John H. Mansfield

John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus

Research Interests

• Comparative Law
• Constitutional Law
• Evidence

Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work

• Church and State
• Evidence

Subject Areas for Accepting Press Inquiries

• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Evidence
• Faculty Expert on Asia
• International Law
• Religion/Church and State

Education

• Harvard College A.B. 1952, History
• Harvard Law School LL.B. 1956

Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Law, 1958
• Professor of Law, 1961
• John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, 1985
• John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus, 2008

Representative Publications

• Mansfield, John H. "Peremptory Challenges to Jurors Based Upon or Affecting Religion," 34 Seton Hall Law Review 435 (2004).
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• Weinstein, Jack B., John H. Mansfield, Norman Abrams & Margaret Berger. Evidence: Cases and Materials, with 2005 Supplement (Foundation Press 9th ed. 1997).
  Full text: AMAZON (Purchase)
  (Co-editor for 5th through 9th editions)
  
• Mansfield, John H. "Scientific Evidence Under Daubert," 28 St. Mary's Law Journal 1 (1996).
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• Mansfield, John H. "Evidential Use of Litigation Activity of the Parties," 43 Syracuse Law Review 695 (1992).
  

Bibliography

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