Thomas Jefferson Professor of Law
Areas of Specialization
Constitutional Law--Eminent Domain (Takings); Corporations; Economic Analysis of Law; Economics of Corporate Structure; Land Use and Zoning; Property Law; Real Estate Transactions
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Professor Kades graduated from the Yale Law School, where he was an Articles Editor on the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for Judge Morton I. Greenberg on the Third Circuit, and began his teaching career at Wayne State University in Detroit. Author of articles in North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, and Yale law reviews/journals, and in the Law and History Review and Law & Social Inquiry. Recipient of teaching awards in 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2018, 2020 and 2024.
Articles
(Reverse) Piercing the Trust Veil, Eric Kades
(51 ACTEC Law Journal 151-196 (2026))Comparing & Contrasting Economic and Natural Law Approaches to Policymaking, Eric Kades
(9 Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 561-612 (2023))A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, and the Rise of the Dynastic Family Trust (DFT), Eric Kades
(55 Connecticut Law Review 19-75 (2022))The Charitable Continuum, Eric Kades
(22 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 285-334 (2021))Of Piketty and Perpetuities: Dynastic Wealth in the Twenty-First Century (and Beyond), Eric Kades
(60 Boston College Law Review 145-215 (2019))The Natural Property Rights Straitjacket: The Takings Clause, Taxation, and Excessive Rigidity, Eric Kades
(51 U.C. Davis Law Review 1351-1426 (2018))Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Reducing Inequality with a Progressive State Tax Credit, Eric Kades
(77 Louisiana Law Review 359-423 (2016))Preserving a Precious Resource: Rationalizing the Use of Antibiotics, Eric Kades
(99 Northwestern University Law Review 611-675 (2005))Drawing the Line Between Taxes and Takings: The Continuous Burdens Principle, and its Broader Application, Eric Kades
(97 Northwestern University Law Review 189-265 (2002))History and Interpretation of the Great Case of Johnson v. M'Intosh, Eric Kades
(19 Law & History Review 67-116 (2001))Freezing the Company Charter, Eric Kades
(79 North Carolina Law Review 111-155 (2000))The Dark Side of Efficiency: Johnson v. M'Intosh and the Expropriation of Amerindian Lands, Eric Kades
(148 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1065-1190 (2000))Windfalls, Eric Kades
(108 Yale Law Journal 1489-1568 (1999)) (49 Rutgers Law Review 403-484 (1997))Avoiding Takings “Accidents”: A Torts Perspective on Takings Law, Eric Kades
(28 University of Richmond Law Review 1235-1277 (1994))Book Reviews
The "Middle Ground" Perspective on the Expropriation of Indian Lands, Eric Kades
(33 Law & Social Inquiry 827-839 (2008))A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark, Eric Kades
(25 Law and History Review 223-225 (2007)) (27 Law & Social Inquiry 941-965 (2002))