Susan Rose-Ackerman Co-Authors Book on the Law of Lawmaking
In the new book Due Process of Lawmaking: The United States, South Africa, Germany, and the European Union, co-authors Susan Rose-Ackerman, Stefanie Egidy ’11 LLM, and James Fowkes ’10 LLM, ’14 JSD examine the law of lawmaking. This comparative work deals broadly with public policymaking in the legislative and executive branches. Due Process considers three aspects of public legitimacy: democracy, the protection of rights, and competence. These three facets overlap and conflict, in practice, and each system deals with the tension in different ways. Drawing on the insights of positive political...
Professor Langbein to Deliver Law Lecture at British Academy on March 17
John H. Langbein, Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, will give a British Academy Law Lecture on March 17, 2015, in London.
Judge Expands Immigration Bond Hearing Ruling in WIRAC Lawsuit
The Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School recently secured another victory when Judge Michael A. Ponsor ‘74 ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must provide bond hearings to detained immigrants while their deportation hearings are being appealed.
New Directions in Environmental Law Conference to Be Held February 28
The fifth annual New Directions in Environmental Law conference will be on the topic "Harnessing Momentum."
Richard Ravitch ’58 to Deliver Dean’s Lecture February 9
Richard Ravitch ’58, former lieutenant governor of New York, will deliver a Dean’s Lecture at Yale Law School on February 9, 2015, at 4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge.
Sendhil Mullainathan to Deliver Raben Lecture on February 23
Sendhil Mullainathan, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will deliver the 2014–2015 John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Fellowship Lecture on February 23, 2015, at 4:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge.
Professor Kenji Yoshino to Deliver Thomas Lecture on Identity and Diversity, Rescheduled for April 6
Kenji Yoshino ’96 will give the James A. Thomas Lecture at Yale Law School on April 6.
Dean Post Delivers Lecture at AALS Annual Meeting
Robert C. Post ’77, Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, gave a talk at the Association of American Law School’s (AALS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on January 4.