Monday, April 30, 2018
The Internationalists: How A Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World. By Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro.
American Journal of International Law
A review of “The Internationalists,” the book by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Brief Lives
A review of Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen Fiss’s latest book, “Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition.”
Monday, April 30, 2018
How American Racism Influenced Hitler: Scholars are mapping the international precursors of Nazism.
The New Yorker
“Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law” by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88 is cited in an article about the precursors to Nazism.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Overturning a Death Row Conviction
Law.com
Harvey Karp Visiting Lecturer in Law Stephen Bright is quoted in an article on a recent Supreme Court victory involving the overturning of a death row case.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Review of Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro, The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World
Criminal Law, Philosophy
A review of “The Internationalists,” the book by Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 and Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Scott Shapiro ’90.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The Supreme Court and the New Civil War—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Facebook Released Its Content Moderation Rules. Now What?—A Commentary by Kate Klonick
NYTimes.com
Kate Klonick is a Ph.D. in Law candidate and a Resident Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
James Forman Jr. - "Locking Up Our Own" and the Path to Criminal Justice Reform - Extended Interview
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was a guest where he discussed his book “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Think Manhattan DA Cy Vance Goes Easy on the Rich? Look at How He Prosecutes the Poor.
New York Magazine
Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is quoted in an article about Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr..
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
How broken windows policing changed the legal landscape in 'Misdemeanorland' (podcast)
ABA Journal
Associate Professor of Law Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08 is interviewed about her book Misdemeanorland.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Clock ticking on a bipartisan scramble to curb drug costs
The CT Mirror
A report by the Global Health Justice Partnership is cited in an article on controlling prescription drug costs.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
When Presidents Go to War
The New York Times
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Bruce Ackerman ’67 is cited in an editorial about going to war without Congressional approval.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
How to Make Facebook and Google Behave
Bloomberg View
Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin’s idea of information fiduciaries is discussed in an editorial.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
GE pressured to fire auditor after 109 years
CNN Money
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in an article about the SEC accounting investigation into GE.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The housing crisis isn’t just about affordability—it’s about economic mobility, too
Curbed
Professor of Law David Schleicher is quoted in an article about economic mobility.
Monday, April 23, 2018
How the Human Rights Movement Failed—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
The New York Times
Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
DNC's Hacking Suit Is a Missed Opportunity—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Friday, April 20, 2018
The Legality of the Syria Strikes
War on the Rocks
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 is interviewed on a podcast about the strikes on the Assad regime in Syria.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Yale Law Professor Wins Pulitzer For Book On Mass Incarceration
WNPR
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was interviewed on the occasion of his Pulitzer Prize award.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
How Activists Fought to Keep LGBTQ+ Content on Weibo, China's Version of Twitter
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The Paul Tsai China Center is actively engaging Chinese professional, academic, and civil society stakeholders to expand protections for the LGBTQ community in China. This article quotes Senior Fellow Darius Longarino.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Comey Seems Blind to the Truth About Lying: The former FBI director wants to hold “people” accountable. Somehow that does not include the police.—A Commentary by Stephen L. Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
When Hedge Funds Hide
Institutional Investor
Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law Jonathan Macey ’82 is quoted in an article about hedge funds and Argentina’s debt.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution: A Reader’s Guide—A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh, Phil Spector ’00, Matthew Blumenthal ’15, Sameer Jaywant ’18, Chris Looney ’19, Richard Medina ’18, and Nathaniel Zelinsky ’18
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law, Phil Spector ’00 is a Visiting Lecturer in Law, Matthew Blumenthal ’15 is a fellow, and Sameer Jaywant ’18, Chris Looney ’19, Richard Medina ’18, and Nathaniel Zelinksy ’18 are students at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
ICE Lies In Wait At Elm Street Courthouse
New Haven Independent
William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law Michael Wishnie ’93 is quoted in an article about detainer requests used by ICE to keep criminal suspects in lock-up so that they may be brought into federal custody.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Dangers of the ICO - Investing in Crypto: An interview with John Morley
Talks on Law
Professor of Law John Morley ’06 was a guest where he discussed investing in cryptocurrency.
Monday, April 16, 2018
The Real “Red Line” Behind Trump’s April 2018 Syria Strikes—A Commentary by Harold Hongju Koh
Just Security
Harold Hongju Koh is Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Congress Needs to Rein In the President’s Use of Military Force—A Commentary by Bruce Ackerman ’67
The New York Times
Bruce Ackerman ’67 is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale Law School.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Yale Law's James Forman Jr., Former O'Connor Clerk, Wins Pulitzer
National Law Journal
Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.”
Monday, April 16, 2018
Podcast: Oona Hathaway on the Bad Legal Arguments for Bombing Syria
Just Security
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was interviewed about the strikes against Syria.
Monday, April 16, 2018
What Justifies Military Intervention
BBC News/ The Real Story
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was a guest where she discussed the recent strike on Syria.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Bombing Syria: Is it 'mission accomplished?'
ABC (Australia)
Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law Oona Hathaway ’97 was part of a panel on a podcast about the attacks on Syria.
Friday, April 13, 2018
Illinois court panel breaks new ground in condemning police deceptions
Injustice Watch
Clinical Associate Professor Miriam Gohara is quoted in an article about a ruling in appellate court challenging police use of deception.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
This plan would regulate Facebook without going through Congress
The Verge
An article discusses Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin’s concept of an information fiduciary and how it was a topic in the testimony of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg in the Senate.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
The constitutional question: Can Congress stop Trump from firing Mueller?
CNN
Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science Akhil Amar ’84 is quoted in a story about whether Congress can stop President Trump from firing Robert Mueller.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
We May Own Our Data, But Facebook Has a Duty to Protect It
The New Yorker
The article cites scholarship by Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment Jack Balkin about Facebook’s use of private information.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift—A Commentary by Linda Greenhouse ’78 MSL
NYTimes.com
Linda Greenhouse '78 MSL is the Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law and Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
9 essential lessons from psychology to understand the Trump era
Vox
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology Dan Kahan is quoted in an article about the way people don’t make decisions based on facts.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
South China Sea code 'should be binding', says Chinese scholar
The Straits Times
Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of The Paul Tsai China Center Paul Gewirtz is quoted in an article on The Code of Conduct (COC) being negotiated between China and Asean countries.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Amid Complexity of International Law, Russia Brands U.S. Sanctions Illegal
Polygraph.info
Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law Lea Brilmayer, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law Michael Reisman ’64 LLM, ’65 JSD, and Ruth Wedgwood ’76 are quoted in an article about the U.S. sanctions against Russia.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Downsides of Bombing Syria—A Commentary by Jack Goldsmith ’89 and Oona Hathaway ’97
Lawfare
Oona Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and Jack Goldsmith ’89 is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor at Harvard Law School.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Delaware Republican may have violated federal policy by announcing bid for U.S. Congress
Delaware Online
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about a candidate for the House of Representatives who many have violated campaign finance laws.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Economic Rights Are Human Rights—A Commentary by Samuel Moyn
Foreign Policy
Samuel Moyn is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Medicaid work requirements violate program's intent, scholars say
Modern Healthcare
A report on an amicus brief signed by more than 40 health law scholars including Professor of Law Abbe R. Gluck ’00, in support of a legal challenge to work requirements for Medicaid proposed in Kentucky.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Our idea of privacy must catch up with reality in the Facebook age
Financial Times
Scholarship by Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law James Whitman ’88 is cited in an article about the idea of privacy.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Former Attorney General Eric Holder talks gerrymandering, Trump lawsuit at Holder Initiative event
The Columbia Spectator
Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather Gerken is quoted in a report on a panel that discussed gerrymandering and the upcoming census.
Friday, April 6, 2018
Spies Tracking Our Phones? Don't Be So Shocked—A Commentary by Stephen Carter ’79
Bloomberg.com
Stephen L. Carter ’79 is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Bills move state backward on crime—A Commentary by James Forman Jr. ’92
The Baltimore Sun
James Forman Jr. is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
You’ve probably signed away your sexual harassment civil rights at work
Quartz at Work
Ford Foundation Professor of Law and Social Sciences Vicki Schultz was interviewed about how mandatory arbitration agreements hamstring employees’ ability to take harassment complaints to court.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Trump sends troops to border with Mexico? Not so fast
USA Today
Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer in Law Eugene Fidell is quoted in an article about President Trump’s plan to send National Guard to help patrol the Mexican border.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Perception and Misperception on the Korean Peninsula—A Commentary by Robert Jervis and Mira Rapp-Hooper
Foreign Affairs
Robert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University and Mira Rapp-Hooper is a Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.