Alexander Bickel

Alexander Bickel
Alexander Bickel
Born	Alexander Mordecai Bickel; December 17, 1924; Bucharest, Romania
Died	November 7, 1974 (aged 49); New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Spouse	Josephine Napolino
Academic background
Education	City College of New York (AB); Harvard University (LLB);
Influences	Edmund Burke; Felix Frankfurter; Henry M. Hart Jr.; James Madison;
Academic work
Discipline	Constitutional law
School or tradition	Legal process school
Institutions	Yale University
Notable works	The Least Dangerous Branch (1962)
Notable ideas	Countermajoritarian difficulty
Influenced	Samuel Alito; Robert Bork; Felix Frankfurter; John Roberts;

Alexander Mordecai Bickel (December 17, 1924 – November 7, 1974) was an American legal scholar and expert on the United States Constitution. One of the most influential constitutional commentators of the twentieth century, his writings emphasize judicial restraint.

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