News Archive
2004/12
- Alums in Congress Work to Improve Homeland Security
- Christopher Cox '76 ('77) and Jane Harman '69 sit on different sides of the aisle, but the urgent threat of terrorism unites them. (From the Fall 2004 Harvard Law Bulletin.) [Thu, 23 Dec 2004]
- Law in a Time of Terror
- Four HLS professors consider whether the old rules apply when the enemies don't wear uniforms and are willing to die with their victims. [Mon, 20 Dec 2004]
- Professor Heymann Talks Terror
- Professor Philip Heymann '60 first taught an HLS course on terrorism in the late 1980s. Later, as deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, he supported the prosecution of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. He is the author of "Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War" (MIT Press, 2003). [Fri, 17 Dec 2004]
- Women's Refugee Project: Family Is a Protected Unit
- The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic's Women Refugees Project has submitted an amicus curiae brief in the case of Thomas v. Ashcroft. The brief urges the court to allow asylum in the United States based upon family membership. The case, which was heard by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, involves a woman whose family was subjected to attacks and whose lives were threatened because of racist actions taken by her father-in-law. [Wed, 15 Dec 2004]
- Charles Fried Offers Straight Talk on Con Law
- In his latest book, "Saying What the Law Is: The Constitution in the Supreme Court" Professor Charles Fried takes on federalism, separation of powers, free speech, religion and other thorny topics to explain the principles underlying rulings that often seem inconsistent. [Mon, 13 Dec 2004]
- Ask the Professor: Fallon Comments on Medical Marijuana Case
- The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a tug-of-war between the states and the federal government over drug policy. Professor Richard Fallon comments on the relevant constitutional issues raised by Ashcroft v. Raich. [Thu, 09 Dec 2004]
- Article on 'Freeze-outs' Creates Wall Street Buzz
- A recent article by Professor Guhan Subramanian '98 has people in the M-and-A world talking -- and the article has yet to be published. Although it has a decidedly academic title, "Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory, Evidence, and Policy," Subramanian’s paper has received significant coverage in legal and business trade journals such as The American Lawyer, The Deal and Corporate Control Alert. [Wed, 08 Dec 2004]
- In the Classroom: Negotiating Ethnic Conflict
- On a day when Israeli and Palestinian forces clashed in Gaza and negotiations in the region were at a standstill, a group of Harvard Law students in a classroom half a world away examined some of the challenges that have made the negotiation process so difficult in the Middle East and other lands torn by ethnic and religious strife. [Tue, 07 Dec 2004]
- From Veritas to Semper Fi: HLS Student Reports for Duty
- Scott Smith was living in Ames Hall in early 2003 when he got a call that sent him to his room to pack his things and leave school immediately. "I had 48 hours to report for duty," said Smith, who was then a captain in the Marine Reserves. "I was packing all my stuff and people kept coming by my room, saying, 'Where are you going?' When I said I was mobilized, they were shocked." [Mon, 06 Dec 2004]
- Did the Internet Change Politics in 2004?
- On Dec. 10, leaders of the internet campaigns for President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry will debate the influence of the web in the 2004 election. This discussion is part of a three-day conference—Votes, Bits and Bytes—hosted by Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society to take a skeptical look at whether online technologies have changed political participation, citizenship, and governance, both in the United States and worldwide. [Thu, 02 Dec 2004]
- Statement by Dean Elena Kagan on the Solomon Amendment
- On the basis of yesterday's decision by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals enjoining the enforcement of the Solomon Amendment, Harvard Law School will return to its prior policy on employers' use of our Office of Career Services (OCS)... [Tue, 30 Nov 2004]