Simon, James F.

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SIMON, James F.

SIMON, James F. American, b. 1938. Genres: Law. Career: New York Law School, New York City, assistant professor, 1975-77, associate professor, 1977-78, professor of law, 1978-93, dean pro tempore, 1983-84, dean, 1984-92, Martin Professor of Law, 1993-. Yale University, visiting lecturer, 1974-75; University of Warwick, visiting fellow, 1982; lecturer, University of California, Los Angeles, 1973, University of Pennsylvania, 1981, Franklin and Marshall College, 1982, 1986, and University of Latvia, 1990. Publications: In His Own Image: The Supreme Court in Richard Nixon's America, 1973; The Judge, 1976; Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas, 1980; The Antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, and Civil Liberties in Modern America, 1989; The Center Holds: The Power Struggle inside the Rehnquist Court, 1995; What Kind of Nation, 2002. Address: New York Law School, 57 Worth St, New York, NY 10013, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]