Schiltz, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Schiltz
Professor, Thomas J. Abood Research Scholar, and Co-Director of the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Office Location: MSL 453
J.D., Columbia Law School
B.A., Yale University
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Elizabeth R. Schiltz graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received her juris doctor from Columbia Law School, where she served on the Columbia Law Review. After law school, she spent a year in Germany as a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow. Schiltz was in private practice for nine years with law firms in Washington, D.C. (Morrison & Foerster) and Minneapolis, Minn. (Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly and Faegre & Benson), focusing on banking regulation, general corporate law and international law. Most recently, she practiced banking law at Faegre & Benson, Minnesota 's second largest law firm, where, among many other things, she assisted Dayton Hudson Corporation, Fingerhut Companies, Carson Pirie Scott, and other major retailers in obtaining charters for their credit card banks.
Schiltz was a member of the faculty of Notre Dame Law School from 1996 through 2000. She teaches classes in contracts, commercial law, and banking regulation. Her research interests include the relationship of federal and state law in regulating consumer credit, disability and consumer law theory, and feminist legal theory. Schiltz received the 2007 Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship and was elected Professor of the Year by the graduating class of 2007.
Schiltz is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Saint Paul Seminary, and Co-Director of the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy. She is a member of the Siena Symposium, an inter-disciplinary group of University of St. Thomas professors exploring feminism from a Catholic perspective. She was a founding member and serves on the Executive Committee of the Conference of Catholic Legal Thought. She is also a contributor to the Catholic legal theory blog Mirror of Justice. Schiltz is a 1998 graduate of the Partners in Policymaking Academy, a nationwide, state-based training program in disability advocacy.
Courses Taught
| Number | Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 610 | Contracts | 4 | ||
| Description of course 610 : | This course will examine the fundamental principles governing the enforcement of promises in the legal system. Students will explore topics such as the formation of con- tracts, excuses for performance of contractual obligations, breach of contracts, remedies for breach and the rights of third parties. In the context of contract law, students will develop their analytical skills using the common law, as well as statutory (e.g. the Uniform Commercial Code) and secondary (e.g., the Restatement (Second) of Contracts) authorities. | |||
| 814 | Consumer Law | 3 | ||
| Description of course 814 : | This course will examine the federal and state laws regard- ing unfair and deceptive practices, consumer credit trans- actions, debt collection and warranties. Students will examine federal statutes, such as the Consumer Credit Protection Act and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, as well as state statutes and common law. | |||
| 852 | Sales | 3 | ||
| Description of course 852 : | This course will cover the law governing contracts for the sale of goods under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Topics will include contract formation, including the statute of frauds and the parole evidence rule; express and implied warranties; the mechanics of performance, including transfer of title and tender; and remedies for breach of contract. | |||
| 897 | Feminist Jurisprudence | 2 | ||
| Description of course 897 : | This course will explore feminist legal theory and the ways in which such theories have shaped laws. Students will consider the various schools of feminist legal theory representing different perspectives on gender relations, such as equal treatment theory, cultural or dependency theory, critical race feminisim, and multicultural and faith-based perspectives. Topics will include: employment discrimination (including sexual harassment); dependent care policies; education and sports; abortion, contraception, and surrogacy; violence against women and pornography. | |||
| 950 | Supervised Resrch & Writing | .5 | ||
| Description of course 950 : | Under the supervision of a faculty member, a student may receive up to two hours of course credit for researching and writing a substantial paper on a topic of the student's own choosing. The student must receive the instructor's per- mission to enroll in this course and must meet periodically with the instructor for discussion, review and evaluation. Each faculty member may supervise the research of no more than five students each semester. | |||
Areas of Academic Expertise:
Consumer Credit Regulation
Catholic Feminism
From the article "Grand Ideas: Faculty members describe the best ideas from their scholarship" St. Thomas Lawyer Magazine Fall 2011
My scholarship has straddled two very different areas. In one series of articles, I traced the evolution of consumer credit law from a matter of local (primarily state) regulation to a matter of federal regulation, demonstrating the interplay between regulatory action and case law that has given this complex area its current form, and concluding that a dynamic tension between the two provides the optimum form of regulation. In another series of articles, I explored convergences between Catholic teachings on women and their role in contemporary society and the strand of feminist legal theory known as “care feminism,” “cultural feminism” or “relational feminism,” articulating a Catholic feminism based practically on strong social support of people engaged in family care work, and theoretically on a dependency-based theory of justice and a gender theory of complementarity.
Upcoming: Writing a chapter on complementarity for a book I’m coediting, as well as an article on Stanley Hauerwas’ work on disabilities for a Duke Law School symposium.
Contributions and mentions in the media
USA Today - "Easy Credit Can Mean Long-Term Hardship for College Students" View Publication
Business Week - "Confessions of a 'Genetic Outlaw'" View Publication
Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Disabled won't harm sports" View Publication
Books
Marie Failinger, Susan Stabile & Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Feminism, Law and Religion in Gender in Law, Culture and Society Series (Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013).
Marie Failinger, Susan Stabile & Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Feminism, Law and Religion in Gender in Law, Culture and Society Series (Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013).
Chapters
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Expressivist Arguments in the Context of Selective Abortions after Prenatal Diagnoses of Disability in Search of Common Ground on Abortion and Reproductive Justice ( Meredith Esser, Justin Murray, and Robin West, eds, Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013)
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Expressivist Arguments in the Context of Selective Abortions after Prenatal Diagnoses of Disability in Search of Common Ground on Abortion and Reproductive Justice ( Meredith Esser, Justin Murray, and Robin West, eds, Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013)
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, A Contemporary Catholic Theory of Complementarity in Feminism, Law And Religion (Marie Failinger, Elizabeth R. Schiltz & Susan J. Stabile, eds, Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, A Contemporary Catholic Theory of Complementarity in Feminism, Law And Religion (Marie Failinger, Elizabeth R. Schiltz & Susan J. Stabile, eds, Ashgate Press, forthcoming 2013).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Dueling Vocations: Managing the Tensions Between Our Private and Public Callings, in Women, Sex, and the Church; A Case for Catholic Teaching (Erika Bachiochi ed., Pauline Books & Media, 2010).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Dueling Vocations: Managing the Tensions Between Our Private and Public Callings, in Women, Sex, and the Church; A Case for Catholic Teaching (Erika Bachiochi ed., Pauline Books & Media, 2010).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Living in the Shadow of Mönchberg: Prenatal Testing and Genetic Abortion, in The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion (Erika Bachiochi ed., Encounter Books, 2004) reprinted in Defiant Birth: Women Who Give Birth Against Medical Expectations (Melinda Reist ed., Spinifex Press, 2006).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Living in the Shadow of Mönchberg: Prenatal Testing and Genetic Abortion, in The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion (Erika Bachiochi ed., Encounter Books, 2004) reprinted in Defiant Birth: Women Who Give Birth Against Medical Expectations (Melinda Reist ed., Spinifex Press, 2006).
Articles
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Exposing the Cracks in the Foundations of Disability Law, 75 Law & Contemp. Probs. (forthcoming 2012).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Exposing the Cracks in the Foundations of Disability Law, 75 Law & Contemp. Probs. (forthcoming 2012).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Paradox of the Global and the Local in the Financial Crisis of 2008: Applying the Lessons of Charitas in Veritate to the Regulation of Consumer Credit in the United States and the European Union, 26 J.L. & Religion 173 (2010).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Paradox of the Global and the Local in the Financial Crisis of 2008: Applying the Lessons of Charitas in Veritate to the Regulation of Consumer Credit in the United States and the European Union, 26 J.L. & Religion 173 (2010).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Learning from Mary: The Feminine Vocation and American Law, 8 Ave Maria L. Rev. 101 (2009).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Learning from Mary: The Feminine Vocation and American Law, 8 Ave Maria L. Rev. 101 (2009).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Foreword: Workplace Restructuring to Accommodate Family Life, 4 U. St. Thomas L.J. 343 (2008).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Foreword: Workplace Restructuring to Accommodate Family Life, 4 U. St. Thomas L.J. 343 (2008).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Damming Watters: Channeling the Power of Federal Preemption of State Consumer Banking Laws, 35 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 893 (2008).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Damming Watters: Channeling the Power of Federal Preemption of State Consumer Banking Laws, 35 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 893 (2008).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Should Bearing the Child Mean Bearing All the Cost? A Catholic Perspective on the Sacrifice of Motherhood and the Common Good, 10 Logos: J. Cath. Thought & Culture 15 (2007).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Should Bearing the Child Mean Bearing All the Cost? A Catholic Perspective on the Sacrifice of Motherhood and the Common Good, 10 Logos: J. Cath. Thought & Culture 15 (2007).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Motherhood and the Mission: What Catholic Law Schools Could Learn from Harvard about Women, 56 Cath. U. L. Rev. 405 (2007).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Motherhood and the Mission: What Catholic Law Schools Could Learn from Harvard about Women, 56 Cath. U. L. Rev. 405 (2007).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, West, MacIntyre and Wojtyla: Pope John Paul II’s Contribution to the Development of a Dependency-Based Theory of Justice, 45 J. Cath. Legal Stud. 369 (2007).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, West, MacIntyre and Wojtyla: Pope John Paul II’s Contribution to the Development of a Dependency-Based Theory of Justice, 45 J. Cath. Legal Stud. 369 (2007).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz & Kimberly M. Gartner, What's Your Score? Educating College Students About Credit Card Debt, 24 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 401 (2005).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz & Kimberly M. Gartner, What's Your Score? Educating College Students About Credit Card Debt, 24 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 401 (2005).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Amazing, Elastic, Ever-Expanding Exportation Doctrine and Its Effect on Predatory Lending Regulation, 88 Minn. L. Rev. 518 (2004).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Amazing, Elastic, Ever-Expanding Exportation Doctrine and Its Effect on Predatory Lending Regulation, 88 Minn. L. Rev. 518 (2004).
Short Pieces
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, John Henry Cardinal Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1878), 1 J. Christian Legal Thought, Spring 2011, at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, John Henry Cardinal Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1878), 1 J. Christian Legal Thought, Spring 2011, at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, To Procreate or Not to Procreate? The Question Asks: Do We Trust Our Creator?, Il Sussidiaro.net (June 22, 2010).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, To Procreate or Not to Procreate? The Question Asks: Do We Trust Our Creator?, Il Sussidiaro.net (June 22, 2010).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Subsidiarity and the Financial Crisis, First Things Online: On the Square (Apr. 8, 2009).
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Subsidiarity and the Financial Crisis, First Things Online: On the Square (Apr. 8, 2009).
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Catholic Feminism: An Oxymoron or ‘Deeper Truths’, St. Thomas Law., Winter 2008, at 18.
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Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Catholic Feminism: An Oxymoron or ‘Deeper Truths’, St. Thomas Law., Winter 2008, at 18.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Disabled Jesus: A Parent Looks at the Logic Behind Prenatal Testing and Stem Cell Research, Am., March 12, 2007 at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, The Disabled Jesus: A Parent Looks at the Logic Behind Prenatal Testing and Stem Cell Research, Am., March 12, 2007 at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, We Are All Loved, But Some of Us Know That Better, Our Sunday Visitor, Jan. 7, 2007, at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, We Are All Loved, But Some of Us Know That Better, Our Sunday Visitor, Jan. 7, 2007, at 16.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Confessions of a Genetic Outlaw, Hum. Life Rev., Summer/Fall 2006, at 139.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Confessions of a Genetic Outlaw, Hum. Life Rev., Summer/Fall 2006, at 139.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Credit Union Lobbyists' Show Kept Big Issues Offscreen, Am. Banker, Aug. 19, 1998, at 3.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Credit Union Lobbyists' Show Kept Big Issues Offscreen, Am. Banker, Aug. 19, 1998, at 3.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Credit Union Ruling Victory for 'Little Guy', S. Bend Trib., Mar. 30, 1998, at A9.
Elizabeth R. Schiltz, Credit Union Ruling Victory for 'Little Guy', S. Bend Trib., Mar. 30, 1998, at A9.
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