The University of Texas at Austin   School of Law

Education

• JD University of Texas at Austin
• AB Harvard

Areas of Specialty

• Free Speech
• Literature and the Law
• Mass Communication
• Torts

Professor Anderson worked as a political journalist for several years before entering law school, where he was an editor of the Texas Law Review. A specialist in torts and mass media law, he has a particular interest in tort reform, First Amendment issues, and the law of libel and privacy. He is a contributing editor of Texas Monthly magazine. He has lectured at universities in Australia, England, Sweden, Italy, and The Netherlands.

He is co-author of Mass Media Law (Foundation, 8th ed., 2011) and Cases and Materials on Torts (West, 4th ed., 2011). His many articles include "Freedom of the Press in Wartime (Colorado Law Review, 2006) "Freedom of the Press" (Texas Law Review, 2002), "First Amendment Limitations on Tort Law" (Brooklyn Law Review, 2004) and "The Origins of the Press Clause" (UCLA Law Review, 1983).

Professor Anderson collects saddles and is writing a memoir of his early life on a ranch in Nebraska.

Recent Publications

• Transnational Libel, 53 Virginia Journal of International Law 71 (2012).
• Lone Star Law: A Legal History of Texas, by Michael Ariens, 22 Great Plains Research 91 (2012).
• Cases and Materials on Torts (St. Paul: Thomson Reuters, 4th ed. 2011, with David W. Robertson, William Powers, Jr. & Olin Guy Wellborn III; St. Paul: Thomson/West, 3rd ed. 2004; St. Paul: West, 2nd ed. 1998; 1st ed. 1989 with David W. Robertson & William Powers, Jr.; Teacher's Manual, 4th ed. 2011 with David W. Robertson, William Powers, Jr., & Olin Guy Wellborn III).

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