Faculty

Amanda DiPaolo                       
Assistant Professor

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Education

• B.A. - St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada (2001)
• M.A. - Syracuse University (2004)
• Ph.D. (with Distinction) - Syracuse University (2008)

Courses

• PS 2010 American Government (syllabus)
• PS 3050 U.S. Presidency (syllabus)
• PS 3370 Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties (syllabus)
• PS 3380 Constitutional Law: Federalism (syllabus)

Research & Publications
Books

• Zones of Twilight: Judicial Decision Making in Times of War.  Lexington Books, November 2009.

Journal Articles

• “Procedure vs. Substance: Supreme Court rationales for adjudicating security related cases in Canada and the United States.” International Journal of Human Rights. Forthcoming Volume 13, Issue 4 2009.
•  “Battle for State Control. Lessons from Violent Non-state Actors Imitating the State: Columbia, Nicaragua and Lessons for Iraq.” World Affairs. Spring 2005.

Book Chapters

• “Presidential leadership during war” chapter in the Ashgate Reader on Political Leadership. Forthcoming November 2009.

Encyclopedia Entries

• “The Federalist” in Encyclopedia on Modern Political Thought. CQ Press. Forthcoming, 2010.
• “ex parte Milligan”, “Padilla v. Rumsfeld”, and “Hamdi v. Rumsfeld” in Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution, ed. David Schultz. Facts on File, 2009.

Book Reviews

• The Colombia Guide to the Vietnam War (2002) in Armed Forces & Society, January 2009, 35, 2. 413-414.
• On the Ethics of War and Terrorism (2007) in Law and Politics Book Review. Vol. 18, No. 5. May 2008, 432-434.
• Asymmetric Warfare: Today’s Challenge to U.S. Military Power. Brassy’s Inc. (2003) Roger Barnett.  in Armed Forces & Society. Summer 2005.

Works in Progress

• “Levels of scrutiny: The Canadian Supreme Court and National Security decision making” Book manuscript.
• “9/11 Executive Orders: The potential use of the American military on home soil.” Journal Article with funding from MTSU.
• “National Security Laws since 2001: A look at the West and the East”  Journal Article with MTSU funding.
• Sotomayor’s views on Executive Authority: What a Sotomayor Court means for Federalism. Journal Article.
• Encyclopedia on the Fourth Amendment entries: Rasul v. Bush, U.S. v. U.S. District Court, Terrorist Surveillance Program, and Laird v. Tatum.

Links