Constitutional Theory
Professors David Golove and Richard Pildes
Fall 2009
Monday, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 202
L01.3540.001
2 credits
This Colloquium is designed for students who want to be exposed to the best contemporary academic work in constitutional law and theory -- with that subject being broadly understood to include work in public law, such as administrative law, comparative constitutional law, and other areas. Every other week, one of the leading academics in the United States will present their current work; NYU faculty and students in the Colloquium will then ask questions and engage in a dialogue with the speaker. In the weeks without a speaker, students will discuss the papers to be presented and related work with the Colloquium leaders. Students will regularly be required to write reaction papers to the work being presented. This Colloquium is particularly oriented to students who might be contemplating academic careers at some point down the road and to those interested in academic work.
Fall 2009 Schedule of Presenters
September 9 (Legislative Monday)
Pamela Karlan, Stanford Law School
"Electing Judges, Judging Elections, and the Lessons of Caperton" PDF
September 21
Daryl Levinson, Harvard Law School
"Madison, Parchment, and Politics: The Positive Puzzle of Constitutional Commitment" PDF
October 12
Elizabeth Magill, University of Virginia School of Law
"Standing for the Public: A Lost History" PDF
October 19
John Witt, Yale University Law School
Draft prologue and first chapter from "Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in America" PDF
November 2
Adam Samaha, University of Chicago Law School
"On Law's Tiebreakers" PDF
November 9
David Golove, NYU School of Law
"The Supreme Court, The War On Terror, and the American Just War Constitutional Tradition" PDF
Richard Pildes, NYU School of Law
"Why The Center Does Not Hold In American Democracy: Persons, History, Institutions" PDF
November 23
Joshua Cohen, Political Science, Philosophy, and Law, Stanford University
"Establishment, Exclusion, and Democracy’s Public Reason" PDF
November 30
Stephen Holmes, NYU School of Law