MARK S. HOWENSTEIN

PROFESSOR OF LAW AND SOCIETY
Ph.D., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, U.C. Berkeley (1993);
M.A., Jurisprudence and Social Policy, U.C. Berkeley (1988);
M.A., Liberal Studies, Washington University (1986);
J.D., Tulane University School of Law (1981);
B.A., Philosophy, St. Louis University (1977)

Year Joined RCNJ: 1993

Convening Group:

• Law and Society

Courses Offered:

• Introduction to Law and Justice; Comparative Legal Systems; American Legal History; Directed Readings in Law and Society; Thesis Supervision in Law and Society; Famous Trials; Civil Disobedience

Teaching Interest:

• Humanities and Law: Philosophy, History and Literature of Law

Research Interest:

• Law and Justice, Law and Social Change

Recent Publications:

• Socrates and the Moral Limits of Legal Obligation, Journal of Law, Culture and the Humanities (2009)