American lawyer (born 1954)
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 an
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
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Sunstein, Cass R. (December 1993).
"Response: Liberal Constitutionalism and Liberal Justice" . Texas Law Review . 72 (2): 306. Retrieved 22 June 2021 .
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b Fleming, James E. (2006). Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy . University of Chicago Press. p. xiii.
ISBN
9780226253435 .
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Sunstein, Cass R. (2007).
"Second-Order Perfectionism" . Fordham Law Review . 75 (6): 2872. Retrieved 22 June 2021 .
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"Fleming, James E." Virtual International Authority File . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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"WEDDINGS; Linda McClain, James Fleming" . The New York Times . 28 June 1992. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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"James E. Fleming" . bu.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
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"James Fleming" . princeton.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
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"James E. Fleming" . Google Scholar . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ Balkin, Jack (July 2016).
"History, Rights, and the Moral Reading" (PDF) . Boston University Law Review . 96 (4): 1433. Retrieved 22 June 2021 .
^ Dorf, Michael C.
"Liberalism's Errant Theodicy" . Research Gate . Retrieved 17 June 2021 .
^ Kelbley, Charles A. (2007).
"Privacy, Minimalism, and Perfectionism" . Fordham Law Review . 76 (6): 2953. Retrieved 22 June 2021 .
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"Constitution Day Lecture at Missouri - James Fleming & Linda McClain" . Jack Miller Center . 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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"James E. Fleming CV" (PDF) . Boston University School of Law . Retrieved 17 June 2021 .
^ 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 .
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a
b Fleming, James E. (June 1988).
Constitutional Constructivism (Thesis).
Princeton University .
ISBN
9781392488928 .
ProQuest
303726694 .
^ Fleming, James E. (Spring 2010).
"An Appreciation of Walter F. Murphy" (PDF) . Law & Courts . 20 (2): 18. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
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"Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy, Author Biography" . BiblioVault . Retrieved 17 June 2021 .
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"James E. Fleming" . Boston University Public Relations . Retrieved 17 June 2021 .
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b 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 .
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"Boston University Law Review Masthead" . Boston University Law Review . Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ Fleming, James E. (2004).
"Lawrence's Republic" . Tulsa Law Review . 39 (3): 563. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ Fleming, James E. (2004).
"Securing Deliberative Democracy" . Fordham Law Review . 72 (5): 1435. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ 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 .
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"Symposium: A New Constitutional Order?" . Fordham Law Review . 75 (2). November 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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"Foreword: Symposium: Fidelity in Constitutional Theory" . Fordham Law Review . 65 (4): 1248. 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
^ Treanor, William Michael (April 2004).
"Introduction: Rawls and the Law" (PDF) . Fordham Law Review . 72 (5): 1385. Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
^ 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 .
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"Nomos" . The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy . Retrieved 22 June 2021 .
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"Getting to the rule of law" . Library of Congress Catalog . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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"Evolution and morality" . Library of Congress Catalog . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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"Passions and emotions" . Library of Congress Catalog . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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"Federalism and subsidiarity" . Library of Congress Catalog . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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"Current Officers" . The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy . Retrieved 21 June 2021 .
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