Thomas H. Jackson (born June 20, 1950) is an American legal scholar who was the ninth president of the University of Rochester, preceded by Dennis O'Brien. Jackson held the position of president from 1994 until he formally stepped down on June 30, 2005, and was succeeded by Joel Seligman. Jackson's tenure was marked by the controversial "Renaissance Plan", which cut undergraduate enrollment while making admission more selective, and cut several graduate programs. He holds the position of Distinguished University Professor and has faculty appointments in the department of political science and in the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. Jackson is known as one of the nation's foremost experts on bankruptcy law.
Jackson was vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, following his appointment as dean of the School of Law. He has also been a professor of law at Harvard Law School (1986-1988) and served at Stanford University (1977-1986).
The Logic and Limits of Bankruptcy Law (1986) Harvard University Press
Articles
Bankruptcy, Non-Bankruptcy Entitlements, and The Creditors' Bargain (1982) 91 Yale Law Journal 857
Avoiding Powers in Bankruptcy (1984) 36 Stanford Law Review 725
Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse Ownership Interests: A Comment on Adequate Protection of Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy (1984) 51 University of Chicago Law Review 97 (Co-authored with Douglas G. Baird)
The Fresh Start Policy in Bankruptcy Law (1985) 98 Harvard Law Review 1393
Translating Assets and Liabilities to the Bankruptcy Forum (1985) 14 Journal of Legal Studies 73
Of Liquidation, Continuation, and Delay: An Analysis of Bankruptcy Policy and Nonbankruptcy Rules (1986) 60 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 399
Bargaining After the Fall and the Contours of the Absolute Priority Rule (1988) 55 University of Chicago Law Review 738 (Co-authored with Douglas G. Baird)
On The Nature of Bankruptcy: An Essay on Bankruptcy Sharing and The Creditors' Bargain (1989) 75 Virginia Law Review 155 (Co-authored with Robert E. Scott)
