Martha Davis

The Depart­ment of Jus­tice has filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down California’s ban on same-​​​​sex mar­riage, arguing that it vio­lates the Constitution’s equal pro­tec­tion clause. … read more »

Lifting the military’s offi­cial ban on women in combat had been high on the agenda of many women’s advo­cacy groups, says Martha Davis, women’s rights expert and pro­fessor of law.

A panel dis­cus­sion among North­eastern pro­fes­sors exam­ined the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the bulk of Pres­i­dent Obama’s Afford­able Care Act.

Stu­dents in pro­fessor Martha Davis’ Con­sti­tu­tional Law class brought cur­rent events into the class­room, arguing the con­sti­tu­tion­ality of the Afford­able Care Act in a sim­u­lated court pro­ceeding on Tuesday.

Ford Foun­da­tion sup­ports work by the law school’s Pro­gram on Human Rights and the Global Economy in con­necting scholars and activists

Law pro­fessor Martha Davis’ “Bringing Human Rights Home,” a his­tory of human rights in the United States from the 1920s to the 1970s, recently won an Out­standing Book Award.