News Archive
2004/06
- NY Times Op-Ed: Professor Stuntz on Sentencing Guidelines
- In a New York Times op-ed co-authored by Yale Law Professor Kate Stith (HLS class of 1977), Professor William Stuntz writes: "Congress has the power to untie these legal knots while also restoring a system of checks and balances in federal criminal sentencing. It should amend the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (which established the sentencing commission and made its rules binding on judges) to change the commission's many rules into recommendations." [Tue, 29 Jun 2004]
- NY Times Op-Ed: Professor Fisher on Music Downloading
- In a New York Times op-ed, Professor William Fisher writes: "To its credit, the industry has started to participate in paid music download services like iTunes, but a better solution would be to institute a monthly licensing fee paid by Internet users. History suggests that the record industry, and society at large, would be better off in the long run if it approached this new challenge with more open minds." [Fri, 25 Jun 2004]
- Summer Harvard Law Bulletin Now Online
- The Summer Harvard Law Bulletin is now available online. This issue, the intellectual property issue, delves into topics including music downloading, the history of IP and efforts to make textbooks accessible to disabled students. [Tue, 22 Jun 2004]
- Scott Testifies Before Committee on Financial Services
- Harvard Law School Professor Hal S. Scott, director of the school's Program on International Financial Systems, testified on June 17 before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Service on the United States and the European Union informal Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue. [Fri, 18 Jun 2004]
- HLS Professors Urge Congress to Review Interrogation Policy, Hold Executive Branch Accountable
- A group of more than 450 professors of law, international relations, and public policy--led by Harvard Law School faculty members--today sent a letter calling on Congress to hold accountable, through impeachment and removal if appropriate, civilian officials from the top of the Executive Branch on down for policies developed at high levels that have facilitated the recent abuses at Abu Ghraib. [Wed, 16 Jun 2004]
- Global Finance Experts to Gather in China
- From June 11 to 13, leaders of the financial systems of the United States and China will gather in Beijing to discuss issues affecting the financial relationship between the two countries. The occasion is the inaugural Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for China and the United States, organized by the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems and the China Development Research Foundation. [Thu, 10 Jun 2004]
- Live Webcast: Harvard University Commencement Exercises
- Commencement Day webcast will available for viewing beginning at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 10. [Thu, 10 Jun 2004]
- Stuntz Receives Teaching Award; Shabecoff Receives Staff Honor
- On Wednesday, June 9, Professor Bill Stuntz will receive the 2004 Sacks-Freund Teaching Award. The presentation will occur at the Class Day ceremonies beginning at 2:30 p.m. on the steps of Langdell Hall. In addition, the staff appreciation award will be given to Alexa Shabecoff, assistant dean for public interest advising. [Tue, 08 Jun 2004]
- Tribe Named University Professor
- Harvard Law School Professor Laurence H. Tribe has been named the Carl M. Loeb University Professor. Tribe, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School who has been on the Law School faculty since 1968, is the author of "American Constitutional Law," widely regarded as the leading treatise on the subject. [Mon, 07 Jun 2004]
- Berkman Center Brief Influences Music Industry Lawsuit
- Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society recently submitted an amicus brief that has played a pivotal role in a recent lawsuit regarding music downloading. The case, Capitol Records, et al. v. Alaujan, et al., joins 55 suits filed in Boston by the recording industry against individuals accused illegal file-sharing on peer-to-peer networks. [Mon, 07 Jun 2004]