Paul Campos
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Paul Campos is a law professor, author and journalist currently on the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder. His books include Against the Law (with Pierre Schlag and Steven D. Smith, 1996), a collection of essays regarding legal thought in contemporary America; Jurismania (1998), a scathing critique of the American legal system; and The Diet Myth (2005) (previously published as The Obesity Myth in 2004), an expose of the hysteria surrounding weight and health in the Western world today. Campos writes a weekly opinion column for the Scripps Howard News Agency; it appears in newspapers around the nation. He has also been a frequent guest on CNN, MSNBC, and other major networks to discuss legal and political issues.
Campos's legal scholarship has focused largely on questions of legal interpretation, and especially on the ways in which law can become a kind of substitute pseudo-religion in a secularized culture. In 2003, the Colorado Daily named him "Best University of Colorado Professor" in its annual Best of Boulder edition.
Campos's weekly column often focuses on what he considers curious societal phenomena, such as the origin of the chicken sandwich, the University of Michigan's decision to keep Tommy Amaker employed for six years, the differing attitudes of University of Notre Dame football fans toward coaches Tyrone Willingham and Charlie Weis, and the presidency of George W. Bush.
In 2004, he wrote the book "The Obesity Myth" (later published as "The Diet Myth" which, based on meta-studies of previous research, questioned the connection of obesity and higher fatality rates. His arguments appear to have been borne out by subsequent studies published by Katherine Flegal and others, indicating the absence of a correlation between increasing levels of body mass and higher mortality rates.
[edit] Bibliography
- Campos, Paul and Jonathan Chait (2004). "Sabermetrics for Football." New York Times. December 12.
- (2004). "Paul Campos." Time.com. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
- (2007). "Paul Campos." University of Colorado Law School. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
- (2008). "Whenever there is an opportunity to attack the First Amendment and academic freedom, Paul Campos is there!" Brian Leiter, Leiter Law School Reports.
[edit] References
- Smith, Dinitia (2004). "Demonizing the Fat in the War on Weight." New York Times. May 1.
- Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity, Journal of the American Medical Association; November 7, 2007
