Last updated on:
1/31/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Catharine MacKinnon, JD, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“[G]ender equality will remain unattainable so long as men buy, sell and exploit women and children by prostituting them.”
The Guardian, Apr. 12, 2006
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the study of prostitution. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to prostitution issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, 1990-present
- Formerly taught at Yale University, Harvard University, Osgoode Hall (Toronto), Stanford University, Basel (Switzerland), UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota and Columbia University.
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Education:
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- PhD, Political Science, Yale University, 1987
- JD, Yale Law School, 1977
- BA, Smith College, 1969
- Other:
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- None found