Martha Minow

Martha Minow ( born December 6, 1954 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an American legal scholar and author.

Life

After her schooling Minow studied law at the University of Michigan, then at Harvard University and Yale Law School. After studying Minow was for Judge David Bazelon on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of DC active and then for Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court of the United States. 1981 Minow got a job as a high school teacher at Harvard. Since 1 July 2009 Minow counts as the successor of Elena Kagan dean of Harvard Law School.

Minow is married to Joseph William Singer.

Works (selection)

• 2010: In Brown's Wake. Legacies of America 's Landmark, Oxford University Press, Oxford ISBN 978-0-19-517152-5
• 2009: Government by Contract: Outsourcing and American Democracy ( Jody Freeman & Martha Minow L., Harvard University Press)
• 2007: Living Up to Rules: Holding Soldiers Responsible for Abusive Conduct and the Dilemma of the Superior Orders Defence ', 52 McGill Law Review 1
• 2007: Tolerance in to Age of Terror, 16 University of Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 453
• 2007: Should Religious Groups Ever Be Exempt From Civil Rights Laws, 48 Boston College Law Review 781?
• 2005: Outsourcing Power: How Privatizing Military Efforts Challenges Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy, 46 Boston College Law Review 989
• 2002: Partners, Not Rivals: Privatization and the Public Good
• 2002: Engaging Cultural Differences ( edited with Richard Shweder and Hazel Markus )
• 1997: Not Only For Myself: Identity, Politics, and Law
• 1990: Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion, and American Law
• 1987: Law Turning Outward, Telos 73 (Fall 1987), New York City

Prizes and Awards (selection)

• 2005: Sacks Friend Teaching Award, selected by the Harvard Law School
• 2006: Holocaust Center Award
• 2006: Honorary doctorate, University of Toronto, 2006
• 1996: Honorary Doctorate, Wheelock College, 1996.