Matthew Pauley
Professor Matthew A. Pauley joined the Manhattanville faculty in 2002. A summa cum laude graduate of Williams College, Dr. Pauley received his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, where he also taught for over 10 years. He is the author of numerous articles and three books, The President’s Constitutional Oath (University Press of America); Criminal Law: Its Nature and Sources (Griffon House); and most recently Athens, Rome, and England: America’s Constitutional Heritage (ISI). His courses include Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Criminal Law and Procedure, Common Law, Political Thought, as well as seminars relating law to history, literature, and philosophy. Dr. Pauley is also advisor to the Pre-Law Honor Society.
Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Law
Introduction to Common Law
Honors Seminar I
Criminal Law
Civil Liberties
Introduction to Political Thought
Honors Seminar II
Visiting Faculty
Suffolk University
Visiting Professor of Law
National University of Ireland Galway
Assistant Professor of Law
Southern New England School of Law
Adjunct Professor of Law
Southern New England School of Law
Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Instructor
Harvard University
Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Ph.D., Harvard University
Master of Arts, Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, with honors, Williams College
"Athens, Rome, and England: America’s Constitutional Heritage"
"Government Gridlock in the United States"
"Criminal Law: Its Nature and Sources"
"I Do Solemnly Swear: The President's Constitutional Oath: Its Meaning and Importance in the History of Oaths"
"The Pinkerton Doctrine and Murder"
"Murder By Premeditation"
"The Jurisprudence of Crime and Punishment From Plato to Hegel"
"America's Emergency-Powers' Consensus: 'We The People' And Their Written Guarantee of Safety"
"The Forgotten Footlocker Case: A New Rule for Warrantless Searches in Public Places?"