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...August were either finishing up summer jobs, returning from Europe, or dismally planning this year's courses. Most Faculty members were either finishing up summer research, enjoying the end of their vacation, or dismally planning this year's lectures. Two Faculty members, however, were doing something different. Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, and Richard N. Frye, associate professor of Middle Eastern Studies, were combining scholarship with unique vacations--in Soviet Russia...
...Berman, a specialist in Soviet law, went to Moscow on August 13 primarily to make inquiries about international trade on behalf of a group of American businessmen. His other chief aim was to study the current state of Soviet law, which is undergoing major reforms...
...Soviet soldier has more than a top sergeant to worry about, according to a report released yesterday by Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, and Miroslav Kerner, former Czech lawyer and army officer under the Soviets...
...Berman was commenting on a three day Conference on the Teaching of Law in the Liberal Arts Curriculum, of which he was the chairman. A transcript of the proceedings of the conference, held at the Law School in November under the auspices of the Carnegie Corporation, was released yesterday...
...There is no reason why the study of law should be a monopoloy of the law schools," Berman said. "A knowledge of the legal aspects of social life is fundamental to a proper understanding of both the social sciences and the humanities...