Richard E. Levy
J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor
of Constitutional Law Subjects: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Legislation, Legislative Clinic, Public Policy Clinic
Phone: 785-864-9220 E-mail: rlevy@ku.edu
Profile
Richard Levy joined the KU Law faculty in 1985, having received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and served as a clerk for Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. In teaching and research, he has focused on constitutional law and public law. He has a particular interest in government institutions, legislation, and public policy analysis. He was responsible for redrafting the University Senate Rules and Regulations relating to grievances and his expert advice has been sought on a number of occasions when he has testified before state legislative committees on issues ranging from flag burning through reorganization of the board of agriculture to campaign financing reform. He is a prolific scholar who was named a Postlethwaite Research Fellow, 1996-1999. Levy is fluent in German and has studied in Germany and served as exchange professor at the University of Vienna.
Representative Publications
"Paradoxical Parallels in The American and German Abortion Decisions," 9 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 109 (2001) (with Somek); "Federalism: The Next Generation," 33 Loyola (L.A.) Law Review 1629 (2000), "Defining Express Advocacy for Purposes of Campaign Finance Reporting and Disclosure Laws," 8 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 90 (Spring 1999); "Federalism and Collective Action," 45 Kansas Law Review 1241 (1997); "Escaping Lochner's Shadow: Toward a Coherent Jurisprudence of Economic Rights," 73 North Carolina Law Review 329 (1995); "Judicial Incentives and Indeterminacy in Substantive Review of Administrative Decisions," 44 Duke Law Journal 1051 (1995)(with Shapiro); "Judicial Activism and Restraint in the Supreme Court's Environmental Law Decisions," 42 Vanderbilt Law Review 343 (1989)(with Glicksman).
Research Interests
Governmental institutions, federalism, legislation, the legislative process, judicial review of administrative agencies, comparative constitutional law and legal systems.
Education
J.D., University of Chicago, 1984, University of Chicago Law Review; M.A., B.A., Kansas, 1980, 1978.
Admitted
Kansas 1988
Career History
Clerk, Judge Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1984-85; Associate Professor, Kansas 1985-90; Professor since 1990.
Member
Order of the Coif; Consultant, Federal Courts Study Commission, 1989; Juvenile Justice Reform Advisory Committee (Kansas Judicial Council); European Studies Advisory Committee
