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Video: Feldman testifies on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment
On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, testified before the House Judiciary Committee at a public hearing on the constitutional grounds for impeaching the president.
David L. Shapiro 1932–2019: The ‘heart and soul’ of federal courts and the federal system
David L. Shapiro ’57, an icon of federal courts jurisprudence, died last week at the age of 87.
In chair lecture, Stephenson explores corruption and its impact
Stephenson, an expert in anticorruption law, legislation, and administrative law, commemorated his appointment as the Eli Goldston Professor of Law with a lecture at Harvard Law School titled, “Corruption and Anticorruption.”
Law & Order in Medieval England
In a Q&A, Elizabeth Papp Kamali ’07 discusses her new book, trial by ordeal, medieval juries and "felonies committed feloniously."
Ferrell’s article ranked as the second most cited by the Journal of Financial Economics
Professor Allen Ferrell ’95 paper, "Socially Responsible Firms," has been ranked number two on the Journal of Financial Economics' list of the most cited articles since 2016.