Lincoln Caplan

Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan

A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.

The Supreme Court and a politicized U.S. Solicitor General

The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court

“Our Towns” highlights a positive force in American life

James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”

James Madison biography by Noah Feldman reviewed by Lincoln Caplan

Lincoln Caplan reviews Noah Feldman’s The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President

Harvard Law 200th in divisive era

The spirit of Harvard Law School, at 200, in a divisive era

Gary Bellow and the Legal Services Center at Harvard Law School

Gary Bellow and the work of the Law School’s Legal Services Center

The Legal Services Corporation tackles the “justice gap”

America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law”

Harvard Law dean Martha Minow

An appreciation of Harvard Law dean Martha Minow

Justice Stephen Breyer is profiled by Lincoln Caplan

The optimistic project of Justice Stephen Breyer

Death penalty critiqued by Carol and Jordan Steiker

Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.