Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitzis an American lawyer, jurist, and author. He is a prominent scholar on United States constitutional law and criminal law, and a leading defender of civil liberties. He spent most of his career at Harvard Law School where in 1967, at the age of 28, he became the youngest full professor of law in its history. He held the Felix Frankfurter professorship there from 1993 until his retirement in December 2013...
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth1 September 1938
CityNew York City, NY
years students
I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.
views tactics respect-me
I understand that it's good tactics to categorize me as a close-minded, unobjective extremist, but nobody that respects me has those views.
thinking requirements would-be
I think there would be less torture with a warrant requirement than without one.
moving party thinking
I think extremists within the base may very well move the Democratic party away from its pro-Israel position.
play hiking museums
I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous amount of energy.
years harvard feels
I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.
freedom-of-speech violence should
Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.
hate book rights
I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters.
exercise academic-freedom government
Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.
radio host paranoid
There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life.
mistake thinking evil
The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.
struggle morality process
The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process.
borders internet national-borders
The Internet knows no national borders.
doubt criminals trials
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.