About John Coons
Born 1929. John Coons is a legal scholar.
John E. Coons (born 23 August 1929) is an American legal scholar, active in the school choice movement, who is a Professor of Law (Emeritus) at UC Berkeley.
In 1999, Coons received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Books with Stephen D. Sugarman Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control (1978) School Choice and Human Good (Balboa Press, 2022) The Case for Parental Choice (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023)
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