Sotirios A. Barber
Rank
Regular Faculty - ProfessorField(s)
Constitutional Law and Politics
Education
Ph.D. 1972, University of Chicago
M.A. 1967, University of Chicago
B.A. 1964, University of Illinois
Research and Teaching Interests
Constitutional Theory
Political Philosophy
Advising Specialties
Graduate School
Biography
Barber is the author of: Fallacies of States' Rights (Harvard, forthcoming, 2012); Constitutional Interpretation: The Basic Questions (With James Fleming: Oxford,2007); Welfare and the Constitution (Princeton, 2003);The Constitution of Judicial Power (Johns Hopkins,1993); On What the Constitution Means (Johns Hopkins, 1984); and The Constitution and the Delegation of Congressional Power (Chicago, 1975). With Robert George, he is the co-editor of Constitutional Politics: Essays in Constitution Making, Maintenance, and Change (Princeton, 2002). With Walter Murphy, James Fleming, and Stephen Macedo, he is co-author/editor of American Constitutional Interpretation (Foundation Press; 4th edition, 2007). He has also published numerous articles on constitutional theory in law and political science journals. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has taught at the University of South Florida and held visiting professorships at Princeton University and the University of Michigan. His present projects include a book on constitutional failure for the University Press of Kansas and the 5th edition of American Constitutional Interpretation.
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday 12:25pm - 1:55pm and by appointmentContact Information
Office: 440 Decio
Phone: 574-631-4197; 773-324-2308
Fax: 574-631-4405
Email: flaxbar@msn.com
Mailing Address
5716 S. Kimbark Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
