Detlev Frederick Vagts (1929-2013) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1959 to 2013. He was an Assistant Professor of Law 1959-1962; Professor of Law 1962-1980; Eli Goldston Professor of Law 1980-1984; Bemis Professor of International Law 1984-2005; and an Emeritus professor 2005-2013. He ran the J.D./M.B.A. joint degree program from its inception in 1969 until 2005.
Research: International law, international business transactions, comparative law, corporate law, legal ethics.
Education: Harvard College A.B. 1948; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1951.
Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Transnational Legal Problems” (co-author, first published 1968); “Transnational Business Problems” (first published 1986).
Noteworthy Appointments: Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1976-1977.