Richard H. Weisberg is a professor of

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at the

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, and a leading scholar on

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Biography

Weisberg received his B.A. degree from

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in 1965, Ph.D. degree from

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in 1970, and J.D. degree from

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in 1974. He has written many articles and books on

, including ''The Failure of the Word: The Protagonist as Lawyer in Modern Fiction'', ''When Lawyers Write'', and ''Poethics: and Other Strategies of Law and Literature.'' His other books are ''Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France'' and ''In Praise of Intransigence: The Perils of Flexibility''. He was a

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and a recipient of the France's Legion of Honor in 2008. On October 23, 2014, Weisberg was named by President

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to the

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References

External links

Weisberg's profile at Cardozo Law School's website
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