Death Penalty

Susan L. Karamanian
Assistant Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies

Before joining GW, Dean Karamanian was a partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP in Dallas, Texas and maintained an active pro bono practice. During this time, she represented inmates on Texas death row in their post-conviction appeals.

Office: (202) 994-1210

Robert J. Cottrol
Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law

Professor Cottrol's writings on law and legal history have appeared in the Yale Law Journal, Georgetown Law Journal, American Journal of Legal History, and the Law and Society Review.

Office: (202) 994-5023

Andrew Altman
Professor of Philosophy

Professor Altman specializes in legal and political philosophy.  He is a former Liberal Arts Fellow in Law at the Harvard Law School and  author of Critical Legal Studies: A Liberal Critique and Arguing About Law: An Introduction to Legal Philosophy.

Office: (202) 994-6444

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