Louis Leventhal Jaffe (1905-1996)

Louis Leventhal Jaffe (1905-1996) served on the Harvard Law School faculty from 1950 to 1996. He was Byrne Professor of Administrative Law 1950-1976; and an Emeritus professor 1976-1996.  

Research: Administrative law, torts.  

Education: Johns Hopkins University A.B. 1925; Harvard Law School LL.B. 1928, S.J.D. 1932.  

Selected Scholarship / Representative Publications: “Cases and Materials on Administrative Law” (first published 1953); “Judicial Control of Administrative Action” (1965); “Environmental Protection” (co-author, 1971).  

Noteworthy Appointments: Dean, University of Buffalo Law School, 1948.