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David H. Blankfein-Tabachnick, lecturer (Ph.D., University of Virginia). Tabachnick's interests are in moral, political and legal theory, with particular attention to Rawlsianism and the jurisprudence of the private law. He teaches courses on the philosophy of law, ethics and international relations, and political philosophy. At the UVA School of Law he co-hosted the 2006 Virginia Law Review Symposium on Contemporary Political Theory and the Private Law, has co-taught public health law and ethics and has lectured on philosophy of contract law. He has taught in UVA's Political and Social Thought Program and held pre-doctoral fellowships in Philosophy, Law, and Ethics at UVA's Institute for Practical Ethics. He has been an Honoree for the University-wide Seven Society Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching. His publications include: "Distributive Justice and Contractual Associations" (with K. Kordana), 25 Social Philosophy and Policy (forthcoming 2008); reprinted in Freedom of Association (Cambridge University Press, 2008). "On Belling the Cat: Rawls and Tort as Corrective Justice" (with K. Kordana), 92 Va. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2006), abstract available online from SSRN. "Taxation, the Private Law, and Distributive Justice" (with K. Kordana), 23 Social Philosophy and Policy 142 (2006); reprinted in Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2006). "Rawls & Contract Law" (with K. Kordana), 73 Geo. Wash. L. Rev.701 (2005), abstract available online from SSRN. "Tax and the Philosopher's Stone" (reviewing Murphy & Nagel, The Myth of Ownership) (with K. Kordana), 89 Va. L. Rev. 647 (2003), abstract available online from SSRN. Tabachnick has been invited to present papers at law faculty workshops at the University of Miami, University of Illinois, University of Virginia, Willamette University, and George Washington University Schools of Law. |