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Professor Mashaw Visits Australia, New Zealand to Present on Recent Work
Jerry Mashaw, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law and Professorial Lecturer in Law, recently returned from a two-month trip visiting Universities throughout Australia and New Zealand to discuss his work.
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Professor Ackerman Pens Op-ed After Lawsuit Alleges ISIS War Is Unconstitutional
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 has published an op-ed in the New York Times offering support for a newly filed lawsuit that argues President Barack Obama’s war against ISIS is illegal because Congress has not authorized it.
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Associate Professor Kohler-Hausmann Wins Case Involving NY Parole Board
A man convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 16 years old will have a new chance for parole after the State of New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled in his favor.
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Professor Schuck Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has elected Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law Professor Peter Schuck to its 2015 Class of Members.
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Professors Pottenger and Wizner to Be Honored by Legal Assistance Organization
J.L. Pottenger, Jr. ’75, and Stephen Wizner will receive the 2016 Equal Access to Justice award from New Haven Legal Assistance.
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Cambridge Press Releases 2nd Edition of Rose-Ackerman Book
Susan Rose-Ackerman and Bonnie J. Palifka have published the second edition of Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequence, and Reform with Cambridge University Press.
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Portal Project to Capture Discourse of Fairness, Justice, Equality
The Justice Collaboratory will join with Shared_Studios and artist Amar Bakshi ’15 to bring Portals, a Global Public Art Initiative, to Newark, New Jersey, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin beginning on April 18 to address issues within the United States criminal justice system.
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Alstott Publishes Book on Social Security
Anne L. Alstott ’87, Jacquin D. Bierman Professor in Taxation, is the author of the newly released book A New Deal for Old Age: Toward a Progressive Retirement (Harvard University Press). In the book, Alstott argues that Social Security, which was created in the 1930s, marks a major achievement that is worth preserving but is out of step with the realities of work and aging today.
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Professor Meares Joins White House Meeting on Women & Criminal Justice
Professor Tracey L. Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will travel to the White House on Wednesday, March 30 to participate in a convening on Women and the Criminal Justice System.
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Professor Koh Joins Scholars in Signing Letter About SCOTUS Nominee
This week, scholars of American history and law wrote a letter to President Barack Obama to share their views on the Senate republicans' refusal to fulfill their responsibilities as laid out in the Constitution. Professor Harold Hongju Koh joined in writing and signing the letter. The letter argues that denying the President's Supreme Court nominee a hearing is unprecedented in this country's history. "We express our dismay at the unprecedented breach of norms by the Senate majority in refusing to consider a nomination for the Supreme Court made by a president with eleven months to serve in...