| Aziz Rana | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) Yale University (JD) |
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| Spouse | Odette Lienau |
| Website | www |
Aziz Rana is an American legal scholar and author who currently serves as Provost’s Distinguished Fellow and J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor of Law and Government at Boston College Law School specializing in American constitutional law.
Education
Rana received his A.B. from Harvard College and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School where he was an Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fellow in Law. He returned to Harvard for his Ph.D. in political science, where his dissertation was awarded the Charles Sumner Prize.
Work
Rana is best known for his 2010 book The Two Faces of American Freedom, a work based on his PhD thesis which synthesized "American legal and political history from the outset of English colonizing until the present."
He also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations, is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and an editorial board member of both Dissent magazine and Just Security.
In 2022, Rana joined the faculty of Boston College Law School where his wife was an incoming dean. Prior to that he taught at Cornell Law School as Richard and Lois Cole Professor of Law.
Bibliography
- The Two Faces of American Freedom. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0674048973
- Reclaiming Freedom. Haymarket Books, 2024. ISBN 978-1946511805
- The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them. University of Chicago Press, 2024. ISBN 978-0226350721
References
- "Biography Aziz F. Rana". pli.edu. Practising Law Institute. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- "Aziz Rana - Law School - Boston College". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- Tomlins, Christopher. "Review of The Two Faces of American Freedom". h-net.org. H-Net. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- "Aziz F. Rana". lawschool.cornell.edu. Cornell Law School. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- "Just Security | About Us". justsecurity.org. Just Security. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- "Legal Scholar Aziz Rana to Join Faculty". Boston College Law School Magazine. Summer 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- "Aziz Rana | Professor and Provost's Distinguished Fellow". bc.edu. Boston College. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- Rana, Aziz (7 April 2014). The Two Faces of American Freedom. ISBN 978-0-674-26655-1. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- Rana, Aziz (2 January 2024). Reclaiming Freedom. ISBN 978-1-946511-80-5. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- Rana, Aziz (16 April 2024). The Constitutional Bind - How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them. ISBN 978-0-226-35072-1. Retrieved 15 May 2024.