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Overview

Adrian Vermeule is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on political science, international relations, and law. The work integrates various subfields including economics, sociology, and statistics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to legal and political studies.

Their publication record includes contributions to multiple venues, prominently featuring the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other frequent publication venues include the Revista de Direito Administrativo, The American Journal of Jurisprudence, The Supreme Court Review, and the Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Vermeule's recent papers cover a range of legal and constitutional topics, with selected examples listed below:

  • "The Unitary Executive: Past, Present, Future" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "The Unitary Executive: Past, Present, Future" (2021, The Supreme Court Review)
  • "Presidential Review: The President's Statutory Authority Over Independent Agencies" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine" (2023, Revista de Direito Administrativo)
  • "The Bourbons of Jurisprudence" (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)

They have collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Cass R. Sunstein, Eric A. Posner, Ca Ss Sunstein, Conor Casey, and Elizabeth Magill. The most frequent collaborator is Cass R. Sunstein.

Vermeule's published book, "Law and Leviathan," was released by Harvard University Press in 2020. The book has been cited in scholarly work, reflecting engagement within academic discourse.

Their research topics and thematic focus areas include:

  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Law, Rights, and Freedoms
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Education, Psychology, and Complexity Research

Adrian Vermeule's work contributes to ongoing discussions within legal and political frameworks, especially concerning constitutional authority and judicial governance. Their academic footprint is positioned at the intersection of law and political science, informed by historical and contemporary perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures*

    Cass R. Sunstein;Adrian Vermeule

  • Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Transitional Justice as Ordinary Justice

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance of Life-Life Tradeoffs

    Cass Robert Sunstein;Adrian Vermeule

  • The Judiciary Is a They, Not an It: Two Fallacies of Interpretive Theory

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Does Commerce Clause Review Have Perverse Effects

    Adrian Vermeule

  • The Credible Executive

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Reparations for Slavery and Other Historical Injustices

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • The Credible Executive

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Political Constraints on Supreme Court Reform

    Adrian Vermeule

  • The Executive Unbound

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  • Should Coercive Interrogation Be Legal

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Submajority Rules (in Legislatures and Elsewhere)

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Should Coercive Interrogation Be Legal

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Self-Defeating Proposals: Ackerman on Emergency Powers

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Interpretation and Institutions

    Cass R. Sunstein;Adrian Vermeule

  • Judging under Uncertainty: An Institutional Theory of Legal Interpretation

    Adrian Vermeule

  • IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY REQUIRED? ACTS, OMISSIONS, AND LIFE-LIFE TRADEOFFS

    Cass R. Sunstein;Adrian Vermeule

  • Mechanisms of Democracy: Institutional Design Writ Small

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Emergencies and Democratic Failure

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Our Schmittian Administrative Law

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Law and the Limits of Reason

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Crisis Governance in the Administrative State: 9/11 and the Financial Meltdown of 2008

    Eric A. Posner;Adrian Vermeule

  • Terror in the Balance

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  • The Delegation Lottery

    Adrian Vermeule

  • Selection Effects in Constitutional Law

    Adrian Vermeule

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Posner
Eric A. Posner University of Chicago
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University
Christian List
Christian List London School of Economics and Political Science
Jack Landman Goldsmith
Jack Landman Goldsmith Harvard University

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