Eric A. Feldman
Heimbold Chair in International Law, Professor of Law; Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy; Deputy Dean for International Programs

Eric Feldman’s expertise is in Japanese law, comparative public health law, torts, and law and society. His books and articles explore the comparative dimensions of rights, dispute resolution, and legal culture, often in the context of urgent policy issues, including the regulation of smoking, electronic cigarettes, HIV/AIDS, and natural and nuclear disasters.
Books
UNFILTERED: CONFLICTS OVER TOBACCO POLICY AND PUBLIC HEALTH (with Ronald Bayer, ed., Harvard Univ. Press 2004).
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THE RITUAL OF RIGHTS IN JAPAN: LAW, SOCIETY, AND HEALTH POLICY (Cambridge Univ. Press 2000).
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Articles and Book Chapters
Baby M Turns 30: The Law and Policy of Surrogate Motherhood, 44 AM. J.L. & MED. 7 (2018).
E-Cigarette Regulation in China: The Road Ahead, 11 U. PA. ASIAN L. REV. 409 (2016) (with Chai Yue).
Compensating the Victims of Japan’s 3-11 Fukushima Disaster, 16 ASIAN-PAC. L. & POL'Y J. 127 (2015).
Layers of Law: The Case of E-Cigarettes, 10 FLA. INT'L U. L. REV 111 (2015)
Letter, Expanding Long-Term Care Options for Persons with Serious Mental Illness, 313 J. AM. MED. ASS'N 1756 (2015) (with Mitchell D. Feldman and Saul Feldman).
Compensating the Victims of Japan’s 3-11 Fukushima Disaster, 16 ASIAN-PAC. L. & POL’Y J. (forthcoming 2015). (forthcoming)
Shots for Tots?, HASTINGS CENTER REP., May-June 2013, at 34-35.
Fukushima: Catastrophe, Compensation, and Justice in Japan, 62 DEPAUL L. REV. 335 (2013).
Why Patients Sue Doctors: The Japanese Experience, 37 J. L. MED. & ETHICS 792 (2009).
The Bioethics of Tobacco, in THE PENN CENTER GUIDE TO BIOETHICS (Vardit Ravitsky, Autumn Fiester, and Arthur Caplan, eds., NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2009).
More publications can be found here.
Working Papers
A Solution in Search of a Problem? The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. (forthcoming)
What Judges Really Do: Judicial Settlement Conferences in Japan. (forthcoming)
Research Areas
- Japanese Law
- Law and Society
- Comparative Law
- Public Health Law
- Bioethics
- HIV/AIDS
- Tobacco
- Law and Norms
- Medical Malpractice
- Vaccination Law/Policy/Ethics
Positions
Penn Law - Professor of Law (2006- ); Co-Director Penn Center for Asian Law (2014- ); Deputy Dean for International Affairs (2009-12); Assistant Professor (2001-2006); Penn - Bioethics, Senior Fellow - (2001-).
Institute for Law and Society, NYU - Associate Director (1996-2001)
Visiting Professor - Stanford University; Waseda University, Japan; Seikei University, Japan; Institut d'Etudes, Politiques de Paris; University of Trento, Italy; Georgetown Law Center
Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale - Health Policy Research Scholar (1994-96)
Trustee (elected) - Law and Society Association (2003-2006)
World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS/Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS - Consultant (1995-96)
Professional Activities
Editorial Board, Law and Social Inquiry (2011-13)
Editorial Advisory Board, Food and Drug Policy Report (2010- )
Editorial Board, Law and Society Review (2007-10)
Chair, Article Prize Committee, Law and Society Association (2010)
Planning Committee, Inaugural Meeting, Law and Society in East Asia, Hong Kong University (2010)
Member, Research Agenda Development Group on Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2008-9)
Courses
- Law and Society in Japan
- Torts
- Law and Social Policy
- Law and Science
- Tobacco: Law, Policy, and Ethics
- Public Health Law & Policy: Domestic & Global Perspectives