Robert L. Rabin
A. Calder Mackay Professor of Law

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Robert L. Rabin, Reflections on Tort and the Administrative State, (Symposium: Festchrift for Robert L. Rabin) (Seventeenth Annual Clifford Symposium on Tort Law and Social Policy), 61 DePaul Law Review 239 (2012).
Robert L. Rabin The John G. Fleming Lecture: A Brief History of Accident Law – Tort and the Administrative State, 20 Tort Law Review 11 (2012). Previously Stanford Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper Series, No. 2034458 (2012).
Robert L. Rabin, The Vaccine No-Fault Act: An Overview, 8 Indiana Health Law Review 267 (2011).
Marc A. Franklin, Robert L. Rabin, Michael D. Green, Tort Law and Alternatives: Cases and Materials, 9th ed., New York: Foundation, 2011.
Robert Rabin, The Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan: Time for a Reassessment?, TortsProf Blog, May 16, 2011.
Robert L. Rabin, Harms from Exposure to Toxic Substances: The Limits of Liability Law, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1747907 / 38 Pepperdine Law Review (2011)
Robert L. Rabin, The Pervasive Role of Uncertainty in Tort Law: Rights and Remedies, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1695235 (October 2010) / 60 DePaul Law Review 431 (2011)
Timothy D. Lytton, Robert L. Rabin, Peter H. Schuck, Tort as a Litigation Lottery: A Misconceived Metaphor, 52 Boston College Law Review 267 (2011). Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1690844; Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 416 (October 2010)
Robert L. Rabin, Emotional Distress in Tort Law: Themes of Constraint, 44 Wake Forest Law Review 1197 (2009).
Robert L. Rabin, Territorial Claims in the Domain of Accident Law: Conflicting Conceptions of Tort Preemption, 74 Brooklyn Law Review 987 (2009).
Robert L. Rabin, Tobacco Control Strategies: Past Efficacy and Future Promise, 41 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1721 (Summer 2008).
Robert L. Rabin, Dissembling and Disclosing: Physician Responsibility on the Frontiers of Tort Law (Symposium: Challenges to the Attorney-Client Relationship: Threats to Sound Advice?) 57 DePaul Law Review (2008).
Robert L. Rabin and Stephen D. Sugarman, The Case for Specially Compensating the Victims of Terrorist Acts: An Assessment, in Victim: A Juridical Approach, A. Sabitha, editor, Hyderabad, India: Icfai University Press, 2008.
Robert L. Rabin, Poking Holes in the Fabric of Tort: A Comment (Response to Article by Catherine M. Sharkey and John Fabian Witt), 56 DePaul Law Review 293 (Winter 2007).
Robert L. Rabin, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Book Review: Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America, Basic Books, 2007), American Scientist, September/October 2007.
Robert L. Rabin and Stephen D. Sugarman, The Case for Specially Compensating the Victims of Terrorist Acts: An Assessment, 35 Hofstra Law Review 901 (Spring 2007).
Robert L. Rabin, Controlling the Retail Sales Environment, in Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation, Appendix L, Institute of Medicine, 2007.
Robert L. Rabin, Respecting Boundaries and the Economic Loss Rule in Tort, 48 Arizona Law Review 857 (2006).
Robert L. Rabin and S. Bratis, Financial Compensation for Victims of Catastrophes: United States, in Financial Compensation for Victims of Catastrophes: A Comparative Legal Approach, Michael Faure and Tom Hartlief, eds., New York: Springer, 2006.
Robert L. Rabin, Pain and Suffering and Beyond: Some Thoughts on Recovery for Intangible Loss, 55 DePaul Law Review 359 (2006).

rrabin@stanford.edu

650 723.3073

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

BS Northwestern University 1960
JD Northwestern University School of Law 1963
PhD (political science) The Graduate School at Northwestern University 1967

Expertise:

Regulation of Health and Safety
Torts