Edward Samuel Corwin (January 19, 1878 – April 23, 1963) was an American legal scholar who served as the president of the

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. His various political writings in the early to mid-twentieth century microcosmically depict the rising activist thinking in various areas of American, constitutional law.

Biography

Corwin was born in

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, on January 19, 1878. He received his undergraduate degree from the

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in 1900 and his Ph.D. from the

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in 1905. That same year, he was invited by

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to join the faculty of

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. He was appointed the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence in 1908. He was elected to the

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in 1936. He authored many books on the

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, and he remained at Princeton until his retirement in 1946. He died on April 23, 1963, and was buried in

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. He was reinterred to Riverside Cemetery near his birthplace in Plymouth, Michigan, where he is buried with his wife, parents, and other family members. A full biography of Corwin, with a comprehensive bibliography of his numerous publications, was written by Kenneth Crews and published in 1985.Kenneth D. Crews, ''Edward S. Corwin and the American Constitution: A Bibliographical Analysis'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985).

Bibliography

*''French Policy And The American Alliance of 1778'' (1916) *''John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court'' (1919) *''The Constitution and What It Means Today'' (1920) *''The President, Office and Powers'' (1940) *''The Constitution and World Organization'' (1944) *''Total War and the Constitution'' (1946) *''The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation'' (1952) (Editor) *''The "Higher Law" Background of American Constitutional Law'' (1965)

References

External links

Edward S. Corwin Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
* ** * 1878 births 1963 deaths American political scientists University of Michigan alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Princeton University faculty Burials at Princeton Cemetery People from Plymouth, Michigan Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-polisci-bio-stub