Marc Galanter
Marc Galanter · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Law and society scholar; author of the influential 'Why the Haves Come Out Ahead'
1931 — 2026
United States
Marc Galanter is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Law and society scholar; author of the influential 'Why the Haves Come Out Ahead'
Galanter was an American law-and-society scholar at the University of Wisconsin whose 1974 article 'Why the Haves Come Out Ahead' — showing how experienced 'repeat players' systematically fare better than one-time litigants — became one of the most-cited pieces of legal scholarship ever written. He was also a leading scholar of Indian law. He was Jewish, from an American Jewish family.
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Law and society scholar; author of the influential 'Why the Haves Come Out Ahead'
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