James E. Fleming

James E. Fleming
Fleming in 2012
Born	1954 (age 70–71)[4]
Spouse	Linda C. McClain ​ (m. 1992)​ [5]
Children	2[2]
Academic background
Education	University of Missouri (BA) Harvard University (JD) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Thesis	Constitutional Constructivism (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Walter F. Murphy
Other advisors	Sanford Levinson
Influences	Sandel Rawls[1] Ely[2]: ix  Dworkin[3]
Academic work
Discipline	Constitutional theory
Institutions	Fordham University Boston University American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

James E. Fleming is an American legal scholar who serves as the Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law.[6][7] He is a scholar in standard constitutional theory and constitutional interpretation,[8] with special attention to criticizing originalism and defending moral readings of the U.S. Constitution,[9] developing a civic liberalism concerned with protecting rights and instilling civic virtues,[10] and justifying rights to autonomy and equality as central to constitutional self-government.[11]

Early life and education

Fleming received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Missouri in 1977.[12] He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1985.[13] At Harvard, he was a teaching fellow for Michael Sandel.[14] He then attended Princeton University, earning a master's degree and, in 1988, completed a Ph.D. in politics with the dissertation,[7] "Constitutional Constructivism,"[15] under the supervision of Walter F. Murphy[16] and Sanford Levinson.

In his dissertation, Fleming developed a constitutional constructivism analogous to John Rawls's political constructivism.[15] Before becoming a law professor, Fleming was an attorney in the litigation department at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City from 1986 to 1991.[13]

Academic career

Fleming taught at Fordham University School of Law from 1991 to 2007,[13] and was appointed the Leonard F. Manning Distinguished Professor of Law in 2006.[17] He joined the faculty of Boston University School of Law in 2007 as The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar,[18] and was appointed The Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law in 2015.[19] He has served as Associate Dean for Intellectual Life at Boston University School of Law[19] and is the Faculty Advisor for the Boston University Law Review.[20]

At Fordham and Boston University, Fleming has organized, co-organized and published numerous conference volumes in constitutional theory and legal philosophy,[21][22][23][24][25] including volumes on the work of John Rawls[26] and Ronald Dworkin.[27]

Fleming was the Editor of Nomos, the annual book of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy.[28] In that capacity, he published four interdisciplinary volumes with New York University Press: Nomos L: Getting to the Rule of Law (2011);[29] Nomos LII: Evolution and Morality (with Sanford Levinson) (2012);[30] Nomos LIII: Passions and Emotions (2013);[31] and Nomos LV: Federalism and Subsidiarity (with Jacob T. Levy) (2014).[32] He has also served as the society's president and as of June 2021, is the Secretary-Treasurer.[33]

References

1. Sunstein, Cass R. (December 1993). "Response: Liberal Constitutionalism and Liberal Justice". Texas Law Review. 72 (2): 306. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. Fleming, James E. (2006). Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy. University of Chicago Press. p. xiii. ISBN 9780226253435.
3. Sunstein, Cass R. (2007). "Second-Order Perfectionism". Fordham Law Review. 75 (6): 2872. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
4. "Fleming, James E." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
5. "WEDDINGS; Linda McClain, James Fleming". The New York Times. 28 June 1992. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
6. "James E. Fleming". bu.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
7. "James Fleming". princeton.edu. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
8. "James E. Fleming". Google Scholar. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
9. Balkin, Jack (July 2016). "History, Rights, and the Moral Reading" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 96 (4): 1433. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
10. Dorf, Michael C. "Liberalism's Errant Theodicy". Research Gate. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
11. Kelbley, Charles A. (2007). "Privacy, Minimalism, and Perfectionism". Fordham Law Review. 76 (6): 2953. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
12. "Constitution Day Lecture at Missouri - James Fleming & Linda McClain". Jack Miller Center. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
13. "James E. Fleming CV" (PDF). Boston University School of Law. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
14. Sandel, Michael J. (1997). "The Order of the Coif Annual Lecture: The Constitution of the Procedural Republic: Liberal Rights and Civic Virtues". Fordham Law Review. 66 (1): 2. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
15. Fleming, James E. (June 1988). Constitutional Constructivism (Thesis). Princeton University. ISBN 9781392488928. ProQuest 303726694.
16. Fleming, James E. (Spring 2010). "An Appreciation of Walter F. Murphy" (PDF). Law & Courts. 20 (2): 18. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
17. "Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy, Author Biography". BiblioVault. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
18. "James E. Fleming". Boston University Public Relations. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
19. Eckenroth, Lauren. "Professor James E. Fleming Appointed Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law". The Record. Boston University School of Law. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
20. "Boston University Law Review Masthead". Boston University Law Review. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
21. Fleming, James E. (2004). "Lawrence's Republic". Tulsa Law Review. 39 (3): 563. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
22. Fleming, James E. (2004). "Securing Deliberative Democracy". Fordham Law Review. 72 (5): 1435. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
23. Hevert, Matthew T.; Schulke, Daniel F. (May 2014). "Foreword: Symposium: America's Political Dysfunction: Constitutional Connections, Causes, and Cures" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 94 (3): 578. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
24. "Symposium: A New Constitutional Order?". Fordham Law Review. 75 (2). November 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
25. "Foreword: Symposium: Fidelity in Constitutional Theory". Fordham Law Review. 65 (4): 1248. 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
26. Treanor, William Michael (April 2004). "Introduction: Rawls and the Law" (PDF). Fordham Law Review. 72 (5): 1385. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
27. Kitchell, Sarah J.; Sefal, Joshua M.D. (April 2010). "Foreword: Symposium: Justice for Hedgehogs: A Conference on Ronald Dworkin's Forthcoming Book" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 90 (2): 467. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
28. "Nomos". The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
29. "Getting to the rule of law". Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
30. "Evolution and morality". Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
31. "Passions and emotions". Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
32. "Federalism and subsidiarity". Library of Congress Catalog. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
33. "Current Officers". The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

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