David P. Currie (May 29, 1936 – October 15, 2007) was an American legal scholar who was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Professor of Law at the

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, noted for his histories of the

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in Congress and the Supreme Court, his casebooks on federal courts and

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. He was the son of legal scholar Brainerd Currie. His wife was Barbara Flynn Currie, Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives.

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Born on May 29, 1936, in

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, Currie earned a B.A. from the

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in 1957, and a LL.B. from

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in 1960, where he was an editor of the ''

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''. After clerking for Judge Henry Friendly and then Justice Felix Frankfurter, he joined the

faculty in 1962. His books include ''The Constitution of the United States: A Primer for the People'' (1988, 2nd ed. 2000); ''The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789-1888'' (1985); ''The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888-1986'' (1990); the four-volume ''The Constitution in Congress''; and ''The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany'' (1994). He was also the author of the 1970 Illinois Environmental Protection Act and the first chair of the Illinois Pollution Control Board. The four volumes of ''The Constitution in Congress'' are ''The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period, 1789-1801'' (1997); ''The Constitution in Congress: The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829'' (2001); ''The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861'' (2005); and ''The Constitution in Congress: Descent into the Maelstrom, 1829-1861'' (2005).

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