Experts
Alan Dershowitz
Professor, Harvard Law School
Dershowitz discusses his work in crafting the jurisprudence behind the 'preventative state'. Read More
Dershowitz would like to pick the brain of an innovative psychologist. Read More
Democracy by soundbite is not democracy, says Alan Dershowitz. Read More
Can we strike the proper balance? Read More
Though there is great leadership in business, there is a severe shortage in governments the world over. Read More
Big issues instead of bumper stickers. Read More
Even tyrants know that civilized society needs law. Read More
The volatile mix of poverty and fundamentalism. Read More
Dershowitz talks of the need for a Continuum of Civilianality. Read More
Alan Dershowitz on regulating beatings and waterboarding. Read More
Can we hold people? And for how long can we hold them? And under what circumstances can we hold them because we strongly suspect that they are planning to do something terrible? Read More
Dershowitz wishes academics would go back to first principles. Read More
Everybody should be subject to one standard, Alan Dershowitz says. Read More
Homo sapiens are more used to living without the law than with the law. Read More
Alan Dershowitz discusses growing up Jewish in America during the period of the second World War. Read More
Give people more of a stake in the success of the global economy. Read More
Jump ahead fifty years, then ask. Read More
Things would look a lot rosier if people with big ideas went into politics. Read More
The myth of the hereafter, Alan Dershowitz says, is one of the worst ideas humans have ever created. Read More
Everything needs a jurisprudence. Read More
About Alan Dershowitz
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.