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Faculty Scholarship
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When Sweet Charity Became Bittersweet: Lessons from the Hershey “Kiss-off” of 2002
September 24, 2008
About a hundred years ago, when Milton Hershey founded the Hershey Company—now the largest confectionery company in North America—he also established a school for needy children, and a charitable trust for the benefit of the school. Today, the trust—worth over $8 billion—holds a controlling interest in the publicly traded Hershey Company.
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HLS well represented among the most influential corporate governance players
September 24, 2008
Four members of the Harvard Law School community were recently named to Directorship Magazine's second annual Directorship 100 list for their influence on corporate governance.
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Scott urges Administration to think carefully about bank bailout plan
September 24, 2008
The following op-ed, "Let's get the bank rescue right," was co-authored by Harvard Law School Professor Hal Scott, Dean of Columbia Business School R. Glenn Hubbard, and University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Professor Luigi Zingales. It appeared in the September 24, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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Urban Legend
September 15, 2008
“City Bound: How States Stifle Urban Innovation,” forthcoming from Cornell University Press in December, examines how state laws shackle cities. Barron and Frug look at how state law determines what cities can and cannot do to raise revenue, control land use and improve schools.
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Tax Policy, Writ Large
September 10, 2008
In a new book, Professor Louis Kaplow '81 "steps back and considers the relationships among the parts." The book -- “The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics” (Princeton 2008) -- stands to secure him a place in the firmament of public economists and scholars in public finance.
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Rescuing the Internet for Digital Natives and the Rest of Us
September 9, 2008
In a wide-ranging interview, John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain survey the future of the Internet.
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Constitutional Ink—Visible, and Invisible
September 3, 2008
The U.S. Constitution is 219 years old now, and the revolutionary system of government it created has survived and spread across the globe. No wonder many Americans consider it an almost sacred document, the final say on governmental powers and individual rights.
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Battlegrounds
September 2, 2008
On executive power, war and anti-terrorism, scholars have a lot to say--and lawmakers are listening.
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Recent Faculty Books – Fall 2008
September 1, 2008
“Security in Paraguay: Analysis and Responses in Comparative Perspective” (Harvard University Press, 2008) is based on two years of research by the HLS International…
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Needed: A Regional Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
September 1, 2008
Assistant Professor Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03, an international law scholar, is a native of Israel, where, as a young officer in the Israel Defense Forces International Law Department, she was involved in Israeli-Arab peace negotiations.
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Hearsay: Short takes on the financial crisis
September 1, 2008
Who Will Bail Out American Families? Professor Elizabeth Warren
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 22, 2008 “Lost in the headlines are the families who signed their names to… -
In his most recent book, The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It, Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain ’95 paints a disheartening picture of the future of the Internet’s innovation and participatory opportunities. If we continue on our current trajectory, he warns, we will lose sight of the most positive characteristics the Internet has brought to society.
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Jody Freeman explains why there’s no time to waste in the field of environmental law
August 22, 2008
Professor Jody Freeman LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’95 joined the faculty in 2005. She recently told the Harvard Law Bulletin why climbing Mount Kilimanjaro didn’t turn her into an environmentalist—and what did.
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An op-ed by Professor Laurence Tribe: The Supreme Court is Wrong on the Death Penalty
August 21, 2008
The following op-ed, The Supreme Court is Wrong on the Death Penalty, written by Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe '66, was published in the Wall Street Journal on July 31, 2008.
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Bartholet testifies before Congress about arbitration laws
August 21, 2008
Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet '65 testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today about mandatory pre-dispute arbitration, a practice often used in workplaces and by credit card companies to ensure that employees and consumers agree to resolve all conflicts through arbitration instead of through the court system.
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Sunstein advocates for further disclosure in credit industry
August 21, 2008
The following article, "Disclosure Is the Best Kind of Credit Regulation," co-written by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein '78 and University of Chicago Professor Richard Thaler, was published in the Wall Street Journal on August 13, 2008.
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The following article, Buildup to the next war, written by Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman, was published in the New York Times Magazine on August 8, 2008.
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John Goldberg to join HLS faculty
August 21, 2008
Vanderbilt University Law School Professor John Goldberg, an expert in tort law, tort theory, and political philosophy, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured professor this fall.
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Kagan is honored for her work to encourage public service
August 21, 2008
Dean Elena Kagan ’86 has been awarded the 2008 John R. Kramer Outstanding Law Dean Award from Equal Justice Works for her extensive efforts to promote and support public service.
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Sunstein studies partisanship on the Supreme Court
August 21, 2008
The following article, "Judicial Partisanship Awards," written by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein '78, was published in the Washington Independent on July 31, 2008.
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Vermeule says many minds are not necessarily better than one
August 15, 2008
During a recent conference on collective wisdom organized by Professor Jon Elster of the College de France in Paris, Harvard Law School Professor Adrian Vermeule ’93 presented a working paper debunking the idea that several minds are always better than one in legal decision-making.