Harold Bruff

Professor Emeritus
Constitutional and Administrative Law


Published Books

Untrodden Ground: How Presidents Interpret the Constitution, (Univ. of Chicago Press) (2015).
Bruff (with Peter M. Shane), Separation of Powers Law, 3d. Edition (2011).
Bad Advice: Bush's Lawyers in the War on Terror, (Univ. of Kansas Press) (2009).
Balance of Forces: Separation of Powers Law in the Administrative State, Carolina Academic Press (2006).
Bruff (with Peter M. Shane), Separation of Powers Law, 2d. Edition (2005).

Articles

Presidential Power Meets Bureaucratic Expertise, 11 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 461 (2010).
Placing Your Faith in the Constitution, 45 Tulsa L. Rev. 583 (2010).
The Incompatibility Principle, 59 Admin. L. Rev. 225-268 (2007).
That the Laws Shall Bind Equally on All: Congressional and Executive Roles in Applying Laws to Congress, 48 Arkansas Law Review, 105 (1995).
Coordinating Judicial Review in Administrative Law, 39 UCLA Law Review, 1193 (1992).
Specialized Courts in Administrative Law, 43 Administrative Law Review, 329 (1991).
Separation of Powers Under the Texas Constitution, 68 Texas Law Review, 1337 (1990).

Book Chapters

The Story of Dames & Moore: Resolution of an International Crisis by Executive Agreement, in Presidential Power Stories (Foundation Press). (2009).

Courses:

Spring 2016 Constitutional Law LAWS 6005-801
Fall 2015 Administrative Law LAWS 7205-001
Fall 2015 Seminar: Comparative Constitutional Law: US, UK, and Australia LAWS 8211-001
Spring 2015 Constitutional Law LAWS 6005-803
Fall 2014 Administrative Law LAWS 7205-001
Fall 2014 Seminar: Comparative Constitutional Law: US, UK, and Australia LAWS 8211-001
Spring 2014 Administrative Law LAWS 7205-001
Fall 2013 Legislation and Regulation LAWS 5205-801
Fall 2013 Seminar: Comparative Constitutional Law: US, UK, and Australia LAWS 8211-001
Fall 2012 Legislation and Regulation LAWS 5205-801
Fall 2012 Administrative Law LAWS 7205-001



Our Vision

With our roots in Colorado and a global outlook, we are ...

a supportive and diverse educational and scholarly community in a place that inspires vigorous pursuit of ideas, critical analysis, contemplation, and civic engagement to advance knowledge about the law in an open, just society.

Our Mission

To be an outstanding public law school that: provides students with a state-of-the-art legal education and prepares them to serve wisely and with professionalism; advances the development of knowledge through scholarship, testing of new ideas, and challenges to the status quo; and serves as a vehicle and catalyst for meaningful public service, all of which deliver high value to our students and have positive impacts?both locally and globally?on the legal profession and society.