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How do macro social forces shape the career profiles of organizational leaders? The aim of the article is to answer this question by examining how institutional and ecological forces have influenced the careers of law school deans in the US from the late 19th century to the present. Specifically, we focus on the coexistence of two social forces—professionalization and the diversity of an organizational population. On the one hand, we view professionalization as a converging institutional force that promotes homogeneity among leader career profiles. The diversity of an organizational population, on the other hand, is viewed as a diverging ecological force that increases heterogeneity among leader career profiles. We show how these two opposing forces have left different imprints on leader career profiles with a unique career data of 1396 deans in American law schools from 1894 to 2009. We utilize optimal matching analysis to assess the degree of similarity (or dissimilarity) among deans’ career sequences and test our hypotheses. This study contributes to our understanding of the link between macro social transformations and leader career profiles.

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The Foreign Law Controversy and the Fate of Civil Law Scholarship in American Law Schools

Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives ◽

10.1017/9781108182195.018 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 305-324

Keyword(s):

Civil Law ◽

Law Schools ◽

Foreign Law ◽

American Law

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The Thought of Samuel J. Levine at the Intersection of the Talmudic and Constitutional Law

Global Journal of Comparative Law ◽

10.1163/2211906x-00802005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 211-235

Author(s):

Jeffrey B. Meyers

Keyword(s):

Constitutional Law ◽

Professional Ethics ◽

Jewish Law ◽

Judicial Interpretation ◽

Jewish Ethics ◽

The Us ◽

American Law ◽

Us Constitution ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Theory Of Law

Samuel J. Levine’s research and writing collected in the two-volume anthology, Jewish Law and American Law: A Comparative Study addresses the connection between contemporary American Law and ancient Talmudic Law through the lens of contemporary Constitutional Law and Professional Ethics. Professor Levine mines the legacy of the late Robert Cover and his theory of law and narrative in particular to draw out the similarities and differences between rabbinic interpretation of the Torah and judicial interpretation of the US Constitution. He also considers where Jewish ethics converge and diverge from professional rules of conduct in the legal profession. This article summarizes some of the key turns in Levine’s recently published collected works and reflects critically on their key themes.

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