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Alan Dershowitz
Professor, Harvard Law School
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Dershowitz discusses his work in crafting the jurisprudence behind the 'preventative state'. Read More
January 16, 2008 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Whom would you like to interview?
Dershowitz would like to pick the brain of an innovative psychologist. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In History, Inspiration & Wisdom
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Is the American political system broken?
Democracy by soundbite is not democracy, says Alan Dershowitz. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Belief, Politics & Policy
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How will this age be remembered?
Can we strike the proper balance? Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Future
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Though there is great leadership in business, there is a severe shortage in governments the world over. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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What should be the big issues of the 2008 US presidential election?
Big issues instead of bumper stickers. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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How did we develop legal systems?
Even tyrants know that civilized society needs law. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In History, Truth & Justice
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What is America's greatest challenge?
The volatile mix of poverty and fundamentalism. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Dershowitz talks of the need for a Continuum of Civilianality. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy, World
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Alan Dershowitz on regulating beatings and waterboarding. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice, World
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What are the biggest legal issues of our time?
How good are we at predicting? Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Truth & Justice
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What needs to change in academia?
Dershowitz wishes academics would go back to first principles. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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Everybody should be subject to one standard, Alan Dershowitz says. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Homo sapiens are more used to living without the law than with the law. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Truth & Justice
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Alan Dershowitz discusses growing up Jewish in America during the period of the second World War. Read More
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Give people more of a stake in the success of the global economy. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Business & Economics, Truth & Justice, World
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Jump ahead fifty years, then ask. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In History, Inspiration & Wisdom
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Things would look a lot rosier if people with big ideas went into politics. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Future, Politics & Policy
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The myth of the hereafter, Alan Dershowitz says, is one of the worst ideas humans have ever created. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Belief
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Everything needs a jurisprudence. Read More
November 13, 2007 | In Belief, Truth & Justice
Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School. In addition to his teaching, Dershowitz is a prolific author who makes frequent media and public appearances, and who is known for his commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as his work on numerous high-profile cases. As a criminal appellate lawyer, Dershowitz successfully argued to overturn the conviction of Claus von Bulow for the attempted murder of his wife, Sunny. He also served as the appellate advisor in the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson.
Dershowitz joined the faculty of Harvard Law School as an assistant professor of law in 1964. He was made a full professor of law in 1967, at the age of 28, becoming, at that time, Harvard's youngest full law professor in the school's history. Dershowitz is also the author of more than 20 works of fiction and non-fiction, including Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence (2007), The Case for Israel (2003), the bestseller Chutzpah (1991), and Reversal of Fortune (1986), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. More than a million of his books have been sold worldwide and in numerous languages.
Dershowitz joined the faculty of Harvard Law School as an assistant professor of law in 1964. He was made a full professor of law in 1967, at the age of 28, becoming, at that time, Harvard's youngest full law professor in the school's history. Dershowitz is also the author of more than 20 works of fiction and non-fiction, including Blasphemy: How the Religious Right is Hijacking the Declaration of Independence (2007), The Case for Israel (2003), the bestseller Chutzpah (1991), and Reversal of Fortune (1986), which was made into an Academy Award-winning film. More than a million of his books have been sold worldwide and in numerous languages.
