Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth:  August 19, 1943
Marital Status:  Married, two children

Present Position: Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University, July 1, 1987 - 

Address:  Yale Law School
PO Box 208215
New Haven CT 06520-8215

Email:   bruce.ackerman@yale.edu

Past Positions

(1)  Law Clerk, Judge Henry J. Friendly,
U.S. Court of Appeals, 1967-8

(2)  Law Clerk, Justice John M. Harlan
U. S. Supreme Court, 1968-9

(3)  Assistant Professor of Law,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1969-71

(4)  Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and
Senior Fellow, Yale Law School, 1971-72

(5)  Associate Professor of Law & Public Policy Analysis,
University of Pennsylvania, 1972-73

(6)  Professor of Law and Public Policy Analysis,
University of Pennsylvania, 1973-74

(7)  Professor of Law, Yale University, 1974-82

(8)  Beekman Professor of Law and Philosophy,
Columbia University, 1982-87

Education 

(1)  B.A. (summa cum laude), Harvard College, 1964
(2)  LL.B. (with honors), Yale Law School, 1967

Languages:   German, Spanish, French

Professional Affiliations:  Member, Pennsylvania Bar; Member, American Law Institute

Fields:   Political philosophy, American constitutional law, comparative law and politics, taxation and welfare, environmental law, law and economics, property.

Honors:  Commander, Order of Merit of the French Republic, 2003; Henry Phillips Prize in Jurisprudence (for lifetime achievement), American Philosophical Society, 2003; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow, Collegium Budapest, Fall 2002; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Spring  2002; Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, 1995-96; Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin 1991-92; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1985-86, Rockefeller Fellow in the Humanities, 1976-7; 1982 Henderson Prize of the Harvard School for The Uncertain Search for Environmental Quality as the best book on "law and government published during the years 1972 through 1980"; 1981 Gavel Award of the American Bar Association for Social Justice in the Liberal State.

Other Awards and Positions:  Holmes Devise Lecturer, Harvard Law School, 2006; Ashby Lecture, University of Cambridge, May 2006; Goldstone Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, April 2004; Malagodi Prize Lecture, Rome, Italy, June 2003; 2003 Templeton Lecture, U.S. Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; 2001-02 Jorde Lecture, Yale University and University of California, Berkeley; 2000 Moffett Lecture, Princeton University; 1999 Marks Lecture, University of Arizona; 1999 Terrell Lecture, University of Texas; 1997 Hart Lecture, Georgetown University Law School; 1996 McCorkle Lecture, University of Virginia;  1994 Order of the Coif, Inaugural Lecture, University of California, Berkeley; 1993 University of Connecticut Law Review Award; 1990 Friedrich Lecture, Harvard University; 1987 Leary Lecture, University of Utah; 1986 Currie Lecture, Duke University; 1984 Harris Lecture, University of Indiana; 1983 Storrs Lecture, Yale University.

Kyoto Seminar in American Studies, July, 2000; Visiting Professor, University of Rome, May, 1984; Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria, Summer 1982; Visiting Professor, Environmental Protection Agency, May 1979.

Grants from National Science Foundation, Council on Law Related Studies.

Order of the Coif;  Phi Beta Kappa.

Publications 

I.  Books

1. Before the Next Attack, Yale University Press:  2006.

2. The Failure of the Founding Fathers, Harvard University Press:  2005.

3. Deliberation Day (with James Fishkin), Yale University Press: 2004.

4. Voting with Dollars (with Ian Ayres), Yale University Press:  2002.

5.  La Politica del Dialogo Liberal, Gedisa: 1999

6. The Stakeholder Society (with Anne Alstott), Yale University Press: 1999. (German translation: Campus, 2001).

7. The Case Against Lameduck Impeachment, Seven Stories Press: 1999.

8. We the People, Vol 2: Transformations, Harvard University Press: 1998. (Chinese: Law Press China, 2003).

9. Is NAFTA Constitutional? (with David Golove), Harvard University Press: 1995.

10. The Future of Liberal Revolution, Yale University Press: 1992.  German: Ein neuer Anfang fuer Europa, Siedler: 1993. Spanish: Ariel, 1995. Polish: Terminus, 1996.

11. We the People, Vol 1: Foundations, Harvard University Press: 1991. French: Au Nom du Peuple, Calmann-Levy, 1998.

12. Reconstructing American Law, Harvard University Press:  1984. Spanish:  Del Realismo Al Constructivismo Juridico, Ariel: (1989)

13. Clean Coal/Dirty Air (with Hassler) Yale University Press:  1981.

14. Social Justice in the Liberal State,  Yale University Press:  1980. Italian: Il Mulino, 1984; Spanish: Centro de Estudios Constitutionales, 1993.

15. Private Property and the Constitution, Yale University Press: 1977. 

16. The Uncertain Search for Environmental Quality (with Rose-Ackerman, Sawyer and Henderson), Free Press: 1974

II. Edited Volumes

1. Bruce Ackerman, Anne Alstott, and Philippe van Parijs eds., Redesigning  Distribution, Verso: 2005

2. Editor, Bush v. Gore: The Question of Legitimacy, Yale University  Press: 2002.

3. Editor, Economic Foundations of Property Law, Little Brown:  1975 (2d ed. with Robert Ellickson and Carol Rose, 1995; 3rd ed. 2002).

III. Articles

1. The People and the Poll Tax: A Study in Canonization (with Jennifer Nou), forthcoming.

2. The Holmes Lectures: The Living Constitution, 120 Harvard Law Review 1727 (2007).

3. Meritocracy v. Democracy (on the reform of the House of Lords), 29 London Review of Books 9 (March 8, 2007).

4. The Secret Refund Booth (with Ian Ayres), 73 U. Chicago Law Review 1107 (2006).

5. Interpreting the Women's Movement, 94 California Law Review 1421 (2006). (Copyright 2006 by the California Law Review, Inc. Reprinted with permission.)

6. Les pouvoirs d'exception a l'age du terrorisme, Esprit 150-164 (August-September 2006).

7. If Washington Blows Up, American Prospect, pp. 22-27 (March, 2006).

8. The Stealth Revolution Continued, London Review of Books p. 18 (February 9, 2006)

9. The Citizenship Agenda in Jack Balkin & Reva Siegel eds., The Constitution in 2020 (New Press: forthcoming).

10. The Art of Stealth, London Review of Books, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 3-9 (Feb 17,  2005)

11. Em Defesa de uma Heranca Social de Cidadania,  in Joao Cardoso Rosas ed., Ideias e Politicas para o Nosso Tempo,  pp. 25-40 (2004).

12. This is Not a War, Yale Law Journal, vol. 113, pp. 1871-1909 (2004).

13. Thomas Jefferson Counts Himself Into the Presidency (with David Fontana), University of Virginia Law Review, vol. 90, pp. 551-643 (2004).

14. The Emergency Constitution, Yale Law Journal vol. 113, pp. 1029-1091 (2004).

15. The Case for Stakeholding, Verso Nuove Forme di Welfare (Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale, 2003).

16. Hope and Fear in Constitutional Law,  in Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum and Agustín José Menéndez, A Constitution for Europe, (2004).(advocating stakeholding as an entitlement of European citizenship.)

17. Why a New Paradigm?, U. Richmond L. Rev., vol. 37, pp. 1147-1184 (2003) (with Ian Ayres).

18. And Now for the Bad News, in Janos Kornai & Susan Rose-Ackerman eds., Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition, pp. 21-22 (2004).

19. Macro-freedom (with Anne Alstott) in  Ackerman, Alstott &Van Parijs et. al Rethinking Distribution pp. 209-16 (2006).

20. Why Stakeholding? (with Anne Alstott) , in Ackerman, Alstott &Van Parijs et. al,  Rethinking Distribution pp. 43-65 (2006); .preprinted in Politics & Society vol. 32, pp. 41-60 (2004).

21. Radical Liberalism, in Keith Dowding, Jurgen de Wispelaere & Stuart White eds., The Ethics of Stakeholding (London: Macmillan, forthcoming 2003).

22. The Case for Stakeholding, Diacritica (Universidade do Minho, Portugal), vol. 17, pp. 217-228 (2003).

23. The New Paradigm Reconsidered, Calif. L. Rev. vol. 91, pp. 743-68 (2003) (with Ian Ayres).

24. Deliberation Day, Journal of Political Philosophy , vol. 10,  pp. 129-52 (2002)  (with James Fishkin); reprinted in James Fishkin and Peter Laslett, Debating Deliberative Democracy pp. 7-30 (2003)

25. Off-Balance, in Bruce Ackerman ed., Bush v. Gore: The  Question of Legitimacy (Yale Univ. Press: 2002).

26. Revised Opinion for  Brown v. Board of Education, in Jack Balkin ed., What Brown v. Board of Education Should Have Said,  pp. 100-23 (NYU Press: 2001).

27. $80,000 and a Dream: A Simple Plan for Generating Equal Opportunity, The American Prospect pp. 25-27 (July 17, 2000) (with Anne Alstott).

28. The New Separation of Powers, Harvard Law Review vol.113, pp.633-729 (2000). (Italian: Carocci (2003); Chinese:Constitutionalism Review, vol. 3, pp. 600-704 (2003); Spanish (2004), Chinese (2006)) .

29. O Novo Constitucionalismo Mundial,  in Margarida Maria  Lacombe Camargo, 1988-1998, Uma Decada de Constituicao  (1999).

30. Constitutional Economics/Constitutional Politics,10  Constitutional Political Economy 415(1999)

31. Your Stake in America (with Anne Alstott), 41 Arizona L. Rev. 249 (1999).

32. Should Opera Be Subsidized? and Riposte: Lighten Up! Dissent 89 (Summer 1999).

33. Revolution on a Human Scale, Yale Law Journal vol.108, pp.2279-2349 (1999).

34. Taxation and the Constitution, Columbia Law Review vol.99, pp. 1-67 (1999).

35. Testimony Before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the Impeachment of President Clinton, 32 PS [Political Science and Politics] pp. 24, 29-31 (March 1999)

36. The Broken Engine of Progressive Politics, The American Prospect, pp. 34-43 (May-June 1998)

37. Temporal Horizons of Justice, Journal of Philosophy, vol. 94, pp. 299-317 (1997).

38. The Rise of World Constitutionalism, University of Virginia Law Review, vol. 83, pp. 771-797 (1997) [reprinted as Dean’s Occasional Paper, Yale Law School(October, 1997)]; Chinese: Nanjing Univ. Law Rev. 10-27 (2001).

39. A Generation of Betrayal? Fordham Law Review, vol. 45, pp. 1519-36 (1997). 

40. An Open Letter to Congressman Gingrich, (endorsed by 16 other law professors), Yale Law Journal, vol. 104, pp. 1539-44 (1995).

41. The Next American Revolution in Austin Sarat ed. Identities, Politics and Rights, pp. 403-23 (University of Michigan Press, 1995)

42. Our Unconventional Founding, (with Katyal) University of Chicago L. Rev. vol. 62, pp. 475 ff. (1995).

43. Is NAFTA Constitutional? (with Golove) Harvard Law Review, vol. 108, pp. 799-929 (1995).

44. La democratie dualiste, 1789 et l'Invention de la Constitution (eds. Michel Troper and Lucien Jaume) pp. 191-204 (LGDJ-Bruylant, 1994)

45. The Political Case for Constitutional Courts, in, Liberalism Without Illusions (ed. Bernard Yack) pp. 205-19 (U. Chi. Press, 1995) 

46. Political Liberalisms, Journal of Philosophy, vol. 91, pp. 364-86 (1994) ; reprinted in Shaun Young ed., Political Liberalism: Variations on a Theme (2004).

47. Higher Lawmaking, in Responding to Imperfection: The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Amendment (ed. Sanford Levinson), pp. 63-87 (Princeton University Press, 1995).

48. Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Ethics, vol. 104, pp. 516-35 (1994).

49. Crediting the Voters: A New Beginning for Campaign Finance, American Prospect pp. 71-80 (Spring, 1993). (Italian: Politica del Diritto, vol. 24, pp. 647-664 (1993)); reprinted in Burnham,  The American Prospect: Reader in American Politics,  pp. 218-31 (1994)

50. Von der Revolution zur Verfassung, Transit:  Europaische Revue, vol. 4, pp. 46-61 (1992)

51. Liberating Abstraction, U. of Chicago Law Review, vol. 59, pp. 317-348 (1992); reprinted in Stone, Epstein, & Sunstein, The Bill of Rights in the Modern State pp. 317-348 (U. Chi. Press, 1992).

52. The Lost Opportunity, in Tel Aviv University Studies in Law, vol 10, pp. 53-68 (1991).

53. Die Zukunft der Liberalen Revolution, Die Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte, vol. 39, no. 3. pp.221-231 (1992).

54. The Common Law Constitution of John Marshall Harlan, New York Law School Law Review, vol 36, pp. 5-32 (1991).

55. Robert Bork's Grand Inquisition, Yale Law Journal, vol. 92 pp. 1419-39 (1990); The Grand Inquisitor, The American Prospect, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 106-114 (1990).

56. Constitutional Politics/Constitutional Law, Yale Law Journal, vol. 89, pp. 453-546 (1989).

57. Neutralities, in Liberalism and the Good (ed. by Douglass, Mara, & Richardson) pp. 29-43 (1990).

58. Reforming Environmental Law : The Democratic Case for Market Incentives, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law (with Richard Stewart) vol. 13, pp. 171-199 (1988).

59. Why Dialogue?, Journal of Philosophy, vol. 86, pp. 5-22 (1989) (Italian: Teoria Politica (1989); German: Akten Des 12, Internationalen Wittgenstein Symposiums pp. 25-35 (1988)); Dutch: Von den Brink & Von Reijen, Het Recht Van De Moraal pp. 67-84 (1994); Spanish: Metapolitica vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 207-22 (1998)).

60. Transformative Appointments, Harvard Law Review, vol. 101, pp. 1164-1184 (1988)

61. Neo-Federalism? in Jon Elster (ed.), Constitutionalism and Democracy (Cambridge Univ. Press: 1988)

62. Law, Economics, and the Problem of Legal Culture, Duke Law Journal, vol. 6, pp 929-947 (1986) (Italian:  Rivista Critica di Diritto Privato); (German: Schäfer and Wehrt eds., Die Ökonomisierung der Sozialwissenschaften [Campus: 1988]).

63. Deux Sortes de Recherches en Droit et Economie, in Revue de la Recherche Juridique:  Droit Prospectif (Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille: 1986)

64. Reforming Environmental Law (with Richard Stewart), Stanford Law Review, vol. 37, pp. 1333-1365 (1985)

65. Cost Benefit and the Constitution, in Roger Noll (ed.), Regulatory Policy and the Social Sciences, pp. 351-357 (1985)

66. Foreword: Talking and Trading, Columbia Law Review, vol. 85, pp. 899-903 (1985)

67. Toward a Theory of Statutory Evolution:  The Federalization of Environmental Law (with Donald Elliott and John Millian),  Journal of Law, Economics, Organization, Vol. 1, pp. 313-340 (1985)

68. Beyond Carolene Products, Harvard Law Review, vol. 98, pp. 713-46 (1985)

69. Storrs Lectures:  Discovering the Constitution, Yale Law Journal, vol. 93, pp. 1013-1072 (1984)

70. Canada at the Constitutional Crossroads (with Robert Charney), University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 34, pp. 117-135 (1984)

71. Foreword:  Law in an Activist State, Yale Law Journal, vol. 92, pp. 1-45 (1983) (Dutch:  Het recht in een activistische staat, Staatkundig jaarboek, 1983-1984, pp. 313-328, Leiden, December 1983).

72. On Getting What We Don't Deserve, Social Philosophy and Policy, vol. 1, pp. 60-70 (1983).

73. What is Neutral about Neutrality?, Ethics, vol. 93, pp. 372-390 (1983)

74. Beyond the New Deal:  Reply (with William T. Hassler), Yale Law Journal, vol. 90, pp. 1412-1434 (1981)

75.The Marketplace of Ideas, Yale Law Journal, vol. 90, pp. 1131-1148 (1981)

76.Beyond the New Deal: Coal and the Clean Air Act (with William Hassler), Yale Law Journal, vol. 89, pp. 1466-1571 (1980)

77. Four Questions for Legal Theory, Nomos, vol. 22, pp. 351-375 (1980)

78. The Structure of Subchapter C: An Anthropological Comment, Yale Law Journal, vol. 87, pp. 436-446 (1977)

79. The Jurisprudence of Just Compensation, Environmental Law, vol. 7, pp. 509-519 (1977)

80. Law and the Modern Mind, Daedalus, pp. 119-131 (1974)

81. The Uncertain Search for Environmental Policy: Part I with James Sawyer), University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 120, pp. 419-503 (1972); Part II (with Rose-Ackerman and Henderson), University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 121, pp. 1225-1308 (1973).

82. More on Slum Housing and Redistribution Policy, Yale Law Journal, vol. 82, pp. 1194-1207 (1973)

83. Regulating Slum Housing Markets on Behalf of the Poor, Yale Law Journal, vol. 80, pp. 1093-1197 (1971)

 IV. Occasional Essays

1. Dealing with the Worst, Guardian (U.K.) (May 21, 2007).

2. War Powers Debate with Jon Yoo: Remember Andrew Johnson, Los Angeles Times (April 6, 2007).

3. War Powers Debate with John Yoo: We Don't Want a Warrior King, Los Angeles Times (April 5, 2007).

4. War Powers Debate with John Yoo: Some of Us Have Been Consistent, Los Angeles Times (April 4, 2007).

5. War Powers Debate with John Yoo: Say No to King George, Los Angeles Times (April 3, 2007).

6. War Powers Debate with John Yoo: Congressional leadership is necessary and proper, Los Angeles Times (April 2, 2007).

7. Did Jefferson Abuse His Authority to Count Himself into the Presidency?, History News Network (March 19, 2007)

8. The Half-Trillion Dollar Solution (with David Wu), American Prospect Online (February 27, 2007).

9. Britain Needs a New Agency to Fight Corruption, Financial Times (February 2, 2007).

10. Set a Spending Limit on Iraq, Los Angeles Times (January 10, 2007).

11. What if Terrorists Destroy Washington?, Los Angeles Times (December 16, 2006).

12. A Liberal Manifesto for America, Opendemocracy (October 30, 2006)

13. We Answer to the Name of Liberals, American Prospect (November, 2006) (with Todd Gitlin), posted on website October 18, 2006 at . published in France by Liberation (October 19, 2006) at http://www.liberation.fr/opinions/rebonds/211551.FR.php); in Italy by La Repubblica (November 3, 2006); in Argentina by La Nacion (November 5, 2006); in Spain by El Pais (November 6, 2006); in Canada by the Toronto Star (November 10, 2006), in Germany by the Suddeutsche Zeitung (November 10, 2006).

14. White House Warden, Los Angeles Times (September 28, 2006).

15. Bad Party Line: All the Reasons to Hate Bush's Wiretapping Bill, Slate (September 18, 2006).

16. Talk of "War" is Misleading and Dangerous, Philadelphia Inquirer (September 12, 2006).

17. In Case of Emergency, American Prospect Online (August 18, 2006).

18. Give N.Y.'s Poor What They Need Most: A Voice, New York Daily News, p. 31 (August 14, 2006) (with Ian Ayres).

19. How Congress Can Make Guantanamo Even Worse, Slate (July 17, 2006).

20. Before the Next Attack, New Statesman (July 3, 2006).

21. Putting Reason Back into Emergency Powers, Boston Globe (July 2, 2006).

22. Come Scegliere il Si o il No (How to Choose Between Yes and No), La Repubblica (with James Fishkin) (June 23, 2006).

23. Export This? (with James Fishkin), Letter to the Editor, NY Times Magazine (May 7, 2006).

24. Secret Political Donations Can End the Secret Deals, Financial Times April 26, 2006 (with Ian Ayres).

25. The Perils of Judicial Restraint, Slate (April 5, 2006)

26. Inheritance Taxes (with Anne Alstott), Letter to the Editor, NY Times (April 4, 2006).

27. Terrorism and Civil Liberties, Yale Alumni Magazine, pp. 24-26 (March-April 2006).

28. Interview with Gabor Halmai, Fundamentum (special English edition), 49-58 (2005).

29. The Secrets They Keep, Slate (December 20, 2005).

30. Senate, White House Hypocrisy on Torture, Philadelphia Inquirer (December 14, 2005).

31. A National Day of Deliberation?(with Jiunn-Rong Yeh), China Times (November 22, 2005).

32. Protect  Court Against a Stealth Revolution, Philadelphia Inquirer (October 16, 2005).

33. The Constitutional Moment that Wasn’t, American Prospect (September 21, 2005)

34.  Come Proteggere Le Nostre Liberta, La Repubblica, p. 39 (July 22, 2005).

35.  High Court, High Stakes, American Prospect, pp. 35-38 (August, 2005).

36.  Bush and the Stealth Justice, Los Angeles Times p. B 13 (July 7, 2005).

37. Cheney’s Betrayal, American Prospect Online (May 23, 2005)

38.  A Threat to Impartiality in the American Senate, Financial Times, p. 19 (May 16, 2005).

39. Kapitalismus fuer Alle, 7 brand eins pp. 40-44 (March 2005).

40. The Filibuster Rule: Play by the Rules, Philadelphia Inquirer (March 16, 2005).

41. Immune to Democracy (with John Ackerman), New York Times, p. A 21 (March 4, 2005).

42. Voting with Dollars, (with comments by Cong. Barney Frank and Nick Littlefield)  57 Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences pp. 18-21 (Summer 2004).

43. Loyal to Rumsfeld – or the Constitution?, American Prospect, pp. 6 – 7 (November 2004).

44. Reply to Professor Rotunda, American Prospect Online, October 15, 2004.

45. From Debates to Deliberation (with James Fishkin), Center for American Progress web-site, October 14, 2004.

46. Oath of Offense, American Prospect Online, October 6, 2004.

47. The Rumsfeld Oath, American Prospect Online, September 29, 2004.

48. Abu Ghraib Requires a Political Response, Philadelphia Inquirer (September 15, 2004).

49. Like Father, Like Son, American Prospect Online, September 14, 2004.

50. States of Emergency, American Prospect, p. 40 (September 2004).

51. Just Imagine, A Day Off Devoted to Fulfilling a Democratic Duty (with James Fishkin), Philadelphia Inquirer (June 20, 2004).

52. 2-for-1 Voting, New York Times, p. A 27 (May 5, 2004).

53. The Thinking Voter (with James Fishkin), Prospect, pp. 15-16 (May 2004).

54. A Precedent-Setting Appearance, Center for American Progress (web-site), April 8, 2004.

55. A Holiday Fit for a President (with James Fishkin), Los Angeles Times, p. B 13, (February 16, 2004).

56. How Jefferson Counted Himself In (with David Fontana), Atlantic Monthly, pp. 84-95 (March, 2004).

57. Deliberation Day (with James Fishkin), American Prospect, January 2004.

58. Righting the Ship of Democracy (with James Fishkin), Legal Affairs pp. 34-39 (January-February 2004).

59. System Down (with Ian Ayres), American Prospect Online, December 12, 2003.

60. Interview with Gabor Halmai, Fundamentum (in Hungarian), pp. 51-62 (issue 2/2003).

61. The Vote Must Go On, New York Times, p. A-27, September 17, 2003.

62. Patriot Dollars Put Money Where the Voters Are, Los Angeles Times, p. 15, July 17, 2003 (with Ian Ayres).

63. Fear Itself, American Prospect, (web exclusive) June 3, 2003.

64. Raw Deal, American Prospect, (web exclusive) May 14, 2003.

65. Never Again, American Prospect, p. 24, May 2003.

66. Judicial Extremism: A German Antidote, Los Angeles Times, p. 15, February 19, 2003.

67. Is the Right to March a Security Issue?, Newsday, p. A 17, February 18, 2003.

68. Two Fronts, American Prospect (web exclusive), January 27, 2003.

69. Keep Politics Off the Bench, Los Angeles Times, p. M 5, January 5, 2003.

70. Bush, Iraq, and the Rule of Law, Letters to the Editor, New York Times, p. A 18, November 23, 2002.

71. Government by Half-Truth, The American Prospect (web exclusive), October 24, 2002.

72. Facing the Threat From North Korea, Washington Post, Letters to the Editor, p. A22, October 19, 2002.

73. Episode oder Epoche, Frankfurter Rundschau, Feuilleton, October 16, 2002.

74. The Legality of Using Force, New York Times, p. A15, September 21, 2002.

75. But What's the Legal Case for Preemption?, Washington Post, p. B2, August 18, 2002.

76. Campaign Reform's Worst Enemy, New York Times, p. 13, July 6, 2002 (with Ian Ayres).

77. Bush Must Avoid Shortcuts on Road to War, Los Angeles Times, p. 15,  May 31, 2002.

78. Don't Panic, London Review of Books, pp. 15-16, February 7, 2002. German version: Frankfurter Rundschau, February 15, 2002.

79. War is Handy Politics for Bush, Los Angeles Times, p. M 5, February 3, 2002.

80. Bush Can't Operate as a One-Man Act, Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2001.

81. On the Home Front, A Winnable War, New York Times, p. A 21, November 6, 2001.

82. Sunset Can Put a Halt to Twilight of Liberty, Los Angeles Times, p. B 11, September 20, 2001.

83.  Treaties Don't Belong to Presidents Alone, New York Times, p. A 23, August 29, 2001.

84.  Tony Blair's Big Idea, New York Times, Op-Ed, Sec. 4, p. 15, May 6, 2001 (with Anne Alstott).

85.  Bush's Alarming Race Against the Clock, Boston Globe, Op-Ed, April 29, 2001.

86.  Foil Bush's Maneuvers for Packing Court, Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed, p. B11, April 26, 2001.

87.  Anatomy of a Constitutional Coup, London Review of Books, pp. 3-7,  February 8, 2001. Translation: Le Monde, p. 18, February 27, 2001.

88.  The Court Packs Itself, The American Prospect, p. 42, February 12, 2001

89.  Keep Election Fixes to Middle Ground, Los Angeles Times,  p. 7 December 18, 2000

90.  As Florida Goes..., New York Times, Op-Ed, p. A-33, December 12, 2000

91.  $80,000 and a Dream (with Anne Alstott),  American Prospect, pp. 23-25, July 17, 2000.

92. How $50 Can Beat Big Money Campaigns, Los Angeles Times, p. B7, October 18, 1999.

93. An Unconstitutional Republican Exit Strategy, Los Angeles Times, p. B7, February 3, 1999.

94. Reply to Professor Tribe, January 8, 1999

95. This Lame-Duck Impeachment Should Die, Op- Ed, Washington Post, p. A17, December 24, 1998.

96. Contest Lame-duck House Vote, Op-Ed, USA Today, p.12A, December 23,1998.

97. Lameduck Impeachment? Not So Fast, Op-Ed, New York Times, December 8, 1998.

98. Without the People, Impeachment Fails, Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times, November 6, 1998.

99.  What Ken Starr Neglected to Tell Us, Op-Ed, New York Times, September 14, 1998.

100. Euro Follows American Example, Letters to the Editor, New York Times, May 2, 1998, p. A-14.

101. Welfare for Wagner?, Project Syndicate [syndicated column for numerous European newspapers], May-June 1998 [on subsidizing the opera]. A longer version of the same essay was published in the Newsletter of the Institut fuer die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Feb-April 1998, as “Subsidize the Opera?”

102. Historical Perspective [on Presidential Impeachment], Letters to the Editor, New York Times, February 2, 1998, p. A-22.

103. The Patriot Option, The Boston Review, pp. 13-14 (April/May 1997)

104. Joint Letter on the Constitutionality of the World Trade Organization and the Uruguay Round, Hearings before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, S. 2467, GATT Implementing Legislation, S. Hrg. 103-823, pp. 529-31 (1994).

105. Gingrich v. The Constitution, New York Times, Op-Ed page, December 10, 1994.

106. Let's Introduce a New Political Currency System to Restore the Sovereign Citizenry in Japan (with Norikazu Kawagishi), Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), Op-Ed page, September 28, 1993.

107. We the People--and Congress--Have Yet To Be Heard (with Harold Koh), Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed page, May 5, 1993.

108.  Reforming Campaign Reform, Wall Street Journal, Op-Ed page, April 26, 1993.

109. 1787 and 1993, New York Times, Op-Ed page, April 3, 1993.

110. Das Gauck Behoerde: Zwei Fragen, in Hassemer & Starzacher, Datenschutz und Stasi-Unterlagen: Verdraengen oder Bewaeltigen? (1993).

111. Interview, Bruce Ackerman over sociale rechtvaardigheid, de rol van de rechter en `law and economics', by M.A.P. Bovens and W.J. Witteveen, Staatkundig Jaarboek, pp 255-278 (1987).

112. Proceedings of Conference on Takings of Property and the Constitution, Miami Law Review, vol. 41,  No. 1, pp. 49-222, passim (1986).

113. In Memoriam:  Henry J. Friendly, Harvard Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 8, June 1986.

114. Agon (In Memoriam:  Arthur Leff), Yale Law Journal, vol. 91, pp. 219-223 (1982).

115. The Languages of Power:  Reflections on the Changing Relationship Between the Law and the Social and Humane Sciences, Proceedings of 1982-1983, Columbia Committee  on General Education (vol. 11).

116. Commencement Remarks to the Yale Class of 1980, Yale Law Report, Spring/Summer 1982.

117. Air-Pollution 'Rights' (with Donald Elliott), New York Times, Op-Ed page, September 11, 1982.

118. Unconstitutional Convention, New Republic, March 3, 1979.

119. Clean (Cough) Air, New York Times, Op-Ed page, August 30, 1977.

Professional Activities

Lead counsel, with Lloyd Cutler, in Skaggs v. Carle, a challenge by 28 Representatives to the constitutionality of new House rules requiring supermajorities for the enactment of tax increases. 110 F3d 831 (D.C. Cir. 1997). 

Witness on Behalf of President Clinton, Impeachment Hearings before the House  Judiciary Committee, December, 1998.

Drafting Committee, Amicus Brief of 100 Law Professors in U.S. v. Morrison, in support of the constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act, November, 1999.

Witness on Behalf of Al Gore to the Special Joint Committee of the Florida Legislature on the Appointment of Electors, November 29, 2000.

Witness on Behalf of Al Gore to the Special Joint Committee of the Florida Legislature on the Appointment of Electors, December 11, 2000.