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Bernard E. Harcourt

Bernard E. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His latest book is Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory.

Articles

Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.

Amna A. Akbar, Bernard E. Harcourt, Anthony Morgan

The Republican Party has become a white nationalist party. If old fashioned politics can’t change that, we must consider alternatives.

Bernard E. Harcourt

Can we reduce serious crime by punishing petty offenses?

Bernard E. Harcourt

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King connected injustice abroad and at home.
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Who should decide whether a police practice-like mass building searches, youth curfews, or anti-loitering ordinances-interferes with individual and social interests to such an extent that it should be prohibited by the US...
Bernard E. Harcourt

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