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  • Elena Kagan

    HLS Faculty and Alums endorse Kagan

    January 18, 2009

    After President Obama ’91 nominated Elena Kagan ’86 to be the solicitor general of the United States on January 5, 2009, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary received many letters in support of the Dean from her colleagues at the law school, alumni, former students, and attorneys.

  • Professor Adrian Vermeule '93

    Vermeule proposes altering the American lawmaking process

    January 16, 2009

    Professor Adrian Vermeule’s newest book is likely to raise a few judicial eyebrows. “Law and the Limits of Reason,” just published by Oxford University Press, is a broad-based criticism of the dominant role played by courts in the American lawmaking process.

  • US Capitol building casting shadow over White House

    An Uncommon Critique of the Common Law

    January 16, 2009

    Professor Adrian Vermeule’s newest book is likely to raise a few judicial eyebrows. “Law and the Limits of Reason,” just published by Oxford University Press, is a broad-based criticism of the dominant role played by courts in the American lawmaking process.

  • Tribe: Blagojevich and the Constitution

    January 4, 2009

    The following op-ed by HLS Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’66, “Blagojevich and the Constitution,” was published in the Jan. 2, 2009, issue of Forbes.

  • Bebchuk: How to give banks confidence to lend to businesses

    December 19, 2008

    The following op-ed, “How to give banks confidence to lend to businesses,” was co-written by Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80, S.J.D. ’84 and Italy Goldstein, a professor at the Wharton School of Business. It appeared in the December 19, 2008, edition of the Financial Times.

  • 2008 – Year in Review – Books

    December 13, 2008

    2008 was a prolific year for HLS scholars. Here is a roundup of this year’s faculty books.

  • Noah Feldman portrait

    Feldman in NYT: Fighting the last war?

    December 3, 2008

    The following article written by HLS Professor Noah Feldman, “Fighting the last war,” was published in the Nov. 30, 2008, edition of The New York Times Magazine. He is a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

  • Hearsay: Faculty Short Takes Winter 2008

    December 1, 2008

    Coming of Age with Clarence Assistant Professor Jeannie Suk ’02
    The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12
    “If the metric we are using is the abuse…

  • Chilling Zone illustration

    Chilling Zones in Killing Zones

    December 1, 2008

    At first, the notion that Israel could sit down with its sworn enemies and achieve a limited agreement to protect civilians seemed far-fetched to Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03. The year was 1997, Blum was a young officer in the Israel Defense Forces, and she’d just been assigned to a group with the task of monitoring that noble, if dubious, effort.

  • The Compliance Man

    December 1, 2008

    For all his eloquence and conviction, Jack Goldsmith is a quiet man. For three years, he remained silent about his brief and controversial stint as head of the Office of Legal Counsel in George W. Bush’s Department of Justice. And even following the much-publicized publication of his book “The Terror Presidency” in September, Goldsmith does not relish the steady demand for comment about his Department of Justice tenure.

  • Winter 2008

    The Minister of Thought

    December 1, 2008

    Two years ago, HLS Professor Roberto Unger LL.M. ’70 S.J.D. ’76 publicly denounced the government of his native Brazil, calling it “the most corrupt in history.” He also called for the impeachment of its president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known throughout Brazil as “Lula.”

  • Robert Sitkoff

    The Rap on RAP

    December 1, 2008

    A renowned expert on trusts and estates, Professor Robert Sitkoff joined the HLS faculty this fall from New York University School of Law. He says we are in the midst of a “quiet revolution in modern American trust law.” Here, he explains.

  • HIRC director Deborah Anker receives NGO Lawyer of the Year award

    Immigrants’ Rights Group Honors Deborah Anker

    November 20, 2008

    Deborah Anker, director of the HLS Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and a clinical professor of law, has received an award from the Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN) in New York recognizing her pioneering work in humanitarian protection for immigrants fleeing protection.

  • Jon D. Hanson in conversation at his desk

    In chair lecture, Hanson explores the mechanics of human decision-making and its impact on the law

    November 10, 2008

    Individual free choice, an idea that permeates common sense and legal theory, assumes that actions reflect the stable preferences of individual actors. Individuals are responsible for their actions (that is, their preference-driven choices), and laws can therefore be designed on that assumption.

  • Professor Hal Scott

    HLS program gathers U.S. and Japanese leaders to discuss international financial issues

    October 24, 2008

    This weekend, leaders from the United States and Japan will gather in Hakone, Japan, to examine challenges facing the financial sectors of the two countries.

  • Frank Michelman and Richard Goldstone: A brief Q&A

    October 23, 2008

    South Africa’s constitution and Bill of Rights are relatively new, but there is already a growing body of decisions interpreting or wrestling with what they

  • Intelligent Design

    October 10, 2008

    Faced with important decisions about their lives, people often make pretty bad choices—choices they would not have made if they paid full attention and possessed complete information, unlimited cognitive abilities, and complete self-control. To take just one example, many people never get around to joining their employer’s retirement savings plan, even when it is heavily subsidized.

  • Jon D. Hanson in conversation at his desk

    Hanson warns that bailout plans do not go far enough

    October 2, 2008

    The following op-ed written by Professor Jon Hanson, "In crisis, beware illusion of reform," was published in the October 2, 2008, edition of the Providence Journal.

  • Cass Sunstein ’78

    Free Speech in the Age of the Internet

    October 1, 2008

    Is the proliferation of online customized news sources a boon or a hindrance to democracy?That was the question posed by Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein in his Constitution Day lecture, entitled “Free Speech in the Age of the Internet.” Watch the webcast.

  • Noah Feldman portrait

    In New York Times, Feldman explores the role of the Supreme Court in making foreign policy

    September 29, 2008

    The following article by Professor Noah Feldman, "When judges make foreign policy," was the cover article for the September 28, 2008, New York Times Magazine.

  • Bebchuk discusses how to fix the Treasury’s emergency plan

    September 26, 2008

    The following op-ed by Professor Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80 S.J.D. ’84, “How to pay less for distressed financial assets,” was published in the September