Paul J. Gudel

Professor of Law

J.D. Northwestern University
[cum laude, Order of the Coif]
B.A. M.A. University of Chicago [philosophy]

Courses Taught: Contracts I & II, Employment Discrimination, Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence: Selected Topics, NAFTA & Labor Law

Professor Gudel came to law from a background in philosophy. After earning degrees at the University of Chicago, he taught philosophy and humanities for five years at the Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, and Ohio State University. After law school, Gudel, practiced at the Chicago firm of Schiff Hardin & Waite, where he specialized in labor and employment law, and general litigation.

Selected Publications

• SKEPTICISM AND MODERNISM: Terms of Criticism in Stanley Cavell, Michael Fried and Clement Greenberg (submitted for publication).
• Teachers Manual for CONTRACTS: Exchange Relations and Transactions (co-authored with Ian R. Macneil) (2003).
• CONTRACTS: Exchange Relations and Transactions (co-authored with Ian R. Macneil) (3d ed. 2001).
• "Relational Contract Theory and the Concept of Exchange," 46 Buffalo Law Review 763 (1998).
• "Beyond Causation: The Interpretation of Action and the Mixed Motives Problem in Employment Discrimination Law," 70 Texas Law Review 17 (1991).
• "Title VII Preemption of Employment Discrimination Actions Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983," 76 Illinois Bar Journal 910 (1987).

Class Webpages: 

•  Criminal Law Fall 2010 
  

Concentration
in Labor &
Employment Law