Bruce Mann
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Bruce H. Mann is the Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
and a legal historian whose research focuses on the relationship among legal, social, and economic change in early America. He began at the Law School in Fall 2006, after being the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania
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In his latest book, Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence (winner 2003 SHEAR Book Prize; 2004 J. Willard Hurst Prize, awarded by Law and Society Association; and 2003 Littleton-Griswold Prize, awarded by the American Historical Association
), Mann explores the legal, social, economic, moral, political and intellectual implications of debt and failure in the early American republic, revealing how problems of money, credit, and debt implicated questions of commerce and agriculture, nationalism and federalism, dependence and independence, even slavery and freedom.
Mann has been the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society, and the annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. His four teaching awards include three at Penn: the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Law Course; the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching at the law school; and the university-wide Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Mann is married to Elizabeth Warren
, who is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
and a legal historian whose research focuses on the relationship among legal, social, and economic change in early America. He began at the Law School in Fall 2006, after being the Leon Meltzer Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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In his latest book, Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence (winner 2003 SHEAR Book Prize; 2004 J. Willard Hurst Prize, awarded by Law and Society Association; and 2003 Littleton-Griswold Prize, awarded by the American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
), Mann explores the legal, social, economic, moral, political and intellectual implications of debt and failure in the early American republic, revealing how problems of money, credit, and debt implicated questions of commerce and agriculture, nationalism and federalism, dependence and independence, even slavery and freedom.
Mann has been the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society, and the annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. His four teaching awards include three at Penn: the A. Leo Levin Award for Excellence in an Introductory Law Course; the Harvey Levin Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching at the law school; and the university-wide Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Mann is married to Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is an American bankruptcy expert, policy advocate, Harvard Law School professor, and Democratic Party candidate in the 2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts. She has written several academic and popular books concerning the American economy and personal finance. She...
, who is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
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- Bruce H. Mann at Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...