Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy

The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy is a student-edited law review

Law review

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of conservative and libertarian

Libertarianism

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legal scholarship. It was establisheded by Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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students Spencer Abraham

Spencer Abraham

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and Stephen Eberhard in 1978, leading to the founding of the Federalist Society

Federalist Society

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, for which it is the official journal.

Notable authors include Guido Calabresi, Viet D. Dinh

Viet D. Dinh

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, Frank H. Easterbrook

Frank H. Easterbrook

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, John C. Eastman

John C. Eastman

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, Richard Garnett

Richard Garnett

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, Robert George

Robert George

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, Douglas H. Ginsburg

Douglas H. Ginsburg

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, Lino Graglia

Lino Graglia

Lino A. Graglia , Italian American, is the Dalton Cross Professor of Law at the University of Texas specializing in antitrust litigation. He earned a BA from the City College of New York in 1952, and an LLB from Columbia University in 1954, before working in the Eisenhower administration's United...

, Alex Kozinski

Alex Kozinski

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, George L. Priest

George L. Priest

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, William H. Pryor, Jr.

William H. Pryor, Jr.

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, William Rehnquist

William Rehnquist

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, Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia

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, Eugene Scalia

Eugene Scalia

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, Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

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, Ron Paul

Ron Paul

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, and John Yoo

John Yoo

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