Michael Klarman Explained
Michael J. Klarman (born 1959) is an American legal historian and scholar of constitutional law.[1] Currently, Klarman is the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Harvard Law School.[2] Formerly, he was James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.[3]
Early life and education
Klarman grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Herbert E. Klarman, was a public health economist.[4] He is the brother of investor Seth Klarman.[5]
Klarman holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a D.Phil. from Oxford University (where he was a Marshall Scholar) and an M.A. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.[6] His dissertation was titled "The Osborne Judgment: A Legal/Historical Analysis".[7] After his graduation from law school, he clerked for then-Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she was on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[8] [9]
Scholarship
Klarman specializes in the constitutional history of race.[10] He contends that the Supreme Court of the United States has historically been hostile to the rights of minorities and has not consistently enforced constitutional protections for them. Klarman argues that civil rights protections arise out of social mores from which the court takes its cue.[4]
Klarman has also defended political process theory as a method of constitutional interpretation.[11]
Awards
Works
- Response to McConnell: Klarman . Michael J. . Response: Brown, originalism, and constitutional theory: a response to Professor Mcconnell . . 81 . 7 . 1881–1936 . October 1995 . 10.2307/1073643 . 1073643 .
- Response to Klarman: McConnell . Michael W. . Michael W. McConnell . Reply: The originalist justification for Brown: a reply to Professor Klarman . . 81 . 7 . 1937–1955 . October 1995 . 10.2307/1073644 . 1073644 .
- Klarman . Michael J. . Is the Supreme Court sometimes irrelevant? Race and the Southern Criminal Justice System in the 1940s . . 89 . 1 . 119–153 . June 2002 . 10.2307/2700787 . 2700787 .
- Book: Klarman, Michael J.. From Jim Crow to civil rights: the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality . Oxford University Press . 2004. 9780195129038 . Preview.
- Book: Klarman, Michael J. . Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement . Oxford University Press . 2007 . New York . 978-0-19-530763-4 . Preview.
- Book: Klarman, Michael J. . Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History . Oxford University Press . 2016 . New York . 978-0-19-994203-9. Preview
- Book: Klarman, Michael J. . October 14, 2016 . The Framers' Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution . New York . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-994203-9. Preview.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Professor Michael Klarman delivers address on the Supreme Court and race at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences . 1 July 2012.
- Web site: Login • ProcessWire • oah.org. www.oah.org. 21 May 2023. November 28, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101128023841/http://oah.org/activities/lectureship/2009/lecturer.php?id=224. dead.
- Web site: Michael Klarman Corcoran Department of History . www.virginia.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724000118/http://www.virginia.edu/history/user/67 . 2008-07-24.
- Web site: Klarman. Michael. A Skeptical View of Constitution Worship. 13 May 2011.
- http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-06-19/news/9906190433_1_garrott-klarman-economist "Herbert Klarman, 82, professor, health economist"
- Web site: WSC Alumni News Message from the Director . www.wsc.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209072359/http://www.wsc.edu/alumni/news/archive/091108_centennial.php . 2010-02-09.
- Web site: Thesis: The Osborne judgment : a legal/historical analysis . 2023-05-07 . solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk . en.
- News: Constitutional Law Professor Klarman Joins HLS. The Harvard Crimson. Kevin Zhou. January 24, 2008 .
- http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2008/01/24_klarman.php "Michael Klarman to join HLS faculty,"
- News: Scott. Janny. March 23, 2008. What Politicians say When They Talk About Race. The New York Times. 13 May 2011.
- Klarman, Michael J. (May 1991). "The Puzzling Resistance to Political Process Theory". Virginia Law Review. 77 (4): 747–832. doi:10.2307/1073297. JSTOR 1073297.