Anthony G. Amsterdam
Academic
1935 –
Who is Anthony G. Amsterdam?
Anthony G. Amsterdam is an American lawyer and Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.
Working with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Amsterdam argued and won Furman v. Georgia in 1972, in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty. He sits on the board of directors of the Death Penalty Information Center.
Amsterdam was educated at Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He also wrote one of the most influential papers on the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977.
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- Born
- 1935
United States of America - Also known as
- Anthony Amsterdam
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Haverford College
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on July 23, 2013
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