Jeesoo Nam

Associate Professor of Law and Philosophy

Last Updated: September 27, 2024

Jeesoo Nam is a scholar of law and philosophy. In law, Nam writes primarily on taxation. Nam’s works appear in both law reviews and philosophy journals. Nam has received the Felix S. Cohen Prize in legal philosophy.

Before joining USC, Jeesoo Nam served as visiting assistant professor of tax law at New York University and practiced as a tax associate in Los Angeles at Latham & Watkins. Nam received a JD from Yale Law School and a bachelor’s in economics with highest distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University.

Selected Works

Articles

“Luck Egalitarian Redistribution: What Should We Do About Addiction?” Tax Law Review (forthcoming 2025).

“Addiction, Responsibility, and a Sorites Problem,” 28 Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 242 (2024).

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“Just Taxation of Crime: Should the Commission of Crime Change One’s Tax Liability?” 54 Arizona State Law Journal 1213 (2022).

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“Lenity and the Meaning of Statutes,” 96 Southern California Law Review 397 (2022).

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“Taxing Option Luck,” 11 U.C. Irvine Law Review 1067 (2021). Awarded Felix S. Cohen Prize in Legal Philosophy

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"Biomedical Enhancements as Justice," 29 Bioethics 126 (2015).

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