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 lie in public law
and American politics, especially constitutional law, American
political
institutions, the separation of powers, and criminal justice.
SCHOLARSHIP ON CURRENT EVENTS
»Could
former president Bill Clinton serve as vice president or in a cabinet
position in the next administration? Yes. And he could
serve again as president - notwithstanding the Twenty Second
Amendment. Read more.
»Can Congress compel the Supreme Court to
televise its "open" (public) proceedings. Yes - and here's how it might happen.
COURSES (Spring 2008)
OFFICE HOURS (Spring
2008)
Monday
11:00a-1:00p
Tuesday 11:30a-12:30p;
3:00p-4:00p
Friday 11:30a-12:30p;
1:30p-2:30p
& by appointment (x8729)
CONTACT INFORMATION & MAILING ADDRESS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
»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).
»How
to Bring
Back Bill (Op-ed, 2006)
»Legislating
Supreme Court TV (Op-ed, 2006)
»Getting
Under
"Over the Hedge" (Picturing Justice, 2006)
»Congress
and the Constitution (book chapter, 2005)
»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 March 2008