Law

The effect of the crime rate on overall life satisfaction is relatively small, a Vanderbilt researcher has reported. While public opinion polls show that people think crime should be a high priority for local governments, crime appears to be only a small factor in a person\'s feeling of well-being, according to the study\'s author, Mark Cohen. Read More

Climate change is widely regarded as one of the most difficult problems facing modern society. Though manufacturers are responsible for much of the emissions in the United States, individuals play a big part in the problem. Read More

An op-ed by Vanderbilt legal scholar Brian Fitzpatrick on the appellate judge selection process in Tennessee. Read More

An op-ed by Vanderbilt legal scholar and sociologist Beverly Moran arguing that the American tax system contains racial biases. Read More

Disparities continue to exist in the U.S. tax system that unfairly benefits whites over blacks, according to Beverly Moran, professor of law and professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University. Read More

How much will people, communities and cities have to change to help save the planet? Will policymakers have to push people, for the first time, to limit what and how much they consume? These are some of the big issues leading experts in environmental law, the humanities and natural, social and behavioral sciences will discuss at the Climate Change and Consumption Conference being held at Vanderbilt University Law School April 18-19. Read More

This op-ed by Vanderbilt University legal scholar Nita Farahany explores the real-world advent of "pre-crime" as explored in the film "Minority Report." Read More

Mathias Risse, associate professor of public policy at Harvard University, will speak on human rights issues at the Vanderbilt Law School April 8 at noon. Read More

Vanderbilt law professor Beverly Moran has been honored by "Top Ladies of Distinction," which each year recognizes black women for outstanding leadership. Moran, a leading tax scholar, has served on Vanderbilt\'s law faculty since 2001. Read More

Vanderbilt Law Professor Carol Swain has been invited to a U.S. Civil Rights Commission briefing Friday, April 4, to discuss the impact of illegal immigration on wages of low-income black workers. Read More

"Judicial Reputation: A Conference on Neglected Justices"opens at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 3, at the Vanderbilt Law School with a keynote address by G. Edward White, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Read More

Vanderbilt University\'s Peabody College of education and human development is the second-ranked education school in the nation, according to the latest rankings of graduate and professional schools by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

Beverly I. Moran, a distinguished tax scholar who has served on the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School since 2001, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2008-09 academic year. Read More

An op-ed by Carol Swain, professor of law and of political science, on Planned Parenthood and its role in performing abortions. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice Lecture Series, sponsored by the Philosophy Department, presents James Bohman, the Danforth Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice Lecture Series, sponsored by the Philosophy Department, presents James Bohman, the Danforth Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University. Read More

An op-ed by Vanderbilt law and political science scholar Carol Swan critiquing a recent op-ed criticizing a local immigration raid. Read More

A distinguished group of scholars, journalists and activists will grapple with some of the thorniest issues of immigration during a symposium organized by Carol Swain, a Vanderbilt University professor of political science and law. Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice class presents David Reidy, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, speaking on "Human Rights: Agendas and Institutions." Read More

The Responsibility and Global Justice class presents David Reidy, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, speaking on "Human Rights: Agendas and Institutions." Read More