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Eric Freedman - Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law
Eric Freedman
Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of
Constitutional Law

Background
  • B.A., J.D., Yale University
  • M.A., Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
  • The reporter for the ABA's Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Capital Cases
  • Author of Habeas Corpus: Rethinking the Great Writ of Liberty (New York University Press, 2002)
Contact Information
     
Areas of Expertise
  • Civil Liberties
  • Constitutional Law
  • Death Penalty/Habeas Corpus
  • Guantanamo Detainees
 
Media Experience
  • National Law Journal, "Congress Looks at More Limits on Habeas" 07/25/05
  • The New York Times, "Schiavo Lesson on Judiciary Trump Card" 03/24/05
  • The New Yorker, "Outsourcing Torture: The Battle Over "Extraordinary Rendition"" 02/16/05
  • Eric Freedman was interviewed on National Public Radio on January 31, 2005, about the ruling of a federal district court that Defense Department hearings are insufficient process for detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
  • The New York Times, "Execution May Occur Despite Votes of 7 Judges" 10/07/04
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