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'''Benjamin Kaplan''' (April 11, 1911 – August 18, 2010) was an American copyright scholar and jurist. He was also notable as "one of the principal architects"<ref name="childs">David Childs, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/benjamin-kaplan-judge-who-played-a-crucial-role-in-preparations-for-the-nuremberg-trials-2075318.html "Benjamin Kaplan: Judge who played a crucial role in preparations for the Nuremberg trials"], ''The Independent'', Sept. 10, 2010.</ref> of the [[Nuremberg trial]]s.<ref name="NYT-obit">Bruce Weber, [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/us/25kaplan.html "Benjamin Kaplan, Crucial Figure in Nazi Trials, Dies at 99"] (Obituary), ''[[New York Times]]'', 2010/08/24.</ref> |
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'''Benjamin Kaplan''' (called ba kope but formaly known as benjamin harold kaplan |
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Kaplan grew up in the [[South Bronx]], graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School at the age of 14.<ref name="childs" /> He then attended [[City College of New York|City College]], graduating in 1929 at the age of 18,<ref name="childs" /> and [[Columbia Law School]] in 1933,<ref>Harvard Law School, [http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2010/08/19_kaplan.html "Royall Professor of Law Emeritus Benjamin Kaplan [1911-2010]"] (Obituary), 2010/08/19.</ref> and engaged in private practice until 1942 when he joined the Army.<ref name="NYT-obit" /> |
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In 1945, while a [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the Army, Kaplan joined the prosecution team developing the case against the [[Nazi war criminals]].<ref name="NYT-obit" /> Kaplan supervised the research and developed legal strategies for the case.<ref name="NYT-obit" /> In 1947 he joined the faculty at Harvard Law School.<ref name="NYT-obit" /> |
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Kaplan co-wrote the first casebook on copyright, with [[Yale Law School]] Professor Ralph Brown in 1960.<ref name="BosGlobeObit">Bryan Marquard, [http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/08/20/benjamin_kaplan_99_esteemed_jurist_law_professor/ "Benjamin Kaplan, 99, esteemed jurist, law professor"] (obituary), ''[[Boston Globe]]'', 2010/08/20.</ref> As the Royall Professor of Law at [[Harvard Law School]], he delivered a series of lectures at Columbia Law in 1966. The James S. Carpentier Lectures were then published in 1967 as ''An Unhurried View of Copyright''.<ref>See [http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2005/12/augustine-birrell-and-benjamin-kaplan.html [[William Patry]]'s Copyright blog discussion of the work], Dec. 27, 2005.</ref> Kaplan also served on the [[Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court]] from 1972–1981 and later on the [[Massachusetts Appeals Court]]. |
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Among Kaplan's students at Harvard were future U.S. Supreme Court Justices [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] and [[Stephen Breyer]], the latter of whose views on copyright appear to have been influenced by those of Judge Kaplan. Among his former law clerks are the influential scholar [[Cass Sunstein]] and [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] attorney [[Marjorie Heins]]. |
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In 1942 Kaplan married to [[Felicia Lamport]] (1916 – 23 December 1999), a political satirist and writer of light verse. The couple had two children.<ref name="childs" /> Kaplan died of pneumonia in his [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] home on August 18, 2010 at 99 years old.<ref name="BosGlobeObit" /> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* ''An Unhurried View of Copyright'' (1967; Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. in [http://www.ilabdatabase.com/member/detail.php3?custnr=&membernr=1661&ordernr=53282 hardcover] and [http://www.ilabdatabase.com/member/detail.php3?custnr=&membernr=1661&ordernr=53427 paperback]. |
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==References== |
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| NAME = Kaplan, Benjamin |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American judge |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = April 11, 1911 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = August 18, 2010 |
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[[Category:Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices]] |
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[[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:American legal writers]] |
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[[Category:Harvard Law School faculty]] |
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[[Category:Copyright scholars]] |
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[[Category:1911 births]] |
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[[Category:2010 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Columbia Law School alumni]] |
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[[Category:Nuremberg Trials]] |
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