Lindsay Rogers (law professor)

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Lindsay Rogers (May 23, 1891 – 1970) was an American scholar who was Burgess professor emeritus of public law at Columbia University.[1][2]

Early life and career[edit]

Rogers was born In Baltimore on 23 May 1891.[3] He studied at Baltimore City College and Johns Hopkins University, where he completed a PhD in 1915.[3]

In 1920, he joined the law faculty of Columbia University. He taught there until 1959 and held Burgess professor emeritus of public law chair.[3]

As a writer, he wrote for The Times and The New York Times Sunday Magazine.[3]

Works[edit]

  • The Postal Power of Congress: A Study in Constitutional Expansion (1916)[4]
  • America's Case Against Germany (1917)
  • The American Senate (1926)
  • Crisis Government (1934)
  • The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics and Democratic Leadership (1949)[5][6]
  • An Introduction to the Problem of Government (1921)
  • The New Constitutions of Europe (1922)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lindsay Rogers papers, 1908-1970". www.columbia.edu.
  2. ^ Fried, Amy (November 21, 2006). "The Forgotten Lindsay Rogers and the Development of American Political Science". American Political Science Review. 100 (4): 555–561. doi:10.1017/S0003055406062423. S2CID 155060909 – via Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ a b c d Freeman, William M. (November 28, 1970). "Lindsay Rogers, Law Professor at Columbia, Dies". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12849&context=journal_articles
  5. ^ Holmes, Jack E. (September 21, 1949). "Book Reviews and Notices : The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics, and Democratic Leadership. BY LINDSAY ROGERS. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1948. Pp. vii, 239. $2.75.)". Western Political Quarterly. 2 (3): 463–464. doi:10.1177/106591294900200345. S2CID 154768417.
  6. ^ Leiserson, William M. (September 21, 1949). "Book Reviews: The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics, and Democratic Leadership, by Lindsay Rogers". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies: 250–251 – via journals.psu.edu.