- Norman Dorsen
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Norman Dorsen
Born 1930
New York CityNationality United States Fields Constitutional law Institutions New York University School of Law Alma mater Columbia University
Harvard Law SchoolNorman Dorsen is a professor at the New York University School of Law, and specializes in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law. Previously Dorsen was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1976 - 1991. Dorsen was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers from 1972 - 1973, and president of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000.
Dorsen also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Dorsen is the author of numerous books, including Comparative Constitutionalism (2003 ISBN 0-314-24248-1), Our Endangered Rights (1984 ISBN 0-394-72229-9), and Frontiers of Civil Liberties (1968).
Dorsen's papers related to multiple aspects of the American civil liberties movement from the 1950s to the 1980s are housed in the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
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American Civil Liberties Union Co-founders National leaders PresidentsHarry F. Ward (1920–1940) · Francis Biddle (1964–1967) · Edward J. Ennis (1967–1977) · Norman Dorsen (1977–1991) · Nadine Strossen (1991–2008) · Susan N. Herman (2008–present)DirectorsRoger Nash Baldwin (1917–1950) · Jack Pemberton (1962–1970) · Ira Glasser (1978–2001) · Anthony Romero (2001–present)OthersRegional branches See also Categories:- 1930 births
- Living people
- People from New York City
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Members of the American Civil Liberties Union
- American jurists
- Columbia University alumni
- Harvard Law School alumni
- New York University faculty
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