Ralph James Mooney
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[[Image:Rjamesmooney.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Photo Of James Mooney|]]Mooney joined the [[University of Oregon School of Law]] faculty in 1972, after working with Howard, Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak in San Francisco, specializing in [[commercial law|commercial litigation]] before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.<ref name="uolaw">http://www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/jmooney/</ref>
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Transitioning from private practice to academia, Mooney gained international attention<ref>{{cite journal |author = Jill McKeough |title = Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 87 |pages = 22 |date = December 2008 |url=http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> from the publishing of his article "The New Conceptualism in Contract Law".<ref>{{cite journal |author = Ralph James Mooney |title = The New Conceptualism in Contract Law |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 74 |pages = 1131 |date = 1995}}</ref> The article, said one writer, "forthrightly condemns and carefully documents the broad resurgence of a style of judicial reasoning that, throughout a range of issues in contract law, exalts wooden logic at the expense of factual and interpretive nuances, all with 'profoundly conservative political implications.'"<ref>{{cite journal |author = Carl Bjerre |title = Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 87 |pages = 18 |date = December 2008 |url=http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> |
Transitioning from private practice to academia, Mooney gained international attention<ref>{{cite journal |author = Jill McKeough |title = Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 87 |pages = 22 |date = December 2008 |url=http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> from the publishing of his article "The New Conceptualism in Contract Law".<ref>{{cite journal |author = Ralph James Mooney |title = The New Conceptualism in Contract Law |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 74 |pages = 1131 |date = 1995}}</ref> The article, said one writer, "forthrightly condemns and carefully documents the broad resurgence of a style of judicial reasoning that, throughout a range of issues in contract law, exalts wooden logic at the expense of factual and interpretive nuances, all with 'profoundly conservative political implications.'"<ref>{{cite journal |author = Carl Bjerre |title = Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney |journal = Oregon Law Review |volume = 87 |pages = 18 |date = December 2008 |url=http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> |
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Ralph James Mooney is the Wallace & Ellen Kaapcke Professor of Business Law at the University of Oregon School of Law. Mooney is an authority on and has written extensively about American legal history and contract law.
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Education
Mooney holds a B.A. from Harvard (1965) and a J.D. from Michigan Law (Coif, 1968).
Academic career
Mooney joined the University of Oregon School of Law faculty in 1972, after working with Howard, Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak in San Francisco, specializing in commercial litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies.[1]
Transitioning from private practice to academia, Mooney gained international attention[2] from the publishing of his article "The New Conceptualism in Contract Law".[3] The article, said one writer, "forthrightly condemns and carefully documents the broad resurgence of a style of judicial reasoning that, throughout a range of issues in contract law, exalts wooden logic at the expense of factual and interpretive nuances, all with 'profoundly conservative political implications.'"[4]
Mooney is also a leading authority on 19th century Oregon legal history.[5] His major work in progress is a judicial biography of Matthew Deady, Oregon's first federal district judge, portions of which have been printed elsewhere.[6]
In addition to having taught at the University of Oregon School of Law for the past 37 years, Mooney spent his last two sabbaticals teaching at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.[1] He also has made two extended trips to Ukraine and one to Georgia to teach judges, lawyers, and law students about American contract and commercial law.[1]
Works
- (1974) "The Rise and Fall of Classical Contract Law: A Response to Professor Gilmore." Oregon Law Review 55 (155).
- (1984) "Matthew Deady and the Federal Judicial Response to Racism in the Early West." Oregon Law Review 63 (561).
- (1988) "Formalism and Fairness: Matthew Deady and Federal Public Land Law in the Early West." Washington Law Review 63 (317).
- (1991) "An American View of New Zealand Contract Law." Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 21 (69).
- (1995) "The New Conceptualism in Contract Law". Oregon Law Review 74 (1131).
- (2000) "Hands Across the Water: The Continuing Convergence of American and Australian Contract Law." University of New South Wales Law Journal 23 (1).
- (2005) "A Friendly Letter to the Oregon Supreme Court: Let’s Try Again on the Parol Evidence Rule." Oregon Law Review 84 (369).
Awards
- (1976) University of Oregon School of Law Teacher of the Year[7]
- (1990) Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence[7]
- (1999) Orlando John Hollis Faculty Teaching Award [7]
References
- ^ a b c http://www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/jmooney/
- ^ Jill McKeough (December 2008). "Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney" (PDF). Oregon Law Review 87: 22. http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf.
- ^ Ralph James Mooney (1995). "The New Conceptualism in Contract Law". Oregon Law Review 74: 1131.
- ^ Carl Bjerre (December 2008). "Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney" (PDF). Oregon Law Review 87: 18. http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf.
- ^ Charles Wilkinson (December 2008). "Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney" (PDF). Oregon Law Review 87: 9. http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf.
- ^ McClain, Charles (October 1994). Chinese Immigrants and American Law (Asian Americans and the Law: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives). Routledge. pp. 241-279. ISBN 0815318499.
- ^ a b c Dominick Vetri (December 2008). "Tribute to Professor Jim Mooney" (PDF). Oregon Law Review 87: 4. http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/olr/archives/87/tribute.pdf.
