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Faculty Scholarship

Madoff Unpacks Tax Code Unfairness

By Timothy Karcz
May 16, 2025

Alumni

Ingrid Schroffner ’95, a Musician at Heart

By Adeline Kim
September 11, 2024

Online Exclusives

Corporations Are People, Too (And They Should Act Like It)

Why we’re better off treating corporations as people under the law—and making them behave like citizens, according to Professor Kent Greenfield.

October 10, 2018

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Prophecy Without Contempt: A Q&A with Libby Professor Cathleen Kaveny

Cathleen Kaveny is Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology at Boston College. Kaveny has published two books in 2016: Prophecy Without Contempt: ...

By Katharine Whittemore
April 25, 2016

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Bilder Wins Bancroft Prize

BC Law Professor and Lee Distinguished Scholar Mary Sarah Bilder has won the Bancroft Prize, considered one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American ...

March 17, 2016

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Bilder’s Madison’s Hand Draws Praise at Clough Panel

On Tuesday, October 27th, distinguished scholars of American constitutionalism gathered together for a special event to celebrate the publication of Professor Mary Bilder’s book, Madison’s hand: ...

November 13, 2015

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Reframing the Constitutional Convention In Madison’s Hand

Ever since their publication in 1840, four years after their author’s death, James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention have been treated by historians and ...

October 1, 2015

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Coquillette’s The Battlefield of Merit Stirs Controversy

“This book will be controversial,” says Professor Daniel Coquillette. He’s referring to The Battlefield of Merit, the first installment in a planned two-volume history of ...

October 1, 2015

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Madison’s Revisions: An Op Ed

September 17, 2015—Constitution Day—marks the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. It is a non-anniversary. An appropriate moment to emphasize that James ...

September 29, 2015