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John Hasnas

Senior Fellow

John Hasnas is an associate professor of business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he teaches courses in ethics and law. He has also taught in the law schools at George Mason University and Ameican University and been a visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Kennedy School of Ethics. He is an expert on jurisprudence, legal history, and white-collar crime and is currently at work on a book on common law liberalism. He received his J.D. and Ph.D. in Legal Philosophy from Duke University, and his LL.M. in Legal Education from Temple Law School.




Books and Book Chapters

Trapped: When Acting Ethically Is Against the Law, (2006)

"The Significant Meaninglessness of Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States," from Cato Supreme Court Review: 2004-2005.

Opinion and Commentary

"White-Collar Crime: End the Draft," National Law Journal, April 24, 2006

"Department of Coercion," The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2006




Multimedia

Daily Podcast "Trapped between Business Ethics and the Law" featuring John Hasnas , June 28, 2006 [Flash Audio, 07:27]