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Alan M. Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz is a law professor at Harvard and author of The Case For Peace and The Trials of Zion.

articles/2016/06/06/new-york-is-right-to-blacklist-anti-israel-boycotters/160606-dershowitz-cuomo-tease_fumyew
RIGHT ON

Counterboycott Anti-Israel McCarthyites!

Cuomo’s anti-BDS executive action mirrors those of the states that refused to do business with North Carolina because of its transgender discrimination.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2014/02/07/no-philip-seymour-hoffman-s-dealer-isn-t-a-murderer/140206-dershowitz-hoffman_gq7guc

Are Drug Dealers Murderers?

Those who sold heroin to Philip Seymour Hoffman are morally culpable for his death. But they shouldn’t be legally culpable.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2013/06/09/is-prism-really-a-scandal/130608-Dershowitz-privacy-terror-tease_ugsjmf
Talk It Out

Is Prism Really a Scandal?

Pundits are ranting about it, but what we really need is a discussion about privacy versus security.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2013/03/04/pinkwashing-another-conspiracy-theory/ta-gaypride-openz_h6879u
Response

Pinkwashing: Another Conspiracy Theory

Alan M. Dershowitz argues that critics of Israeli "pinkwashing" are just anti-Semites.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2012/12/19/cerberus-divestment-decision-is-a-risky-way-to-combat-gun-violence/dershowitz-divestment-dilemma_meo4xk
FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS

The Divestment Dilemma

Divestment actions, boycotts, and blacklists aimed at chilling the exercise of a constitutional right can create a dangerous precedent, writes Alan Dershowitz.

Alan M. Dershowitz

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Response

Missing My Criticism Of B’nai Jeshurun

Alan Dershowitz responds to Elisheva Goldberg on why the Rabbis of a New York synagogue should not be supporting Palestinians at the U.N.

Alan M. Dershowitz

How To Talk

The Conversation: Israel and Palestine

Peter Beinart and Alan Dershowitz on how to bring the Israelis and Palestinians to the table.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2012/12/03/the-conversation-israel-and-palestine/palestine-israel-beinart-dershowitz-tease_syikhk

The Mideast’s Only Hope?

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is spiraling out of control. Peter Beinart and Alan Dershowitz on the conversation both sides desperately need to have while peace is still a possibility.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2011/07/01/alan-dershowitz-on-the-dominique-strauss-khan-case/strauss-kahn-prosecution-dershowitz_z81frs

The Trouble With Prosecuting Rape

There are important legal lessons in the wreckage of The People v. DSK.

Alan M. Dershowitz

articles/2010/10/22/i-defended-the-king-of-porn/guccione-penthouse_135445_nodrsr

Why I Admired a Porn King

Bob Guccione was a nice guy who did things that some people thought were not nice, says Alan Dershowitz, who defended Penthouse against charges of obscenity in the Bible Belt.

Alan M. Dershowitz

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