Comparative legal inquiry permeates the Harvard curriculum, ranging from courses focused on other nations to the inclusion of comparative issues in courses on U.S. law to a robust co-curricular program. Its goals include acquainting students with the approaches that other societies take toward the resolution of challenging societal issues and facilitating understanding of the assumptions and choices that inform law in the United States.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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William P. Alford
Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law
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Alan M. Dershowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Charles Donahue
Paul A. Freund Professor of Law
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Einer R. Elhauge
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law
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Susan H. Farbstein
Clinical Professor of Law
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Noah R. Feldman
Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor
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Idriss Fofana
Assistant Professor of Law
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Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emerita
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Vicki C. Jackson
Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
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Reinier H. Kraakman
Ezra Ripley Thayer Professor of Law
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Adriaan M. Lanni
Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law
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Intisar A. Rabb
Professor of Law
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Holger Spamann
Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law
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Nicholas Stephanopoulos
Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
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Kristen A. Stilt
Professor of Law
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Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Yas Banifatemi
Visiting Professor of Law
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Sergio J. Campos
Louis A. Horvitz Visiting Professor of Law
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Anna Crowe
Lecturer on Law
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Nancy Gertner
Senior Lecturer on Law
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Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Lecturer on Law
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Moshe Halbertal
Gerard Weinstock Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies
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Tamar Herzog
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Sheila S. Jasanoff
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Daniel Kahn
Lecturer on Law
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Madhav Khosla
Visiting Professor of Law
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Daniel Levine-Spound
Lecturer on Law
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Victor Madrigal-Borloz
Lecturer on Law
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Aminta Ossom
Lecturer on Law
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Vlad Perju
Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization
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Carlos Portugal Gouvea
Visiting Professor of Law
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Ayelet Shachar
Visiting Professor of Law
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Daniel L. Smail
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Steven Wang
Lecturer on Law
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Alicia E. Yamin
Lecturer on Law
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Topics in Jewish Law | Fall 2026 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
| American Citizenship | Spring 2027 Seminar | Gerald Neuman |
| American Indian Law | Fall 2026 Course | Robert Anderson |
| Animal Law | Spring 2027 Course | Kristen Stilt |
| Comparative and International Legal Struggles Over Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights | Spring 2027 Seminar | Alicia Yamin |
| Comparative Constitutional Law | Fall 2026 Course | Vicki Jackson |
| Comparative Corporate Governance | Fall 2026 Course | Mariana Pargendler |
| Comparative Law: Why Law? The Experience of China | Spring 2027 Course | William Alford |
| Comparative Legal History | Fall 2026 Reading Group | Idriss Fofana |
| Constitutional Actors Beyond the Courts | Fall 2026 Course | Tarunabh Khaitan |