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Matthew A. Pauley
Professor, Chairman, and Director of Legal Studies, Political Science and Legal Studies
Reid Hall, Room 404
Mon, Thu, 3-4:30 p.m.; by appointment
matthew.pauley@mville.edu
(914) 323-5195
Matthew A. Pauley is chairman of the Department of Political Science and Legal Studies and director of the legal studies program at Manhattanville College, where he teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Criminal Law and Procedure, Common Law, Political Thought, and seminars relating law to history, literature, and philosophy. A summa cum laude graduate of Williams College, Dr. Pauley received his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, where he taught undergraduates for over 10 years. He is the author of numerous articles and three books – The President’s Constitutional Oath (University Press of America); Criminal Law: Its Nature and Sources (Griffon House); and most recently Athens, Rome, and England: America’s Constitutional Heritage (ISI), which was featured on the Manhattanville webpage. Before joining the Manhattanville faculty in 2002, Dr. Pauley had almost 20 years of experience in college and law school teaching, and he has been the recipient of prizes and commendations for teaching excellence. The pre-law advisor for the school, Dr. Pauley is also advisor to the Pre-Law Honor Society and the Manhattanville Gilbert and Sullivan Players, for which he directs student-faculty comic operettas.
Visiting Faculty
Suffolk University
Visiting Professor of Law
National University of Ireland Galway
Assistant Professor of Law
Southern New England School of Law
Adjunct Professor of Law
Southern New England School of Law
Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Instructor
Harvard University
Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
Ph.D., Harvard University
Master of Arts, Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, with honors, Williams College
Book
Author"Athens, Rome, and England: America’s Constitutional Heritage"
"Government Gridlock in the United States"
Book
Author"Criminal Law: Its Nature and Sources"
Book
Author"I Do Solemnly Swear: The President's Constitutional Oath: Its Meaning and Importance in the History of Oaths"
Article
Author"The Pinkerton Doctrine and Murder"
Article
Author"Murder By Premeditation"
Article
Author"The Jurisprudence of Crime and Punishment From Plato to Hegel"
Article
Author"America's Emergency-Powers' Consensus: 'We The People' And Their Written Guarantee of Safety"
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