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Bruce Ackerman

Bruce Ackerman

Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale, and the author of 18 books, including The Decline and Fall of the American Republic. He is a member of the American Law Institute, a Commander of the French Order of Merit, and designated a leading Global Thinker by Foreign Policy magazine. icon

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