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BEAU BRESLIN (Law)

Contact Information & Background

Professor of Political Science
bbreslin@skidmore.edu

Curriculum Vita 

 

Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• M.A., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
• B.A., Political Science, Hobart College 

Books

• A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation鈥檚 Fundamental Law. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2021.

• , (The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought), Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2009).
• .  Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press (2004).  Paperback edition (2006).

Articles and Book Chapters

• "Nomos and Native American Narratives: The Duality of Law in the Liberal State" (with Katherine Cavanaugh), Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (edited by Austin Sarat), 2014. Reprinted in the Quinnipiac Law Review, Volume 31, No. 3, 2013.
  
• 鈥淚s There a Paradox in Amending a Sacred Text?鈥� (Maryland Constitutional Law Schmooze Symposium Issue) 69 Maryland Law Review 1, pp. 66-76 (2009)
• 鈥淭he Paradox of Race and America鈥檚 Experiment with Capital Punishment: Are We Probing Deeply Enough?鈥� Review Essay inInternational Criminal Justice Review, Volume 18-3 (September, 2008).
• 鈥淓volutionary History: The Changing Purposes for Capital Punishment鈥� (with John J.P. Howley and Molly Appel) in Is the Death Penalty Dying? Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. Austin Sarat, ed., Volume 42 (2008), pp. 1-19.
• 鈥淓xtinguishing the Victims鈥� Payne or Acquiescing to the 鈥淒emon of Error鈥�:   Confronting the Role of Victims in Capital Clemency Proceedings鈥� (with Charles S. Lanier) in Wounds That Do Not Bind: A Victim-Centered Perspective on Criminal Homicide and Capital Punishment. James Acker and David R. Karp, ed., (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006)
• 鈥淏omb Plans on the Internet: The Case for Constitutional Protection,鈥� The American Review of Politics, Vol. No. (Fall/Winter 2004)
• 鈥淟egal Constraints on Restorative Practices: The Case of Speech Codes鈥� in Restorative Community Justice on the College Campus.David Karp and Thom Allena, eds. (Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 2004).
• 鈥淒ebating Death: Critical Issues in Capital Punishment鈥� (with David R. Karp) in Critical Issues in Crime and Justice (Second Edition). Albert R. Roberts, ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003).
• 鈥淒efending the Politics of Clemency鈥� (with John J. P. Howley),Oregon Law Review 81:1 (Spring 2002): 231-254.
• 鈥淭he Comparative Legal System of Lesotho鈥� (with Christopher A. Whann), in Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia. Herbert M. Kritzer, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, 2002.
• 鈥淩estorative Justice in School Communities鈥� (with David R. Karp),Youth & Society 33:2 (December 2001): 249-272.

Short Articles and Reviews

• Review of Michael Faber鈥檚 An Anti-Federalist Constitution: The Development of Dissent in the Ratification Debates in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 30, Number 7 (August, 2020).
• 鈥淰isiting Practitioner鈥檚 Message鈥� in the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Annual Report, 2019.
• 鈥淜ate Ericson and Mel Ziegler: Constitution on Tour鈥� in Accelerate: Access and Inclusion at the Tang Teaching Museum, No. 1 (2017).
• 鈥淩eality Check: Negotiating Different Perspectives鈥� in AAC&U Peer Review, Fall 2014/Winter 2015, Volume 15, No. 4/Volume 16, No. 1
• Review of Jack Balkin's Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust Word in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 22, Number 8 (August, 2012)
• "Academic Minute" - Reflections on the Constitution - WAMC - NPR, July 13, 2010. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action-article&ARTICLE_ID=1672895
• Review of Robert L. Tsai鈥檚 Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture in Perspectives on Politics, Volume , Number (Forthcoming, 2011)
• Review of Roberta Rosenthal Kwall鈥檚 The Soul of Creativity: Forging a Moral Rights Law for the United States in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume , Number  (July, 2010).
• Review of Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, and James Melton鈥檚 The Endurance of National Constitutions in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 20, Number 2 (February, 2010).
• Review of Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, and Julia Eckert鈥檚 (eds.) Rules of Law and Laws of Ruling: On the Governance of Law in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 19, Number 12 (December 2009).
• Review of Sonu Bedi鈥檚 Rejecting Rights in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 19, Number 7 (July, 2009)
• 鈥淲rong Way to Make Right Choice,鈥� Op-Ed in the Times Union(Albany, NY), May 27, 2009
• Review of Mauro Zamboni鈥檚 The Policy of Law: A Legal Theoretical Framework in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 18, Number 5(May 2008).
• Review of Stephen Elkin鈥檚 Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design After Madison in Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 17, Number 2(February 2007).
• Review of Gretchen Ritter鈥檚 The Constitution as Social Design: Gender and Civic Membership in the American Constitutional Orderin Perspectives on Politics, Volume 5, Number 1 (March 2007)
• 鈥淓xecutive Clemency,鈥� 鈥淩ational Basis Test,鈥� Doctrine of Strict Scrutiny,鈥� in Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties. Otis Stephens and John Scheb, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers (2006).
• Review of Shirley Robin Letwin鈥檚 On the History of the Idea of Lawin Law and Politics Book Review, Volume 16, Number 9(August 2006).
• Review of Stuart Banner鈥檚 The Death Penalty: An American Historyin Criminal Justice Review, Volume 31, Number 2 (June 2006).
• 鈥淪uicide Ruling Reflects O鈥機onnor鈥檚 Influence,鈥� Op-Ed in The Post Star (Glens Falls, NY), January 29, 2006.
• 鈥淩oberts Could Change History,鈥� Op-Ed in The Post Star (Glens Falls, NY), July 21, 2005.
• Review of Alan Brudner鈥檚 Constitutional Goods in Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 15, no. 6 (June 2005). (translated into Chinese, July, 2005)
• Review of T.R.S. Allan鈥檚 Constitutional Justice: A Liberal Theory of the Rule of Law in Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 14, no. 6 (June, 2004)
• Review of George I. Lovell鈥檚 Legislative Deferrals: Statutory Ambiguity, Judicial Power, and American Democracy in Law and Politics Book Review, Vol. 13, no. 11 (November, 2003)
• 鈥淐ommunity Justice in the Campus Setting鈥� (with David R. Karp and Pat Oles) in Conflict Management in Higher Education Report 3:1 (October 2002).
• 鈥淐onstitutionalism,鈥� 鈥淛udicial Scrutiny,鈥� 鈥淛ames Bradley Thayer,鈥� inEncyclopedia of the United States Supreme Court. Thomas T. Lewis and Richard L. Wilson, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1999