Faculty Guide

Title

Proskauer Chair in Law and Social Welfare

African and Afro-American Studies
American Studies
International and Global Studies
Legal Studies
Politics
Social Justice and Social Policy

Expertise

Comparative law and social welfare, global justice and human rights, economic philosophies, legal argumentation.

Profile

Director, Legal Studies Program,
Academic Program Director, Brandeis in The Hague

Awards and Honors

Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring (2011)

Renewal of serial award as Fulbright Senior Specialist (New Zealand) (2003)

Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant (New Zealand) (2002)

Fulbright Senior Scholar, Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) (1999)

Courses Taught

AMST	187a	The Legal Boundaries of Public and Private Life
AMST	188b	Louis Brandeis: Law, Business and Politics
AMST	189a	Legal Foundations of American Capitalism
FYS	76a	Law and the Search for Authority
IGS/LGLS	180a	The Spirit of International Law
IGS/LGLS	185b	Advocacy in the International Criminal Court
LGLS	10a	Introduction to Law
PHIL	13b	The Idea of the Market: Economic Philosophies
PHIL	74b	Foundations of American Pragmatism

Scholarship

Gaskins, Richard. "Accounting for Accidents: Social Costs of Personal Injuries." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 41. (2010): 37-50.

Gaskins, Richard. "Creating at the Margins: Cultural Dynamics in Early Iceland." Gripla 20. (2009): 93-108.

Gaskins, Richard. "Regulating Private Law: Socio-Legal Perspectives on the New Zealand Accident Compensation Scheme." Torts Law Journal 17. 1 (2009): 24-34.

Gaskins,Richard. Burdens of Proof in Modern Discourse. Yale University Press, 1993.

Gaskins,Richard. Enviornmental Accidents: Personal Injury and Public Responsibility. Temple University Press, 1989.