Themes
Faculty Scholarship
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Breaking the Chain
July 1, 2001
Professor Charles Ogletree Jr. '78 and Randall Robinson '70 want to educate Americans about the lasting impact of slavery. A lawsuit will be part of that education.
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Jolls and Roe Appointed Professors of Law
July 1, 2001
Harvard Law School has named two members of its faculty tenured professors. Assistant Professor Christine Jolls '93, a leader in the emerging field of behavioral law and economics and a scholar of employment law, and Mark Roe '75, a Columbia Law School professor who currently teaches corporate law as a visiting professor at HLS, will assume their new posts July 1.
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Presidential Politics
July 1, 2001
The search committee that ultimately chose Lawrence Summers as the 27th president of Harvard University originally considered hundreds of candidates for the job. One of…
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The Cart Before the Court
July 1, 2001
Casey Martin’s legal battle to use a golf cart during PGA tournaments will not affect many other golfers. Yet the case could affect the lives…
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Air Unfair
July 1, 2001
Adjunct Professor Michael Levine likes to see airlines compete. After all, he helped deregulate the airline industry two decades ago before serving as an executive…
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HLS Makes Its Mark on Presidential Contest
April 27, 2001
In the dispute over the results of the 2000 presidential election, political affiliation could almost uniformly predict one’s position. While Laurence Tribe ’66, a…
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Byse Receives HLSA Award
September 28, 2000
Clark Byse received the Harvard Law School Association Award in June 2000.
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Recent Faculty Honors
September 28, 2000
Professor William Alford ’77 has been named an honorary fellow of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, honorary professor of…
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HLS Appoints New Faculty
September 28, 2000
In addition to Janet Halley, HLS has appointed five new professors to the faculty, the largest addition of new faculty members during Robert Clark’s deanship,…
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Sander Steps Down as Associate Dean
September 28, 2000
Since 1987 the size of the Law School curriculum has increased by nearly 20 percent. And the job of putting the teaching program together each…
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Stanford’s Halley Named Professor at HLS
September 28, 2000
Janet Halley, an authority on legal issues surrounding gender, identity, and sexual orientation, has been appointed professor of law at HLS. “Janet Halley is one…
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Bargain Hunting
September 28, 2000
In his new book, Professor Robert Mnookin '68 urges lawyers to negotiate with the aim of solving problems without resorting to hard-bargaining tactics.
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The test of the Binding of Isaac
July 18, 2000
In his new book The Genesis of Justice (Warner Books, 2000), Professor Alan Dershowitz reflects on how stories in the first book of the Bible - replete with unpunished wrongdoing by flawed heroes and the actions and commands of an inscrutable God - set down the groundwork for later laws.
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A better world for fans
July 18, 2000
Professor Paul Weiler LL.M. '65 scores one for sports fans in his new book Leveling the Playing Field: How the Law Can Make Sports Better for Fans (Harvard University Press, 2000).
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Project Aids Countries in Transition
July 18, 2000
With the support of Professor Philip Heymann '60, a joint Harvard project seeks to foster cooperation and progress for countries in transition.
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The Vulnerability of the Middle Class
July 18, 2000
Despite today's booming economy, the number of middle-class families filing for bankruptcy in America is soaring, according to Professor Elizabeth Warren, Teresa Sullivan, and Jay Westbrook, coauthors of a new study, The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (Yale University Press, 2000).
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Uncommon Decency
July 18, 2000
In his new book, The Edges of the Field: Lessons on the Obligations of Ownership (Beacon Press, 2000), Professor Joseph Singer '81 explores the cultural, moral, religious, and legal traditions that define our understanding of property.
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Assessing the Universal Declaration
April 25, 2000
Professor Mary Ann Glendon and Makau Mutua LL.M. '85 S.J.D. '87 weigh in on this influential half-century-old human rights document (1948), a major topic at the fall celebration of HRP's 15th anniversary.
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In their new book, excerpted below, Martha A. Field and Valerie A. Sanchez present their views of American legal doctrine and social policies that have influenced and still govern procreation and parenting by persons with retardation.
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Gerald Frug’s Alternative Vision of Urban America
April 25, 2000
The Bulletin interviews Professor Gerald Frug about his new book which gives readers a sense of how the incentive system built into local government law has helped generate suburban sprawl.
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Elizabeth Bartholet Challenges the Child Welfare System
April 25, 2000
The Bulletin interviews Elizabeth Bartholet about her recent book, which looks at how policies affect children victimized by abuse and neglect.