Gerald L. Neuman

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Gerald L. Neuman is J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School. [1] [2] [3] He was previously Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence at Columbia Law School. [4] [5] [6]

He is an expert on international human rights law, comparative constitutional law, and immigration and nationality law.

Prof. Neuman was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in September 2010 and served on the Committee until December 2014. [7]

He graduated from Harvard College, Harvard Law School and earned a PhD in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. [8]

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References

  1. Gerald L. Neuman (February 12, 2007). "The Military Commissions Act and the Detainee Debacle: A Response". Harvard International Law Journal . Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  2. Gerald L. Neuman. "Harvard Law School: Gerald L. Neuman". Harvard Law School . Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  3. Gerald L. Neuman (May 2003). "Human rights and constitutional rights: harmony and dissonance. (Symposium on Treaties, Enforcement, and U.S. Sovereignty)". Stanford Law Review . Retrieved 2008-02-10.[ dead link ]
  4. Gerald L. Neuman (December 2002). "Real Security Concerns: A response to David Cole's "Their Liberties, Our Security"". Boston Review. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  5. Gerald L. Neuman. "Strangers to the Constitution". Ebooks. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  6. Gerald L. Neuman (1998). "Immigration and Judicial Review in the Federal Republic of Germany". Vol. 35, no. 23. Journal of International Law and Politics. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  7. "Neuman elected to the Human Rights Committee" . Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  8. Gerald L. Neuman, JD, PhD Biography