William M. Treanor
Executive Vice President and Dean of the Law Center, Professor of Law
B.A., J.D., Yale; Ph.D., Harvard
In 2010, Dean Treanor joined the Law Center from Fordham Law School, where he had been dean of the law school since 2002 and Paul...
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In 2010, Dean Treanor joined the Law Center from Fordham Law School, where he had been dean of the law school since 2002 and Paul Fuller Professor. He had been on the Fordham faculty since 1991. He has also been a visiting professor at the Sorbonne.
From 1998-2001, Dean Treanor served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice. From 1987-1990, he was associate counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, during the Iran/Contra investigation, and in 1990 he served as a special assistant U.S. attorney, Misdemeanor Trial Unit, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Dean Treanor was law clerk to the Honorable James L. Oakes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Brattleboro, Vermont. He has published widely, with a focus on constitutional law and legal history.
Recent Scholarship
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- William Michael Treanor, Keynote Address: 14th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations, 36 Vt. L. Rev. 503-515 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Remarks by Dean William M. Treanor, 99 Geo. L.J. 1313-1316 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century: Filling the Gaps and Clarifying the Ambiguities in Constitutional and Extraconstitutional Arrangements, 79 Fordham L. Rev. 775-779 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- William Michael Treanor, The Story of Marbury v. Madison: Judicial Authority and Political Struggle, in Federal Courts Stories 29-56 (Vicki C. Jackson & Judith Resnik eds., New York: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press 2010). [BOOK]
- William Michael Treanor, Morton Horwitz: Legal Historian as Lawyer and Historian, in Transformations in American Legal History: Essays in Honor of Professor Morton J. Horwitz 319-326 (Daniel W. Hamilton & Alfred L. Brophy eds., Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2009). [BOOK]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- William Michael Treanor, Keynote Address: 14th Annual Conference on Litigating Takings Challenges to Land Use and Environmental Regulations, 36 Vt. L. Rev. 503-515 (2012). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Remarks by Dean William M. Treanor, 99 Geo. L.J. 1313-1316 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century: Filling the Gaps and Clarifying the Ambiguities in Constitutional and Extraconstitutional Arrangements, 79 Fordham L. Rev. 775-779 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Against Textualism, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. 983-1006 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Dean Mary Daly: A Tribute, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 1221-1224 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Supreme Neglect of Text and History, 107 Mich. L. Rev. 1059-1092 (2009) (reviewing Richard A. Epstein, Supreme Neglect: How to Revive Constitutional Protection for Private Property (2008)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction to Keynote Address: A Community of Reason and Rights, 77 Fordham L. Rev. 583-585 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Take-ings, 45 San Diego L. Rev. 633-643 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, A Tribute to Hon. George Bundy Smith: Welcome and Introduction, 34 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1147-1149 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel: A Dedication, 34 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1-2 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Original Understanding and the Whether, Why, and How of Judicial Review, 116 Yale L.J. (The Pocket Part) 218-222 (2007). [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Tribute, Father Charles Whelan: A Career in the Service of Others, 75 Fordham L. Rev. 2831-2834 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Process Theory, Majoritarianism, and the Original Understanding, 75 Fordham L. Rev. 2989-2995 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Taking Text Too Seriously: Modern Textualism, Original Meaning, and the Case of Amar's Bill of Rights, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 487-544 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: The Jurisprudence of Justice Stevens Symposium, 74 Fordham L. Rev. 1557-1559 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor & Richard G. Ketchum, Introduction to the Fifth Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities & Financial Law, 10 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 203-205 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Marilyn & Edward Bellet: A Dedication, 33 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1-5 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: One Hundred Years of International Law at Fordham University, 29 Fordham Int'l L.J. 915-916 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- William Michael Treanor, Judicial Review Before Marbury, 58 Stan. L. Rev. 455-562 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Deans and Stories, 36 U. Tol. L. Rev. 207-211 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: Fordham Sports Law Forum, 14 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 641-643 (2004). [HEIN] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: Rawls and the Law Symposium, 72 Fordham L. Rev. 1385-1386 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: Global Intellectual Property Rights: Boundaries of Access and Enforcement, 13 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 723-725 (2003). [HEIN] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor, Introduction: Integrity in the Law: In Honor of John D. Feerick Symposium, 72 Fordham L. Rev. 251-255 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor & Paul M. Schwartz, The New Privacy, 101 Mich. L. Rev. 2163-2184 (2003) (reviewing John Gilliom, Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance and the Limits of Privacy (2001)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [Gtown Law]
- William Michael Treanor & Paul M. Schwartz, Eldred and Lochner: Copyright Term Extension and Intellectual Property as Constitutional Property, 112 Yale L.J. 2331-2414 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- William Michael Treanor, The Story of Marbury v. Madison: Judicial Authority and Political Struggle, in Federal Courts Stories 29-56 (Vicki C. Jackson & Judith Resnik eds., New York: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press 2010). [BOOK]
- William Michael Treanor, Morton Horwitz: Legal Historian as Lawyer and Historian, in Transformations in American Legal History: Essays in Honor of Professor Morton J. Horwitz 319-326 (Daniel W. Hamilton & Alfred L. Brophy eds., Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 2009). [BOOK]
- William Michael Treanor, In Memoriam: Honorable James L. Oakes, in 531 West's Federal Reporter 3d XXVII, XLI-L (2008). [BOOK]
- William Michael Treanor, The War Powers Outside the Courts, in The Constitution in Wartime: Beyond Alarmism and Complacency 143-160 (Mark Tushnet ed., Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press 2005). [BOOK]
Selected Contributions to Other Publications
- William Michael Treanor, Legal Obligations: The Proper Role of White House Lawyers, America, Aug. 3, 2009, at 12-13. [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- William Michael Treanor & Mark A. Keurian, Honoring the Past, N.Y. St. B.A.J., Mar./Apr. 2008, at 48-49, 61 (reviewing The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History (Albert M. Rosenblatt ed., 2007)).
- William Michael Treanor & Kathleen M. Sullivan, Tribute to James Oakes, N.Y.L.J., Mar. 19, 2007, at 2.
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