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Erwin Chemerinsky is an American legal scholar and dean of UC Berkeley School of Law. He is known for his studies of constitutional law, civil procedure, and his involvement in various legal and civic affairs.
Learn about the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the U.S. Constitution, and the role of the Supreme Court in judicial review. Explore the principles, doctrines, and theories of constitutional law, and the federalism system of dividing power between federal and state governments.
Erwin Chemerinsky, a contributing writer to Opinion and dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, is the author of "No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States."
Constitutional law is the body of law that defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a state, as well as the basic rights of citizens. Learn about the different types of constitutions, human rights, common law and civil law, and the rule of law.
Erwin Chemerinsky is dean and professor of law at the UC Berkeley School of Law. He is the author of the new book “ No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States .”
“Aspects of the constitution were problematic when adopted and have become serious threats to American democracy,” writes Erwin Chemerinsky.
Substantive due process is a principle in U.S. constitutional law that protects unenumerated rights from government interference. It is distinguished from procedural due process, which ensures fair and impartial adjudication, and from the Lochner era, which struck down labor laws.
Erwin Chemerinsky is a contributing writer to Opinion and the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law. His latest book is “ Worse Than Nothing : The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”