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Anthony Kronman on “The Assault on American Excellence.” Anthony T. Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Formerly Dean, Kronman now teaches contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility. Among his books are Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life; Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan, and, most recently, The Assault on American Excellence. Kronman received his B.A. from Williams and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and J.D. from Yale.
Presented by the Program on Constitutional Government on November 1, 2019.
Anthony Kronman on “The Assault on American Excellence.” Anthony T. Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Formerly Dean, Kronman now teaches contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility. Among his books are Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life; Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan, and, most recently, The Assault on American Excellence. Kronman received his B.A. from Williams and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and J.D. from Yale.
Presented by the Program on Constitutional Government on November 1, 2019.










