Paul Chen
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Phone: (360) 650-4876
Office: AH 436
Email: Paul.Chen@wwu.edu
Education
- M.A., Ph.D., Political Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- M.A., Inter-cultural Studies, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
- J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
- B.A., English, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Interests
- Public Law: U.S. Constitutional Law, U.S. Supreme Court decision-making, interest group litigation, federalism, conservative jurisprudence
- American politics: post-WWII conservative movement in American politics, federal inter-branch relations, conservative political thought, interest groups, think tanks, political parties since 1950s
Selected Publications
Articles
- "Rethinking the Constitution-Treaty Relationship" (with Remy Levin), forthcoming in The International Journal of Constitutional Law (2012)
- "Medical Marijuana Policy and the Virtues of Federalism" (co-authored with J. Mitchell
Pickerill), Publius: The Journal of Federalism 38(1): 22-56 (2008) - "The Informational Role of Amici Curiae Briefs in Gonzales v. Raich," Southern Illinois
University Law Journal 31(2): 217-241 (2007) - "The Institutional Sources of State Success in Federalism Litigation before the Supreme Court," Law and Policy 25(4): 455-472 (2003)
Book Chapters
- "Federalism and Rights: A Neglected Relationship" in Neil C. McCabe, ed., Comparative Federalism in the Devolution Era (Lexington Books, 2002), pp. 392-425.