Distinguished Professor of Law (Affiliated Faculty,
Philosophy, New Brunswick/Piscataway). Professor Patterson is a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of the State University of New York (Buffalo),
where he earned his bachelor's degree magna cum laude in 1976, his
master's degree in 1978, and both his Ph.D. in philosophy and J.D.
degrees in 1980. Professor Patterson is a cofounder and codirector of
the Rutgers-Camden Institute for Law and Philosophy. His
scholarly interests are in the fields of commercial law, trade
law, and legal philosophy. Professor Patterson has been
awarded senior research grants from the Fulbright Commission, Humboldt
Stiftung, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He
was the 2005 holder of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Law at The
College of New Jersey. The author of numerous books and articles
in both commercial law and legal philosophy, Professor Patterson has
been a visiting professor at the universities
of Berlin, Vienna, Texas, and Georgetown.
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