Bruce
G. Peabody
Department
of Social Sciences & History
Fairleigh
Dickinson University
Bruce
Peabody is chair of the Department of Social
Sciences and History at Fairleigh
Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey and an
associate
professor of
American
Politics and the Judicial Process. He received
his Ph.D. in
Government from the University of Texas
at Austin (2000) and
his B.A.
from Wesleyan University in
Middletown, Connecticut (1991).
Professor Peabody is the Prelaw
& Legal Studies Director at FDU's Florham-Madison campus..
Professor Peabody's
research
interests involve law
and American politics, especially constitutional law, American
political
institutions, and the separation of powers. You can access some
of his research at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=1415482
Click here for the Spring 2010 Politics on the PublicMind series.
Please join us for this free, open seminar.
WRITING ON CURRENT
EVENTS
»Can
Congress compel the Supreme Court to
televise its "open" (public) proceedings?
»What went wrong with
the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, and what can we do about it?
»Did
flaws in Obama's taking
of the presidential oath have a legal impact on executive branch
policies and authority?
COURSES (Spring 2010)
POLS 3308: Law & Society (Mon./Th.
2:10-3:25; NOTE: most Monday classes meet in the library; most Thursday
classes meet in SCI 17)
SOCI 3334:
Law & Society (Mon./Th.
2:10-3:25; NOTE: most Monday classes meet in the library; most Thursday
classes meet in SCI 17)
OFFICE HOURS (Spring 2010)
Mon. 10a-12p
Thurs. 10a-12p
Fri. 10a-12p
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CONTACT
INFORMATION & MAILING ADDRESS
SELECTED SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
»Imperfect
Oaths, the Primed President, and an Abundance of Constitutional Caution
(Northwestern Law Review Colloquy, 2009)
»Supreme
Court TV: Legislating the Least Accountable Branch (Journal
of Legislation, 2007)
»Reversing
Time's Arrow: Law's Reordering
of Chronology, Causality, and History (Akron Law Review, 2007)
»Constitutional
Etiquette and the Fate of "Supreme Court TV" (First Impressions/Michigan Law Review,
2007)
»Congress's
Power to Compel the Televising of Supreme Court Proceedings (PENNumbra/University of Pennsylvania Law
Review, 2007)
»Legislating
From the Bench: A Definition and a Defense (Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2007)
»Congress,
the Court, and
the ‘Service Constitution’ (Michigan State
Law Review,
2006).
»Congressional
Constitutional Interpretation and the Courts (Law and Social
Inquiry, 2004)
»The
Twice and Future President?
Constitutional Interstices and the Twenty-Second Amendment (Minnesota
Law Review 1997)
OTHER LINKS
last updated January 2010