Harvard Law Review
| Discipline | Law review |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1887 to present |
| Publisher | The Harvard Law Review Association (  USA) |
| Frequency | Monthly (Eight times a year, November through June) |
| 6.04 (2005) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | HLR |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0017-811X |
| LCCN | 2005-236617 |
| OCLC no. | 46968396 |
| Links | |
The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.
Overview
The Review is one of the most cited law reviews in the United States. It is published monthly from November through June, with the November issue dedicated to covering the previous year's Supreme Court Term. The review has a circulation of about 4,000,[1] and also publishes online. In addition, it publishes the online-only Harvard Law Review Forum, a rolling journal of scholarly responses to the main journal's content.
The Harvard Law Review Association, in conjunction with the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal, publishes The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, a widely followed authority for legal citation formats in the United States.
History
The Harvard Law Review published its first issue on April 15, 1887, and is the oldest operating student-edited law review in the nation. The establishment of this institution was largely due to the support of Louis Brandeis, then a recent Harvard Law School alumnus and Boston attorney who would later go on to become a Justice on the United States Supreme Court. The first woman to serve as the Review's president was Democratic political operative Susan Estrich (1978); its first black president was U.S. President Barack Obama (1991).[2] The recently elected Andrew Crespo (2008) was the first Hispanic president.[3]
The Harvard Law Review headquarters, Gannett House, is located on the Harvard Law School campus. It is a white building constructed in the Greek Revival style that was popular in New England during the mid- to late 1800s. Before moving into Gannett House in 1925, the Harvard Law Review resided in the Law School's Austin Hall.
Fourteen editors (two from each 1L section) are selected based on a combination of their first-year grades and their competition scores. Twenty editors are selected based solely on their competition scores. The remaining editors are selected on a discretionary basis.
Alumni
Prominent alumni of the Harvard Law Review include:
a United States President
- Barack Obama, served as President of Volume 104[4]
Supreme Court Justices
- Stephen Breyer, served as Articles Editor of Volume 77[5]
- Felix Frankfurter[6] (1882-1965)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, served as editor for one year before transferring to Columbia Law School[7]
- John G. Roberts, Jr., served as Managing Editor for Volume 92[8]
- Antonin Scalia, served as Notes Editor for Volume 73[9]
- Edward Sanford (1865-1930)
Other Jurists
- Michael Boudin, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, served as President of Volume 77[10]
- Henry Friendly, late judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, served as President[11]
- Pierre Leval, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, served as Notes Editor[12]
- Debra Ann Livingston, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[12]
- James L. Oakes, late judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[12]
- Richard Posner, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, served as President of Volume 75[13]
Cabinet Secretaries
- Dean Acheson, Secretary of State[14]
- Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security and former judge on United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit[15]
- William Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation, Brown v. Board of Education attorney, and first African-American Supreme Court clerk[16]
- Elliot Richardson, Attorney General, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Commerce, served as Law Review President (1947)[17]
Other U.S. Government Officials
- Paul Clement, former U.S. Solicitor General, served as Supreme Court Editor[18]
- Archibald Cox, late U.S. Solicitor General[19]
- Chris Cox, former Chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission[20]
- Viet Dinh, former Assistant Attorney General, served as Bluebook editor[21]
- Michael Froman, deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs in the Obama Administration[22]
- Julius Genachowski, chairman-designate of the Federal Communications Commissions[23]
- Erwin N. Griswold, a dean of the Harvard Law School and Solicitor General under presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon[24]
- Alger Hiss, former U.S. State Department Official and accused spy[25]
- Elena Kagan, Solicitor General in the Obama Administration[26][27]; formerly dean of Harvard Law School[28]
- Michael Leiter, current Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center[29], President of Volume 113[30]
Other Government Officials
- Preeta D. Bansal, former New York State Solicitor General, served as Supervising Editor[31]
- Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian Ambassador to the United States[32]
- Eliot Spitzer, former New York Governor[33]
Academics
- Derek Bok, former Harvard University President[34]
- Kingman Brewster, late Yale University President, served as Law Review Treasurer[35]
- Charles Hamilton Houston, former Dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP Litigation Director[36]
- Harold Koh, Dean of Yale Law School[37]
- David Leebron, President of Rice University, served as Law Review President[38]
- William C. Powers, President of University of Texas, served as Managing editor[39]
- John Sexton, President of New York University[40]
Writers and Journalists
- Archibald MacLeish, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet[41]
- Jeffrey Toobin, print and broadcast journalist[42]
Other Alumni/ae
- Nadine Strossen, former American Civil Liberties Union President[43]
Significant articles
- Brandeis, Louis (1890). "The Right to Privacy". Harvard Law Review. 4 (5): 193–220. doi:10.2307/1321160.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Thayer, James B. (1893). "The Origin and Scope of the American Doctrine of Constitutional Law". Harvard Law Review. 7 (3): 129–156. doi:10.2307/1322284.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1897). "The Path of the Law" ([dead link] – Scholar search). Harvard Law Review. 10: 457. doi:10.2307/1322028.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help); External link in|format= - Chafee, Zechariah (1919). "Freedom of Speech in Wartime". Harvard Law Review. 32 (8): 932–973. doi:10.2307/1327107.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Warren, Charles (1923). "New Light on the History of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789". Harvard Law Review. 37 (1): 49–132. doi:10.2307/1328407.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Radin, Max (1930). "Statutory Interpretation". Harvard Law Review. 43 (6): 863–885. doi:10.2307/1330769.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Fuller, Lon L. (1949). "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers". Harvard Law Review. 62 (4): 616–645. doi:10.2307/1336025.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Bickel, Alexander M. (1955). "The Original Understanding and the Segregation Decision". Harvard Law Review. 69 (1): 1–65. doi:10.2307/1337652.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Wechsler, Herbert (1959). "Toward Neutral Principles of Constitutional Law". Harvard Law Review. 73 (1): 1–35. doi:10.2307/1337945.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Breyer, Stephen (1970). "The Uneasy Case for Copyright: A Study of Copyright in Books, Photocopies, and Computer Programs". Harvard Law Review. 84 (2): 281–351. doi:10.2307/1339714.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Calabresi, Guido (1972). "Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral". Harvard Law Review. 85 (6): 1089–1128. doi:10.2307/1340059.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Andrews, William D. (1974). "A Consumption-Type or Cash Flow Personal Income Tax". Harvard Law Review. 87 (6): 1113–1188. doi:10.2307/1340076.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Brennan, William J. (1977). "State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights". Harvard Law Review. 90 (3): 489–504. doi:10.2307/1340334.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Unger, Roberto M. (1983). "The Critical Legal Studies Movement". Harvard Law Review. 96 (3): 561–675. doi:10.2307/1341032.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Cover, Robert (1983). "Nomos and Narrative" (PDF). Harvard Law Review. 97 (4): 4–68.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Powell, H. Jefferson (1985). "The Original Understanding of Original Intent". Harvard Law Review. 98 (5): 885–948. doi:10.2307/1340880.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Kennedy, Randall L. (1989). "Racial Critiques of Legal Academia". Harvard Law Review. 102 (8): 1745–1819. doi:10.2307/1341357.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Bartlett, Katharine T. (1990). "Feminist Legal Methods". Harvard Law Review. 103 (4): 829–888. doi:10.2307/1341478.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Amar, Akhil Reed (1994). "Fourth Amendment First Principles". Harvard Law Review. 107: 757–819. doi:10.2307/1341994.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Kagan, Elena (2001). "Presidential Administration". Harvard Law Review. 114 (8): 2245–2385. doi:10.2307/1342513.
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References
- ^ "About The Harvard Law Review". The Harvard Law Review Association. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Butterfield, Fox (February 6 1990). "First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) See also: Kantor, Jodi (January 28 2007). "In Law School, Obama Found Political Voice". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-04.{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Harvard Law Review elects Crespo as new president".
- ^ Ben Smith & Jeffrey Ressner, Obama Kept Law Review Balanced, CBSNews.com, June 23, 2008
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 182 (2008)
- ^ William M. Wiecek, The Birth of the Modern Constitution: The United States Supreme Court, 1941-1953 at 84 (2006)
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 187 (2008)
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 178 (2008)
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 147 (2008)
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 182 n.141 (2008)
- ^ Michael Boudin, Judge Henry Friendly and the Mirror of Constitutional Law, New York University Law Review 82:975, 977 (2007)
- ^ a b c United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Circuit Judges' Biographical Information
- ^ Akhil Reed Amar, Heller, HLR, and Holistic Legal Reasoning, Harvard Law Review 122:145, 184 (2008)
- ^ James Chace, Dean Acheson, in Edward S. Mihalkanin, American Statesman 2 (2004)
- ^ Jennifer O'Shea, Ten Things You Didn't Know About Michael Chertoff, U.S. News and World Report, Aug. 27, 2007
- ^ Harvard Law School, William T. Coleman Shares Stories From His 60-Year Legal Career, Apr. 14, 2007
- ^ Neil A. Lewis, Elliot Richardson Dies at 79; Stood Up to Nixon and Resigned in Saturday Night Massacre, New York Times, Jan. 1, 2000
- ^ Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, Solicitor General Paul D. Clement
- ^ Ken Gormley, Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation 29-30 (1999)
- ^ Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Biography: Chairman Christopher Cox
- ^ Bancroft Associates PLLC, Viet D. Dinh
- ^ "Michael Froman '91 joins White House in joint security, economic post" Harvard Law School: New and Events, 2-3-09. Retrieved 2-18-09.
- ^ Stephen Labaton, Obama to Select Genachowski to Lead F.C.C., The Caucus, N.Y. Times, Jan. 13, 2009
- ^ "First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review" by Fox Butterfield, The New York Times, 2-6-90. Retrieved 2-18-09. Spelling "Irwin."
- ^ "Your Witness, Mr. Murphy", Time Magazine, July 4, 1949
- ^ CNN.com: More Obama Justice Dept Picks Announced
- ^ "Is solicitor hearing a trial balloon?" by John Bresnahan, 2/10/09 4:48 AM EST, Politico. Retrieved 2-18-09.
- ^ Harvard Law School, Elena Kagan Named Next Dean of Harvard Law School
- ^ NCTC Director Bio
- ^ News Makers, [1], Harvard University Gazette, February 19, 1999
- ^ Skadden, Arps, Preeta D. Bansal
- ^ The Trilateral Commission, Allan E. Gotlieb
- ^ Daniel Gross, Eliot Spitzer: How New York's attorney general became the most powerful man on Wall Street, Slate, Oct. 21, 2004
- ^ Mark H. Odonoghae, It's Official: Derek Bok, Harvard Crimson, Jan. 11, 1971
- ^ Eric Pace, Kingman Brewster Jr., 69, Ex-Yale President and U.S. Envoy, Dies, New York Times, Nov. 9, 1988
- ^ Cornell Law School, Biography of Charles Hamilton Houston
- ^ Yale Law School, Faculty - Harold Hongju Koh
- ^ Terry Shepard, Meet David Lebron President-Elect of Rice University, Sallyport, Winter 2004
- ^ Office of the President, University of Texas, Biography: William Powers Jr.
- ^ Nina J. Easton & Kevin Cullen, To Many, He Is A Quiet Conservative, Boston Globe, July 21, 2005
- ^ Library of Congress, Previous Librarians of Congress - Archibald MacLeish
- ^ CNN, CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Jeffrey Toobin
- ^ New York law School, Nadine Strossen