Robert Ashford is Professor of Law at the

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, in Syracuse, New York. He teaches subjects including

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, Business Associations, Corporations, Securities Regulation and Professional Responsibility.Robert Ashford Biography, Syracuse University College of Law
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Education

Professor Ashford holds a J.D. with honors from

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. He also holds a B.A. with majors in physics and English literature from the University of South Florida, where he graduated first in his class. As a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Stanford University, he studied creative writing and English literature. "Professor Ashford is the founder and principal organizer of the Section on Socio-Economics of the Association of American Law Schools and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Socio-Economics, the academic honor societies of

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and

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(physics), and the American Law Institute."

Publications

*Binary Economics: the New Paradigm, with Rodney Shakespeare (University Press of America, 1999). *Socio-Economics" Encyclopedia of Law and Society, (Sage Publications, 2007). *"Binary Economics" Encyclopedia of Law and Society, (Sage Publications, 2007) *''Binary Economics, Fiduciary Duties, and Corporate Social Responsibility: Comprehending Corporate Wealth Maximization and Distribution for Stockholders, Stakeholders, and Society'', 76 Tul. L. Rev. 5 (2002). Robert Ashford is also an accomplished composer of contemporary classical music.CD Baby Independent Music
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References

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