Bio
Professor Kevin Tierney was born in England and attended the same high school as his father had 30 years before. He attended St. John’s College, Cambridge, B.A. (1964), LL.B. (1965); Yale Law School, LL.M. (1967); and then St. John’s College again, Cambridge, M.A. (1968).
After college and law school, Professor Tierney came to the United States to do graduate work in law. He began teaching law full-time for eight years in Michigan, and joined the UC Law SF faculty in 1979. He has written three books and many articles and is a member of the American Law Institute. He was admitted as a barrister (England, Lincoln’s Inn) in 1966 and was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1976.
Professor Tierney sees law school as a preparation for a lifetime of on-the-job education: law, like all professions, demands players who are continually learning as they are doing.
Scholarship
Books
Ìý(Crowell 1979).
Ìý(Oceana Publications 1971).
Ìý(Funk & Wagnalls 1970).
Journal Articles
Of Peaks and Valleys, Feast and Famine, Boom and Bust, 15ÌýNEXUS 87 (2010).
Medical Expense Coverage Under a Landlord’s Liability Policy, 9ÌýCal. Ins. L. & Reg. Rep. 223 (Sept. 1997).
White v. Fireman’s Fund: A Commentary, 7ÌýCal. Ins. L. & Reg. Rep.Ìý73 (Mar. 1995).
Does the Interest Imposed on Credit Card Balances include Late Payment Charges under Federal Law?, 1995-1996ÌýPreview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 312 (1995-1996).
Contracts and Dentistry, 26ÌýDental Clinics N. Am.Ìý281 (1982).
Save the Index, 8(1)ÌýBibliographic NewsÌý14 (1982) (reprinted atÌý26(1)ÌýHastings ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµÌý5 (1981)).
Forfeiture of Deposit, 126ÌýNew L.J.Ìý180 (1976).
1973 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Insurance, 20ÌýWayne L. Rev.Ìý471 (1974).Ìý
Contractual Aspects of Malpractice, 19ÌýWayne L. Rev.Ìý1457 (1973).Ìý
1971 Annual Survey of Michigan Law: Contracts, 18ÌýWayne L. Rev.Ìý265 (1972).Ìý
Imprisoning the Unconvicted, 112ÌýSolic. J.Ìý730 (1968).
Notice of Alibi, 118ÌýNew L.J.Ìý463 (1968).
Reversing the Supreme Court, 118ÌýNew L.J.Ìý641 (1968).
Transatlantic Attitudes Toward Self-Incrimination, 6ÌýAm. Crim. L.Q.Ìý26 (1968).Ìý
Grant of Bail, 117ÌýNew L.J.Ìý919 (1967).
Obscenity in the U.S.A., 32ÌýLaw GuardianÌý19 (1967).
Self-Incrimination—Anglo-American Practice, 117ÌýNew L.J.Ìý1249 (1967).
Obscenity: An Anglo–American Dilemma, 116ÌýNew L.J.Ìý1483 (1966).
Chapters In Books
Clarence Darrow, inÌýWorld Book 1997 Multimedia EncyclopediaÌý___ (World Book CD–ROM 1997).
Scopes Trial, inÌýWorld Book 1997 Multimedia EncyclopediaÌý___ (World Book CD–ROM 1997).
The Architecture of the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Clubhouse, inÌýThe ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Club of San Francisco: Centennial History, 1890–1990Ìýapp. (Mitchell P. Postal, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Club 1990).
Reverse Bad Faith Suits and Counterclaims, inÌýCalifornia Insurance Pleadings and Briefs,Ìýat i (Jan. 1987).
Darrow, Clarence Seward, inÌý“D” World Book EncyclopediaÌý31 (World Book 1985).
Scopes Trial, inÌý“S” World Bank EncyclopediaÌý177 (World Book 1985).
Book Reviews
Book Review, 69ÌýA.B.A. J.Ìý330 (1983) (reviewingÌýJohn Mortimer, Clinging to the Wreckage (1982)).
Book Review, 32ÌýHastings L.J.Ìý1071 (1981) (reviewingÌýRichard Danzig, The Capability Problem in Contract Law (1978)).
Book Review, 31ÌýHastings L.J.Ìý743 (1980) (reviewingÌýGlanville 78, Textbook of Criminal Law (1978)).
Book Review, 66ÌýA.B.A. J.Ìý1398 (1980) (reviewingÌýWarren Sloat, 1929: America Before the Crash (1979)).
Book Review, 66ÌýLaw Libr. J.Ìý227 (1973) (reviewingÌýR.M. Jackson, The Machinery of Justice in England (1967)).
Book Review, 19ÌýWayne L. Rev.Ìý245 (1973) (reviewingÌýMorton Hunt, The Mugging (1972)).
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Does the Interest Imposed on Credit Card Balances Include Late Payment Charges under Federal Law?,ÌýA.B.A. Preview, Apr. 4, 1996, at 312.
Chilling Free Speech Secretly,ÌýThe Recorder, May 10, 1990, at 6.Ìý
The Extradition of James Earl Ray,ÌýThe New Republic, July 13, 1968, at 9.
Education
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St. John's College, Cambridge
B.A. 1964 -
St. John's College, Cambridge
LL.B. 1965 -
Yale Law School
LL.M. 1967 -
St. John's College, Cambridge
M.A. 1968