Background
Harry Kalven Jr. was born on September 11, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
College of the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Law School
(Required Reading for those seriously concerned with law, ...)
Required Reading for those seriously concerned with law, economics, and the ethics of public policy this book will open the eyes of anyone who pays- taxes or argues about them.
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1953
(An examination of possible impact and some solutions to t...)
An examination of possible impact and some solutions to the problem of court delay. Zeisel notes in the new introduction that there has not been a lessening of the problem since this book was originally published in 1959.
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1959
(This highly-acclaimed report from the University of Chica...)
This highly-acclaimed report from the University of Chicago Law School jury study answers the fundamental query: How differently might judge and jury decide the same case? Drawing from 3576 jury trial reports from courts all over the United States, the study offers a general theory of jury decision making. "The American Jury is absolutely indispensable to anyone who would desire full comprehension of the functioning of the American jury. Not only the entire bar but intelligent and interested laymen as well should be profoundly grateful for the efforts of Professors Kalven and Zeisel." (The Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg) "This is the sort of law book that appears once in a decade.... A pioneering work ... to be savored and reread, not one to be gulped at a single sitting. (Judge Henry J. Friendly) "This book will become a familiar tool in the hands of the many political scientists, sociologists, and social psychologists interested in the law." (Harry P. Stumpf) "The Chicago jury project appears to be unique in American law schools as an undertaking of rigorously scientific research in a strictly legal field. Some work has been done at other American law schools, notably Yale and UCLA, but there has not yet been any production of significant empiric legal data comparable to that of the Chicago project." (The Honorable Lee Loevinger)
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1971
(A look at the First Amendment and Supreme Court decisions...)
A look at the First Amendment and Supreme Court decisions dealing with it, covers the content of speech and freedom of association, and discusses deportation, exclussion, and passport regulation
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060916222/?tag=2022091-20
1988
Harry Kalven Jr. was born on September 11, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Kalven graduated from the College of the University of Chicago, as well as from its Law School.
Kalven served at the University of Chicago as a professor of law for almost thirty years from 1946. He also worked as director of the Jury Project of the University of Chicago Law School.
Kalven wrote nonfiction books on legal topics, in particular, the issue of free speech. Some of Kalven’s work was written for an audience of law students and legal professionals. In these academic writings, Kalven addresses such issues as taxation and tons (civil wrongs, or actions that cause an injury or loss). Kalven authored a legal textbook on torts with Charles O. Gregory that was published in 1969.
Other works by Kalven deal with legal topics but are written for consumption by the general public. In The American Jury, Kalven and Hans Zeisel analyze the jury system and conclude that, where an initial vote has been taken, juries tend to deliver the verdicts that are initially supported by a majority of the jurors in the jury. The book was the product of the University of Chicago Jury Project, a study of the jury system that remains a seminal reference for persons seeking information about the psychology of the jury process.
Kalven’s specialty was the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prevents Congress from making laws that prohibit the freedom of speech. Kalven wrote the introduction to David T. Dellinger’s book about the contempt citations issued against the criminal defendants known as “The Chicago Eight,” the group-actually composed of ten people—prosecuted in part for the content of their public speeches during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.
After his death, the Kalven’s son Jamie edited and published Kalven’s last book. A Worthy Tradition: Freedom of Speech in America, which Kalven was in the process of writing when he died in 1974, was, according to a quote from Jamie Kalven in the Chicago Tribune, “unpublishable as he left it ... too good to put aside, to precious to cede to death.” A Worthy Tradition explores the area of free speech with an examination of the leading First Amendment cases and the debates that have accompanied them. Kalven also draws his own conclusions about the direction of free speech construction in America.
(This highly-acclaimed report from the University of Chica...)
1971(A look at the First Amendment and Supreme Court decisions...)
1988(Required Reading for those seriously concerned with law, ...)
1953(An examination of possible impact and some solutions to t...)
1959Kalven was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Kalven married Betty Rymer on November 6, 1945. They had 4 children - James, Michael, Peter and Katherine.