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Celebrating Black History Month: A look back at historic firsts

Celebrating Black History Month: A look back at historic firsts

Professors Annette Gordon-Reed, Kenneth Mack and David Wilkins discuss the Harvard Law School's first black graduates and the legacy of African Americans at HLS throughout the years.

‘Just Mercy’ in the criminal justice system

‘Just Mercy’ in the criminal justice system

“Just Mercy,” the film based on the memoir by Bryan Stevenson ’85, ends with a sobering statistic: For every nine people executed in the U.S., one on death row is exonerated. As Professor Carol Steiker noted in a discussion following a screening of the film, that makes the U.S. No. 1 in a problematic category.

‘Game Changers’ puts muscle behind its message at HLS

‘Game Changers’ puts muscle behind its message at HLS

The old-fashioned notion that tough guys—and tough women—must eat meat was challenged by a panel of athletes and experts at Harvard Law School, following a screening of the popular documentary “The Game Changers.”

Harvard Law Bulletin: Winter 2020

Harvard Law Bulletin: Winter 2020

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From law and forgiveness to politics and the integrity of the Supreme Court to an insider’s view on foreign policy, HLS faculty tackle big issues with scholarship, candor, and compassion.

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Recent Scholarship by HLS Faculty

Recent Scholarship by HLS Faculty

When Science and Politics Collide: Enhancing the FDA

I. Glenn Cohen (with Eli Y. Adashi & Rohit S. Rajan)

Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Wendy B. Jacobs (with Michael Craig)

EPA Loses in Court Again – But Outcome Didn’t Follow the Script

Richard Lazarus

Cow Protection in India Is Not About Cows, Not About Protection

Kristen Stilt

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The Japanese Judiciary

J. Mark Ramseyer

The Negotiation Class: A Cooperative Approach to Class Actions Involving Large Stakeholders

William B. Rubenstein (with Francis E. McGovern)

Precedent and Chinese Judges: An Experiment

Holger Spamann (with John Zhuang Liu & Lars Klöhn)

Commemorating the Career of Judge Richard A. Posner

Lawrence Lessig

Probable Cause Pluralism

Andrew Manuel Crespo

The Confrontation Clause: Get Raleigh Right – Overrule Crawford

Charles R. Nesson (with Fern L. Nesson)

Privatizing Police: Japanese Police, the Korean Massacre, and Private Security Firms

J. Mark Ramseyer

Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment

Steven Shavell (with A. Mitchell Polinsky)

Bidding Farewell to Constitutional Torts

Richard H. Fallon, Jr.

Reconciling Fiduciary Duty and Social Conscience: The Law and Economics of ESG Investing by a Trustee

Robert H. Sitkoff (with Max M. Schanzenbach)

Should Public Figures Apologize? Preliminary Evidence and Speculations

Cass R. Sunstein

Answering Impossible Questions: Content Governance in an Age of Disinformation

Jonathan Zittrain (with John Bowers)

Consumer Misperception in a Hotelling Model: With and Without Price Discrimination

Oren Bar-Gill

Big Data, Big Tech, and Protecting Patient Privacy

I. Glenn Cohen (with Michelle M. Mello)

Cloud Computing in the Financial Sector: A Global Perspective

Hal S. Scott (with John Gulliver & Hillel Nadler)

How Much Is Data Privacy Worth? A Preliminary Investigation

Cass R. Sunstein (with Angela G. Winegar)
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Randall Kennedy on American Slavery / American Censorship

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Professor Randall L. Kennedy weaves a story of the fight against slavery and the censoring of David Walker’s 1829 tract Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World.