Lawrence Sager
- Alice Jane Drysdale Sheffield Regents Chair
- Professor
Lawrence Sager is one of the nation's preeminent constitutional theorists and scholars with expertise in constitutional law, religion and law, jurisprudence, and the legal process. He is the author and co-author of several articles, many now classics in the canon of legal scholarship. Professor Sager also authored the book “Justice in Plainclothes: A Theory of American Constitutional Practice,” and co-authored “Religious Freedom and the Constitution.”
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Lawrence Sager is one of the nation's preeminent constitutional theorists and scholars. Professor Sager came to Texas from New York University School of Law, where he was the Robert B. McKay Professor and Co-Founder of the Program in Law, Philosophy & Social Theory. He has also taught at Harvard, Princeton, Boston University, UCLA, and the University of Michigan. Professor Sager is the author or co-author of dozens of articles, many now classics in the canon of legal scholarship. Sager is the author of two books: Justice in Plainclothes: a Theory of American Constitutional Practice (Yale Univ. Press), and Religious Freedom and the Constitution (co-authored with Christopher Eisgruber) (Harvard Univ. Press).
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year-1996
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Book Review
Unthinking Religious Liberty
Lawrence Sager, Unthinking Religious Liberty, 74 Texas Law Review 577 (1996) (reviewing Securing Religious Liberty: Principles for Judicial Interpretation of the Religion Clauses, by Jesse H. Choper; and Foreordained Failure: The Quest for a Constitutional Principle of Religious Freedom, by Steven D. Smith) (with C. Eisgruber). -
Article
The Dead Hand and Constitutional Amendment [Federalist Society Symposium: Originalism, Democracy and the Constitution]
Lawrence Sager, The Dead Hand and Constitutional Amendment [Federalist Society Symposium: Originalism, Democracy and the Constitution], 19 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 275 (1996).
year-1994
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Article
Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is Unconstitutional
Lawrence Sager, Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is Unconstitutional, 69 New York University Law Review 437 (1994) (with C. Eisgruber). -
Article
The Vulnerability of Conscience: the Constitutional Basis for Protecting Religious Liberty
Lawrence Sager, The Vulnerability of Conscience: the Constitutional Basis for Protecting Religious Liberty, 61 University of Chicago Law Review 1245 (1994) (with C. Eisgruber).
year-1993
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Article
The One and the Many: Adjudication in Collegial Courts
Lawrence Sager, The One and the Many: Adjudication in Collegial Courts, 81 California Law Review 1 (1993) (with L. Kornhauser). -
Article
Justice in Plain Clothes: Reflections on the Thinness of Constitutional Law [Symposium: One Hundred Years of Judicial Review: The Thayer Centennial Symposium]
Lawrence Sager, Justice in Plain Clothes: Reflections on the Thinness of Constitutional Law [Symposium: One Hundred Years of Judicial Review: The Thayer Centennial Symposium], 88 Northwestern University Law Review 410 (1993).
year-1992
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Book Review
Memoirs of a General in the Inglorious Revolution
Lawrence Sager, Memoirs of a General in the Inglorious Revolution, 90 Michigan Law Review 1203 (1992) (reviewing Order and Law: Aging the Regan Revolution: A First-Hand Account, by Charles Fried). -
Book Chapter
Federal Jurisdiction and Congressional Power
Lawrence Sager, Federal Jurisdiction and Congressional Power in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (1991-92 supp.) (Leonard W. Levy, ed.; New York: Macmillan Pub. Co., 1992).
year-1990
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Book Review
Back to Bork
Lawrence Sager, Back to Bork, New York Review of Books, Oct. 25, 1990, at 16. -
Article
The Incorrigible Constitution
Lawrence Sager, The Incorrigible Constitution, 65 New York University Law Review 893 (1990).
year-1989
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Article
Righting Rights [Symposium: Hegel and Legal Theory]
Lawrence Sager, Righting Rights [Symposium: Hegel and Legal Theory], 10 Cardozo Law Review 1311 (1989).
year-1988
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Article
You Can Raise the First, Hide Behind the Fourth, and Plead the Fifth. But What on Earth Can You Do With the Ninth Amendment? [Symposium: Interpreting the Ninth Amendment]
Lawrence Sager, You Can Raise the First, Hide Behind the Fourth, and Plead the Fifth. But What on Earth Can You Do With the Ninth Amendment? [Symposium: Interpreting the Ninth Amendment], 64 Chicago-Kent Law Review 239 (1988). -
Article
Just Lotteries
Lawrence Sager, Just Lotteries, 27 Social Science Information 483 (1988) (with L. Kornhauser).
year-1986
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Article
Unpacking the Court
Lawrence Sager, Unpacking the Court, 96 Yale Law Journal 82 (1986) (with L. Kornhauser).
year-1985
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Article
Foreword: State Courts and the Strategic Space Between the Norms and Rules Of Constitutional Law [Symposium: The Emergence of State Constitutional Law]
Lawrence Sager, Foreword: State Courts and the Strategic Space Between the Norms and Rules of Constitutional Law [Symposium: The Emergence of State Constitutional Law], 63 Texas Law Review 959 (1985). -
Article
Some Observations About Race, Sex and Equal Protection
Lawrence Sager, Some Observations About Race, Sex and Equal Protection, 59 Tulane Law Review 928 (1985).
year-1984
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Book Review
What's a Nice Court Like You Doing In a Democracy Like This?
Lawrence Sager, What's a Nice Court Like You Doing In a Democracy Like This?, 36 Stanford Law Review 1087 (1984) (reviewing The Constitution, the Courts, and Human Rights: An Inquiry into the Legitimacy of Constitutional Policymaking by the Judiciary, by Michael J. Perry).
year-1981
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Book Review
The Shortcut to Outlaw Abortion
Lawrence Sager, The Shortcut to Outlaw Abortion, New York Review of Books, June 25, 1981, at 11. -
Article
Foreword: Constitutional Limitations on Congress' Authority to Regulate the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
Lawrence Sager, Foreword: Constitutional Limitations on Congress' Authority to Regulate the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts, 95 Harvard Law Review 17 (1981). -
Article
Rights Skepticism and Process-Based Responses
Lawrence Sager, Rights Skepticism and Process-Based Responses, 56 New York Law Review 417 (1981).