John V. Orth

Who is John V. Orth?

John V. Orth is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He earned his A.B. at Oberlin College, and then proceeded to acquire a J.D., M.A., and PhD at Harvard University. Professor Orth is also an accomplished author.

From Professor Orth's faculty page:

After completing law school and graduate school, Orth clerked for Judge John J. Gibbons of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is the author of The Judicial Power of the United States: The Eleventh Amendment in American History, Combination and Conspiracy: The Legal History of Trade Unionism, 1721-1906, The North Carolina State Constitution: A Reference Guide, and Due Process of Law: A Brief History, as well as of numerous scholarly articles and book reviews. He contributes the chapters on concurrent estates to Thompson on Real Property: Thomas Edition. He was an associate editor of the American National Biography and contributed to that series, as well as to The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States and the Oxford Companion to American Law.