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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Profiles
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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 headshot]()
Alan M. Dershowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Charles Donahue headshot]()
Charles Donahue
Paul A. Freund Professor of Law
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![Susan H. Farbstein headshot]()
Susan H. Farbstein
Clinical Professor of Law
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![Noah R. Feldman headshot]()
Noah R. Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
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![Mary Ann Glendon headshot]()
Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Vicki C. Jackson headshot]()
Vicki C. Jackson
Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law
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![Reinier H. Kraakman headshot]()
Reinier H. Kraakman
Ezra Ripley Thayer Professor of Law
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![Adriaan M. Lanni headshot]()
Adriaan M. Lanni
Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law
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![Charles J. Ogletree headshot]()
Charles J. Ogletree
Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Intisar A. Rabb headshot]()
Intisar A. Rabb
Professor of Law
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![Holger Spamann headshot]()
Holger Spamann
Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law
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![Nicholas Stephanopoulos headshot]()
Nicholas Stephanopoulos
Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law
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![Kristen A. Stilt headshot]()
Kristen A. Stilt
Professor of Law
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![Mark Tushnet headshot]()
Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Roberto Mangabeira Unger headshot]()
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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![Rochael Adranly headshot]()
Rochael Adranly
Lecturer on Law
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![Sergio J. Campos headshot]()
Sergio J. Campos
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Jeanne Charn headshot]()
Jeanne Charn
Senior Lecturer on Law
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![Anna Crowe headshot]()
Anna Crowe
Lecturer on Law
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![David Fontana headshot]()
David Fontana
Daniel P.S. Paul Visiting Professor of Constitutional Law
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![Nancy Gertner headshot]()
Nancy Gertner
Senior Lecturer on Law
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![Sheila S. Jasanoff headshot]()
Sheila S. Jasanoff
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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![Daniel Kahn headshot]()
Daniel Kahn
Lecturer on Law
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![Peter L. Murray headshot]()
Peter L. Murray
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Carlos Portugal Gouvea headshot]()
Carlos Portugal Gouvea
William D. Zabel ‘61 Visiting Professor in Human Rights
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![Miryam Segal headshot]()
Miryam Segal
Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law
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![Alain Laurent Verbeke headshot]()
Alain Laurent Verbeke
Visiting Professor of Law
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![Salma Waheedi headshot]()
Salma Waheedi
Lecturer on Law
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![Alicia Yamin headshot]()
Alicia Yamin
Lecturer on Law
Research Programs and Centers
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| (Jewish) Law and Story | Fall 2022 Reading Group | Miryam Segal |
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| Advanced Comparative Perspectives on U.S. Law | Fall 2022 Reading Group | Sergio Campos |
| Advanced Readings in Japanese Law | Fall 2022 Seminar | J. Mark Ramseyer |
| Advanced Topics in Jewish Law and Legal Theory | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
| Advanced Topics in Jewish Law: The Law of Literature | Fall 2022 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
| American Indian Law | Winter 2023 Course | Bethany Berger |
| Animal Law | Spring 2023 Course | Kristen Stilt |
| Business and Human Rights Seminar: Evolution and Contemporary Challenges | Fall 2022 Seminar | Carlos Portugal Gouvea |
| Change in Jewish Law | Fall 2022 Course | Miryam Segal |