T. Alexander Aleinikoff
Professor of Law
B.A., Swarthmore College; J.D., Yale
Areas of Expertise:
Civil Rights and Discrimination, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Legislation
Professor Aleinikoff joined the law faculty after having served as the Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization...
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Professor Aleinikoff joined the law faculty after having served as the Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization Service and as General Counsel in the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He has been on the faculty at the University of Michigan Law School. After receiving his law degree, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Edward Weinfeld, U.S. District Judge. He has published numerous articles in the areas of immigration refugee and citizenship law and policy, constitutional law, statutory interpretation and race discrimination. His most recent books include Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship; Citizenship Policies for An Age of Migration (with Douglas Klusmeyer); Immigration: Process and Policy (with David Martin, Hiroshi Motomura, and Maryellen Fullerton); and Modern Constitutional Theory: A Reader (with John Garvey and Daniel Farber). From 2004-2010, he served as Executive Vice President for Law Center Affairs and Dean of the Law Center. In February 2010, Professor Aleinikoff took a leave of absence to serve as United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
Recent Scholarship
Books
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson Reuters 7th ed. 2012). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 2000-2011) (publishing annual editions). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 6th ed. 2008). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Administrative Law: Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law, 2007 National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society, 36 Hofstra L. Rev. 1313-1315 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Robert L. Oakley: In Memoriam, 100 Law Libr. J. 225-226 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Books
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson Reuters 7th ed. 2012). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States: Selected Statutes, Regulations and Forms (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 2000-2011) (publishing annual editions). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 6th ed. 2008). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin, Hiroshi Motomura & Maryellen Fullerton, Forced Migration: Law and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 2007). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Judith C. Areen, Background Papers for Fair and Independent Courts: A Conference on the State of the Judiciary (Wash., D.C.: American Law Institute/Georgetown University Law Center 2006). [BOOK]
- Modern Constitutional Theory: A Reader (T. Alexander Aleinikoff, John H. Garvey & Daniel A. Farber eds., St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 5th ed. 2004). [BOOK]
- Migration and International Legal Norms (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Vincent Chetail eds., The Hague: T.M.C. Asser 2003). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, David A. Martin & Hiroshi Motomura, Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West 5th ed. 2003). [BOOK]
- Citizenship Policies For an Age of Migration (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer eds., Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2002). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, International Legal Norms and Migration: An Analysis (Geneva, Switz.: Migration Policy & Research Program of the International Organization for Migration 2002).
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Owen Fiss, Una Communidad de Iguales: Una Protección Constitucional de Los Nuevos Ciudadanos (Miño y Dávila, Digital 1st ed. in Castellano 2002).
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2002). [BOOK]
- Citizenship Today: Global Perspectives and Practices (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer eds., Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2001). [BOOK]
- From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer eds., Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2000). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Immigration Reform: A Century Foundation Guide to the Issues (New York: Century Foundation Press 2000). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Administrative Law: Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law, 2007 National Lawyers Convention of the Federalist Society, 36 Hofstra L. Rev. 1313-1315 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Robert L. Oakley: In Memoriam, 100 Law Libr. J. 225-226 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Transnational Spaces: Norms and Legitimacy, 33 Yale J. Int'l L. 479-490 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Stephen Breyer & Thomas R. Phillips, Welcome and Keynote Remarks at The Debate Over Judicial Elections and State Court Judicial Selection, 21 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 1348-1355 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Law in a Global Context: Georgetown's Innovative First Year Program, 24 Penn St. Int'l L. Rev. 825-827 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Comment: Charles Black and Human Rights, 92 Geo L.J. 773-778 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, International Law, Sovereignty, and American Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Customary International Law Debate, 98 Am. J. Int'l L. 91-108 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Thinking Outside the Sovereignty Box: Transnational Law and the U.S. Constitution, 82 Tex. L. Rev. 1989-2016 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Detaining Plenary Power: The Meaning and Impact of Zadvydas v. Davis, 16 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 365-389 (2002). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Securing Tribal Sovereignty: A Theory For Overturning Lone Wolf, 38 Tulsa L. Rev. 57-71 (2002). [HEIN]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Citizenship Talk: A Revisionist Narrative, 69 Fordham L. Rev. 1689-1694 (2001). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Sovereignty Studies in Constitutional Law: A Comment, 17 Const. Comment. 197-203 (2000). [HEIN] [L] [W]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, International Legal Norms on Migration: Substance Without Architecture, in International Migration Law: Developing Paradigms and Key Challenges 467-479 (Ryszard Cholewinski, Richard Perruchoud & Euan MacDonald eds., The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press 2007). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Immigration, in The Department of Homeland Security's First Year: A Report Card 77-96 (Donald F. Kettl ed., New York: Century Foundation Press 2004). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Protected Characteristics and Social Perceptions: An Analysis of the Meaning of "Membership of a Particular Social Group", in Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection 263-311 (Erika Feller & Volker Türk eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2003). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, International Legal Norms and Migration: A Report, in Migration and International Legal Norms 1-27 (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Vincent Chetail eds., The Hague: T.M.C. Asser 2003). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Between National and Postnational: Membership in the United States, in Toward Assimilation and Citizenship: Immigrants in Liberal Nation-States 110-130 (Christian Joppke & Ewa Morawska eds., New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2002). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer, Plural Nationality: Facing the Future in a Migratory World, in Citizenship Today: Global Perspectives and Practices 63-88 (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer eds., Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2001). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer, Plural Nationality: Facing the Future in a Migratory World, in Demography and National Security 154-176 (Myron Weiner & Sharon Stanton Russell eds., New York: Berghahn Books 2001). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Policing Boundaries: Migration, Citizenship, and the State, in E Pluribus Unum? Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation 267-291 (Gary Gerstle & John H. Mollenkopf eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation 2001). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Immigration and Alienage (Update 1), Entry, in 3 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 1330-1332 (Leonard W. Levy, Kenneth L. Karst & Adam Winkler eds., New York: Macmillan Reference 2d ed. 2000). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Between Principles and Politics: U.S. Citizenship Policy, in From Migrants to Citizens: Membership in a Changing World 119-172 (T. Alexander Aleinikoff & Douglas B. Klusmeyer eds., Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2000). [BOOK]
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Citizenship (Update 2), Entry, in 2 Encyclopedia of the American Constitution 367-369 (Leonard W. Levy, Kenneth L. Karst & Adam Winkler eds., New York: Macmillan Reference 2d ed. 2000). [BOOK]
Selected Contributions to Other Publications
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff & David A. Martin, Double Ties: Why Nations Should Learn to Love Dual Nationality, Foreign Pol'y , Nov./Dec. 2002, at 80-81. [W]
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