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 Alford
Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law
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Tanner Allread
Assistant Professor of Law
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Alan Dershowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Charles Donahue
Paul A. Freund Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Einer Elhauge
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law
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Susan Farbstein
Clinical Professor of Law
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Noah Feldman
Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor
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Idriss P. Fofana
Assistant Professor of Law
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Mary Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emerita
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Vicki Jackson
Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
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Reinier Kraakman
Ezra Ripley Thayer Professor of Law
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Adriaan Lanni
Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
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Intisar Rabb
Professor of Law
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Holger Spamann
Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law
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Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos
Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
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Kristen Stilt
Professor of Law
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Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Yas Banifatemi
Visiting Professor of Law
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Mikhal Bar-Asher Siegal
Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Associate Professor in Talmudic Civil Law
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Monika L. Bickert
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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Tamar Herzog
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Sheila Jasanoff
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Tarunabh Khaitan
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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Dan Smail
Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History, Harvard University
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Salma Waheedi
Lecturer on Law
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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 |