Charles Nesson
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| Charles Nesson | |
| Born | February 11, 1939 |
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| Spouse(s) | Fern Leicher Nesson |
| Children | Rebecca, Leila |
| Website http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/nesson.html http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/nesson/blog/ |
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Charles Rothwell Nesson (born February 11, 1939) is the William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society[1] and of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society.[2] He is author of Evidence, with Murray and Green, and has participated in several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals.[3] In 1971, Nesson defended Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case.[1] He was co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the case against W.R. Grace that was made into the film A Civil Action.[4]
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[edit] Early life and education
Nesson attended Harvard College as an undergraduate, and then Harvard Law School where he joined the list of only a handful of people in history to have graduated summa cum laude.[2] Nesson was a law clerk to Justice John Marshall Harlan II on the United States Supreme Court, 1965 term. He then worked as a special assistant in the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. His first case, White v. Crook, made race and gender-based jury selection in Alabama unconstitutional. Nesson joined the Harvard Law School faculty in 1966, and was tenured in 1969.[1]
[edit] Current activities
He is "currently leading a project to reify university as a meta player in cyberspace, to legitimize and teach poker and the value of strategic poker thinking (which his appearance on The Colbert Report was related to), and to advance restorative justice in Jamaica".[2]
In May 2008, he represented the founder of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and publisher of High Times Magazine, who wished to challenge Massachusetts state marijuana possession laws.[5]
In 2006 he taught CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion with Rebecca Nesson and Gene Koo.[6] He teaches courses in the law and practice of Evidence (how to prove the "truth"), Trials in Second Life, and a reading group with Fern Nesson[7] on Freedom.[2]
[edit] Publications
Selected publications:[8]
- Green, Nesson & Murray, Evidence (3rd ed. Aspen)
- Constitutional Hearsay: Requiring Foundational Testing and Corroboration under the Confrontation Clause, 81 Va. L. Rev. 149 (1995), with Yochai Benkler
- Incentives to Spoliate Evidence in Civil Litigation: The Need for Vigorous Judicial Action, 13 Cardozo L. Rev. 793 (1991)
- Agent Orange Meets the Blue Bus: Factfinding at the Frontier of Knowledge, 66 B.U.L. Rev. 521 (1986)
- The Evidence or the Event? On Judicial Proof and the Acceptability of Verdicts, 98 Harvard Law Review 1357 (1985)
- Reasonable Doubt and Permissive Inferences: The Value of Complexity, 92 Harvard Law Review 1187 (1979)
[edit] Personal life
Charles Nesson lives with his wife, Fern Leicher Nesson, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They have two daughters: Rebecca and Leila.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Flood, Joseph P. (2002-04-19). "The Path Less Traveled", The Harvard Crimson, The Harvard Crimson, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b c d "About GPSTS". Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
- ^ "U.S. Supreme Court DAUBERT v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 509 U.S. 579 (1993)". The New York Times / FindLaw. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Excerpts from Brief for the Plaintiffs-Appellants, Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.". W. R. Grace & Co. (civil-action.com) (1987). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Marijuana Laws on Trial". NORML. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ "CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion". Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, The President and Fellows of Harvard College (blogs.law.harvard.edu) (2006-09-22). Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
- ^ "Freedom: Seminar". Harvard Law School, The President and Fellows of Harvard College (blogs.law.harvard.edu). Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
- ^ "Professor Charles R. Nesson". Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School, The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
[edit] External links
- Charles Nesson. (2006-05-12). Beyond Broadcast Conference: Closing Remarks (Real Video, Real Audio, MP3 audio). Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: WGBH Educational Foundation, Cambridge Community Television. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
