Gerald N. Rosenberg is a University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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 political science and law professor, and the author of the 1991 controversial book The Hollow Hope

The Hollow Hope

The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?was written by Gerald N. Rosenberg and published in 1991. A highly controversial work, it produced labels ranging from "revolutionary" to "insulting." A Second Edition of the book was published in 2008 by the University of Chicago Press .-Basic...

(ISBN 0-226-72703-3) which won the Gordon J. Laing Award

Gordon J. Laing Award

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 from the University of Chicago Press

University of Chicago Press

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 in 1993. He holds a law degree from The University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from Yale University

Yale University

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. He is also a member of the Washington, D.C. bar.

Rosenberg spent the 2003-2004 academic year on a Fulbright grant mission to teach US Constitutional law

Constitutional law

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 at the Law School of Xiamen University

Xiamen University

Xiamen University , colloquially known as Xia Da , located in Xiamen, Fujian province, is the first university in China founded by overseas Chinese. Before 1949, it was originally known as the University of Amoy. The school motto is "Pursue Excellence, Strive for Perfection "...

 in China

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He has two teenage children.