Discoveries, ideas and people to watch
Telling them that more than half the world's population lives "outside
the law," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told Stanford
graduates to spread American principles of justice, especially in
places that resist them.
Tagged: commencement, On Campus, Law
A decade ago, John A. Hall, Stanford Law ’00, was a history professor on
the academic fast track when a lifechanging vacation made him reexamine his
role in the world. Today, Hall is a human rights legal scholar whose research
has improved transparency in the tribunals of the surviving leaders of the
Khmer Rouge.
Tagged: Cambodia, human rights, International Issues, Public Service, Law
An enormous percentage of those “in power,” that is, in a position to make decisions of societal scope, are trained as lawyers. However, precisely as women begin to make
serious gains within the legal profession, it is becoming less and less
clear that law will remain the primary repository of societal power. In this viewpoint, Ryan Calo discusses the incredible importance of “code” and other facets of
information technology in shaping human possibilities.
Experts on marine science, policy and law came together at the Stanford Law School for a symposium on managing ocean ecosystems in an uncertain future of climate change.
Tagged: climate change, Environmental Research, Environment & Sustainability, Law
Stanford's Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies
has made grants to five new interdisciplinary faculty projects. The projects will examine China's environmental protection efforts,
investigate ties between climate change and civil conflict in poor
countries, fight the effects of anemia on the academic performance of
Chinese children, develop curriculum units on infectious pandemic
diseases, and study the effects of international migration on human
well-being.
Tagged: International Initiative, International Issues, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Law, Medicine
Law Professor Robert Weisberg moderated a panel of public defenders and a prosecutor who spoke at Stanford Law School about the problems caused by
what they call paltry funding for indigent criminal defense in the
country's state and county courts.
Tagged: Public Service, Law
Professor William Koski discusses President Obama's educational reform plan in an interview on KCBS radio.
Tagged: K-12 Education, Education, Law
The artist who created one of the best-known images from Barack Obama's
presidential campaign is suing The Associated Press with the help of
the Fair Use Project at Stanford Law School.
Tagged: Arts & Creativity, Law
VIDEO: Graduate student Viviana Gradinaru is combining neuroscience and bioengineering to study
the human body's circuits. Binyamin
Blum, a student in history and law, is studying the transplantation of
English common law into the Middle East between World Wars I & II.
This work has potential to inform current policy debates about
introducing the rule of law abroad.
Tagged: fellowships, Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowships, International Initiative, neuroscience, rule of law, Human Health, International Issues, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, Law, Medicine
As scientists and pharmaceutical companies continue developing drugs to
treat brain diseases, there is a chance those pills will have some
benefit to healthy minds.
Tagged: brain, drugs, Human Health, Law