R. Kent Greenawalt
R. Kent Greenawalt | |
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| Born | June 25, 1936 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2023 (aged 86) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Main interests | Legal philosophy, Civil rights |
R. Kent Greenawalt (June 25, 1936 — January 27, 2023) was a legal scholar who was University Professor at Columbia Law School. His primary interests involved constitutional law, especially First Amendment jurisprudence, and legal philosophy.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1958, a B.Phil. from Oxford University in 1960 and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1963. After law school, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Harlan. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1965. Greenawalt married Elaine Pagels in June 1995.