Thomas E. Kauper (born 1935) is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He is the Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law Emeritus at the

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University of Michigan Law School Kauper is best known as a property law and antitrust expert. Kauper served as

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for the

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from 1972 to 1976. Kauper's more recent work focuses on European Union antitrust and competition law.

Career

Kauper is the son of Professor Paul G. Kauper, who graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1932. Kauper earned his

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from the

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in 1957 and his J.D. from the

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on May 15, 2008). At Michigan Law, Kauper was editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' and was elected to the

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. He was a law clerk for

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of the

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from 1962 to 1964. He practiced law in Chicago from 1962 to 1964 before joining the University of Michigan Law School faculty in 1964. Kauper's work is mainly in the fields of property and antitrust law. He is the coauthor of ''Property: An Introduction to the Concept and the Institution'', a leading property

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. Kauper served for 14 years as a member of the

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Council of the Antitrust Section, and served for one year served as vice-chairman of the Section. Kauper was the John M. Olin Visiting Professor of Business, Economics, and Law at Harvard Law School in winter 2002. At Michigan Law, Kauper taught property, antitrust, unfair trade practices,

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, and other courses. Kauper twice took leaves of absence from Michigan Law faculty to serve in

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posts: first as deputy

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in the

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from 1969 to 1971, where he was deputy to William H. Rehnquist,U-M Professor Returns From Federal Stint
16 L. Quadrangle Notes 2 (fall 1971). and then as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division from 1972 to 1976. Kauper retired as an active faculty member at Michigan Law and assumed emeritus status on May 31, 2008.

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