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Bebchuk weighs in on reforming executive pay
July 28, 2006
The following op-ed by Professor Lucian Bebchuk, Investors must have power, not just figures on pay, was published in The Financial Times on July 28, 2006: The US Securities and Exchange Commission's vote this week to expand disclosure requirements for executive pay is a major step forward.
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Hearsay: Short takes from faculty op-eds
July 23, 2006
The mainstream U.S. media have covered this worldwide uprising; it is, after all, a glimpse into the sentiments of our enemy and its allies. And yet it has refused, with but a few exceptions, to show the cartoons that purportedly caused all the outrage.
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When is art cultural property?
July 23, 2006
As a former curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum stands trial in Italy for criminal conspiracy to receive stolen goods, curators all over America are nervously rethinking their antiquity collections.
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David L. Shapiro ’57
July 23, 2006
David Shapiro represents the true Renaissance man of legal academia. He has been a scholar, reformer, advocate, public servant and teacher, and at every turn, he has been a leader and model of excellence. There is much in his brilliant career to celebrate.
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Leaving the stage
July 23, 2006
Imagine for a moment a lawsuit involving, as so many of them do, a dispute over accounting practices. Now add some complex questions of federal jurisdiction and procedure. Then assume that the parties decide—wisely—to settle. As the saying goes, “Who you gonna call?”
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David R. Herwitz ’49
July 23, 2006
The influence of a great teacher like Dave Herwitz brings him nearer to immortality than most of us get. In my own nearly 50 years of professional life, I have met numerous wonderful individuals and benefited from the wisdom and character of many.
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From Here to Modernity
July 23, 2006
Scholars have long been fascinated by the democracy of classical Athens and the ways it is mirrored in democratic governments of today. Athenian law, on the other hand, has received little attention, since no modern legal system is descended from it.
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Recent Faculty Books – Summer 2006
July 23, 2006
In “Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World” (Oxford University Press), Professor Jack L. Goldsmith and Tim Wu ’98 describe the Internet’s challenge to government rule in the ’90s and some ensuing battles over Internet freedom around the world.
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Why China?
July 23, 2006
The Bulletin asks Professor William P. Alford ’77 about the development of the legal system amidst the historic changes taking place in China.
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Digital Pathways to Asia
July 23, 2006
Can law keep up with technology? Some Harvard lawyers are finding out.
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The Rivals
July 23, 2006
Annette Lu LL.M. ’78 was wary of Ma Ying-jeou S.J.D. ’81 when they were students at HLS. Today she is vice president of Taiwan, and he is a leader of the opposition. Their intertwined stories may foretell Taiwan’s future.
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Engineering Lawyers
July 23, 2006
Once known for producing more engineers than lawyers, Japan is embarking on a journey of legal expansion.
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And now, the paper chase, Japanese-style
July 23, 2006
It’s no coincidence that Japan’s new three-year graduate law schools look a lot like the model of legal education Harvard Law School helped craft over the last century.
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Blood on the Roof of the World
July 23, 2006
In Nepal, lawyers helped restore the rule of law. But not without paying a price.
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The Honorable Richard Owen ’50 once penned an order for a “cursed Quaker” woman to be tied to a cart and driven through several towns where she was to be whipped “10 stripes.”
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A Lawyer at her Post
July 23, 2006
Diana Daniels ’74 was a Cravath, Swaine & Moore associate doing project finance in 1978 when she heard The Washington Post needed a lawyer.
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A conversation with Scott Nichols: Marathon man
July 23, 2006
After 20 years as Harvard Law School’s associate dean for development, Scott Nichols concluded his service on April 30 to become vice president for development and alumni relations at Boston University.
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Op-ed by Professor Dershowitz: Arithmetic of Pain
July 21, 2006
The following op-ed by Professor Alan Dershowitz, Arithmetic of Pain, was published in The Wall Street Journal on July 19, 2006: There is no democracy in the world that should tolerate missiles being fired at its cities without taking every reasonable step to stop the attacks. The big question raised by Israel's military actions in Lebanon is what is "reasonable."
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The following op-ed, co-written by Professor Hal Scott, The End of American dominance in capital markets, was published in The Financial Times on July 19, 2006: Is a ticker-taped Trojan Horse soon to be planted on European shores, filled with an army of US regulators, Sarbanes-Oxley accountants and overzealous plaintiff lawyers?
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A Bankruptcy Lawyer at Gitmo
July 12, 2006
Sabin Willett leads a double life as a lawyer. Most days, he works on bankruptcy litigation in the Boston office of Bingham McCutchen. He likes the work. Really, he says, sitting in a conference room with a sweeping view of Boston harbor.
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Asia 2006: Exchanging greetings—and ideas
July 12, 2006
HLS delegation barnstorms through Asia in mid-winter tour