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Faculty and staff members at Washington University School of Law are some of the top experts in their fields. Under the direction of Dean Joel Seligman, a renowned expert in securities law, the School of Law stays on top of the latest legal issues. These experts focus their research and writing on the current and future trends of Constitutional law, corporate law, employment law, international law, criminal law, civil justice and beyond.
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Adam Rosenzweig
Associate Professor of Law
Adam Rosenzweig has done extensive work in the area of tax law and policy. He previously worked as a visiting assistant professor at Northwestern University School of Law and clerked for Judge James L. Dennis, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While working in New York, Rosenzweig ...
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Gerrit De Geest
Professor of Law
De Geest specializes in comparative law and in law and economics. As a member of the European Group on an Integrated Contract Law and of the Economic Impact Group of the Common Principles of European Contract Law, De Geest has delved extensively into these issues and has served as the president of ...
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Carl Minzner
Associate Professor of Law
Carl Minzner is well known for his work in Chinese law and politics. Before joining the law faculty, he served as senior counsel on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Minzner's experiences abroad while working ...
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Cheryl Block
Professor of Law
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Cheryl Block is an expert in tax law and policy. Author of a leading book on corporate taxation, she has also written numerous articles on taxation, public policy relating to federal bailouts, legislative voting rules, social choice theory, federal budget process, and the interplay between tax and ...
Expertise: tax law and policy, corporate taxation, federal bailouts
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Samuel Buell
Associate Professor of Law
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Samuel Buell writes and teaches in the area of regulation of behavior in corporations and financial markets. His courses include Criminal Law and Securities Regulation. Buell frequently comments on white collar crime and federal criminal law for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington ...
Expertise: securities regulation, criminal law, white collar crime, corporations, federal criminal law
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Supreme Court Guantanamo decision
International law expert comments on status of Guantanamo Bay detainees
June 18,
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The Supreme Court's recent ruling giving the Guantanamo Bay detainees the right of habeas corpus "underscores the commitment of the United States to be governed by the rule of law even during times of national stress, and is a courageous response to the overreaching policies of the executive branch, buttressed by a compliant Republican Congress, that have caused world-wide criticism of U.S. interrogation and detention policies," says Leila N. Sadat, expert on international law and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Sadat, the director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, is the author of the leading treatise on the international criminal court, "The International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International Law: Justice for the New Millennium," and is closely following the status of the detainees at Guantanamo.
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Blue-ribbon steering committee drafting international treaty
Harris World Law Institute kicks off landmark Crimes Against Humanity Project
April 25,
2008 -- The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute of Washington University School of Law announced a two-year project to study the international law regarding crimes against humanity and to draft a multilateral treaty condemning and prohibiting such crimes. Leila Sadat, J.D., the Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law and director of the Harris Institute, recently convened the first meeting of the project's steering committee.
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Civil rights & science at Assembly Series
Programs to feature Charles Ogletree and Philip Clayton
Feb. 22,
2008 -- The Assembly Series hosts two speakers back to back: Legendary civil rights pioneer Charles Ogletree will present his views on the Roberts court at noon on Tuesday, March 4, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Philip Clayton will give a talk on bridging the gap between science and religion at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium.
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Senate Approves Nominees to SEC, Federal Reserve
The Wall Street Journal
and 3 others
June 30,
2008 -- The Senate cleared three nominees to the Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing by unanimous consent to confirm Luis Aguilar, Elisse Walter and Troy Paredes. WUSTL law professor Troy Paredes will serve a full five-year term ending in June 2013 and will succeed Paul Atkins, a Republican commissioner.
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I now pronounce you . . . friend and friend
Boston Globe
June 9,
2008 -- A number of scholars are seeking to shore up friendship in a surprising way: by granting it legal recognition. Some of the rights and privileges restricted to family, they argue, should be given to friends. WUSTL law professor Laura Rosenbury comments.
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Liberal Intolerance on College Campuses
Fox - The O'Reilly Factor
May 21,
2008 -- Laura Ingraham interviews two students on the subject of liberal intolerance on college campuses. WUSTL student Jill Strominger comments.
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Northwestern Rescinds Wright's Honorary Degree
NPR - Talk of the Nation
May 21,
2008 -- Host Neal Conan talks to the Weekly Standard's Joseph Epstein about Northwestern offering and then rescinding an honorary degree to Reverend Jeremiah Wright. One of the callers was a WUSTL alum named Mark who described the protest against Phyllis Schlafly at WUSTL's commencement.
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Students, faculty protest Schlafly at commencement
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 62 others
May 19,
2008 -- Hundreds of WUSTL students and faculty staged a silent protest as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly received an honorary degree at the 147th Commencement.
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Protest planned against Schlafly receiving honorary degree
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 3 others
May 12,
2008 -- Some faculty and students at WUSTL plan to protest at commencement to show their disapproval for the university's decision to award conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree on Friday.
The director of WUSTL's woman and gender studies program, Mary Ann Dzuback, comments.
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Whose pants on fire?
The Economist
May 12,
2008 -- The latest technology in lie detection technology is called voice risk analysis (VRA). WUSTL psychology professor Mitchell Sommers, who is a specialist in speech perception, says the findings confirm what other studies have shown about VRA: that it is not particularly good at detecting liars, but that it does act as an excellent deterrent.
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Bush to Nominate Paredes to SEC
The Wall Street Journal
and 2 others
May 8,
2008 -- The Bush administration nominated WUSTL law professor Troy Paredes to fill a Republican commissioner slot at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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President Bush to nominate Paredes for SEC commissioner post
Associated Press
and 20 others
May 7,
2008 -- President Bush intends to nominate WUSTL law school professor Troy Paredes to fill a Republican member vacancy of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Paredes has taught securities regulation, corporate governance and other subjects at WUSTL since 2001.
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Wall Street roundup
Los Angeles Times
May 6,
2008 -- SEC member Paul Atkins is stepping down.
President Bush may nominate WUSTL law professor Troy Paredes for the post, said three people briefed on the matter who declined to be identified because the White House hasn't announced the choice.
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May We Scan Your Genome?
Newsweek
April 22,
2008 -- As personal genetic testing takes off, some worry that marketing is getting ahead of science.
With each new marketing push comes new criticism. Some say DNA testing doesn't belong in virtual clinics: One key issue is regulation.
WUSTL pediatrics and genetics specialist Thomas Morgan worries that the business is getting ahead of the science. "I might scare myself or reassure myself falsely based on the very limited knowledge that we have."
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Backed patent bill in trouble in U.S. Senate
The Guardian (UK)
and 10 others
April 15,
2008 -- A long-negotiated patent overhaul bill sought by technology companies and opposed by big pharmaceutical makers ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate. Scott Kieff, WUSTL law professor and patent law expert, comments.
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Order in the jungle - Economics and the rule of law
The Economist
March 17,
2008 -- Article refers to the theory of WUSTL economist Douglass North and his view that stable, predictable laws encourage investment and growth.
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Commentary: Let The Markets Regulate Microsoft
Forbes.com
March 12,
2008 -- WUSTL law professor Scott Kieff writes a commentary about regulating Microsoft.
He is also a research fellow at Stanford University' s Hoover Institution, where he runs the Hoover Project on Commercializing Innovation, which studies the law, economics and politics of innovation.
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Experts Study Neuroscience Use in Courts
Associated Press
and 82 others
March 3,
2008 -- Brain scans have emerged as potentially powerful tools in court battles over defendants' sanity. More defense attorneys are seeking scans showing brain damage or abnormalities that might have made it difficult for their clients to control violent impulses. Marcus E. Raichle, researcher of neurology and radiology at the School of Medicine, comments.
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Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press
and 66 others
Feb. 27,
2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections.
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Clemens Autograph Seekers May Have Broken Federal Law
The New York Times
Feb. 14,
2008 -- WUSTL 's Kathleen Clark, law professor, comments on members of the House oversight committee who asked Roger Clemens for an autograph during his tour of the Capitol. The requests may have violated a federal law against soliciting things of value from people with interests before the committee,
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Drug Informant Fights Deportation
NPR Day to Day
Feb. 8,
2008 -- A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities.
He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments.
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The New Theology
Chicago Tribune magazine
Jan. 22,
2008 -- The Chicago Tribune magazine story on the conflict between Darwin and theology. Ursula Goodenough professor of biology comments on the conflict.
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A Hereditary Perk the Founding Fathers Failed to Anticipate
The New York Times
Jan. 15,
2008 -- Legacy admissions may be elitist, says Adam Liptak, but they're not illegal.
He also says that legacy preferences in college admissions -- the nepotistic advantages given to the children of alumni -- are indefensible.
References include an article published in the WUSTL Law Review.
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