Philip
Harvey
thinks of himself as
a
human rights economis
t
and is one of the world's foremost authorities on the right to work. In recent years he
has worked
closely
with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
designing and drafting
legislation that would guarantee th
is
right
in the United States, as advocated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt over 70 years ago.
Professor
Harvey received his B.A. degree from Yale University, his Ph.D. in
economics from the New School for Social Research, and his J.D. from
Yale Law School. After clerking for the Honorable Robert L. Carter in
the Southern District of New York, he worked as a litigation associate
at the New York law firm of
Debevoise
and Plimpton. He also has been a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage
Foundation, a visiting professor of law and economics at the Yale School
of Organization and Management, and was the first Joanne Woodward
Professor of Public Policy at Sarah Lawrence College.
Professor Harvey's
research focuses on public policy options for securing economic and
social human rights, with a particular emphasis on the right to work.
In addition to the interdisciplinary
course Unemployment and Its Remedies, he
teaches Contract
Law,
Labor and Employment Law,
Employment Discrimination Law, and South African Constitutional Law.
