Dennis Patterson

Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy

Tel. [+39] 055 4685 245 / 306
Fax [+39] 055 4685 200

Email Dennis.Patterson@eui.eu|

Secretary Marlies Becker|

EUI Law Department
Via Boccaccio 121
50133 Firenze - Italy

Appointed in September 2009, contract renewable in September 2014 

Fields Covered

• Legal Philosophy (including general jurisprudence, social and political philosophy)
• International Trade Law
• American Contract and Commercial Law
• Theory of International Law
• International Economic Law (Global Equality and Justice)

Languages

English, German, Italian, French (reading), Spanish (reading)

Current Seminars at the EUI

• Advanced Course in Jurisprudence: Law, Interpretation and Rights (with G. Sartor)
• Theoretical Foundations of International Law

Current Research Projects

• a monograph on general jurisprudence
• a series of articles on law and neuroscience (with Prof. Michael Pardo)
• a monograph on the foundations of international law

Recently Published Books

• The New Global Trading Order
• Diritto e verità
• A Companion to Legal Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory