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James E. Fleming
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Born1954[4]
SpouseLinda C. McClain[5]
Children2[2]
Academic background
Education
Doctoral advisorWalter F. Murphy
Influences
Academic work
Institutions

James E. Fleming is an American lawyer and The Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law.[6][7] His scholarship is in normative 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 not only with protecting rights but also with inculcating civic virtues,[10] and justifying rights to autonomy and equality as central to constitutional self-government.[11]

Biography[edit]

Fleming received an A.B. summa cum laude in Political Science from the University of Missouri in 1977.[12] He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1985.[13] At Harvard, he studied with John Rawls[14] and Frank Michelman[15] and was a teaching fellow for Michael Sandel.[16] In 1988, he completed a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University,[7] where he wrote his Ph.D. dissertation, "Constitutional Constructivism,"[17] under the supervision of Walter F. Murphy[18] and Sanford Levinson. In his dissertation, Fleming developed a constitutional constructivism by analogy to John Rawls’s political constructivism.[17] 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]

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.[19] He joined the faculty of Boston University School of Law in 2007 as The Honorable Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar[20] and was appointed The Honorable Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law in 2015.[21] Fleming has served as Associate Dean for Intellectual Life at Boston University School of Law[21] and is the Faculty Advisor for the Boston University Law Review.[22]

At Fordham and Boston University, Fleming has organized (or co-organized) and published numerous conference volumes in constitutional theory and legal philosophy,[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 also has served as the Society's President and as of June 2021, is the Secretary-Treasurer.[33]

Scholarship[edit]

Publications[edit]

Scholarly books[edit]

  • Fleming, James E. Constructing Basic Liberties: A Defense of Substantive Due Process. University of Chicago Press. (forthcoming).
  • Fleming, James E. (2015). Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199793372.
  • Fleming, James E.; McClain, Linda C. (2013). Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674059108.
  • Barber, Sotirios A.; Fleming, James E. (2007). Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199745074.
  • Fleming, James E. (2006). Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226253435.

Textbooks[edit]

  • Murphy, Walter F.; Fleming, James E.; Barber, Sotirios A.; Macedo, Stephen (2019). American Constitutional Interpretation (6th ed.). St. Paul, MN: Foundation Press. ISBN 1640201629.
  • Fleming, James E.; Barber, Sotirios A.; Macedo, Stephen; McClain, Linda C. (2016). Gay Rights and the Constitution. St. Paul, MN: Foundation Press. ISBN 9781634602686.

Honors and awards[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Fleming was born to Irene (née McNally), a home economics teacher, and Thomas E. Fleming, an agricultural conservation agent and farmer,[35] in 1954.[4] He grew up on a farm near Nevada, Missouri.[35] Fleming married Linda C. McClain in 1992.[5] McClain is the Robert Kent Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law.[36] Fleming and McClain have co-authored several articles[37][38][39] and a book, Ordered Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities, and Virtues (Harvard University Press, 2013). They have two daughters.[2]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sunstein, Cass R. (December 1993). "Response: Liberal Constitutionalism and Liberal Justice". Texas Law Review. 72 (2): 306. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "Fleming, James E." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "James Fleming". princeton.edu. 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". Balkinization. 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. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d "James E. Fleming CV" (PDF). Boston University School of Law. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  14. ^ Fleming, James E. (2004). "Securing Deliberative Democracy". Fordham Law Review. 72 (5): 1435. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  15. ^ Fleming, James E. (2004). "Lawrence's Republic". Tulsa Law Review. 39 (3): 563. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ a b Fleming, James E. (June 1988). Constitutional Constructivism (Thesis). Princeton University. ISBN 9781392488928.
  18. ^ Fleming, James E. (Spring 2010). "An Appreciation of Walter F. Murphy" (PDF). Law & Courts. p. 18. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  19. ^ "Securing Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Autonomy, Author Biography". BiblioVault. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  20. ^ "James E. Fleming". Boston University Public Relations. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  21. ^ a 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.
  22. ^ "Boston University Law Review Masthead". Boston University Law Review. 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.
  34. ^ "James E. Fleming". Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Harvard University. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  35. ^ a b "Opal Irene Fleming". Nevada Daily Mail. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  36. ^ "Linda C. McClain". Boston University School of Law. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  37. ^ McClain, Linda C.; Fleming, James E. (April 2000). "Some Questions for Civil Society-Revivalists". Chicago-Kent Law Review. 75 (2): 301–354. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  38. ^ McClain, Linda C.; Fleming, James E. (December 2005). "Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, and Progressive Change". Texas Law Review. 84 (2): 433–470. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  39. ^ McClain, Linda C.; Fleming, James E. (2011). "Respecting Freedom and Cultivating Virtues in Justifying Constitutional Rights" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 91 (4): 1311–1338. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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