Jack Balkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJack Balkin
American legal writer
Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1956
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Profession: philosopher
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Jack Balkin
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- Balkin (born August 13, 1956) is an American legal scholar.
- He is the Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.
- Balkin is the founder and director of the Yale Information Society Project (ISP), a research center whose mission is "to study the implications of the Internet, telecommunications, and the new information technologies for law and society." He also directs the Knight Law and Media Program and the Abrams Institute for Free Expression at Yale Law School.Balkin publishes the legal blog, Balkinization, and is also a correspondent for The Atlantic.
- He is a leading scholar of Constitutional and First Amendment law.
- In addition to his work as a legal scholar, he has also written a book on memes and cultural evolution and has translated and written a commentary on the ancient Chinese Book of Changes, or I Ching.
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