Honors, Awards and Leadership
Casper has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute, the International Academy of Comparative Law, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Orden Pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Order Pour le mérite for the Sciences and Arts), and the American Philosophical Society. During the fall of 2006, he held the Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance at the Library of Congress. He has been awarded various honorary doctorates.
Casper was a member of the Council of the American Law Institute from 1980 to 2010. From 2000 to 2008, he served as a successor trustee of Yale University. From 2000 to 2012 he was a trustee of the Central European University in Budapest. From 2000 to 2009 he was a trustee of the American Academy in Berlin. He is the chairman of the Board of the Terra Foundation for American Art, a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development, a member of the International Advisory Council of the Israel Democracy Institute, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the European University at St. Petersburg.
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