John F. Manning
Encyclopedia
John F. Manning is a prominent American legal academic and the Bruce Bromley
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985, and served that year as a law clerk to Judge Robert H. Bork at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
. He then served as law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia
for the Supreme Court's 1988 term.
Manning was brought to Harvard Law School by Dean Elena Kagan
to help shore up HLS' expertise in public law; he is an expert in administrative law and a constitutional scholar of textualism
. Manning's hiring, along with that of Jack Goldsmith
, has "helped assuage complaints that Harvard marginalized conservative
views."
Manning is also an expert on separation of powers
issues.
Bruce Bromley
Bruce Ditmas Bromley was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1985, and served that year as a law clerk to Judge Robert H. Bork at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard on a...
. He then served as law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
for the Supreme Court's 1988 term.
Manning was brought to Harvard Law School by Dean Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 7, 2010. Kagan is the Court's 112th justice and fourth female justice....
to help shore up HLS' expertise in public law; he is an expert in administrative law and a constitutional scholar of textualism
Textualism
Textualism is a formalist theory of statutory interpretation, holding that a statute's ordinary meaning should govern its interpretation, as opposed to inquiries into non-textual sources such as the intention of the legislature in passing the law, the problem it was intended to remedy, or...
. Manning's hiring, along with that of Jack Goldsmith
Jack Goldsmith
Jack Landman Goldsmith is a Harvard Law School professor who has written a number of texts regarding international law, cyber law, and national security law...
, has "helped assuage complaints that Harvard marginalized conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
views."
Manning is also an expert on separation of powers
Separation of powers
The separation of powers, often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle, is a model for the governance of a state. The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into widespread use by the Roman Republic as part of the unmodified Constitution of the Roman Republic...
issues.