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About Nuno Garoupa

Nuno Garoupa is Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development & Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. Previously, he taught at Texas A&M University School of Law (2015-2018) and University of Illinois College of Law (2007-2015). He served as President of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Lisbon, Portugal (2014-2016). Currently, he also holds the Chair in Research Innovation, Católica Global School of Law, Lisbon, Portugal (since 2015). Professor Garoupa received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of York (UK), also holds an LLM from the University of London. He has a long established research interest in the economics of law and legal institutions and comparative judicial politics. Professor Garoupa is a member of the executive board of the American Society of Comparative Law (2021-2023). In the past, he has served as co-editor of the Review of Law and Economics (2004-2010), International Review of Law and Economics (2012-2020), and Cambridge Elements in Law, Economics and Politics (2020-2021) as well as president of the Spanish Association of Law and Economics (2017-2021) and vice-president of the European Association of Law and Economics (2004-2007). He has been awarded the Spanish Julián Marías Research Prize (2010).

Positions

August 2018 - Present Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development & Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, George Mason University ‐ Antonin Scalia Law School
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February 2015 - Present Chair in Research Innovation, Católica Global School of Law
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September 2015 - August 2018 Professor of Law & Convener, Program of Law and Social Science, Texas A&M University School of Law
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June 2013 - August 2016 Member of the Board and President, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
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August 2007 - February 2015 Professor of Law, H. Ross and Helen Workman Research Scholar & Co-Director of the Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science, University of Illinois - College of Law
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January 2008 - August 2009 Research Professor, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados ‐ IMDEA Ciencias Sociales
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June 2007 - May 2009 Research Professor of Law (20%), University of Manchester ‐ School of Law
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September 2001 - August 2007 Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa ‐ School of Economics and Business
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September 1998 - August 2001 Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra ‐ Department of Economics and Business
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Law and Economics, Comparative Law, Comparative Judicial Politics, and Empirical Legal Studies

Grants

2017 - 2018 Facilitating Empirical Studies of Judicial Behavior on Constitutional Courts from a Comparative Perspective
NSF - 1744299
Law and Social Science
Role: PI
Colleague(s): Lydia Tiede; Rebecca Gill
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Honors and Awards

  • Prize “Julián Marías” 2010 (Social Sciences Researcher below 40), Madrid, Spain
  • Searle-Kauffman Fellow in Law, Innovation, and Growth, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern University School of Law, 2009-2010

Courses

Education

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2020 - Present MA Political Science, George Mason University ‐ Schar School of Policy and Government
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2003 - 2005 LLM, University of London
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1994 - 1998 D.Phil., University of York ‐ Department of Economics
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1993 - 1994 M.Sc. Economics, Queen Mary College, University of London ‐ Department of Economics
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1988 - 1992 Economics, Licenciatura, Universidade Nova de Lisboa ‐ School of Economics and Business
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Links

Contact Information

George Mason University Scalia Law
3301 Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22201

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Books in English (5)

Most Representative Articles (15)

Selected Articles: Comparative Judicial Politics & Comparative Law (51)