Cases in Brief: Furman v. Georgia with Carol Steiker
Harvard Law Professor Carol Steiker ’86 discusses Furman v. Georgia, a 1972 landmark Supreme Court decision that declared the death penalty unconstitutional.
A Blast from the Past
“Common Good Constitutionalism” offers a fundamental critique of both leading approaches to the debate over constitutional law and interpretation.
Faculty Books in Brief: Summer 2022
From the Hughes Court to stock market short-termism to the U.S.’s “defend forward” cyber strategy
‘One Generation … from Segregation to the Supreme Court’
Ketanji Brown Jackson ’96 took a historic step on June 30, when she was sworn in as the 116th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first Black woman to ascend to the nation’s highest court.
Justice Stephen Breyer returns to Harvard Law School
Retired United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer returns to HLS faculty. Breyer will teach seminars and reading groups, write, and produce scholarship.
HLS Authors: Selected Alumni Books Summer 2022
From “American Shtetl” to “South to America”
‘A seismic moment in Constitutional history’
In a panel discussion, experts in law and medicine examine the implications of overturning Roe v. Wade, and access to legal and safe abortion in a post-Dobbs America.
Harvard Law faculty weigh in: The 2021-2022 Supreme Court Term
Harvard Law School experts weigh in on the Supreme Court’s final decisions.
A Focus on Democracy: HLS Clinics and Classes
The Election Law Clinic, led by Ruth Greenwood, visiting assistant clinical professor, focuses on voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the challenges money poses to democratic participation. Students in the Democracy and the Rule of Law Clinic, led by Professor of Practice Larry Schwartztol, work with Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to addressing challenges to American […]
Nikolas Bowie, constitutional law and legal history scholar, named professor of law at Harvard
Nikolas Bowie ’14, a scholar of constitutional law, local government law, and legal history, was named a professor of law at Harvard Law School.