Alan M Dershowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4500632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan M Dershowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Dershowitz |
| SIGNATURE | DERSHOWITZ A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Terror tunnels: The case for Israel's just war against Hamas
At a time when Israel is under persistent attack--on the battlefield, by international organizations, and in the court of public opinion--Alan Dershowitz presents a powerful case for Israel's just war against terrorism. He shows why Israel's struggle against Hamas is a fight not only to protect its own citizens, but for all democracies. The nation-state of the Jewish people is providing a model for all who are threatened by terrorist groups--such…
Does state spying make us safer: The Munk Debate on mass surveillance
Does government surveillance make us safer? The thirteenth Munk Debate, held in Toronto on Friday, May 2, 2014, pitted Michael Hayden and Alan Dershowitz against Glenn Greenwald and Alexis Ohanian to debate whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom — the democratic issue of the moment. In a risk-filled world, democracies are increasingly turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and un…
Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000
Millions of Americans were mystified by, and outraged, by the US Supreme Court's role in deciding the presidential election of 2000. The Court had held a unique place in the system of checks and balances, seen as the embodiment of fairness and principle, precisely because it was perceived to be above the political fray. How could it now issue a decision that reeked of partisan politics, and send to the White House a candidate who may have actuall…
The Impertinent Student and Stealth Prosecutor
Why terrorism works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
The O. J. Simpson Corpus
Academic freedom at the University of Stockholm
In Honor of John Hart Ely
The Best Defense
Criminal Sentencing in the United States: An Historical and Conceptual Overview
The criminal sentence seeks to reduce the frequency and severity of crimes by employing the following mechanisms: (a) isolating the convicted criminal from the rest of the population, so that he is unable to commit crimes during the period of his enforced isolation; (b) punishing the con victed prisoner, so that he—and others contemplating crime —will be deterred by the prospect of a painful response if convicted; (c) rehabilitating the convicted…
Criminal Law: Theory and Process
Indeterminate Sentencing as a Mechanism of Preventive Confinement
Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry, and Law
Criminal Sentencing in the United States: An Historical and Conceptual Overview
The criminal sentence seeks to reduce the frequency and severity of crimes by employing the following mechanisms: (a) isolating the convicted criminal from the rest of the population, so that he is unable to commit crimes during the period of his enforced isolation; (b) punishing the con victed prisoner, so that he—and others contemplating crime —will be deterred by the prospect of a painful response if convicted; (c) rehabilitating the convicted…
Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry, and Law
Indeterminate Sentencing as a Mechanism of Preventive Confinement
Criminal Law: Theory and Process
Criminal Sentencing in the United States: An Historical and Conceptual Overview
The criminal sentence seeks to reduce the frequency and severity of crimes by employing the following mechanisms: (a) isolating the convicted criminal from the rest of the population, so that he is unable to commit crimes during the period of his enforced isolation; (b) punishing the con victed prisoner, so that he—and others contemplating crime —will be deterred by the prospect of a painful response if convicted; (c) rehabilitating the convicted…
The Best Defense
In Honor of John Hart Ely
Academic freedom at the University of Stockholm
The O. J. Simpson Corpus
The Impertinent Student and Stealth Prosecutor
Why terrorism works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000
Millions of Americans were mystified by, and outraged, by the US Supreme Court's role in deciding the presidential election of 2000. The Court had held a unique place in the system of checks and balances, seen as the embodiment of fairness and principle, precisely because it was perceived to be above the political fray. How could it now issue a decision that reeked of partisan politics, and send to the White House a candidate who may have actuall…
Terror tunnels: The case for Israel's just war against Hamas
At a time when Israel is under persistent attack--on the battlefield, by international organizations, and in the court of public opinion--Alan Dershowitz presents a powerful case for Israel's just war against terrorism. He shows why Israel's struggle against Hamas is a fight not only to protect its own citizens, but for all democracies. The nation-state of the Jewish people is providing a model for all who are threatened by terrorist groups--such…
Does state spying make us safer: The Munk Debate on mass surveillance
Does government surveillance make us safer? The thirteenth Munk Debate, held in Toronto on Friday, May 2, 2014, pitted Michael Hayden and Alan Dershowitz against Glenn Greenwald and Alexis Ohanian to debate whether state surveillance is a legitimate defence of our freedom — the democratic issue of the moment. In a risk-filled world, democracies are increasingly turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and un…
Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminal law (2 works)