Paul H. Robinson | |
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Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | |
In office 1985 – February 1, 1988 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Julie E. Carnes |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Waterbury, Connecticut [1] | November 12, 1948
Spouse | Sarah M. Robinson [2] |
Education |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S.) UCLA School of Law (J.D.) Harvard Law School (L.L.M.) Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge |
Occupation | Professor |
Paul H. Robinson (born November 12, 1948) is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Robinson earned a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1970, a JD from UCLA Law School in 1974, an LLM from Harvard Law School in 1974, and a Diploma in Legal Studies from Cambridge University in 1976. [3]
In 1985 he was nominated by President Reagan to serve as a member of the newly created United States Sentencing Commission. [4] [5] He was later confirmed by the United States Senate and served in that position until he resigned on February 1, 1988. [4] [5]
Robinson is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [3] [6] [7]
He has published 17 books and many articles. [3] [8] [9] He co-authored three books on criminal law with law professor and Dean of Brooklyn Law School Michael T. Cahill. [10] Among the works that he has co-authored are Aspen Student Treatise for Criminal Law (with Michael T. Cahill, 2012), Law Without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve (with Michael T. Cahill, 2006), and the one-volume treatise Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies (with Michael T. Cahill and Shima Baradaran Baughman, 2016). [11] [10] [12] [13]
Paul H. Robinson | |
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Member of the United States Sentencing Commission | |
In office 1985 – February 1, 1988 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Julie E. Carnes |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Waterbury, Connecticut [1] | November 12, 1948
Spouse | Sarah M. Robinson [2] |
Education |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S.) UCLA School of Law (J.D.) Harvard Law School (L.L.M.) Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge |
Occupation | Professor |
Paul H. Robinson (born November 12, 1948) is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Robinson earned a BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1970, a JD from UCLA Law School in 1974, an LLM from Harvard Law School in 1974, and a Diploma in Legal Studies from Cambridge University in 1976. [3]
In 1985 he was nominated by President Reagan to serve as a member of the newly created United States Sentencing Commission. [4] [5] He was later confirmed by the United States Senate and served in that position until he resigned on February 1, 1988. [4] [5]
Robinson is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [3] [6] [7]
He has published 17 books and many articles. [3] [8] [9] He co-authored three books on criminal law with law professor and Dean of Brooklyn Law School Michael T. Cahill. [10] Among the works that he has co-authored are Aspen Student Treatise for Criminal Law (with Michael T. Cahill, 2012), Law Without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve (with Michael T. Cahill, 2006), and the one-volume treatise Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies (with Michael T. Cahill and Shima Baradaran Baughman, 2016). [11] [10] [12] [13]