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Obituary: Jane E. Larson

MADISON – Jane E. Larson, 53, died in her home on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. In 1996 she joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she continued her writing and lecturing on feminist legal theory and property law. Her academic writing has been called “a model of how to integrate the history of doctrine with the surrounding social values.” She was an inspiring teacher. When she retired in October 2011, she was the Voss-Bascom Professor of Law.