Cass Sunstein

Cass Sunstein
Sunstein in 2008
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
In office
September 10, 2009 – August 21, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byKevin Neyland (acting)
Succeeded byBoris Bershteyn (acting)
Personal details
Born
Cass Robert Sunstein

(1954-09-21) September 21, 1954 (age 70)
Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Lisa Ruddick
(divorced)
(m. 2008)
Children3
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD)
TitleRobert Walmsley University Professor
AwardsHolberg Prize (2018)
Academic work
DisciplineConstitutional law
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Chicago
Notable worksThe World According to Star Wars (2016)
Nudge (2008)
Notable ideasNudging

Cass Robert Sunstein[1] (born September 21, 1954) is an American legal scholar known for his work in constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and behavioral economics. He is also The New York Times best-selling author of The World According to Star Wars (2016) and Nudge (2008). He was the administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2012.[2]

As a professor at the University of Chicago Law School for 27 years, he wrote influential works on regulatory and constitutional law, among other topics.[3] Since leaving the White House, Sunstein has been the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School.[4] In 2014, studies of legal publications found Sunstein to be the most frequently cited American legal scholar by a wide margin.[5][6]

  1. ^ Current biography yearbook. H.W. Wilson Company. 2008.
  2. ^ "Be Fruitful and Simplify! ‘Simpler’ and ‘Simple’" April 8, 2013 The New York Times
  3. ^ "Sunstein to join Harvard Law School faculty". Law.harvard.edu. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Sunstein a University Professor". Harvard Gazette. February 19, 2013.
  5. ^ 2014 Scholarly Impact – Leitner Rankings.
  6. ^ Farris, Nick; Aggerbeck, Valerie; McNevin, Megan; Sisk, Gregory C. (August 18, 2016). "Judicial Impact of Law School Faculties". Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2826048. SSRN 2832981. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)