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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Susan H. Farbstein
Clinical Professor of Law
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Noah R. Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
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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
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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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
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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 Yamin
Lecturer on Law
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
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| Advanced Readings in Japanese Law | Fall 2025 Seminar | J. Mark Ramseyer |
| Advanced Topics in Jewish Law: States of Consciousness in Jewish Law | Fall 2025 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
| American Indian Law | Spring 2026 Course | Robert Anderson |
| Animal Law | Spring 2026 Course | Kristen Stilt |
| Comparative Citizenship and Migration Law | Spring 2026 Course | Ayelet Shachar |
| Comparative Constitutional Law: Provocations | Spring 2026 Reading Group | Vicki Jackson |
| Comparative Corporate Governance | Fall 2025 Course | Mariana Pargendler |
| Comparative Corporate Governance and Finance | Fall 2025 Course | Mark Roe |
| Comparative Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Property in American, Islamic and Jewish Law | Spring 2026 Reading Group | Havva Guney-Ruebenacker |
| Comparative Law: Ancient Law | Fall 2025 Course | Adriaan Lanni |