Michael Luis Principe

Political Science Department

William Paterson University
Wayne, New Jersey 07470 USA

Office: Room 408 Raubinger Hall Phone: (973) 720-3619; Fax (973) 720-3477 E-mail: principem@wpunj.edu Office hours Spring 2008: Tuesdays 3:15 to 4:15 and Thursdays 3:15 to 4:15 and beyond.

Michael Luis Principe joined the political science faculty at William Paterson in 1998, after having taught constitutional law, international law, and criminal procedure at various law schools in the 1990s. Besides teaching courses in public law and political theory, he is Director of the WPU Pre-Law Program and the WPU Summer Program at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. Dr. Principe earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College (1978), his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Washington (1983), and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1992). In addition, he was named a Fulbright Scholar for dissertation research (1990-91), a Visiting Scholar in comparative constitutional law at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge University (1993), and Professor of the Year at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law (1996).

Dr. Principe's recent publications include:

• AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, POLICY, & LAW, Second Edition (Kendall/Hunt, 2006);

• "Les libertes civiles oubliees: Les restrictions apportees aux libertes civiles sont-elles acceptables au regard des principes constitutionnels? La loi Patriot ramene le pays quarante ans en arriere." PROJET, volume 279, March 2004, pages 85-90.

• BILLS OF RIGHTS: A COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS (Kendall/Hunt, 2000);

• AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, POLICY, & LAW (Kendall/Hunt, 2000);

• Albert Venn Dicey and the Principles of the Rule of aw: Is Justice Blind? A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Great Britain. (22 LOYOLA OF L.A. INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATVE LAW REVIEW 357, 2000);

• A Reason for LatCrit Unification: Reflections on Comparative Efforts to Curtail Political Opposition and Terrorism. (2 HARVARD LATINO LAW REVIEW 297, 1998).