| 词条 | Akhil Amar |
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| image = File:Akhil Reed Amar.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Akhil Reed Amar | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|9|6}} | birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = United States | discipline = Constitutional law Criminal procedure Federal jurisdiction Legal history | workplaces = Yale Law School Columbia Law School University of Pennsylvania Law School | alma_mater = Yale University (BA, JD) | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = John Yoo Neal Katyal Chris Coons Michael Bennet Jake Sullivan Cory Booker Sarah Cleveland Cyrus Habib Josh Hawley | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | footnotes = }}Akhil Reed Amar (born September 6, 1958) is an American legal scholar, an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure. Formerly the Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale Law School, he was named Sterling Professor of Law in 2008[1] and Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School in 2016.[2] A Legal Affairs poll placed Amar among the top 20 contemporary US legal thinkers.[3] Life and careerAmar was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents were medical students from India studying at the University of Michigan. His parents later became U.S. citizens.[4] He graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California in 1976.[5] His brother, Vikram Amar, is dean of the University of Illinois College of Law.[6] Amar is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College (B.A., 1980) and a graduate of the Yale Law School (J.D. 1984), where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Amar clerked for future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he was a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Amar is the author of numerous publications and books, most recently The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of our Era. The Supreme Court has cited his work in over three dozen cases. Amar was a consultant to the television show The West Wing, on which the character Josh Lyman refers to him in an episode in Season Five. His course on constitutional law is one of the most popular undergraduate offerings at Yale College. Amar has repeatedly served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Pepperdine School of Law and at Columbia Law School and was recently a visiting professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has also lectured for One Day University. He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[7] In 2008, U.S. presidential candidate Mike Gravel said that he would name Amar to the Supreme Court if elected President.[8] Books
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References1. ^{{cite news |first=Derek |last=Tam |title=Amar earns Sterling rank |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/11/07/amar-earns-sterling-rank/ |work=Yale Daily News |date=November 7, 2008 |accessdate=February 1, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Akhil Amar |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/courses/instructors/17829 |work=Columbia Law School |date=2016 |accessdate=February 1, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.legalaffairs.org/poll/ |title=Who Are the Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America? |accessdate=July 4, 2008 |work=Legal Affairs |publisher= |date= }} 4. ^{{cite episode| title =Akhil Reed Amar: "America's Unwritten Constitution"| series =The Diane Rehm Show| network =National Public Radio| station =WAMU| location =Washington, DC| airdate =September 13, 2012| transcript = Transcript| transcripturl= http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-09-13/akhil-reed-amar-americas-unwritten-constitution/transcript}} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Obama Names Yale Professor to Key Administration Post |newspaper=India-West |date=May 20, 2015 |url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/obama-names-yale-professor-to-key-administration-post/article_0badcab4-ff50-11e4-8d37-a7ce56189b08.html |accessdate=June 29, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Vikram David Amar |url=https://www.law.illinois.edu/faculty/profile/VikramAmar |work=University of Illinois College of Law |date=2016 |accessdate=March 23, 2016}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=April 17, 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf| archivedate= May 10, 2011 | deadurl= no}} 8. ^{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Kaplan|title=Gravel’s justice of choice: Amar |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23376 |work=Yale Daily News |date=February 7, 2008 |accessdate=June 29, 2017 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024234436/http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23376 |archivedate=October 24, 2008 }} External links
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