Faculty Scholarship

Harvard Law Today features a selection of the books showcased at campus events throughout the spring semester.

If you want fame, Cass Sunstein says, it typically requires some of both — and is no pure meritocracy.

English medieval law expert Elizabeth Papp Kamali explores the roots of modern criminal procedure through papal precedent and the story of Saint Veronica.

In a new book, the former Supreme Court justice and current Harvard Law School professor champions his pragmatic approach to statutory and constitutional interpretation against the forces of textualism and originalism

Working to bring clarity and cohesion to property law

Reflecting on God, Israel, and family, Noah Feldman grapples with the complexities of what Judaism means today

Lawrence Lessig warns of threats to overturn the results of the next presidential election

Mary Ann Glendon shares her experiences with the Holy See and her observations on how “three very different popes” navigated the challenges of a rapidly changing world. 

Faculty books on topics from deals, to steals to superstars

‘Inclusive climate-resilient development benefits the diverse global population, including people with disabilities,’ says Michael Ashley Stein of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability.

Harvard Law experts Janet Halley, Juliette Kayyem, and Ruth Okediji share moments of reckoning when they changed their minds, at an event moderated by Jonathan Zittrain.

A study co-authored by Harvard Law expert Crystal Yang shows that an innovative new jail education program reduces recidivism and may improve lives in Flint, Michigan.

Two legal scholars, stunned by the Jan. 6 insurrection, game out a half-dozen possible schemes that exploit and spotlight flaws in system.

Professor Randall Kennedy sits in conversation with Martha Minow on his book of essays on a broad range of controversial topics.

Harvard Law expert Timothy Edgar outlines the arguments in Murthy v. Missouri and urges the Supreme Court to be guided by famous founder Benjamin Franklin.

Holger Spamann, the Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law at Harvard, has been named a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Harvard Law School Professors John C.P. Goldberg, Vicki C. Jackson, and Martha Minow have been recognized by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for their excellence in legal education.

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — adopted by the UN in the wake of World War II — turns 75, Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy marks the anniversary with a publication weighing the history and future of the human rights movement.