculty. Prof. Gold will subsequently publish a paper for the L&CP symposium and will be a co-editor of the journal issue. - October 2024
Co-organizer, New Trends in Legal Realism Conference, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany, presenting paper, "Managing Legal Concepts: Maintenance, Modulation, Modification," co-authored with Henry Smith - May 2024
“The Equity in Corporate Law”, Fiduciary Law Workshop, Harvard Law School, - May 2024
“Justice for Foxes, Or, The Many Kinds of Justice in Private Law”, London School of Economics, - May 2024
Paper on Good Faith and Loyalty, Oxford University Obligations Discussion Group, (paper co-authored with Genevieve Helleringer)
- Fulbright Award to Canada, Fall 2014
- 2013 and 2007 Excellence in Scholarship Award, DePaul University College of Law
- 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award, DePaul University College of Law