Mark E. Brandon Explained

Mark E. Brandon
Birth Name:	Mark Edward Brandon^[1]
Birth Place:	Georgia, United States
Alma Mater:	University of Montevallo University of Alabama School of Law University of Michigan Princeton University
Employer:	University of Alabama School of Law
Occupation:	Lawyer, academic

Mark Edward Brandon is an American lawyer and academic. He is the dean of the University of Alabama School of Law.

Early life

Mark E. Brandon was born in Georgia and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.^[2] He graduated from the University of Montevallo.^[3] He earned a JD from the University of Alabama School of Law, followed by a master's degree from the University of Michigan and a PhD from Princeton University.^[3]

Career

Brandon was "an assistant attorney general for Alabama from 1978-1980, a staff attorney and consumer unit coordinator for Legal Services Corp. and has worked with private firms in Alabama and Michigan."^[2]

Brandon taught political science at the University of Michigan and the University of Oklahoma.^[2] He was a professor of Law and Political Science at the Vanderbilt University Law School until July 1, 2014, when he succeeded Ken Randall and interim dean William S. Brewbaker III as the dean of the University of Alabama School of Law.^[2] ^[3]

Brandon is the author of two books.

Selected works

Book: Brandon. Mark E.. Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure. 1998. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey. 9780691015811. 260098271. registration. . ^[4]
Book: Brandon. Mark E.. States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order. 2013. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. 9780700619238. 864561870. ^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Mr. Mark E. Brandon Profile | Tuscaloosa, AL Lawyer | Martindale.com. www.martindale.com. 11 May 2023.
News: Alabama School of Law taps Vanderbilt professor as new dean. November 1, 2017. The Tuscaloosa News. May 13, 2014.
Web site: Mark E. Brandon. The University of Alabama. November 1, 2017.
Reviews of Free in the World include:
- Davis . Thomas J. . Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure. By Mark E. Brandon. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. xviii, 248 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-01581-3.) . Journal of American History . 1 September 1999 . 86 . 2 . 780–781 . 10.2307/2567105. 2567105 .
- Hall . Mark E. . Hall on Brandon, 'Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure' . H-Shear . February 2000 .
- Brandwein . Pamela . Free in the World: American Slavery and Constitutional Failure. By Mark E. Brandon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 248p. $39.50. . American Political Science Review . June 1999 . 93 . 2 . 10.2307/2585423. 2585423 . 147672107 .
Reviews of States of Union include:
- States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order Mark E. Brandon. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2013. xiv, 335 pp. $37.50.) . Journal of American History . December 2014 . 101 . 3 . 888 . 10.1093/jahist/jau549.
- Subramanian . Narendra . States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order. By Mark E. Brandon. Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 2013. 352p. $37.50. . Perspectives on Politics . June 2016 . 14 . 2 . 510–512 . 10.1017/S1537592716000347. 148331508 .