David Skeel
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School at The Wharton School
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School
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- University of Pennsylvania Law School
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The Wharton School
David Skeel is the S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He is author of True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World (InterVarsity, 2014), The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its (Unintended) Consequences (Wiley, 2011); Icarus in the Boardroom: The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From (Oxford, 2005); Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America (Princeton, 2001); and numerous articles on bankruptcy and financial distress, corporate law, Christianity and law, law and literature, and other topics. His commentary has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Books & Culture, and elsewhere. In August 2016, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the oversight board for Puerto Rico.
University of Pennsylvania Law School
David Skeel is S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. He is the author of True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World (InterVarsity, 2014); The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and Its (Unintended) Consequences (Wiley, 2011); Icarus in the Boardroom (Oxford, 2005); Debt’s Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America (Princeton, 2001); and numerous articles on bankruptcy, corporate law, financial regulation, Christianity and law, and other topics.
Professor Skeel has also written commentaries for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Books & Culture, The Weekly Standard, and other publications. He has received the Harvey Levin award three times for outstanding teaching, as selected by a vote of the graduating class, the Robert A. Gorman award for excellence in upper level course teaching, and the University’s Lindback Award for distinguished teaching.
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Can evolution explain morality? | Steven Pinker & David Skeel at Harvard
The End of Violence | Steven Pinker & David Skeel at Harvard University
Is toleration the same as neutrality? | David Skeel
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