Faculty News
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Legal historian Mark Brandon’s new book addresses changing concepts of family
Mark Brandon's book, States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order, was released in September 2013 by the University Press of Kansas. Read MoreNov. 6, 2013
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in “Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville”
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in "Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville"
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013
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The Gettysburg Address: A 150-Year Retrospective – Panel Discussion
Legal historian Dan Sharfstein among panelists who will discuss Lincoln's famous speech, which framed the Civil War as a struggle for the principle of human equality. Read MoreNov. 4, 2013
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Kip Viscusi discusses methods of estimating the “value of a statistical life” in the October 2013 Monthly Labor Review
Viscusi's featured article explains how the availability of more accurate fatality rate estimates has enabled researchers to generate more accurate estimates of the “value of a statistical life.” Read MoreNov. 1, 2013
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Vanderbilt Institute of Medicine honors Professor Ellen Wright Clayton
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has written all of the Court’s decisions striking down various forms of discrimination against homosexuals, is poised to occupy a prominent place in history if a same-sex marriage case makes it to the high Court, according to Vanderbilt Law Professor… Read MoreOct. 25, 2013
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Ganesh Sitaraman awarded 2013 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
Professor Sitaraman honored for his book, The Counterinsurgent’s Constitution: Law in the Age of Small Wars. Read MoreOct. 10, 2013
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Professor Mike Newton helping organize Syrian war crimes court
Professor Newton is among the international war crime experts working to create a war crimes court to deal with atrocities committed during Syria’s civil war. Read MoreOct. 8, 2013
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Professor Joni Hersch's research covered by The Wall Street Journal, NBCNews.com, Cosmopolitan, and others
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has written all of the Court’s decisions striking down various forms of discrimination against homosexuals, is poised to occupy a prominent place in history if a same-sex marriage case makes it to the high Court, according to Vanderbilt Law Professor… Read MoreSep. 30, 2013
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Professor Joni Hersch’s research covered by The Wall Street Journal, NBCNews.com, Cosmopolitan, and others
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has written all of the Court’s decisions striking down various forms of discrimination against homosexuals, is poised to occupy a prominent place in history if a same-sex marriage case makes it to the high Court, according to Vanderbilt Law Professor… Read MoreSep. 30, 2013