Faculty
Alexander TsesisAssistant Professor of LawBiography Professor Alexander Tsesis joined the Loyola University, Chicago, School of Law faculty in July 2007. He teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, First Amendment, and a seminar devoted to civil rights issues. Professor Tsesis's scholarship focuses on constitutional law and civil rights. He has written on a variety of subjects, including the legal history of civil rights, the abolition of slavery, equal protection, due process, women's rights, children's rights, hate crimes, and hate speech. His publications include three books, The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom (New York University Press 2004), Destructive Messages (New York University Press 2002), and We Shall Overcome: A History of Civil Rights and the Law (Yale University Press 2008). Press. Professor Tsesis is currently editing a book for the Columbia University Press, entitled Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Contemporary Relevance and writing another on the American Creed for the Oxford University Press. His articles have appeared in a variety of law reviews across the country, including the University of California-Davis Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, and Law and Social Inquiry. Professor Tsesis is a frequent presenter to law school faculties nationwide on issues involving constitutional law, civil rights, and hate speech legislation. He has been an expert witness for the Canadian Department of Justice and a legislative advisor to Senator Edward Kennedy. Professor Tsesis has also served as an outside reviewer for the Oxford University Press, University of Illinois Press, and New York University Press. Attached is a curriculum vitae with a more complete listing of his publications and experiences. Before teaching Professor Tsesis worked for the City of Chicago Department of Law and in private practice. He handled First Amendment, appellate, criminal, and regulatory cases. |
Loyola University Chicago
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Courses Taught Civil Procedure
Publications Books The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence, (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Its Contemporary Vitality ed. Alexander Tsesis (Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2009). We Shall Overcome: A History of Civil Rights and the Law (Yale University Press, 2008). The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal History (New York University Press 2004) (Academia-University Press best seller list Feb. & Mar. 2005). (Reviews: Mich. L. Rev.; Civil War Hist. J.; L. & Pol. Book Rev.; Choice Mag.; Am. Hist. Rev.; Law & Soc. Inquiry; J. Am. Hist.; Law & Hist. Rev. (forthcoming)). Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements (New York University Press, 2002 & 2d prtg. 2004) (Academia-University Press best seller list Sept. & Oct. 2002). (Reviews: Mich. L. Rev.; Law & Soc. Inquiry; Argumentation & Advocacy; Journalism & Mass Comm. Q.; Howard L.J. (two articles); Harv. Hum. Rts. J.; & Choice Mag.). (Chapter 11 republished in Current Controversies: Censorship (Sara Constantakis, ed., Thomson Publishing forthcoming 2007)).
Scholarly Articles The Intersection between Free Speech and the Equal Protection Clause, 42 Wake Forest Law Review * (forthcoming Spring 2009). Undermining Inalienable Rights: From Dred Scott to the Rehnquist Court, 39 Arizona State Law Journal 1179 (2008). Freedom to Integrate: A Desegregationist Perspective on the Thirteenth Amendment, 38 University of Toledo Law Review 791 (Spring 2007) (symposium by invitation) (lead article); reprinted in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook (Steven Saltzman ed., forthcoming Thomson Publishing 2007). A Civil Rights Approach, 39 University of California-Davis Law Review 1773 (2006). Regulating Intimidating Speech, 41 Harvard Journal on Legislation 389 (2004) (symposium by invitation) (lead article). Furthering American Freedom: Civil Rights & the Thirteenth Amendment, 45 Boston College Law Review 307 (2004); reprinted in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook (Steven Saltzman ed., Thomson Publishing 2004). Contextualizing Bias Crimes: A Social & Theoretical Perspective, 28 Law & Social Inquiry 315 (2003) (essay by invitation). The Problem of Confederate Symbols: A Thirteenth Amendment Approach, 75 Temple Law Review 539 (2002). Prohibiting Incitement on the Internet, 7 Virginia Journal on Law & Technology 5 (2002). Hate in Cyberspace: Regulating Hate Speech On the Internet, 38 San Diego Law Review 817 (2001). Eliminating the Destitution of America's Homeless: A Fair, Federal Approach, 10 Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Rev. 103 (2000). The Empirical Shortcomings of First Amendment Jurisprudence: An Historical Perspective on the Power of Hate Speech, 40 Santa Clara Law Rev. 729 (2000). Toward a Just Immigration Policy: Putting Ethics into Immigration Law, 45 Wayne Law Review 105 (1999). Protecting Children Against Unnecessary Institutionalization, 39 South Texas Law Review 995 (1998). Preventing Homelessness by Empowering Battered Women Through Vocational Opportunities, Domestic Violence Report 3 (June/July 1996). Miph o Evreisko-Bolshevistskom Zagovore [Myth of a Jewish-Bolshevik Conspiracy], Aleph, Jan. 1990, at 34 (written and published in Russian).
Other Publications Scholarly Chapters Reconstruction Abolitionism, in Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Its Contemporary Vitality ed. Alexander Tsesis (Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2008). Freedom to Integrate, in Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook ed. Steven Saltzman (Thomson Publishing 2007) Racist Hate Speech, in Censorship ed. Julia Bauder (Thomson Gale 2007). Furthering American Freedom, in Civil Rights Litigation & Attorney Fees Annual Handbook ed. Steven Saltzman (Thomson West 2004).
Bar, Encyclopedia & Other Publications Anti‑slavery Constitutionalism, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (David S. Tanenhaus et al. ed., forthcoming 2008). Thirteenth Amendment, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (David S. Tanenhaus et al. ed., forthcoming 2008). Book Review: Garrett Epps, Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, 26 Law and Hist. Rev. 215 (2008). The Declaration of Independence, in Encyclopedia of Privacy (Bill Staples ed., Greenwood Press, 2007). William O. Douglas, in Encyclopedia of Privacy (Bill Staples ed., Greenwood Press, 2007). Federalist Principles and The Reporting of Immigration Status, 13 Chicago Bar Association Record 44 (1999). The Trailblazers Reach Their Destination, Commentator, Feb. 1996, at 6. A Snapshot into the Life of a Hobo, Xpressions J., Feb. 1, 1996, at p.4. Holocaust Museum, Commentary, Dec. 1993, at 13.
Works in Progress 1) Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (book project, Oxford University Press). 2) Promises of Liberty: Thirteenth Amendment Abolitionism and Its Contemporary Vitality (book project, Columbia University Press). 3) The Intersection of Equality and Liberty in the Age of Revolution (book project). 4) Abolitionism and Declaration of Independence (book project). 5) Free Speech and Equality (article project) 6) Substantive Civil Rights Principles (article project). 7) Revolutionary Aims of Thirteenth Amendment Constitutionalism (chapter project). 8) Democratizing the Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment Equality (essay project). 9) Privileges and Immunities Clause in Modern Context (article project) 10) Historiagraphy of the Thirteenth Amendment (chapter project)
Recent Presentations The Aspiration of the Thirteenth Amendment (April 2009) The Thirteenth Amendment's Revolutionary Aims Regulating Hate Speech The Unalienable Core of Citizenship Intentionally Intimidating Speech Thirteenth Amendment, Commerce Clause, Fourteenth Amendment: Comparative Analysis Abolitionist Influences on American Law Civil Rights Strategy Future of Hate Speech Regulations Thirteenth Amendment & Contemporary Issues Thirteenth Amendment in Light of Recent Supreme Court Decisions The Balance of Liberty & Equality in U.S. Legal History Thirteenth Amendment & Contemporary Issues Hate Speech Legislation Hate Speech in Cyberspace Legal Limitations on Child Mental Institutionalization Hate Crimes Forum Imminent Threat of Harm Test | ||
