Henry Jacob Steiner

Background

Steiner, Henry Jacob was born on June 14, 1930 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Meier and Bluma (Henigson) Steiner.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1951. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1955. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1955.

Career

Law clerk to Honorary John M. Harlan Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1957-1958. Associate Sullivan and Cromwell, New York City, 1958-1962. Assistant professor school law Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1965, professor, since 1965, Jeremiah Smith Junior professor law, 1986—2005.

Professor emeritus, since 2005. Founder, director Law School Human Rights Program, 1984—2005. Chair university committee on human rights studies Harvard University, 1994—2002.

Board directors University Middle East project, 1996—1999, chair board directors, 2000—2007. Visiting professor Yale University, 1972—1973, Stanford University, 1965. Consultant Agency for International Development, 1962—1964, Ford Foundation, 1966—1969.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1956, Massachusetts 1963.

Works

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• book

  • Moral Argument and Social Vision in the Courts: A Study of Tort Accident Law
  • Diverse partners: Non-governmental organizations in the human rights movement : the report of a retreat of human rights activists, co-sponsord by ... Rights Program and Human Rights Internet

• Other Work

  • Co-author: (textbook) Transnational Legal Problems, 4th edition, 1994, Tort and Accident Law, second edition, 1989, International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals, 3d edition, 2007. Author: Moral Argument and Social Vision in the Courts, 1987, Diverse Partners: Non-Governmental Organizations in the Human Rights Movement, 1991. Co-author: Report of Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace, 2010, former developers editor Harvard Law Review.
    
    Contributor articles to professional journals.

Interests

• Photography.

Connections

Married Pamela Pomerance, August 1, 1982. Stepchildren: Duff, Jacoba.

Father:

Meier Steiner

Mother:

Bluma (Henigson) Steiner

Spouse:

Pamela Pomerance

child:

Duff Steiner

child:

Jacoba Steiner