{"id":54,"date":"2017-08-31T15:52:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/tamingthepast\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2017-08-31T16:20:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T16:20:34","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.law.stanford.edu\/tamingthepast\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-213885\" src=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/celebrating-bob-gordons-taming-the-past-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrating Bob Gordon's Taming the Past\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/directory\/robert-w-gordon\/\"><strong><strong>Robert W. (Bob) Gordon<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Professor of Law, Stanford Law School<\/p>\n<p>A preeminent legal historian, prolific scholar, and gifted teacher, Professor Robert W. Gordon\u2019s expertise in American legal history, evidence, the legal profession, and law and globalization spans four decades, his influence on generations of lawyers and legal scholars incalculable. He has written extensively on contract law, legal philosophy, and on the history and current ethics and practices of the organized bar.<\/p>\n<p>To view Bob Gordon&#8217;s full bio, <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/directory\/robert-w-gordon\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/taming-the-past\/A24E7CEDA03A03166DA22AC62B354B54\">here<\/a> to order Bob Gordon&#8217;s book <em>Taming the Past: Essays on Law in History and History in Law<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert W. (Bob) Gordon Professor of Law, Stanford Law School A preeminent legal historian, prolific scholar, and gifted teacher, Professor Robert W. Gordon\u2019s expertise in American legal history, evidence, the legal profession, and law and globalization spans four decades, his influence on generations of lawyers and legal scholars incalculable. 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