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Frank Michelman

Who

Frank Michelman · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Constitutional and property law scholar; influential theorist of takings and fairness

When

1936, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Frank Michelman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Constitutional and property law scholar; influential theorist of takings and fairness

How & why

Frank I. Michelman is an American legal scholar and Robert Walmsley University Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, one of the most influential constitutional and property-law theorists of his generation. His 1967 article 'Property, Utility, and Fairness' reshaped how courts and scholars think about the Takings Clause and just compensation. He is listed among Jewish figures in Jewish biographical compilations; mainstream biographies do not detail his religious background.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence

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Constitutional and property law scholar; influential theorist of takings and fairness

1936

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence