William E. Forbath
- Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law
- Professor
Willy Forbath holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair and is a professor of history at UT. Forbath is an accomplished author, with his most recent work being ""The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy"" (with Joseph Fishkin). He has been widely published on legal and constitutional history, as well as on theory and comparative constitutional law.
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Constitutional Politics and Dilemmas on the Left
Willy Forbath holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair and is Associate Dean of Research at UT Austin School of Law; he is also a Professor of History at UT. He is the author of Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement, the forthcoming The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy (February, 2022)(with Joseph Fishkin), and dozens of articles, book chapters, and essays on legal and constitutional history and theory and comparative constitutional law. He is completing a history of Jews, law and identity politics in the twentieth century and starting a history of socialist lawyering and legal imagination. He occasionally writes on legal and constitutional issues for the New York Times, the Nation and other outlets, and is on the boards of several Texas organizations devoted to social movements and advocacy for affordable housing and workers’ rights. In addition to UT Austin, he has taught at UCLA, Sciences Po, Tel Aviv, Columbia, and Harvard.
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year-2009
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Book Chapter
Social and Economic Rights in the American Grain: Reclaiming Constitutional Political Economy
William E. Forbath, Social and Economic Rights in the American Grain: Reclaiming Constitutional Political Economy, in The Constitution in 2020 55 (Jack M. Balkin & Reva B. Siefel eds.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
year-2008
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Article
The Politics of Race, Rights, and Needs--and the Perils of a Democratic Victory in Post-Welfare America: Some Reflections on the Work of Felicia Kornbluh
William E. Forbath, The Politics of Race, Rights, and Needs--and the Perils of a Democratic Victory in Post-Welfare America: Some Reflections on the Work of Felicia Kornbluh, 20 Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 195 (2008). -
Book Chapter
Politics, State-Building, and the Courts, 1870-1920
William E. Forbath, Politics, State-Building, and the Courts, 1870-1920, in The Cambridge History of Law in America 643 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
year-2006
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Article
The Long Life of Liberal America: Law and State-Building in England and the U.S.
William E. Forbath, The Long Life of Liberal America: Law and State-Building in England and the U.S., 24 Law & History Review 179 (2006).
year-2005
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Book Chapter
Not So Simple Justice: Theories of Social Rights and the American Constitution
William E. Forbath, Not So Simple Justice: Theories of Social Rights and the American Constitution, in Theories of Social and Economic Justice 72 (Andre Van der Walt ed.; Stellenbosch, South Africa: African Sun Media, 2005). -
Book Chapter
The White Court (1910-1921): A Progressive Court?
William E. Forbath, The White Court (1910-1921): A Progressive Court?, in The United States Supreme Court: The Pursuit of Justice 172 (Christopher Tomlins ed.; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005). -
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Social Rights, Courts and Constitutional Democracy: Welfare Rights and Poverty in the U.S.
William E. Forbath, Social Rights, Courts and Constitutional Democracy: Welfare Rights and Poverty in the U.S., 12 Democratization 5 (2005). -
Book Chapter
Labor
William E. Forbath, Labor, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Kermit L. Hall ed.; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) (with Craig Becker).
year-2004
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Article
Rights Stuff
William E. Forbath,Rights Stuff, The American Prospect, Sept. 2004, at 37 (reviewing The Second Bill of Rights: FDR'S Unfinished Revolution--And Why We Need It More Than Ever, by Cass R. Sunnstein). <http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=8349>
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Comparative Avenues in Constitutional Law: An Introduction [Symposium: Comparative Avenues in Constitutional Law]
Lawrence Sager, Comparative Avenues in Constitutional Law: An Introduction [Symposium: Comparative Avenues in Constitutional Law], 82 Texas Law Review 1653 (2004) (with William E. Forbath). -
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Not So Simple Justice: Frank Michelman on Social Rights, 1969 - Present [Symposium: The Scholarship of Frank I. Michelman]
William E. Forbath, Not So Simple Justice: Frank Michelman on Social Rights, 1969 - Present [Symposium: The Scholarship of Frank I. Michelman], 39 Tulsa Law Review 597 (2004). -
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Lincoln, the Declaration, and The "Grisly, Undying Corpse of States' Rights": History, Memory, and Imagination in the Constitution of a Southern Liberal [Symposium: Charles L. Black, Jr.]
William E. Forbath, Lincoln, the Declaration, and The "Grisly, Undying Corpse of States' Rights": History, Memory, and Imagination in the Constitution of a Southern Liberal [Symposium: Charles L. Black, Jr.], 92 Georgetown Law Journal 709 (2004). <http://ssrn.com/abstract=544283> -
Book Review
Legislative Deferrals: Statutory Ambiguity, Judicial Power, and American Democracy
William E. Forbath, Legislative Deferrals: Statutory Ambiguity, Judicial Power, and American Democracy, by George Lovell, 91 Journal of American History 1057 (2004).
year-2003
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Article
The Smart Road Out of Redistricting Quagmire
William E. Forbath, The Smart Road Out of Redistricting Quagmire, Austin American-Statesman, July 19, 2003, at A17. -
Book Chapter
Antitrust Laws; Clayton Act, Labor Provisions; Danbury Hatters' Case; Hague v. Committee on Industrial Organization; Injunctions, Labor; International Labor Organization; Right-to-Work Laws; and Taft-Hartley Act
William E. Forbath, Antitrust Laws; Clayton Act, Labor Provisions; Danbury Hatters' Case; Hague v. Committee on Industrial Organization; Injunctions, Labor; International Labor Organization; Right-to-Work Laws; and Taft-Hartley Act, in Dictionary of American History (Stanley I. Kutler ed.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 3rd ed. 2003). -
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The Politics of Constitutional Design: Obduracy and Amendability--A Comment on Ferejohn and Sager
William E. Forbath, The Politics of Constitutional Design: Obduracy and Amendability--A Comment on Ferejohn and Sager, 81 Texas Law Review 1965 (2003).
year-2001
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Article
The New Deal Constitution in Exile
William E. Forbath, The New Deal Constitution in Exile, 51 Duke Law Journal 165 (2001). -
Article
Constitutional Welfare Rights: A History, Critique, and Reconstruction
William E. Forbath, Constitutional Welfare Rights: A History, Critique, and Reconstruction, 69 Fordham Law Review 1821 (2001).
year-2000
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Book Chapter
Labor Movement
William E. Forbath, Labor Movement, in 4 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 1554 (2nd ed.; Leonard W. Levy & Kenneth L. Karst eds; New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000). -
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Constitutional Dualism
William E. Forbath, Constitutional Dualism, in 2 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 524 (2nd ed.; Leonard W. Levy & Kenneth L. Karst eds; New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000).