Marc Galanter, an American academic and professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died on April 14, 2026, at age 95.
He was also honorary professor of law at the National Law University Delhi. Galanter previously served as the John and Rylla Bosshard Professor of Law and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and as LSE Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He taught South Asian law and law and social science, and was an expert on the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India. His collection of court documents, newspaper clippings, secondary sources and photos helped form the University of Wisconsin Law School Library’s digital collection on Bhopal.
Marc Galanter, 95, American academic.