Penn Law Journal - Fall 2006

A Message from the Dean

Pandemic Proofing

A Campus Crossroad

Five All-Stars 40 and Under

Berger Recalls Early Role in Space Program

Graduation/Reunion

Faculty News & Publications

Philanthropy

Alumni Briefs

In Memoriam

Case Closed

Stephen Cozen Professor of Law
China-Tracker deLisle Fascinated by Superpower’s Transformation from Authoritarian System to Rule of Law

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FEATURED STORIES

In Books, Newspapers and on Television, Professor Allen is a Multimedia Moralizer

Struve Appointed Reporter for Appellate Rules Advisory Committee

Cornell Archiving Summers’ Labor Law Papers

NEW PROFESSORSHIPS

Leon Meltzer Professor of Law
Adler Calculates Costs and Benefits of Law and Policy with Philosophic Mind-Set

Earle Hepburn Professor of Law
Chang Writes from Experience on Immigration

Edward Shils Professor of Law and Political Science
Coglianese Does Due Diligence on the ‘Fourth Branch’ of Government

Stephen Cozen Professor of Law
China-Tracker deLisle Fascinated by Superpower’s Transformation from Authoritarian System to Rule of Law

Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law
Gordon Turns to Postwar Era in Her Ongoing Study of Law and Religion

Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law
Knoll is ‘Driven’ to Find Solutions to Inequitable U.S. Tax Code

Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law
Wax Takes on Big-Picture Themes of Poverty and Inequality

NEW FACULTY

Aditi Bagchi
Assistant Professor of Law

Stephanos Bibas
Professor of Law

Cary Coglianese
Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science

Serena Mayeri
Assistant Professor of Law

Sarah Paoletti
Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer

Joanne D. Rosen
Lecturer in Law and Associate Director, Legal Writing Program

Faculty News & Publications

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

“Slow and painful has been man’s progress from magic to law,” reads the translation of an ancient Chinese inscription above Penn Law’s Goat sculpture. That phrase may apply to China’s long and uneven history, but according to new Stephen Cozen Professor of Law, Jacques deLisle, China is experiencing a legal transformation today that’s anything but slow.

“Progress from what was in many ways a non-existent legal system just decades ago is remarkable,” deLisle says of the rising superpower. “There are now many thousands of lawyers in China. They interpret countless laws and regulations, draft contracts, sue, win, and secure awards for their clients. These things happen far more than was imaginable twenty-five years ago.”