Memorial Notices
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In Memoriam: Ran Hirschl (1963-2026)
A leading scholar of comparative constitutional law, Professor Hirschl spent much of his academic career at the University of Toronto. The Toronto memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: G. Robert Blakey (1936-2026)
Professor Blakey, emeritus at Notre Dame (where he spent most of his academic career), was perhaps best-known for his work on (and scholarship about) RICO. The Notre Dame memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Sean Seymore for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: Marc Galanter (1931-2026)
Professor Galanter, one of the most important figures in law & society scholarship over the past half-century, was emeritus at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he had taught since the late 1970s. Here is the memorial notice from the UW Madison Dean: It is with great sadness that I write to inform you…
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In Memoriam: Alan Musgrave (1940-2026)
A well-known philosopher of science, Professor Musgrave studied under Karl Popper at the LSE, and held the Chair in Philosophy at the University of Otago from 1970 until his retirement in 2011. On the Otago Department homepage there is currently a memorial notice (scroll down for it). Comments are open for remembrances from those who…
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In Memoriam: Barbara Aronstein Black (1933-2026)
A longtime member of the Columbia Law faculty, where she was emerita, Professor Black was an expert in legal history and the first woman to serve as Dean of Columbia Law School. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew her or from those who wish to comment on the significance of her work.…
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In Memoriam: William E. Nelson (1940-2025)
Professor Nelson, a leading legal historian, was emeritus at NYU Law School, where he spent most of his academic career and from which he also graduated. There is a memorial notice here. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Nelson or for those who would like to comment on the significance of…
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In Memoriam: Stephen R. Munzer (1944-2025)
Professor Munzer, a longtime member of the law faculty at UCLA, where he was recently emeritus, wrote widely on topics in jurisprudence, especially the philosophical foundations of property, as well as other legal and bioethical topics. Comments are open for remembrances from those who knew Professor Munzer or for those who would like to comment…
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In Memoriam: George C. Christie (1934-2025)
A longtime professor at Duke Law School, where he was emeritus, Professor Christie wrote widely on topics in jurisprudence, torts, criminal law, and international law, among others. There is an obituary here.
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In Memoriam: Thomas Carbonneau (1950-2025)
Professor Carbonneau was a leading expert on arbitration–domestic, comparative, and international–and taught for many years at Tulane University and, most recently, at Pennsylvania State University. There is an obituary here.
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In Memoriam: William Twining (1934-2025)
Professor Twining, who was the emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London and also taught for a number of years at the University of Miami, was well-known for his intellectual biography of Karl Llewellyn (with whom he studied at Chicago in the 1950s) and for his work on evidence law, among other topics.…
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In Memoriam: Richard Fallon, Jr. (1952-2025)
A leading expert on constitutional law and federal courts, Professor Fallon spent his career at Harvard Law School. There is a news report from the Harvard Crimson here. (Thanks to Michael Naft for the pointer.) UPDATE: The HLS memorial notice.
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In Memoriam: Henry P. Monaghan (1934-2025)
Professor Monaghan, who taught for more than forty years at Columbia Law School (and, before that, at Boston and Cornell Universities), was a leading authority on constitutional law and federal courts. The CLS memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: George L. Priest (1947-2024)
Professor Priest, a leading figure in law and economics, taught for many years at Yale, and before that at UCLA and the University of Puget Sound. The Yale memorial notice is here. (Thanks to Daniel Crane for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: Joan Shaughnessy (1953-2024)
Professor Shaughnessy, well-known for her work in civil procedure, taught for nearly forty years at Washington & Lee University, where she was emerita. There is an obituary here.
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In Memoriam: Frederick Schauer (1946-2024)
I was shocked to learn from David Law on Facebook that Professor Schauer has died (yesterday according to his Virginia colleague Larry Solum). He started his academic career at West Virginia University, moved to the College of William & Mary, then to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (where I was fortunate to have him),…
Georgy Maksimovich pointed me to this article in Russian: https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2026/05/25/antisovetskie-filosofskie-kontratseptsii