Harvard Law students learn many different ideas about and competing explanations of the concept of law, as taught by some of America’s most accomplished legal philosophers and theorists in areas such as natural law, legal positivism, legal realism, critical legal studies, and much more.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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![Scott Brewer headshot]()
Scott Brewer
Professor of Law
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![Christine A. Desan headshot]()
Christine A. Desan
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
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![Ryan D. Doerfler headshot]()
Ryan D. Doerfler
Professor of Law
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![Benjamin Eidelson headshot]()
Benjamin Eidelson
Assistant Professor of Law
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![Richard H. Fallon headshot]()
Richard H. Fallon
Story Professor of Law
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![Noah R. Feldman headshot]()
Noah R. Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
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![Charles Fried headshot]()
Charles Fried
Beneficial Professor of Law
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![Gerald E. Frug headshot]()
Gerald E. Frug
Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Emeritus
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![Jeannie Suk Gersen headshot]()
Jeannie Suk Gersen
John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law
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![John Goldberg headshot]()
John Goldberg
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence
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![Janet E. Halley headshot]()
Janet E. Halley
Eli Goldston Professor of Law
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![Jon D. Hanson headshot]()
Jon D. Hanson
Alan A. Stone Professor of Law
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![Alan Jenkins headshot]()
Alan Jenkins
Professor of Practice
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![David W. Kennedy headshot]()
David W. Kennedy
Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law
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![Duncan M. Kennedy headshot]()
Duncan M. Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus
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![Christopher Lewis headshot]()
Christopher Lewis
Assistant Professor of Law
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![Anna Lvovsky headshot]()
Anna Lvovsky
Professor of Law
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![Kenneth W. Mack headshot]()
Kenneth W. Mack
Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law
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![Frank I. Michelman headshot]()
Frank I. Michelman
Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus
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![Stephen Sachs headshot]()
Stephen Sachs
Antonin Scalia Professor of Law
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![Lewis D. Sargentich headshot]()
Lewis D. Sargentich
Professor of Law
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![Steven M. Shavell headshot]()
Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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![Joseph W. Singer headshot]()
Joseph W. Singer
Bussey Professor of Law
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![Holger Spamann headshot]()
Holger Spamann
Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law
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![Kristen A. Stilt headshot]()
Kristen A. Stilt
Professor of Law
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![Laurence H. Tribe headshot]()
Laurence H. Tribe
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus
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![Roberto Mangabeira Unger headshot]()
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roscoe Pound Professor of Law
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![Adrian Vermeule headshot]()
Adrian Vermeule
Ralph S. Tyler, Jr. Professor of Constitutional Law
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![Lucie E. White headshot]()
Lucie E. White
Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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![Yas Banifatemi headshot]()
Yas Banifatemi
Lecturer on Law
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![Sara Budish headshot]()
Sara Budish
Lecturer on Law
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![Richard W. Clary headshot]()
Richard W. Clary
Lecturer on Law
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![Daniel R. Coquillette headshot]()
Daniel R. Coquillette
Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American Legal History
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![Nancy Gertner headshot]()
Nancy Gertner
Senior Lecturer on Law
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![Christopher S. Havasy headshot]()
Christopher S. Havasy
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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![Erin Kelly headshot]()
Erin Kelly
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Visiting Professor of Law
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![Catharine A. MacKinnon headshot]()
Catharine A. MacKinnon
James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law
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![Crescente Molina headshot]()
Crescente Molina
Lecturer on Law
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![Anne Orford headshot]()
Anne Orford
Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization
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![Michael J. Sandel headshot]()
Michael J. Sandel
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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![David Simon headshot]()
David Simon
Lecturer on Law
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![Bill Watson headshot]()
Bill Watson
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
Clinics
Making Rights Real: The Ghana Project Clinic
Veterans Law and Disability Benefits Clinic
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
| Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| (Dis)illusionment for Young Lawyers | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Richard Parker |
| Advanced Issues in Administrative Law and Theory | Spring 2023 Seminar | Adrian Vermeule, Cass Sunstein |
| Advanced Readings in The Thirteenth Amendment | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Michele Goodwin |
| Advanced Topics in Jewish Law and Legal Theory | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
| Animal Law | Spring 2023 Course | Kristen Stilt |
| Class and Racial Justice | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Christopher Lewis |
| Comparative Law: Why Law? The Experience of China | Spring 2023 Course | William Alford |
| Competing Values: Freedom, Equality, Property, & Democracy | Spring 2023 Reading Group | Joseph Singer |
| Conceptions of Legal Entities | Spring 2023 Seminar | Reinier Kraakman |
| Constitutional Law: First Amendment | Fall 2022 Course | Richard Parker |