Arthur Taylor von Mehren (1922-2006) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1946 to 2006. He was an Assistant Professor of Law 1946-1953; Professor of Law 1953-1976; Joseph Story Professor of Law 1976-1993; and an Emeritus professor 1993-2006.
Research: International and comparative law, conflict of laws.
Education: Harvard College S.B. 1942 (43), Harvard Law School LL.B. 1945; Harvard University Ph.D. 1946.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “The Civil Law System: Cases and Materials for the Comparative Study of Law” (first published 1957); “Phases of German Civil Procedure” (co-author, 1958); “Law in the United States: A General and Comparative View” (first published 1988).
Noteworthy Appointments: Delegate, Hague Conference on Private International Law; Founding member and past president, American Society of International Law.