Norman Dorsen

Norman Dorsen
Born	1930 New York City
Nationality	United States
Fields	Constitutional law
Institutions	New York University School of Law
Alma mater	Columbia University Harvard Law School

Norman Dorsen is a professor at the New York University School of Law, and specializes in Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Comparative Constitutional Law. Previously Dorsen was president of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1976 - 1991. Dorsen was also president of the Society of American Law Teachers from 1972 - 1973, and president of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law in 2000.

Dorsen also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dorsen is the author of numerous books, including Comparative Constitutionalism (2003 ISBN 0-314-24248-1), Our Endangered Rights (1984 ISBN 0-394-72229-9), and Frontiers of Civil Liberties (1968).

Dorsen's papers related to multiple aspects of the American civil liberties movement from the 1950s to the 1980s are housed in the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

External links

• NYU School of Law Faculty Profile

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Date of birth	1930
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