Jeffrey A. Lenowitz

Meyer and W. Walter Jaffe Assistant Professor of Politics

Departments/Programs

History of Ideas
Politics

Degrees

Columbia University, Ph.D.
Columbia University, M.Phil.
University of Virginia, B.A.

Expertise

political theory; democratic theory; constitutional theory and design; legal philosophy; history of modern political thought; global justice and governance; institutional design

Profile

Jeffrey Lenowitz is the Meyer and W. Walter Jaffe Assistant Professor of Politics, focusing on political theory. His research explores the historical origins, normative implications, and empirical effects of the procedures uses to create new constitutions; the meaning and use of concept of legitimacy in the social sciences; the use of punishment to sanction elites; global justice; and other various aspects of democratic theory and institutional design.

Courses Taught

POL	10a	Introduction to Political Theory
POL	116b	Civil Liberties in America
POL	184a	Seminar: Global Justice
POL	190b	Seminar: Democratic Theory
POL	192b	Seminar: Topics in Law and Political Theory
POL	197a	The Supreme Court Colloquium

Awards and Honors

Meyer and W. Walter Assistant Professor of Politics (2017)

Scholarship

Lenowitz, Jeffrey A.; Melissa Schwartzberg. "Insomnia and Other Constitutional Pathologies." Modern Intellectual History 16. 1 (2019): 295 - 308.

Lenowitz, Jeffrey A.. "'A Trust that cannot be Delegated': The Invention of Ratification Referenda." American Political Science Review 109. 4 (2016): 803-816.

Lenowitz, Jeffrey A.. "Review of "A Theory of Militant Democracy: The Politics of Combatting Political Extremism"." by Alexander Kirshner. Journal of Politics vol. 77 October 2015: e1-e2.