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.
As the marshal shouted “Let justice be done,” Peter von Hagenbach was beheaded in 1474, after being tried and convicted by the first international criminal tribunal. Created by the Archduke of Austria, the tribunal consisted of 28 judges from different states in the Holy Roman Empire. Von Hagenbach, appointed governor by Charles the Bold, Duke […]
As a renowned international attorney and a Holocaust survivor, Samuel Pisar LL.M. ’55 S.J.D. ’59 has experienced mankind’s capacity for genius and madness. His survival was a triumph of human spirit. His advocacy for peaceful coexistence is a message from one who has lived through hell on earth.
For 19th century printers, crime was good business. Brutal murders and other horrific crimes translated into profit when they became the subjects of single-page printings.
Today close to 400 of these broadsides, most printed in England from 1820 to 1860, are preserved in an HLS library collection. They highlight acts of wrongdoing, purported confessions from the accused (often set in verse), and accounts of trials and public executions. Many are illustrated with woodcuts.
Some honors take longer to attain than others. More than 75 years after graduating from law school, 108-year-old Walter Seward ’24 (’27) has earned distinction as Harvard’s oldest living graduate.
HLS Library digitizes more than 1 million pages of Nuremberg Trial documents
Thanks to Josh Gottheimer ’04, the greatest American civil rights speeches are together for the first time, demonstrating the injustices and progress of a growing nation and ultimately, he says, hope for its future.
Richardson is founder and executive director of the Chicago-based nonprofit organization The HistoryMakers.
In her new book, Judith Richards Hope details the struggles and successes of the women classmates who “took the place of a man.”
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Harvard Law School should be honored. For when Frank Abagnale decided to be a lawyer–in addition to an airline pilot, doctor and professor–he knew exactly which degree would open the door.
