KONVITZ, Milton R.

KONVITZ, Milton R. American (born Israel), b. 1908. Genres: Civil liberties/Human rights, Law, Philosophy. Career: Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Professor Emeritus of Law, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1973- (Professor, 1946-73). General Counsel, Newark Housing Authority, New Jersey, 1938-43, and New Jersey State Housing Authority, 1943-46; Lecturer, New York University, NYC, 1938-46. Publications: On the Nature of Value, 1946; The Alien and the Asiatic in American Law, 1946; The Constitution and Civil Rights, 1947; Civil Rights in Immigration, 1953; Fundamental Liberties of a Free People: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, 1957; (with T. Leskes) A Century of Civil Rights, 1961; Expanding Liberties, 1966; Religious Liberty and Conscience, 1968; Judaism and the American Idea, 1978; Torah & Constitution, 1997; Nine American Jewish Thinkers, 2000; Fundamental Rights: History of a Constitutional Doctrine, 2001. EDITOR: Bill of Rights Reader, 1954; Liberian Code of Law, 5 vols., 1957-60; Liberian Law Reports, 27 vols., 1957-80; First Amendment Freedoms, 1963; Judaism and Human Rights, 1972; (with S. Hook) Freedom and Experience; (with A.E. Murphy) Essays in Political Theory; Law and Social Action: Essays of Alexander H. Pekelis; Education for Freedom and Responsibility, by E.E Day; (with C. Rossiter) Aspects of Liberty; (with G. Kennedy) American Pragmatists; (with S.E. Whicher) Emerson: A Collection of Critical Essays; The Recognition of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Legacy of Horace M. Kalen, 1987. Died 2003.