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A Desk and ‘Dalliance with the Nazis’

The Harvard Crimson
The desk was designed specifically for Roscoe Pound, the dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936.
5 months ago

Truth and Consequences

BC Law Magazine
The Idea: Having set the pattern for legal education and graduated many of the country's most influential jurists, officeholders, and practicing lawyers,...
42 months ago

The Hidden History of the Harvard Law School Library’s Treasure Room

The Harvard Crimson
Upon the completion of the Caspersen Room's construction in 1948, the director of the library said that the room was “not to be a stationary...
54 months ago

Putting the Fizz Back Into Bureaucratic Justice

The Regulatory Review
In a recent book, Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule defend the administrative state against political threats and growing distrust.
43 months ago

On this day, Louis D. Brandeis confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice

The National Constitution Center
It was on this day in 1916 that the Senate voted to confirm attorney Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court, ending an ugly and hard-fought fight over his...
4 months ago

Pound Lecture to feature Robert P. George

University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Robert P. George will present his lecture, “Modern Legal Philosophy,” at noon, Oct. 25 in McCollum Hall. George is the McCormick professor...
23 months ago

China Connection

Harvard Law School
Roscoe Pound, HLS dean from 1916 to 1936, was ready for a new challenge in 1946 when the Kuomintang government invited him to survey the Chinese judicial...
219 months ago

On this day, massive raids during the Red Scare

The National Constitution Center
The Constitution faced a major test on this day in 1920 when raids ordered by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer saw thousands of people detained without...
9 months ago

R.O.S.C.O.E.: Get to know it and use it!

University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Named for one of Nebraska Law's former deans and well-known legal scholar Roscoe Pound, R.O.S.C.O.E. (Roscoe's Online System for Career Opportunity and...
73 months ago

Book Review: "The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower"

Columbia University
In 1933, soon after Hitler came to power, the Nazis began expelling Jewish students and dismissing Jewish professors from their universities.
63 months ago