Carol M. Rose

Carol M. Rose is the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor of Law and Organization, Emerita, at Yale Law School and the Ashby Lohse Professor of Water and Natural Resource Law, Emerita, at the University of Arizona Law College. Her research focuses on the history and theory of property, and on the relationships between property and environmental law. Her writings include four books—Saving the neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms (2013) (with R. R. W. Brooks); El Derecho de Propiedad en Clave Interdisciplinaria [The Right to Property in an Interdisciplinary Key] (2010); Property and Persuasion (1994); and Perspectives on Property Law (4th ed. 2014) (with R.C. Ellickson and H. E. Smith)—as well as numerous articles on traditional and modern property regimes, environmental law, natural resource law, and intellectual property. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies in other countries and has been translated into other languages, particularly Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. She has degrees from Antioch College (B.A. Philosophy), the University of Chicago (M.A. Political Science, J.D. Law), and Cornell University (Ph.D. History), and an Honorary Degree from the Chicago Kent College of Law. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.