Erin F. Delaney
Professor of Law, Pritzker School; Professor of Political Science (by courtesy)
- erin.delaney@law.northwestern.edu
- Website
- 312-503-0925
- Levy Mayer 291, School of Law
Interests
Research Interest(s): Comparative Constitutional Law; Constitutional Law; Federalism; Immigration Law
Program Area(s): Law and Politics
Regional Specialization(s): United States
Biography
Erin F. Delaney is Professor of Law with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Political Science. Her scholarship explores constitutionalism in comparative perspective, focusing on federalism and judicial design. She was named the 2022 Federal Scholar in Residence at Eurac Research’s Institute for Comparative Federalism in Bolzano, Italy, and she has previously held the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the Theory and Practice of Constitutionalism and Federalism at McGill University. She has also held research fellowships at Edinburgh University and the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She has been honored with a number of teaching awards, including the 2015 Childres Award for outstanding teaching at Northwestern, and the 2020 Harvard Law School Student Government Teaching and Advising Award.
Select Publications
- Comparative Judicial Review, co-edited by Erin Delaney and Rosalind Dixon (2018).
- Brexit Optimism and British Constitutional Renewal, in Constitutional Democracy In Crisis?, edited by Mark Graber, Sanford Levinson & Mark Tushnet (2018).
- Searching for Constitutional Meaning in Institutional Design: The Debate Over Judicial Appointments in the United Kingdom, 14 International Journal of Constitutional Law 752 (2016).
- Analyzing Avoidance: Judicial Strategy in Comparative Perspective, 66 Duke Law Journal 1 (2016).
- Judiciary Rising: Constitutional Change in the United Kingdom, 108 Northwestern University Law Review 543.
Courses taught
- U.S. Constitutional Law
- Immigration Law
- Constitutional Design
Awards
- Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in the Theory and Practice of Constitutionalism and Federalism, McGill University, September-December 2014
- Walter Bagehot Prize, United Kingdom Political Studies Association, best doctoral dissertation in government and public administration, 2004
- Outstanding Professor in a First-Year Course (Law School), 2014