Robert C. Ellickson
Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law (spring term)
Robert C. Ellickson has been Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law at Yale Law School since 1988. He formerly was a member of the law faculties at USC and Stanford. His major research interests are property, land use, housing, urban history, and social norms. Professor Ellickson’s books include The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth, Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes (awarded the Order of the Coif Triennial Book Award), Land Use Controls (with Vicki L. Been), and Perspectives on Property Law (with Carol M. Rose and Bruce A. Ackerman). He has also published numerous articles in legal and public policy journals. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2001, was President of the American Law and Economics Association.
Education
LL.B., Yale, 1966
A.B., Oberlin, 1963
Courses Taught
Land Use
Property
Torts
