Amar, Akhil Reed

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AMAR, Akhil Reed

AMAR, Akhil Reed. American, b. 1958. Genres: Law. Career: Law professor, writer. Law clerk, Judge Stephen Breyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit, 1984-85; Yale University Law School, assistant professor and associate professor of law, 1985-90, professor of law, 199093, Southmayd professor of law, 1993-. Publications: The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles, 1997; (with A. Hirsch) For the People: What the Constitution Really Says about Your Rights, 1998; The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction, 1998. Address: Yale Law School, PO Box 208215, New Haven, CT 06520, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]