Richard B. Bernstein: Difference between revisions

 

 

==Life==

 

 

From 1984 to 1987 he was research curator for the Constitution Bicentennial Project of The [[New York Public Library]], working with Kym S. Rice under the supervision of [[Richard B. Morris]], Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus at [[Columbia University]]. Among the products of this project was Bernstein's first book, ''Are We to Be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution'', published by [[Harvard University Press]]. From 1987 to 1990 Bernstein was historian on the staff of the New York City Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, and from 1989 to 1990 he was research director of the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution.

In the spring of 1988 Bernstein was a visiting part-time lecturer in history at the [[Newark, New Jersey]] campus of [[Rutgers University]]. In 1991, he was named an adjunct assistant professor of law at [[New York Law School]], where he has taught courses on American legal history and law and literature through 2014. In 2007 he was named distinguished adjunct professor of law. In 1997–1998 he also was the Daniel M. Lyons Visiting Professor of History at [[Brooklyn College]] of the [[City University of New York]].

 

 

In the fall semester of 2011, Bernstein joined the Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies at the [[City College of New York]] as an adjunct professor of political science. In the fall semester, he taught American Constitutional Development; in the spring semester of 2012 he taught Early American Political Development. In the fall semester of 2012 he again taught Early American Political Development and a section of the one-semester survey course on American history; in the spring semester of 2013 he taught two sections of the survey course, and a political science course on the American judiciary. His repertoire of courses now includes courses on the American judiciary, the U.S. Congress, and the American presidency; American Political Thought; African American Political Thought; and Early American Political Development. Beginning in the fall 2015 semester, he was named a full-time lecturer in law and political science teaching classes like "The Presidency".

 

In November 2002, in addition to his scholarly activities, Bernstein became director of online operations at Heights Books, Inc., a used-bookstore in Brooklyn. He ended his connection with Heights Books when the business closed at the end of February 2011.

 

==Scholarship==

*''Well Begun: Chronicles of the Early National Period'' ((co-editor, with Stephen L. Schechter) Albany, NY: New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 1989). {{ISBN|978-0-945660-00-2}}

*{{cite book| title=Contexts of the Bill of Rights|editor=Richard B. Bernstein |editor2=Stephen L. Schechter| place=Albany, NY| publisher= New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution| year= 1989 | isbn= 978-0-945660-04-0 }}

*''New York and the Union'' (co-editor, with Stephen L. Schechter) (Albany, NY: New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 1990). {{ISBN|978-0-945660-01-9}}

*''New York and the Bicentennial'' (co-editor, with Stephen L. Schechter) (Albany, New York: New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 1990). {{ISBN|978-0-945660-06-4}}

*''The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation'' (editor/introduction) (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2002) {{ISBN|978-0-7607-2833-8}}.

*''The Wisdom of John and Abigail Adams'' (editor/introduction) (New York: Metro Books, 2002; reprint, New York: Fall River Press, 2008). {{ISBN|978-1-58663-576-3}}

*''Thomas Jefferson: The Revolution of Ideas'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) (Oxford Portraits series)

*''The Founding Fathers Reconsidered'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009; pbk 2011) {{ISBN|978-0-19-533832-4}}.

*''The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2015) (Oxford Very Short Introductions series). {{ISBN|978-0-19-027351-4}}.

*''Abraham Lincoln: Writings and Reflections'' (introduction/selection/editing/headnotes) (London: Sirius/Arcturus Publishing, 2019).

 

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