Word: dershowitz
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...September 2003, a DePaul University professor accused Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz of “wholesale lifting of source material” from another author’s book. Dershowitz defended his book, “The Case for Israel,” and called the allegations “funny...
...relaxed open-forum at Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall, Summers was introduced by Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, who jokingly said that Summers was much like him, being “shy, unopinionated, diffident, [and] someone who gets along well with others...
...Dershowitz also posed the first question of the night, asking if “an intellectual provocateur could be a successful university president...
Summers said that it would be inappropriate for a university president to comment on professors’ research, while adding that universities must protect academic freedom and that professors should be open to criticism. When asked by Dershowitz if professors should be compelled to debate their critics, Summers said that part of “the principle of academic freedom is the right to remain silent...
What do O.J. Simpson and Pharaoh of the Old Testament have in common? As of last Monday, both have benefited from the legal counsel of Alan Dershowitz. The Frankfurter Professor of Law showed off his debating chops by defending the notorious anti-Semite before an anything-but-impartial jury in a mock trial staged at Harvard Hillel. In a partially scripted exchange peppered with Old Testament allusions and political wisecracks, Dershowitz stood his ground against prosecuting attorney Austryn Professor of Jewish Studies Jay Harris, who accused Pharaoh of committing crimes against humanity. Dershowitz retorted that Pharoah could not be convicted...