Matthew Caleb Stephenson is the Eli Goldston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School where he teaches he administrative law, legislation and regulation, anti-corruption law and the political economy of public law. His research interests include the application of positive political theory to public law.[1]
Matthew C. Stephenson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA, PhD, JD) |
| Occupation | Law professor |
| Known for | Expert on anti-corruption law |
Biography
editStephenson received his Juris Doctor and his Doctor of Philosophy (political science) from Harvard in 2003 and his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in 1997. After graduation, Stephenson clerked for senior Judge Stephen Williams on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then for Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States during the 2004–05 term.
In 2005, Stephenson joined the faculty of Harvard Law School as an assistant professor.[2] In 2009, he was granted tenure and in 2010 was named a professor.[3] In 2012, he received the Charles Fried Intellectual Diversity Award from the Law School.[4] In 2018, he was named as the Eli Goldston Professor of Law. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and as Special Rapporteur for the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. In 2010, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago.[5]
He is the co-author with John F. Manning of the casebook Legislation and Regulation (Foundation Press, 2010). In his publications, Stephenson has argued that regulators should choose the optimal mix between policy preferences and fidelity to the text of a statute during agency rulemaking.[6]
Stephenson has extensively studied corruption in various countries. In February 2014 he initiated The Global Anticorruption Blog, a platform dedicated to analyzing and discussing corruption issues worldwide. In 2017, he organized a conference at Harvard Law School focused on populist plutocrats, aiming to encourage more comprehensive and rigorous research on this political phenomenon.[7]
Stephenson is widely cited in the press as an expert in anti-corruption and international law.[8][9][10][11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Matthew Stephenson Home Page". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Hernandez, Javier C. (September 16, 2005). "Law School Adds Five Professors". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Lanni, Stephenson gain tenure, Gregory appointed assistant clinical professor of law". Harvard Law Today. November 9, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Suk receives intellectual diversity award". Harvard Law Today. May 9, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ "Matthew Stephenson, Becker Friedman Institute". University of Chicago. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Stephenson, Matthew C. (2006). "The Strategic Substitution Effect: Textual Plausibility, Procedural Formality, and Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretations" (PDF). Harvard Law Review. 120: 528. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ A history of corruption in the United States Retrieved 30 May 2024
- ^ Wayne, Leslie (February 16, 2016). "Wanted by U.S.: The Stolen Millions of Despots and Crooked Elites". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Taub, Amanda (December 9, 2016). "How 'Islands of Honesty' Can Crush a System of Corruption". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Wayne, Leslie (December 30, 2016). "Shielding Seized Assets From Corruption's Clutches". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Aquino, John T. (December 22, 2016). "Trump Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law Uncertain". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
Selected publications
editBooks
edit- Stephenson, Matthew C.; Manning, John F. (2017). Legislation and Regulation (3rd ed.). Foundation Press, University Casebook series. ISBN 9781609302177. 1st edition, 2010; 2nd edition, 2013.
Articles
edit- Stephenson, Matthew C. (2011). "Information Acquisition and Institutional Design". Harvard Law Review. 124: 1422.
- Stephenson, Matthew C.; Nzelibe, Jide O. (2010). "Complementary Constraints: Separation of Powers, Rational Voting, and Constitutional Design". Harvard Law Review. 123: 1617.
- Stephenson, Matthew C. (2008). "The Price of Public Action: Constitutional Doctrine and the Judicial Manipulation of Legislative Enactment Costs". Yale Law Journal. 118 (1): 2–62. doi:10.2307/20454703. JSTOR 20454703. S2CID 158557718. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- Stephenson, Matthew C. (2006). "The Strategic Substitution Effect: Textual Plausibility, Procedural Formality, and Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretations". Harvard Law Review. 126: 528.
External links
edit- Globalanticorruptionblog.com
- Bio, Harvard Law School
- Bio, University of Chicago