Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Behind the Harvard Magazine cover story: Adam Cohen '84, J.D. '87, is a journalist and lawyer who recently wrote the cover story for our January-February 2026 issue, entitled "Law in a Lifeboat" (in print).The case, The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens is, as Cohen likes to say, "Harvard's favorite cannibalism case." And it's as relevant today as ever.

Read the article: harvardmagazine.com/politics-and-law/harvard-law-school-cannibalism-ethics

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