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Jack Balkin | |
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| Born | August 13, 1956 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Discipline | Constitutional law |
| Institutions | Yale University |
Jack M. Balkin (born August 13, 1956) is an American legal scholar. He is the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. Balkin is the founder and director of the Yale Information Society Project (ISP), a research center whose mission is "to study the implications of the Internet, telecommunications, and the new information technologies for law and society." He also directs the Knight Law and Media Program[1] and the Abrams Institute for Free Expression at Yale Law School.[2]
Balkin publishes a legal blog, Balkinization, and is also a correspondent for The Atlantic. He is a scholar of Constitutional and First Amendment law. In addition to his work as a legal scholar, he has also written a book on memes and cultural evolution and has translated and written a commentary on the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, or I Ching.
- ^ The Knight Law and Media Program at Yale Law School, "Knight Law and Media Program". Yale Law School. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ The Floyd Abrams Institute for Free Expression, "The Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression". Yale Law School. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.