Clement Fatovic, (M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University); Political Theory, Public Law
Clement Fatovic’s primary research and teaching areas are in political and constitutional theory. Much of his research focuses on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Anglo-American political thought, especially the development of modern constitutionalism and the liberal roots of the American Founding. Dr. Fatovic is particularly interested in limits of the law in dealing with the problem of contingency in liberal political thought. He has published articles on these and other topics in the American Journal of Political Science, Perspectives on Politics, History of Political Thought, and the Journal of the History of Ideas. His forthcoming book, Liberal Constitutionalism and Emergency Action: Executive Power from Locke to the American Founding (John Hopkins University Press), examines the emergency powers of the executive in liberal political thought up to debates over the creation of the presidency. His current research projects deal with the notion of sovereignty in political and constitutional thought of Carl Schmitt, the legal and political implications of David Hume’s virtue ethics, and the role that constitutions play in the construction and consolidation of political identity. Prior to joining the Political Science Department at FIU, Dr. Fatovic taught political theory at the University of Florida and at Vassar College.
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