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The U.S.-led War in Afghanistan, plagued by unclear goals and unintended consequences, must change course, according to Tariq Ali. Condemning the conduct of the conflict, the influential London-based Pakistani historian, journalist, and editor of the New Left Review also touched on the regrouping of the Taliban and the geopolitical motivations for NATO's presence in the region.
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"In a time of change, the greatest danger is amnesia," torture expert Darius Rejali warned during a discussion titled "Torture and Democracy: What Now?" at the Center for Government and International Studies on Wednesday, March 11. Rejali was introduced by Jacqueline Bhabha, the Jeremiah Smith Jr.
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In September of 2007, tens of thousands of people from around the country converged on the tiny town of Jena, Louisiana to protest what many believed to be the unfair and racially-motivated prosecution of six black teenagers. On March 13-14, the discussion of Jena came to HLS and the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review's 2009 Conference.
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The expansion of international trade and integration of the global financial system have stimulated phenomenal growth around the world, but now that banks and corporations in developed nations are de-leveraging to deal with the crisis at home, export-driven national economies are coming against their greatest challenge in decades.
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What are the most pressing issues that we would like our city government to address? Do cities have power they need to confront the challenges they face and provide for the needs of their citizens? In what ways does the existing legal architecture of city and state power constrain our ability to fulfill the promise of urban development? Students of local government law will immediately recognize these questions as central to the narrative of the Local Government Law casebook authored by Professors Gerald Frug '63 and David Barron '94 with Professor Richard Ford '91 of Stanford.
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Have you noticed the water dispenser sitting by the candy at the Hark Café? Are you one of the people toting your own reusable water bottle or mug to class? Many HLS students have given up bottled water in favor of free water from a tap or dispenser.
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Even as the curtain fell on Broadway mainstays like Wicked, Rent, and Hairspray, the puppets of Avenue Q have continued to belt out hits at the diminutive John Golden Theatre on West 45th Street. One of the show's most popular numbers is "Schadenfreude," in which the musical's protagonist, Nicky, and the superintendent of Avenue Q, Gary Coleman, sing of their joy at the misfortunes of others.
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Political unrest in Pakistan has resulted in the reinstatement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of that country's Supreme Court. Chaudhry was awarded Harvard Law School's highest honor, the Medal of Freedom, last year...
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was greeted with a standing ovation when she arrived at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study last Thursday. Her appearance was the featured event at Radcliffe's 2009 Gender and the Law Conference, held March 12-13. The conference brought together legal academics, judges, and practitioners, as well as those from outside of the legal community, for an examination of the intersection of gender and legal regulations.
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At its third annual conference, the Project on Law and Mind Sciences examined the impact of psychology on the market, and the implications for the ongoing financial crisis. Judge Richard Posner '62 added his views - in a surprise appearance.
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Professor Steven Teles of Johns Hopkins University and Mark Tushnet, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at HLS, debated the rise of the conservative legal movement as well as its current and future prospects at a time when conservative and libertarian influence is shrinking in the legal and political spheres on February 19.
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The Executive Chair of the Board of Student Advisers has officially passed from one Kelly (Matthew, '09) to another, EB Kelly '10. The Record had a few questions for EB about the future of the BSA as it approaches its 100th year in 2010. Record: You've been involved in many campus activities, including the Real Estate and the Law Association and the Forum on Local Government.