legal scholar
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In this academic setting a consensus emerged, as the legal scholar Henry Sumner Maine argued, that sacrifice had been the basis for social order and political association.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Some conservative analysts, including legal scholar and former Bush administration official John Yoo, have also condemned the second strike.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
When I first deployed during the troop surge in Iraq, I was a 20-year-old with just a high school diploma—no one could have mistaken me for a legal scholar.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025
Harvard’s Jill Lepore is a triple threat: lauded historian, prominent legal scholar and New Yorker journalist.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025
A legal scholar who explains why Jack Franklin hasn't been arrested and why he might not ever be.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
