Distinguished Visiting Professor Nathan Crystal, who has a master's in law from Harvard Law School (1976) and a law degree with honors from Emory Law School (1971), taught at the University of South Carolina law school from 1976 through this year, when he retired. At USC, he served as the Class of 1969 Professor of Professional Responsibility and Contract Law from 1999-2008. He held a similar position from 1991to1999. He also served as associate dean from 1987to1992. Professor Crystal is widely published in legal circles, including serving as author of a text on professional responsibility now in its fourth edition. The 2008 book, Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession, is used at more than 30 law schools around the country. Additionally, he is co-author of Problems in Contract Law: Cases and Materials, which is used at more than 80 law schools nationally. Highly regarded as a speaker, Professor Crystal has lectured and presented papers to more than 100 professional organizations and academic audiences worldwide.
Major Articles
Using the Concept of a “Philosophy of Lawyering” in Teaching Professional Responsibility, St. Louis Law Journal (2007)
False Testimony by Criminal Defendants: Still Unanswered Ethical and Constitutional Questions, Illinois Law Review (2003)
The Incompleteness of the Model Rules and the Development of Professional Standards, Mercer Law Review (2001)
Books
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY: PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE AND THE PROFESSION (2008)
The first edition was published by Little Brown & Co. in 1996. This text is...
RULES OF CONTRACT LAW: SELECTIONS FROM THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, THE CISG, THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONTRACTS, AND THE UNIDROIT PRINCIPLES, with Material on Contract Drafting (with Charles Knapp and Harry G. Prince) (2008)
Teacher’s Manual to accompany Professional Responsibility: Problems of Practice and the Profession (2008)
PROBLEMS IN CONTRACT LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS (with Charles Knapp and Harry G. Prince) (2007)
Either the first or second most widely adopted contracts books, this text is used at...