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  • Hearsay: Excerpts from faculty op-eds Fall 2004

    September 1, 2004

    “If the pattern holds, then the record industry’s response to file sharing–trying to block the technology altogether–would generate the worst of all possible results. To…

  • Recent Faculty Books – Fall 2004

    September 1, 2004

    “Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia” (Harvard University Press, 2004), edited by Professor William P. Alford ’77, looks at efforts to recast…

  • Charles Fried

    Keeping It Simple

    September 1, 2004

    Children, according to Professor Charles Fried, are natural lawyers.

  • Professor Robert Mnookin '68 and Israeli lawyer Ehud Eiran lead the seminar.

    The Other Side of the Story

    September 1, 2004

    On a day when Israeli and Palestinian forces clashed in Gaza and negotiations in the region were at a standstill, a group of Harvard Law students in a classroom half a world away examined some of the challenges that have made the negotiation process so difficult in the Middle East and other lands torn by ethnic and religious strife.

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    Book Smart

    July 1, 2004

    HLS professor seeks to make copyrighted works accessible to students with disabilities.

  • Up on Downloading

    July 1, 2004

    HLS professors propose different ways to address the proliferation of music downloading.

  • Professor Laurence Tribe

    A Marriage Contrast

    July 1, 2004

    The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health last fall has allowed gay marriage in the commonwealth--at least for now.

  • Professor David Kennedy

    Darkness Visible

    July 1, 2004

    In his more than 20 years working and teaching in the field of international law, Professor David Kennedy '80 observed something he thought no one was talking about--the negative consequences of good intentions. Kennedy discusses his book on the topic, "The Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism," published by Princeton University Press this spring.

  • Mary Ann Glendon

    Faculty News Spring 2004

    June 1, 2004

    Glendon Wins Inaugural Bradley Prize
    In October, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation awarded Professor Mary Ann Glendon the inaugural Bradley Prize. The $250,000 prize…

  • Elizabeth Warren

    Stuck in the middle

    April 1, 2004

    In their new book, Professor Elizabeth Warren and her daughter reveal the diminishing fortunes of middle-class families and show a way out of the "Two-Income Trap."

  • Dershowitz Book cover

    On the Bookshelves Spring 2004

    April 1, 2004

    Professor Alan Dershowitz reveals how notable trials throughout history have helped shape the nation in "America on Trial: The Cases That Define Our History" (Warner Books, May 2004).

  • Richard Parker standing in front of an American flag

    Stand for the Flag

    April 1, 2004

    Because of two 5-4 Supreme Court decisions, physical desecration of the American flag is legal. Professor Richard Parker ' 70 supports a constitutional amendment that would change that.

  • Erica Fox

    Getting to Wisdom

    April 1, 2004

    Last spring, Erica Fox started the Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative at HLS's Program on Negotiation to explore "what mindfulness and the great wisdom traditions have to teach us in the negotiation and dispute resolution field."

  • Professors Charles Fried and Christopher Edley Jr.

    In Debate, Professors Offer Support, Caution on Affirmative Action

    April 1, 2004

    Affirmative action remains contested terrain even among its proponents, as was evident in a debate between two Harvard Law School faculty members in the fall.

  • Bebchuk Testifies in Favor of SEC Rule Change

    March 26, 2004

    Harvard Law School Professor Lucian Bebchuk recently testified before the Securities and Exchange Commission as it considers whether to adopt a rule proposal to permit shareholders to place candidates on the company ballot in certain situations.

  • Mary Ann Glendon receives Evangelium Vitae Medal

    Glendon on SJC Gay Marriage Ruling

    January 8, 2004

    The alternative, roughly stated, is this: Reaffirm and clarify the current marriage statute to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Include within the re-enactment express legislative findings, stating clearly the rational bases for reserving the status of marriage to one man and one woman. We believe that the SJC, by its own language and the limited nature of its reasoning in Goodridge, invites just this response as an alternative to recognizing same-sex marriages.

  • Prof. Bebchuk on Shareholders’ Power

    October 22, 2003

    In the Financial Times, Professor Lucian Bebchuk writes: The Securities and Exchange Commission formally proposed a rule this month that would provide shareholders with some access to the corporate ballot - the proxy card distributed to all voting shareholders. The rule would require some companies in certain circumstances to include the names of candidates nominated by shareholders who satisfy some minimum ownership requirements on the corporate ballot.

  • Philip B. Heymann

    Video Q & A: Professor Phil Heymann on Terrorism

    October 14, 2003

    Harvard Law School Professor Phil Heymann's new book, Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War, examines the United States' response to the September 11 attacks and concludes that the "War on Terrorism" is the wrong approach to combating global terrorism. Instead, Heymann argues, the U.S. needs to put more focus on diplomacy, intelligence and international law. In this video Q&A, Heymann discusses the administration's response to September 11 and the dangers of the current U.S. strategy.

  • Mary Ann Glendon receives Evangelium Vitae Medal

    Glendon Wins Inaugural Bradley Prize

    September 24, 2003

    Harvard Law School Professor Mary Ann Glendon has been selected by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation as one of four winners of the inaugural Bradley Prize. The $250,000 prize will be presented at an October 7 ceremony at the Library of Congress.

  • The Man of the Moment

    July 1, 2003

    Stepping down after 14 years as dean, Robert Clark ' 72 has changed the institution with the money he raised, the faculty he nurtured and the programs he shaped. Underlying it all is an unflagging devotion to Harvard Law School.

  • Illustration of stone man carrying giant book

    Tough Books

    July 1, 2003

    No one puffed on a Gauloises or sipped red wine, but people in the room had things to say about Kant.