Paul W. Kahn
Encyclopedia
Paul W. Kahn is The Robert W. Winner Professor of Law and the Humanities at Yale Law School
and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights.
Despite his generally progressive politics, Kahn has been referred to as the "world's leading conservative law scholar." This title is no doubt a consequence of Kahn's academic legal writing, which focuses on the importance of the family as the primary actor in the American Constitutional story. Kahn's prolific legal scholarship includes writings on international law, human rights, and constitutional law.
Among the student body at Yale Law School, Professor Kahn's unique teaching style and aggressive critiques of legal writing have made him among the most popular members of the faculty.
Professor Kahn teaches courses on constitutional law, human rights, and political theology.
from the University of Chicago
in 1973, Ph.D.
from Yale University
in 1977, and J.D.
from Yale Law School
in 1980.
After graduation, he clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White
from 1980 to 1982. He joined the faculty of Yale Law School in 1985.
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
and the Director of the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights.
Despite his generally progressive politics, Kahn has been referred to as the "world's leading conservative law scholar." This title is no doubt a consequence of Kahn's academic legal writing, which focuses on the importance of the family as the primary actor in the American Constitutional story. Kahn's prolific legal scholarship includes writings on international law, human rights, and constitutional law.
Among the student body at Yale Law School, Professor Kahn's unique teaching style and aggressive critiques of legal writing have made him among the most popular members of the faculty.
Professor Kahn teaches courses on constitutional law, human rights, and political theology.
Biography
Kahn received his B.A. degreeBachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1973, Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1977, and J.D.
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
from Yale Law School
Yale Law School
Yale Law School, or YLS, is the law school of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Established in 1824, it offers the J.D., LL.M., J.S.D. and M.S.L. degrees in law. It also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers...
in 1980.
After graduation, he clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White
Byron White
Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...
from 1980 to 1982. He joined the faculty of Yale Law School in 1985.
Works
- Legitimacy and History: Self-Government in American Constitutional Theory, 1993
- The Reign of Law: Marbury v. Madison and the Construction of America, 1997
- The Cultural Study of Law: Reconstructing Legal Scholarship, 1999
- Law and Love: The Trials of King Lear, 2000
- Putting Liberalism in its Place, Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 2005 - Out of Eden: Adam and Eve and the Problem of Evil, Princeton, 2007
- Political Theology: Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty , Columbia University Press , 2011