Peter Strauss
| Peter L. Strauss | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Columbia Law School |
| Location: | New York, N.Y. |
| Education: | •Harvard College •Yale Law School |
Peter L. Strauss is an American legal scholar and professor. As of May 2024, he worked as the Betts Professor Emeritus of Law at Columbia Law School. He joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 1971 and has spent time as a visiting professor at a number of domestic and international universities, including the European University Institute and Harvard University. From 1975 to 1977, Strauss served as the first general counsel for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. His scholarship focuses on administrative law, legal methods, and legislation, according to his profile at Columbia Law School.[1]
Career
Below is a summary of Strauss' education and career:[1][2]
Academic degrees:
- A.B. (1961), Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- LL.B. (1964), Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
Professional positions and honors:
- Editor in chief, Yale Law Journal, 1963-1964
- Law clerk, David Bazelon, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1964-1965
- Law clerk, William Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-1966
- Lecturer, Haile Selassie I University, Ethiopia, 1966-1968
- Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, 1968-1971
- Professor, Columbia Law School, 1971-Present
- General counsel, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1975-1977
- Public member or senior conference fellow, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1982-Present
- Member, American Bar Association section of administrative law and regulatory practice, 1992-Present
- Member, American Law Institute
- Editor, Social Sciences Research Network Administrative Law Abstracts
Academic scholarship
The following table contains a selection of works by Strauss about the administrative state and related issues. Any links in the table below feature Ballotpedia summaries of that scholarly work.
| Works related to the administrative state | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Source | ||
| Domesticating Guidance | Environmental Law Review (2019) | ||
| "Searching for Skidmore" | Fordham Law Review (2014) | ||
| "Congressional Review of Agency Regulations" | Administrative Law Review (1997) | ||
| "Formal and Functional Approaches to Separation of Powers Questions—A Foolish Inconsistency?" | Cornell Law Review (1987) | ||
| "The Place of Agencies in Government: Separation of Powers and the Fourth Branch" | Columbia Law Review (1984) | ||
See also
- Ballotpedia's administrative state coverage
- Administrative State Bibliography
- Scholarly work related to the administrative state
External links
Footnotes
