Richard Albert, a law and political science graduate of Yale, Oxford, and Harvard, is a constitutional law professor at Boston College Law School, where he specializes in constitutional structure and design, democratic theory, and comparative constitutionalism. He lectures and writes about constitutional politics, executive authority, the separation of powers, the role and limits of the judiciary, religion in public life, and the rule of law.

Prior to joining the academy, he provided strategic counsel to Fortune 500 corporations as an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP. He has also advised elected politicians, appointed officials, and political candidates on matters of law, public policy, and communications.

Richard Albert conducts his scholarly research in English, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Italian and Spanish. 

Scholarship

1.        Presidential Values in Parliamentary Democracies, 8 International Journal of Constitutional Law (Forthcoming 2010)
2.        Constitutional Handcuffs, 42 Arizona State Law Journal (Forthcoming 2010)
3.     Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court, 51 Journal of Church and State 710 (Review) (2009)
4.     The Fusion of Presidentialism and Parliamentarism, 57 American Journal of Comparative Law 531 (2009)
5.        Nonconstitutional Amendments, 22 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 5 (2009)
6.        Counterconstitutionalism, 33 Dalhousie Law Journal 1 (2008)
7.        Advisory Review, 45 Alberta Law Review 1037 (2008)
8.        The Constitutional Imbalance, 37 New Mexico Law Review 1 (2007)
9.        Religion in the New Republic, 67 Louisiana Law Review 1 (2006)
10.    The Evolving Vice Presidency, 78 Temple Law Review 811 (2005)
11.     American Separationism and Liberal Democracy, 88 Marquette Law Review 867 (2005)
12.     Popular Will and the Establishment Clause, 35 Memphis Law Review 199 (2005)
13.    Beyond the Conventional Establishment Clause Narrative, 28 Seattle Law Review 329 (2005)
14.    Protest, Proportionality, and the Politics of Privacy, 27 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review 1 (2005)

Occasional Commentary

1.         Why the Tea Party is Good for America, The Huffington Post, June 23, 2010
2.         Fund Nomination Candidates,  The Mark News, June 8, 2010
3.      President Palin?, The Huffington Post, May 28, 2010
4.      Our Conscience-in-Chief, The Huffington Post, April 27, 2010
5.      The Next Justice, The Huffington Post, March 25, 2010
6.         Canada's Looming Succession Crisis,  The Mark News, March 14, 2010
7.         Karzai's Cabinet Quandary, United Press International, March 12, 2010
8.         The Rhetoric of Redemption in Presidential Elections, The Huffington Post, February 22, 2010
9.      Presidential Roulette, The Huffington Post, January 27, 2010
10.     The Price of Freedom, The Huffington Post, January 22, 2010
11.      Pakistan's Patriots, United Press International, December 22, 2009
12.      Telling the Story of History, The Huffington Post, December 11, 2009
13.      The Politics of Prosecution, The Hill, December 1, 2009
14.      Karzai at a Crossroads, United Press International, November 23, 2009
15.      God Bless Canada?, The Hill Times, November 9, 2009
16.      History is on Romney’s Side, The Hill, October 9, 2009
17.     Why Canada Needs Another Tory Majority, Hamilton Spectator, October 3, 2009
18.     Promoted to the Senate on Principle, not Patronage, Winnipeg Free Press, September 4, 2009
19.     Why President Obama Should be More Machiavellian, Boston Herald, August 24, 2009
20.    For Country and Legacy, Karzai Should Stand Down, United Press International, August 11, 2009
21.     Czars Run Counter to President Obama’s Promises, Politico, July 20, 2009
22.    When is a Coup Legitimate?,  The Mark News, July 13, 2009 
23.    The Politics of Senate Reform,  The Mark News, June 1, 2009
24.    Ban the Bloc?, The Mark News, May 4, 2009
25.    The Challenge of Democracy in India, United Press International, April 30, 2009
26.    North Korea’s Trap for Japan, United Press International, April 23, 2009
27.    Time to Support Democracy in Madagascar, Embassy Magazine, April 22, 2009
28.    A Prescription for Peace in Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwe Telegraph, April 20, 2009

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