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Norman Williams

Ken and Claudia Peterson Professor of Law; Director of the Center for Constitutional Government; Director of the Certificate Program in Law & Government

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Contact Information

Salem Campus

Address
Oregon Civic Justice Center 209
790 State St.
Salem  Oregon  97301
U.S.A.
Phone
503-370-6190

Education

  • JD, New York University, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BA, Harvard University, magna cum laude

Books, Chapters and Contributions

  • "Nixon v. United States," in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (Macmillan Gale, David S. Tanenhaus ed., 2008).
  • "State Sovereignty," in THE OXFORD INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LEGAL HISTORY (Oxford University Press, Stanley N. Katz, ed., 2008).
  • Teacher's Manual for Breyer, Stewart, Sunstein, and Vermeule, Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy: Problems, Texts and Cases (6th ed. 2006).

Law Review Articles

  • , 25 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 953 (2021).
  • One Person, One Vote and the National Party Conventions (work in progress)
  •  100 Georgetown L.J._(forthcoming 2011)
  • Legislative Redistricting in Oregon: A Primer, 71 Or. St. Bar Bulletin 27 (Feb/Mar. 2011).
  • Book Review, "Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, Society in the Early Republic," 50 American Journal of Legal History_(forthcoming 2011)
  • , 85 Notre Dame L. Rev. 247 (2009) (co-authored with Brannon Denning).
  • Direct Democracy, The Guaranty Clause and the Politics of the Political Question Doctrine: Revisiting Pacific Telephone, 87 Oregon L. Rev. 979 (2009).
  • The Foundations of the American Common Market, 84 Notre Dame L. Rev. 409 (2008).
  • , 69 Ohio St. L.J. 469 (2008).
  • , 54 UCLA L. Rev. 1847 (2007).
  • , 154 U. Penn. L. Rev. 565 (2006).
  • , 53 UCLA L. Rev. 153 (2005).
  • The Dormant Commerce Clause: Why Gibbons v. Ogden Should Be Restored to the Canon, 49 St. Louis Univ. L. J. 817 (2005).
  • , 57 Stanford L. Rev. 257 (2004).
  • , 79 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1398 (2004).
  • , 37 U.C. Davis. L. Rev. 761 (2004).
  • Suburbanization and Market Failure: An Analysis of Government Policies Promoting Suburban Growth and Ethnic Assimilation, 27 Fordham Urb. L. J. 197 (Oct. 1999) (co-authored with William E. Nelson).
  • Rising Above Factionalism: A Madisonian Theory of Judicial Review, 69 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 963 (Oct.-Nov. 1994).

Other Writings

  • "Legislative Redistricting in Oregon: A Primer," 71 Or. St. Bar Bulletin 26 (Feb./Mar. 2011)
  • "Healthcare Reform and the Constitution," Op-ed, Oregonian , February 15, 2011.
  • "Taking the Foxes out of the Legislative Henhouse," Op-ed, Oregonian, January 28, 2011.
  • "The Immigration Debate: One (Mexican) American's View," Op-ed, Oregonian , May 15, 2006.
  • "Special Trial Judges after Ballard: A Call for Reform," Tax Notes, May 23, 2005, p.1033.
  • "The U.S. Tax Court: A Return to Fair and Transparent Proceedings," in For the District of Oregon, a quarterly newsletter of the Oregon chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Summer 2005.
  • "People's Law," Op-ed, Oregonian , March 17, 2004.
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