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David Jeremiah Barron

デイビッド・ジェレマイア・バロン

Deibiddo Jeremaia Baron

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967 (Washington, D.C.)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Washington, D.C. → Massachusetts

Career

Occupations
Chief Judge, Judge, Professor of Law, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Attorney-Advisor, Reporter, Law Clerk
Active Years
1989-
Affiliations
Harvard Law School, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Memberships
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)

Education

Harvard College
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: United States
magna cum laude, president of the Harvard Crimson
Harvard Law School
Degree: JD
Year of Graduation: 1994
Country: United States
magna cum laude, member of the Harvard Law Review

Awards

Colby Award
2017
Work: Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS
Organization: Norwich University
Result: winner
National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal
2010
Organization: Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Result: recipient
Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service
2010
Organization: Department of Defense
Result: recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS

2016 Non-fiction/Legal history

Examines the historical clash over war powers between U.S. presidents and Congress from 1776 to the ISIS era.

war powersexecutive-legislative conflictconstitutional interpretation

Bibliography

  • Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS (2016)
  • The Commander in Chief at the Lowest Ebb - Framing the Problem, Doctrine and Original Understanding (Harvard Law Review, 2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
academicanalyticalhistorical narrative
Recurring Motifs
constitutional separation of powers

Legacy

Serves as Chief Judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals and former S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School. Recognized for contributions to military history via his book on war powers.

Academic Societies

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Trivia

  • Son of Jerome A. Barron, former dean of George Washington University Law School.
  • Married to Juliette Kayyem.
  • Father of three children.
  • Born in Washington, D.C., Jewish American.