Morris, Jeffrey B(randon)

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MORRIS, Jeffrey B(randon)

MORRIS, Jeffrey B(randon). American, b. 1941. Genres: Adult nonfiction, Children's non-fiction, History, Law, Politics/Government, Young adult non-fiction. Career: City College of the City University of New York, instructor, lecturer, assistant professor of political science, 1968-72; University of Pennsylvania, assistant professor of political science, 1981-88; Brooklyn Law School, visiting associate professor of law, 1988-90; Touro Law School, associate professor, professor of law, 1990-. Admitted to the Bar of New York State, District of Columbia, Supreme Court of the U.S., and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Publications: GREAT PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS SERIES (for children): The Washington Way, 1994; The Jefferson Way, 1994; The Truman Way, 1995; The Lincoln Way, 1996; The F.D.R. Way, 1996; The Reagan Way, 1996. ADULT NONFICTION: Federal Justice in the Second Circuit: A History of the United States Courts in New York, Connecticut & Vermont, 1787 to 1987, 1988; To Administer Justice on Behalf of All the People: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1992; (with others) American Voices, 1992; Making Sure We Are True to Our Founders: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York in Its Second Century, 1970-1995, 1997; Calmly to Poise the Scales of Justice, 2001; Brooklyn Law School: The First Hundred Years, 2001. OTHER: (ed. with R.B. Morris) Great Presidential Decisions, 7th ed., 1988; (ed. with R.B. Morris) Encyclopedia of American History, 4th ed., 1970, 7th ed., 1996. Contributor to books, encyclopedias, and journals of law, political science, and history. Address: Touro Law School, 300 Nassau Rd, Huntington, NY 11743, U.S.A.

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