Expertise

Political Theory, Public Law, American Politics

Biography

James M. DeLise is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Intellectual Heritage Program. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Temple University in 2014. His research focuses on the intersection of political theory, public law, and American politics. He is working on a book-length project that explores the way in which religious and racial identities have been accommodated under a regime of laws in the United States that often attempts to be neutral or blind toward racial, religious, and cultural differences.

Selected Publications

• DeLise, James. 2016. “Religious Exemptions to Neutral Laws of General Applicability and the Theory of Disparate-Impact Discrimination.” Columbia Journal of Race and Law 6 (2): 115-138. https://cjrl.columbia.edu/article/religious-exemptions-to-neutral-laws/
• DeLise, James. 2016. “Racial Impermissibility under the Equal Protection Clause from Strauder v. West Virginia to Ricci v. DeStefano.” Rutgers Race & the Law Review 17 (2): 179-219.  
• DeLise, James. 2016. “Donald Trump’s Backward Legal Logic: His Recusal Policy is Reckless and Incoherent.” June 6. 

Courses Taught

• Intellectual Heritage I (IH 851): The Good Life
  Intellectual Heritage II (IH 852/952): The Common Good
  Introduction to Political Philosophy (POLS 2496)