Joshua Dressler is an American retired law professor. He is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University.
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Early life and education
editDressler attended UCLA, earning his B.A. in 1968, and then earned his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1973.[1][2]
Career
editAn expert in criminal law and criminal procedure, he has authored various casebooks and texts used in American law schools.[1][3]
He taught at Wayne State University and Hamline University, before joining the faculty of University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, where he held the first Distinguished Professor and Scholar Chair.[3] Dressler then taught at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law,[4] beginning his tenure at OSU in 2001.[5] He was also a visiting professor at various institutions across the United States, as well as internationally at the University of British Columbia and University of Auckland in New Zealand.[1] In 2005, he was named a Distinguished University Lecturer.[5] In a 2014 article about his nomination for Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, the university wrote that Dressler "is, without exaggeration and by nearly any accepted standard, the country's leading academic authority in the field of criminal law — and among the leaders in criminal procedure".[5]
Dressler is the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice and is credited for helping create the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law; he serves as the co-editor of the latter.[1] His research included the topic of battered women who kill their abusers.[6] On articles regarding legal matters, Dressler's expertise in criminal law has been cited by various media outlets including Vox, Mother Jones, the Boston Review, and the New York Times.[7][8][9][10][11]
Published works
edit- Books
- Understanding Criminal Law (1987)[5][12]
- Criminal Procedure: Principles, Policies, and Perspectives[2]
- Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (1994)[5]
- Articles
- "Professor Delgado's 'Brainwashing' Defense: Courting a Determinist Legal System" (1979). in Minnesota Law Review. 1711.[13]
- "Battered Women, Self-Defense, and the Law" (2011). in Fordham Law Review (with Holly Maguigan)[14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Professor Joshua Dressler". American Law Institute. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "Joshua Dressler". Ohio State University. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ a b "Joshua Dressler Distinguished University Professor Emeritus". Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Online Criminal Law Class Features Prominent Guests, Opens to Wider Audience". Fordham Now. Fordham University. March 9, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "2014 Distinguished University Professor". Ohio State University. 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Janos, Adam (June 4, 2024) [May 6, 2024]. "When Abuse Victims Strike Back—With Murder". A&E. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Illing, Sean (June 8, 2017). "9 legal experts react to James Comey's testimony: Trump "crossed a line"". Vox. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Illing, Sean (December 3, 2018). "Did Trump commit witness tampering by tweet? I asked 9 legal experts". Vox. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Heffernan, Shannon (June 13, 2024). "The Laws That Make It Shockingly Easy for Survivors to Be Jailed for Their Abusers' Crimes". Mother Jones. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Serota, Michael (October 27, 2020). "How Criminal Law Lost Its Mind". Boston Review. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Robbins, Liz (December 4, 2009). "Sex Offender in Ohio Offers Insanity Plea in 11 Deaths". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018.
- ^ "Professor Emeritus Joshua Dressler's book, "Understanding Criminal Law," named top-7 essential book to read before law school by Business Matters Magazine". Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. March 3, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ Dressler, Joshua (1979). "Professor Delgado's Brainwashing Defense: Courting a Determinist Legal System". Minnesota Law Review. 63: 335–360. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- ^ "Battered Women, Self-Defense, and the Law". Fordham Law Review. 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2024.