Documenting Nuremberg
HLS Library digitizes more than 1 million pages of Nuremberg Trial documents
Video Q & A: Professor Phil Heymann on Terrorism
Harvard Law School Professor Phil Heymann’s new book, Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War, examines the United States’ response to the September 11 attacks and concludes that the “War on Terrorism” is the wrong approach to combating global terrorism. Instead, Heymann argues, the U.S. needs to put more focus on diplomacy, intelligence and international law. In this video Q&A, Heymann discusses the administration’s response to September 11 and the dangers of the current U.S. strategy.
For the Defense
War has a way of finding Jim Haynes ’83. Just six months after President George Bush appointed him general counsel of the Army in 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, sparking the Persian Gulf War.
Freelance Diplomat
In 30 years of practicing law, corporate bankruptcy attorney David Erne ’68 had been in many negotiations–but none like this one.
Talking About a Revolution
Radio talk show host Juan Manuel García-Passalacqua ’62 is urging his listeners–again–to go out and demonstrate. This time it’s to stop the U.S. Navy from testing weapons on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
A Roommate with a View
When he was a college student, Michael Kleinman ’03 shared a room in Yemen for five weeks with a fellow American. But they never had the “what’s your major, do you have a girlfriend, where are you from, what music do you like” chat.
‘A Critically Important Role’ Against Terrorism
Congresswoman Jane Harman ’69 had long been fearful that America would become a target for terrorists.
The New World of Islamic Legal Studies
“We ordinarily don’t try to respond to the news of the hour,” said Frank Vogel, director of the HLS Islamic Legal Studies Program. But for Vogel, like for so many other people, everything changed on September 11.
Call to Arms
HLS students became Allied soldiers 60 years ago. Those who came back to the School were changed men who had changed the world.
A Novel Idea
Most law school papers don’t get glowing reviews from the New York Times Book Review. But most law school papers aren’t like Mohsin Hamid’s.