Human Rights Program, Economics Program, and Levy Economics Institute Present
What Economists Can Learn from Human Rights Law
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Hegeman 102
Philip HarveyRutgers School of Law
Philip L. Harvey is professor of law and economics at Rutgers University School of Law. He received his B.A. degree from Yale University, his Ph.D. in economics from the New School for Social Research, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. After clerking for the Honorable Robert L. Carter in the Southern District of New York, he worked as a Litigation Associate specializing in employment disputes at the New York law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton. He also has been a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a Visiting Professor of Law and Economics at the Yale School of Organization and Management, and was the first Joanne Woodward Professor of Public Policy at Sarah Lawrence College. Professor Harvey's research focuses on public policy options for securing economic and social human rights, with a particular emphasis on the right to work. He teaches Contracts, Labor and Employment Law, Law & Economics, and Social Welfare Law and Policy.
*pizza will be served
This talk is part of the ongoing Economics seminar series, which is dedicated to furthering the exchange of economic ideas in the greater Bard community.
For more information, call 845-758-7075, or e-mail [email protected].
Location: Hegeman 102