Paul Brest
Professor of Law, Emeritus and Former Dean

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Paul Brest, Response: Policy Advocates, Boston Review, Mar. 28, 2013.
Paul Brest, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?: Debiasing the Policy Makers Themselves, in The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy, Eldar Shafir, ed., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Paul Brest, Risky Business: How The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Approaches High-Risk Philanthropic Ventures, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2012.
Ruth Levine, Linda Frey and Paul Brest, The Value of Calculated Risk, Alliance Magazine, June 1, 2012.
Paul Brest, A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2012.
Paul Brest, Sanford Levinson, J.M. Balkin and Akhil Reed Amar, Reva B. Siegel, Processes of Constitutional Decision-Making, New York: Aspen, 5th ed., 2010 Supplement, 2010.
Paul Brest and Linda Hamilton Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Paul Brest and George Lowenstein, In Defense of Fear, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 12, 2009, pg. B1.
Paul Brest and Hal Harvey, Dealing with Hard Times: Advice for Foundations, Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 13, 2008.
Paul Brest and Hal Harvey, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, New York: Bloomberg Press, October 2008.
Paul Brest, California's Diversity Legislation is Misguided, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 6, 2008.
Paul Brest, Sanford Levinson, J.M. Balkin and Akhil Reed Amar, Processes of Constitutional Decision-Making, New York: Aspen, 5th ed., 2007 Supplement, 2007.
Paul Brest, Sanford Levinson, J.M. Balkin, Akhil Reed Amar and Reva B. Siegel, Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases and Materials, New York: Aspen Publishers, 5th ed., 2006.
Paul Brest, Some Comments on Grutter v. Bollinger, 51 Drake Law Review 683-696 (2003).
Paul Brest, Preface: How This Symposium Came About, 97 Northwestern University Law Review 1079-1080 (Spring 2003).
Paul Brest and Miranda Oshige, Affirmative Action for Whom?, in A Reader on Race, Civil Rights and American Law, Timothy Davis, Kevin R. Johnson and George A. Martinez, eds., Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2001. p. 346-359.
Paul Brest, Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases and Materials, 4th ed., New York: Aspen Law & Business, 1638 p., 2000.
Paul Brest, Constitutional Interpretation, in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Second Edition, Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst, eds., New York: Macmillan Reference, 2000. p.626-633.
Paul Brest, Legislation, in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Second Edition, Leonard W. Levy and Kenneth L. Karst, eds., New York: Macmillan Reference, 2000. p.1582-1589.
Paul Brest and Linda Hamilton Krieger, Lawyers as Problem Solvers, 72 Temple Law Review 811-832 (1999).