Professor Henry H. Perritt, Jr., directs Chicago-Kent's Program in Financial
Services Law. He served as Chicago-Kent's dean from 1997-2002 and was the Democratic
candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Tenth District of Illinois in
2002. Throughout his academic career, Perritt has made it possible for groups of law and
engineering students to work together in using the Internet to build a rule of law,
promote the free press, assist in economic development, and provide refugee aid in the
former Yugoslavia through "Project Bosnia" and "Operation Kosovo,"
and in building links with educational and governmental institutions in China and Mexico. 

Professor Perritt is the author of more than 70 law review articles and 15 books on
international relations and law, technology and law, and employment law, including the
730-page Law and the Information Superhighway. He served on President Clinton's
Transition Team, working on telecommunications issues, and drafted principles for
electronic dissemination of public information, which formed the core of the Electronic
Freedom of Information Act Amendments adopted by Congress in 1996. During the Ford
administration, he served on the White House staff and as deputy under secretary of
labor. 

Professor Perritt served on the Computer Science and Telecommunications Policy Board of
the National Research Council, and on a National Research Council committee on
"Global Networks and Local Values." He was a member of the interprofessional
team that evaluated the FBI's Carnivore system. He is a member of the bars of
Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Illinois and the United
States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the
Economic Club, is on the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
and has served as secretary of the Section on Labor and Employment Law of the American
Bar Association. 

Professor Perritt earned his B.S. in engineering from MIT in 1966, a master's degree
in management from MIT's Sloan School in 1970, and a J.D. from Georgetown University
Law Center in 1975.

Articles

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Flanking the DRM Maginot Line Against New Music Markets, Michigan State Journal of International Law (2007)
 

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Making International Criminal Law Realistic, (forthcoming 2007), London Law Review (2007)
 

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Music Markets and Myths, (forthcoming 2007), Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (2007)
 

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New Architectures for Music: Law Should Get Out of the Way, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal (2007)
 

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Book Review: Tai-Heng Cheng, State Succession and Commercial Obligations, Wisconsin International Law Journal (2007)
 

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Books

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The Road to Independence for Kosovo: A Chronicle of the Ahtisaari Plan, Cambridge University Press (2009)
 

Kosovo Liberation Army: The Inside Story of an Insurgency (published in Albanian as Ushtria Ēlirimtare E Kosovės: Rrėfim prej brenda pėr njė kryengritje, Koha 2008) (2008)
 

Trade Secrets: A Practitioner's Guide (2005)
 

Law and the Information Superhighway (2001)
 

2000 Employment Law Update (editor) (2000)
 

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Contributions to Books

Jurisdiction in Cyberspace: The Role of Intermediaries, in, Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and Global Information Infrastructure (1997)
 

Market Structures for Electronic Publishing and Electronic Contracting, in, Building Information Infrastructure: Issues in the Development of the National Research and Education Network (1992)
 

Chap. 36, Federal Administrative Procedure Act, 3, West's Federal Practice Manual (1989)
 

The Terrain of Wrongful Dismissal Legislation, in, Managing Employee Rights and Responsibilities (1989)
 

§21.20, National Mediation Board, in 1A, West's Federal Practice Manual (1986)
 

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Popular Press

Making Civil Society Meaningful in Independent Kosovo, New Kosova Report (2008)
 

Other

Electronic Dockets: Use of Information Technology in Rulemaking and Adjudication, prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States (1995)
 

Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure, Report to the Regulatory Information Service Center, General Services Administration, and to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (1994)
 

Adjudication of Civil Penalties Under the Federal Aviation Act, prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States (1991)
 

The Role of Format and Content Standards and Other Conventions in Facilitating Electronic Exchange of Accounting and Legal Information, Report to the National Center for Automated Information Retrieval ("NCAIR") (1991)
 

Federal Agency Electronic Records Management and Archives, prepared for the Administrative Conference of the United States (1990)
 

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