Sandra Day O'Connor Professor of Law and Professor of Government
Areas of Specialization
Civil Rights Law; Law and Politics; Constitutional Law
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Joined the faculty in 1987. Served as Assistant General Counsel for the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights and Project Director for the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies.
Author of Shaping Constitutional Values: The Supreme Court, Elected Government and the Abortion Dispute and articles in the Chicago, Columbia, Stanford, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, William & Mary, and Yale law reviews. Co-author of Political Dynamics of Constitutional Law, The Democratic Constitution, and The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court. Editor of the book series, Constitutional Conflicts, published by Duke U. Press.
Book Reviews
The D'Oh! of Popular Constiutitonalism, Neal Devins
(105 Michigan Law Review 1333-1351 (2007))I Love You, Big Brother, Neal Devins
(87 California Law Review 1283-1297 (1999))The Democracy-Forcing Constitution, Neal Devins
(97 Michigan Law Review 1971-1993 (1999))The Interactive Constitution: An Essay on Clothing Emperors and Searching for Constitutional Truth, Neal Devins
(85 Georgetown Law Journal 691-714 (1997))Government Lawyers and the New Deal, Neal Devins
(96 Columbia Law Review 237-267 (1996))The Countermajoritarian Paradox, Neal Devins
(93 Michigan Law Review 1433-1459 (1995))Through the Looking Glass: What Abortion Teaches Us About American Politics, Neal Devins
(94 Columbia Law Review 293-330 (1994))Group Versus Individuals, Neal Devins
(1992 Public Interest Law Review 115-120)Judicial Matters, Neal Devins
(80 California Law Review 1027-1069 (1992))The Civil Rights Hydra, Neal Devins
(89 Michigan Law Review 1723-1765 (1991))Gender Justice and its Critics, Neal Devins
(76 California Law Review 1377-1406 (1988))The Constitution Between Friends, Neal Devins
(67 Texas Law Review 213-230 (1988))Centralization in Education: Why Johnny Can't Spell Bureaucracy, Neal Devins
(75 California Law Review 759-784 (1987))Book Review of The Supreme Court and Constitutional Democracy, Neal Devins
(54 George Washington Law Review 661-670 (1986))Defining Effective Civil Rights Enforcement in Education, Neal Devins
(86 Columbia Law Review 1093-1102 (1986))On the Limits of Court-ordered Social Change: A Critical Look at Dimond's Beyond Busing, Neal Devins
(1986 American Bar Foundation Research Journal 559-569)Book Review of The Second American Revolution, Neal Devins
(11 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 505-521 (1985))Integration and Local Politics, Neal Devins
(73 The Public Interest 175-180 (1983))Encyclopedia Entries
Congressional Responses to Judicial Decisions, Neal Devins
(Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court 400-403 (Mark Graber et al. eds., Gale MacMillan 2008))Bob Jones University v. United States 461 U.S. 574 (1983), Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties 158-159 (Paul Finkelman ed., Routledge Press 2006).)Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, Neal Devins
(Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States 1115 (K. Hall ed., Oxford University Press 2005))Bob Jones University v. United States 461 U.S. 574 (1983), Neal Devins
(Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia 50-52 (Paul Finkelman ed., Garland 2000))Clinton, William Jefferson (1946- ), Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 431-433 (Leonard Levy et. al eds., Macmillan 2000))State Regulation of Religious Education, Neal Devins
(Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia 470-474 (Paul Finkelman ed., Garland 2000))Affirmative Action, Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 34-36 (Leonard Levy & Louis Fisher eds., Simon & Schuster 1994))Appropriation Riders, Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 67-69 (Leonard Levy & Louis Fisher eds., Simon & Schuster 1994))Civil Rights Act of 1991, Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 211-212 (Leonard Levy & Louis Fisher eds., Simon & Schuster 1994).)Continuing Resolutions, Neal Devins
(1 Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 306-307 (Leonard Levy & Louis Fisher eds., Simon & Schuster 1994))Philadelphia Plan, Neal Devins
(3 Encyclopedia of the American Presidency 1163-1164 (Leonard Levy & Louis Fisher eds., Simon & Schuster 1994))