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Edward S. Corwin Award
The Corwin award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of public law, broadly defined to include the judicial process, judicial behavior, judicial biography, courts, law, legal systems, the American constitutional system, civil liberties, or any other substantial area, or any work which deals in a significant fashion with a topic related to or having substantial impact on the American Constitution. Edward S. Corwin was a former Association president who is nationally known and widely published. He consulted with many other academics as well as politicians involved with constitutional issues, most notably when he publicly supported Franklin D. Roosevelt's Supreme Court reorganization ("court packing") plan. 2008 Edward S. Corwin Award Recipient List of All Edward S. Corwin Award Recipients
2009 Nomination Information Departments are requested to submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the dissertation to each award committee member and to the APSA National Office by January 15, 2009. 2009 Award Committee Doris Marie Provine James R. Stoner, Jr. Corwin Award
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