Professor Duncan Kennedy receives honorary degree from Sciences Po

Duncan Kennedy, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School, has receivedan honorary degree from Sciences Po in Paris.

Kennedy, whosescholarship has focused on juridical thought, economic analysis of the law, thelinks between law and literary theory, and legal globalization—among many othertopics—is the first law professor to receive an honorary doctorate fromSciences Po.

"Recognized asone of the founding members of the Critical Legal Studies movement in theUnited States, author of numerous works of enormous education value in allareas of law, Duncan Kennedy is an intellectual who has had a profoundinfluence on the evolution of American legal thought and the way it is taught, "said Christophe Jamin, director of the Sciences Po Law School, in a speechhonoring Kennedy during the awards ceremony on Dec. 7.

Honorary Doctorates for HelenWallace and Duncan Kennedy from Sciences Po on Vimeo.