National & World Affairs

Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos explains the national laws at stake in the Texas gerrymandering dispute.

Harvard Law Professor William Rubenstein explains why class action lawsuits may replace universal injunctions as the hot legal tool for challenging federal policy.

Harvard Law Professor Howell Jackson says GENIUS Act brings an increasingly popular form of cryptocurrency within the regulatory perimeter, potentially establishing a model for global regulation of stablecoins.

Harvard Law Professor Ron Sullivan says modern media can make things difficult for defendants in high-profile cases.

Harvard Law School sports law expert Peter Carfagna says that lawsuits filed by professional tennis players aren’t likely to upend the sport.

During an online briefing sponsored by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard, Jody Freeman and other climate experts warned of lasting damage from executive orders and cuts to research funding.

Law professor and former Fed Board member Daniel Tarullo says it’s possible for the president to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve but the likely market reaction should give pause.

President Trump’s tariffs and pause on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have scrambled the global economic system, Harvard Law experts say.

In the third of four Harvard Law panels on the administration’s first 100 days, five faculty experts discuss the U.S.’ new approach to the global community.

Harvard Law Professor Glenn Cohen shares how artificial intelligence is changing medicine — and how the law can adapt.

In February, in the first of a series of planned panels, Harvard Law professors discussed the role 
of democracy and the courts under the new administration

As the U.S. Supreme Court embraces federalism, are state supreme courts becoming the new power centers?

Harvard Law Professor David Wilkins forecasts what the rest of 2025 might hold for the legal profession.

The judiciary has an important role to play in reversing the trend of democratic backsliding, says the president of the European Court of Human Rights.

Health law policy expert Glenn Cohen says the biotech firm’s uncertain future shows the need for protections of personal and genetic info.

Professor Martha Minow, the new chair of GBH’s board of trustees, thinks a strong media ecosystem is crucial to democracy.

Legal scholars debate the unitary executive theory and the limits of presidential authority at Harvard Law School’s Rappaport Forum.

More than 90 diplomats from dozens of U.N. member and observer states convened in New York on Feb. 28 for a workshop on AI and International Humanitarian Law.

Four Harvard Law School experts examine the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape executive power.

The latest Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum examines the potential national security threat and 75-day extension issued by Trump.

The U.S. is probably not in a constitutional crisis — at least, not yet, according to a group of experts discussing the matter at a recent Harvard Law School event.