of the 114-page article analyzing the works of Alan Dershowitz published in the Albany Law Review last year, entitled Visibility, Accountability and Discourse As Essential to Democracy: The Underlying Theme of Alan Dershowitz’s Writing and Teaching.
of the 114-page article analyzing the works of Alan Dershowitz published in the Albany Law Review last year, entitled Visibility, Accountability and Discourse As Essential to Democracy: The Underlying Theme of Alan Dershowitz’s Writing and Teaching.
From the introduction:
I have been writing about the law and justice for half a century. My first published law review piece appeared in 1960 as a student note in the Yale Law Journal. Since that time, I have published nearly thirty books and hundreds of articles covering a wide range of legal, philosophical, historical, psychological, biblical, military, educational, and political issues. Until I listened to the excellent papers presented at this conference on my work, I had never realized–at least on a conscious level–that a single, underlying theme, with multiple variations, runs through nearly all of my writings. As a response to those papers, I will seek to articulate that theme, show how it pervades my writing and teaching, identify some of its roots in the teachings of my own mentors, try to defend its fundamental correctness, and point to several weaknesses and limitations that remain to be considered before I complete my life’s work.
The citation is 71 Alb. L. Rev. 731 (2008), if you’re curious.