The inaugural holder of The Darald and Juliet Libby Chair, Professor Sanford N. Katz joined the Boston College Law School faculty in 1968 and teaches Family Law and Contracts. The Darald and Juliet Libby Chair is in honor of Michael G. Pierce, S.J. Professor Katz has served as Chairman of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association, President of the International Society of Family Law and Editor-in Chief of the Family Law Quarterly. He is a member of various editorial boards of journals and, in addition to his published articles and books, has been the chief drafter of model child welfare legislation for the federal government. He is a Special Contributor and Consultant for Law for the Fourth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Professor Katz clerked for Chief Judge Marvin Jones, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in 1958-59.
Books
Adoption Laws in a Nutshell (with Daniel R. Katz) (2012)
With the number of people waiting to adopt children, the need for a comprehensive yet...
Family Law in America (2011)
This volume examines the present state of family law in America. Among its themes is...
Cross Currents : Family Law and Policy in the United States and England (with John Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean) (2000)
Cases and Materials on Family Law: Legal Concepts and Changing Human Relationships (with Walter O. Weyrauch and Frances Olsen) (1994)
Articles
The Metamorphosis of Marriage and Adoption (with Daniel R. Katz), Massachusetts Lawyers Journal (2012)
Preserving the Family Through Change for the Sake of Future Generations, Droit de la Famille (2011)
Within the last fifty years, a transformation has taken place in American law. Before then,...
Our 'Moral Architect', Boston College Law School Magazine (2011)
Review of Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress, Boston College Law School Magazine (2011)
Family Solidarity Versus Social Solidarity in the United States, International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family (2010)
Contributions to Books
Fifty Years in the Transformation of American Family Law: 1960-2011, Fifty Years in Family Law: Essays for Stephen Cretney (2012)
Robert F. Drinan, S.J. (1920-2007), Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law (2009)
This book is the first to gather in a single volume concise biographies of the...
Protecting Children Through State and Federal Laws, The International Survey of Family Law (2007)
Dual Systems of Adoption in the United States, Cross Currents : Family Law and Policy in the United States and England (2000)
Selected Professional Activities
Board Member, Oxford Family Law and Policy Project (2012)
Fifty Years in the Transformation of American Law, Conference at House of Lords (2011)
The Best Interests of the Child in Relocation Cases, Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Family Law Section (2011)
Family Solidarities and Collective Solidarities, Solidarity Through the Generations, International Society of Family Law (2011)
Other
Preparing and Trying a Custody Case [videorecording.] (1981)
Preparing and Trying a Custody Case. Videorecording. Chicago: ABA Consortium for Professional Education with the...