How the law (and Harvard lawyers) helped save the bald eagle
On the 250th anniversary of American independence, Harvard Law’s Andrew Mergen explains how a national symbol went from ‘bad bird’ to comeback icon.
The Rule of Law
Born in ancient thought and forged through revolution, the idea that no one is above the law has been tested in every era — including our own. Harvard Law faculty weigh in on this fundamental legal concept.
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A new collection of essays by more than 60 Harvard Law faculty members contemplates the past, present, and future of the United States.
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Daniel Halperin, the Stanley S. Surrey Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School and one of the country’s foremost authorities on federal income taxation,…
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The European Union has responded in unprecedented ways to Russia’s war against Ukraine, but the organization’s impact has been constrained by its structure and founding…
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Deferring hard decisions about which kinds of machine-assisted creative works can be copyrighted over nearly 250 years has made it harder to ascertain whether works…
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Harvard Law Professor Benjamin Sachs unpacks the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Flowers Foods v. Brock.
Cases in Brief Faculty discuss some of the most notable cases in the history of the Supreme Court
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