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

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from the

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in 1905. He was invited to join the faculty of

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in 1905. In 1908 he was appointed the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence. He authored many books on

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constitutional law, and he remained at Princeton until he retired 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

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and published in 1985.Kenneth D. Crews, ''Edward S. Corwin and the American Constitution: A Bibliographical Analysis'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985).

Bibliography

*''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) * French Policy And The American Alliance Of 1778 (1916)

References

External links

Edward S. Corwin Papers at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
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