Saura Masconale is Associate Director at the University of Arizona Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Economy & Moral Science. At the Freedom Center, she is also in charge of the Master of Legal Studies, Law & Economics concentration, which the Center cosponsors with the James E. Rogers College of Law. Saura was also competitively selected for the University of Arizona Academic Leadership Institute in 2021-22.
Her research encompasses the broad domain of “law and political economy,” which studies how the intersection of legal entitlements, politics, and economic forces affect society, both as a positive and normative matter. In particular, her scholarship to date has focused on exploring the implications of this intersection in the public corporation context. Saura’s articles have appeared in the Northwestern Law Review, the Texas Law Review, the Washington University Law Review, the Journal of Corporate Law, and Social Philosophy and Policy, among other outlets. Her most recent work examines the evolution of the corporation from a mere economic agent to a new political actor and explores the democratic and political implications of this transformation.
Saura holds a doctoral degree in law and economics from LUISS Guido Carli University (Rome) and a J.D. from University of Bologna. Prior to joining the Freedom Center, she taught at the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Notre Dame Law School. Before entering into academia, she practiced law at Clifford Chance LLC, an international law firm headquartered in London.
Experience
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2020–presentCreator and FC director, The James E. Rogers College of Law - Freedom Center Master of Legal Studies - Concentration in Law & Economics
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2022–presentAssistant professor, The University of Arizona Department of Political Economy and Moral Science
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2022–presentAssociate director, The University of Arizona Center for the Philosophy of Freedom
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2019–2022Director of outreach, The University of Arizona Center for the Philosophy of Freedom
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2021–2022Fellow, The University of Arizona Leadership Institute
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2016–2020Research fellow, The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
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2019–2019Lecturer, The University of Arizona Department of Political Economy and Moral Science
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2017–2017Visiting assistant professor, University of Notre Dame Law School
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2017–2017Visiting scholar, University of Pennsylvania Law School
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2016–2016Visiting assistant professor, University of Chicago Law School
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2014–2016Assistant professor, The University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy
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2015–2015Visiting scholar, Northwestern University School of Law
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2005–2009Legal counsel, CREDSEC, S.P.A.
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2007–2009Senior research fellow, Institute for Competitiveness (I-COM)
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2002–2003Senior associate, Bonelli Erede Law Firm
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2000–2002Associate lawyer, Clifford Chance LLP
Education
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2013L.U.I.S.S. University (Rome, Italy), Ph.D. - Law & Economics
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2000University of Bologna School of Law, J.D.
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1999Southampton Law School, J.D.
Publications
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2023Shareholders and Competition: Efficiency and Political Outcomes, Research Handbook on Competition and Corporate Law (forthcoming)
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2022Activist Capitalism and the Future of the Corporation, REVUE EUROPÉENE DE DROIT
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2022Big Tech & Democracy, Technology Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction and Readings
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2022Citizen Corp. - Corporate Activism and Democracy, Washington University School of Law, Law Review (forthcoming)
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2022Moral Capitalism, Ethical Shareholderism and Social Cohesion, Social Philosophy & Policy (forthcoming)
Grants and Contracts
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2021LEC Research Roundtable on Capitalism and the Rule of Law
- Role:
- Author of competitively selected conference papers (for Citizen Corp)
- Funding Source:
- Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
- Tucson, AZ
- Website
- @masconalesaura
- Article Feed
- masconale@arizona.edu
- Joined
