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'''Richard B. Bernstein''' (bornMay 24 May, 1956 in– [[FlushingJune 26, New York]]2023) iswas aan American constitutional [[historian]], a distinguished adjunct professor of Lawlaw at [[New York Law School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty_profiles/r_b_bernstein |title=New York Law School :: R.B. Bernstein |website=www.nyls.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105213946/http://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty_profiles/r_b_bernstein |archive-date=2009-01-05}}</ref> and lecturer in law and political science (after three years, 2011-20142011–2014, as adjunct professor of political science and history) at the [[City College of New York]]'s Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies in its [[Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership]].

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HeRichard isBernstein was the oldest son of Fred Bernstein (1922-20011922–2001) and Marilyn [Berman] Bernstein (1927-2016née Berman, 1927–2016); his siblings are the artist Linda A. Bernstein (1958-20041958–2004) and the engineer, technology specialist, musician, and expert on [[BMW]] Steven J. Bernstein (born 1962--). He was educated in the New York City public schools, graduating from [[Stuyvesant High School]] in 1973. He attended [[Amherst College]], where he was graduated with a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in 1977 in American Studies. While at Amherst, he was a research assistant to [[Henry Steele Commager]]. He was graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] with a J.D. in November 1980.

After three years practicing law, Bernstein left the legal profession to return to the study of history, doing graduate work at [[New York University]]. From 1983 to the present he has been a member of the New York University Legal History Colloquium, and he has been active in the writing of legal and constitutional history and in activities to promote the historical profession.

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 Distinguisheddistinguished Adjunctadjunct Professorprofessor of Lawlaw. In 1997-19981997–1998 he also was the Daniel M. Lyons Visiting Professor of History at [[Brooklyn College]] of the [[City University of New York]].

From 1997 to 2004 Bernstein was co-editor of book reviews for H-LAW, the listserv co-sponsored by H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences Network On-Line) and the American Society for Legal HIstoryHistory. He iswas also a member of H-LAW's editorial board. For three years he served on the editorial board of ''[[Law and Social Inquiry]]'', the journal of the [[American Bar Foundation]]. In 2004 he was elected to the board of directors of the [[American Society for Legal History]] for a three-year term (2004-20072004–2007); in 2011, he was elected for a second term as a director of the society, which expired in 2014.

Bernstein published ''The Founding Fathers Reconsidered'' (Oxford University Press, 2009) in 2009,<ref>Paul K. Longmore. Review of Bernstein, R. B., ''The Founding Fathers Reconsidered''. H-Law, H-Net Reviews. March, 2010. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26238,</ref> which on February 19, 2010, was named one of three finalists for the 2010 [[George Washington Book Prize]] sponsored by [[Washington College]] in partnership with the [[Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History]] and George Washington's [[Mount Vernon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://washingtoncollegenews.blogspot.com/2010/02/washington-college-announces-50000.html|title = Washington College News: Washington College Announces $50,000 George Washington Book Prize Finalists|date = 19 February 2010}}</ref> In 2015, he published ''The Founding Fathers: A Very Short Introduction'' (Oxford University Press, 2015). In 2016 he published the edited volume ''An Expression of the American Mind: Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson'' (Folio Society). His books-in-progress include a concise life of [[John Adams]] modeled on his 2003 biography of Thomas Jefferson; a study of Jefferson in Oxford's ''[[Very Short Introduction]]'' series; a study of the [[1st United States Congress|First Congress]] as an experiment in government; and an examination of the place of scientific ideas and technological developments in American constitutional history.

*{{cite book| title=Contexts of the Bill of Rights| editorseditor=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 }}

*''Where the Experiment Began: New York City and the Two Hundredth Anniversary of George Washington’sWashington's Inauguration: Final Report of the New York City Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution'' (New York: New York City Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, 1989). {{ISBN|978-0-9625400-0-4}}

*{{cite book| url=https://booksarchive.google.comorg/details/books?idthomasjefferson0000bern| url-access=gPTfRGX9jOEC&printsecregistration| quote=frontcover&dq=inauthor:richard%20%20inauthor: b%20inauthor:. bernstein&source=gbs_book_other_versions#v=onepage&q&f=false.| title=Thomas Jefferson| place=New York| publisher= Oxford University Press| year= 2003| isbn=978-0-19-516911-9 }}

*''The Education of John Adams'' (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 4 July 2020).

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