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Dr. Buckner Melton, Jr. - Esq., J.D., Ph.D.
| Courses: | The Bill of Rights and the Judicial Process; Historiography seminar; Legal Reasoning, Researching, Writing, and Advocacy; War and Diplomacy in American History; United States Early National Era, 1789-1850; United States Legal History; American Government; United States History survey courses |
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| Education: | EDUCATION J.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996 • Articles Editor, North Carolina Law Review, 1995-96 • Staff member, North Carolina Law Review, 1994-95 • Highest grade in class in: Legal History seminar, Spring 1996 (4.0 on 4.0 scale), Judicial Process seminar, Fall 1995 (4.0), Legal Issues in Higher Education seminar, Spring 1995 (4.3), Property and the Constitution seminar, Fall 1994 (4.0), RRWA (first year legal methods course), Spring 1994 (4.0) • Dean’s List: Spring 1994, Fall 1994, Fall 1995, Spring 1996 Ph.D., History, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1990 M.A., History, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1986 B.A. Magna cum Laude, History, Political Science, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1984 |
| CV: | BUCKNER F. MELTON, JR., J.D., PH.D. Middle Georgia State University 100 University Parkway Macon, Georgia 31206 buckner.melton@mga.edu 2305 Vineville Avenue Macon, Georgia 31204 (678) 752-3437 law@bucknermelton.com |
| Professional Experience: | Lecturer in History and Political Science, Middle Georgia State University, 2013-present Distinguished Writer-in-Residence and University Press Fellow, Mercer University, 2003-2013 Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of Instructional Technology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996-2003 Assistant Professor of History, Elon College, 1991-96 Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Georgia Southern University, 1990-91 Instructor of History, Duke University, 1989 |
| Professional Affiliations: | Member, State Bar of Georgia Admitted to practice, Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Admitted to practice, Supreme Court of Georgia |
| Publications: | Major Books: Fuller E. Callaway: Portrait of a New South Citizen (Winston-Salem: Looking Glass Books, 2015) Sea Cobra: Admiral Halsey’s Task Force and the Great Pacific Typhoon (Lyons Press, 2007) A Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers (Simon and Schuster/The Free Press, 2003) Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002) The First Impeachment: The Constitution’s Framers and the Case of Senator William Blount (Mercer University Press, 1998) Other Books: Crime and the Law (Chelsea House, 2010) Aaron Burr: The Rise and Fall of an American Politician (Rosen Publishing Company, 2003) The Quotable Founding Fathers (editor), (Brassey’s, 2004) BUCKNER F. MELTON, JR., J.D., PH.D. Articles and Book Chapters: Articles in The Atlantic: available at https://www.theatlantic.com/author/buckner-f-melton-jr/ “William Blount and the Constitution: The First Federal Impeachment,” in The Politics of Impeachment (Margaret Tseng, ed., Westphalia Press, 2018) “Let Me Be Blunt: In Blount, the Senate Never Said that Senators Aren’t Impeachable,” 33 Quinnipiac Law Review 33 (2014) Contributor to The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law (Roger K. Newman ed., Yale University Press, 2009) “The Supreme Court and The Federalist: A Supplement, 2002-2006,” 95 Kentucky Law Journal 749 (2006-07) “The Supreme Court and The Federalist: A Supplement, 1997-2001,” 90 Kentucky Law Journal 415 (2001-02) Contributor to Great American Trials (Edward W. Knappman ed., 2d ed., Gale Research Inc., 2002) “Clio at the Bar: A Guide to Historical Method for Legists and Jurists,” 83 Minnesota Law Review 377 (1998) “The Supreme Court and The Federalist: A Citation List and Analysis, 1789-1996,” 85 Kentucky Law Journal 243 (1996-97) “Eminent Domain, ‘Public Use,’ and the Conundrum of Original Intent,” 36 Natural Resources Journal 59 (1996) Contributor to The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia (Anne Cipriano Venzon ed., Garland Publishing Company, 1995) “Federal Impeachment and Criminal Procedure: The Framers’ Intent,” 52 Maryland Law Review 437 (1993) |
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