Alan M. Dershowitz

Dershowitz's own page at Harvard Law School has a photo of the author, his research interests, some representative publications, and other biographical information about the author.

Roger Ebert wrote this 1990 review of the film Reversal of Fortune, a biopic that features Dershowitz (played by Ron Silver) in a prominent role. What kinds of biographical information can you get from the review? From watching the film? What are the limitations of such information? Explain.

The Open Directory Project has posted this collection of links to articles both by and about Dershowitz. Try to find one you'd be uncomfortable citing in a paper or on an exam. Now find one you would be comfortable with. What accounts for the difference?

FrontPageMagazine.com puts up recent articles by this author on a regular basis. Some current examples include "If an Alien Dropped in Tonight" and "Put Arafat on Trial." Go to this page, pick an article that interests you, and read it. What connections can you make to the essay in your text?

WashingtonPost.com provides this transcript of Dershowitz's 1999 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee during the deliberations on Clinton's impeachment.

Would you like more information on a topic Dershowitz writes frequently about? Here is "The First Amendment Handbook," published by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Here, in etext, is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Would you like to zero in on a particular issue that has caught your eye during your research about Dershowitz? This is the homepage of ACLU, which should provide you with many different starting points.

Still having trouble picking a topic? How about music censorship? This page, on a book called Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music, should get you started. What can you learn about the book from the description? How do the readings, judging from their titles, differ from the ones found in your text? Do you think the book's worth checking out?