Sanford Kadish

Sanford Kadish
7th Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
In office
1975–1982
Preceded byEdward C. Halbach, Jr.
Succeeded byJesse Choper
Personal details
Born(1921-09-07)September 7, 1921
New York City
Died(2014-09-05)September 5, 2014
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJune Kadish
Alma materCity College of New York, Columbia Law School
OccupationProfessor

Sanford "Sandy" H. Kadish (September 7, 1921[1] – September 5, 2014) was an American criminal law scholar and theorist. He specialised in criminology and criminal law theory, and was one of the drafters of the American Model Penal Code.[2]

  1. ^ Andrew Cohen, "Former Dean and Criminal Law Giant Sanford Kadish Dies at 92" Archived 2014-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, Berkeley Law News, Sept. 5, 2014.
  2. ^ See Sanford H. Kadish, "Codifiers of the Criminal Law: Wechsler's Predecessors", 78 Colum. L. Rev. 1098 (v.78, n.5, June 1978) for a review of the time prior to the MPC and the early work that led to it.