Faculty Directory

Charles H. Baron

Professor Emeritus

Biography

Professor Baron, recently retired from active teaching, has written extensively here and in Europe about constitutional law and patients' rights. He has taught courses in federal, state, and comparative constitutional law, health law, and law and bioethics. Among the faculties abroad where he has held visiting positions are Oxford University, the University of Paris X, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Aix-Marseilles III, and the European University Institute in San Domenico di Fiesole. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Centre for Life Sciences, Health, and the Courts, a member of the Board of Directors of the Death with Dignity National Center, and a Past President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.