B.A., California (Berkeley), 1960 ; J.D., Chicago, 1964; M.C.L., 1965. Began teaching law in 1965. Professor of law at the University of California (Los Angeles), 1969-83. Joined the Columbia faculty in 1983. Visiting professorships in Jerusalem, 1972-73 and 1993; Harvard, 1973-74; Yale, 1977; Frankfurt, 1980; Budapest, 1990; Brussels, 1991; Toronto, 2001; and Hamburg, 2002.
Publications include: Rethinking Criminal Law (1978), which received an Order of the Coif award (1980), A Crime of Self-Defense: Bernhard Goetz and the Law on Trial (1988), which received the ABA Silver Gavel Award (1989), Loyalty: An Essay on the Morality of Relationships (1993), With Justice for Some: Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials(1995), Basic Concepts of Legal Thought (1996); Basic Concepts of Criminal Law (1998), Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy (2001), designated by the American Association of Publishers as the best book on law published in 2001, Romantics at War: Glory and Guilt in the Age of Terrorism (2002), American Law in a Global Context: The Basics, co-authored with Steve Sheppard (2005). Full Profile / Courses