About the Author

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Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerous journal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).