Lloyd L. Weinreb
Encyclopedia
Lloyd L. Weinreb is the Dane Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
(a chair once held by Joseph Story
). He was first appointed to the HLS faculty in 1965 and became a full professor in 1968.
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Prior to beginning his teaching career, Lloyd Weinreb served as a clerk for Justice Harlan
on the US Supreme Court and as a criminal prosecutor in Washington, D.C.
His research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, intellectual property, and legal and political philosophy.
Lloyd Weinreb has an extensive bibliography and has authored several casebooks on criminal law, as well as many law review articles.
Despite lacking the celebrity professor status of some of his colleagues at Harvard Law School, Professor Weinreb is highly regarded by students and faculty. He has been described as "a remarkable model of competence and clarity". The Harvard Law Record
ranked him among the 'ten professors whose classes you won't want to miss'.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
(a chair once held by Joseph Story
Joseph Story
Joseph Story was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered today for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and The Amistad, along with his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first...
). He was first appointed to the HLS faculty in 1965 and became a full professor in 1968.
Biography
Weinreb received bachelor's degrees from Dartmouth College and Oxford University, and graduate degrees from Harvard Law School and Oxford University. He has spent several semesters as a visiting professor at Simon Fraser UniversitySimon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
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Prior to beginning his teaching career, Lloyd Weinreb served as a clerk for Justice Harlan
John Marshall Harlan II
John Marshall Harlan was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. His namesake was his grandfather John Marshall Harlan, another associate justice who served from 1877 to 1911.Harlan was a student at Upper Canada College and Appleby College and...
on the US Supreme Court and as a criminal prosecutor in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
His research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, intellectual property, and legal and political philosophy.
Lloyd Weinreb has an extensive bibliography and has authored several casebooks on criminal law, as well as many law review articles.
Despite lacking the celebrity professor status of some of his colleagues at Harvard Law School, Professor Weinreb is highly regarded by students and faculty. He has been described as "a remarkable model of competence and clarity". The Harvard Law Record
Harvard Law Record
The Harvard Law Record is an independent, biweekly student-edited newspaper based at Harvard Law School. Founded in 1946, it is the oldest law school newspaper in the United States.-Characteristics:...
ranked him among the 'ten professors whose classes you won't want to miss'.
Notable publications
- Leading Constitutional Cases on Criminal Justice (Foundation Press 2007). http://www.amazon.com/dp/1587788454
- Legal Reason. The Use of Analogy in Legal Argument (Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
2005). http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521614902 - Oedipus at Fenway Park:What Rights Are and Why There Are Any (Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
1994). http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674630920
Recent Law Review Articles
- "A Secular Theory of Natural Law," 72 Fordham Law ReviewFordham Law ReviewThe Fordham Law Review is a student-run law journal associated with the Fordham University School of Law that covers a wide range of legal scholarship.- Overview :...
2287 (2004). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=lexsee&autosubmit=yes&search=72+fordham+l+rev+2287 - "Integrity in Government," 72 Fordham Law Review 421 (2003). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?searchtype=lexsee&autosubmit=yes&search=72+fordham+l+rev+421