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...professors throughout thecountry have offered their input into the case,which liberal groups say is a referendum onacademic freedom at Harvard. More than 200 lawprofessors have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
...professors throughout thecountry have offered their input into the case,which liberal groups say is a referendum onacademic freedom at Harvard. More than 200 lawprofessors have signed a letter expressing concernover Bok's slow response to the Dalton vote andhis decision to override tenure for VisitingProfessor of Law David Trubek, another left-wingscholar. Like Trubek, Dalton is associated withCritical Legal Studies, a movement which holdsthat the law is rooted in dominant social normsand not abstract notions of justice...
Professor Derrick A. Bell said he would protest the faculty's vote to deny tenure to Assistant Professor Clare Dalton and the decision by President Bok to reject the tenure appointment of Visiting Professor David Trubek...
Last week, 22 professors signed letters requesting that Vorenberg ask Bok to review Dalton's case to resolve questions concerning the fairness of the process. Several professors at the Law School contend that both Dalton and Trubek were denied tenure because of their radical academic views. The two scholars are affiliated with a school of thought known as Critical Legal Studies that challenges traditional thoughts on the nature of justice...
Supporters of Trubek said he was a superbscholar and worthy of tenure. The visitingprofessor is known for conducting a multi-milliondollar empirical study of the way justice isadministered in the United States. Supporters saidadministrative skills were vital to Trubek'sscholarship...