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Richard Albert holds the prestigious Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law and serves as Director of Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He is also Professor of Government in the Department of Government within the College of Liberal Arts. With an extensive scholarly record featuring 89 papers and over 69,000 downloads on SSRN, Albert is a leading authority in constitutional law and constitutional amendment studies.
Albert's research focuses on constitutional amendment from comparative, doctrinal, historical, and theoretical perspectives. His work spans constitutional design, constitutional dismemberment, unamendability, constitutional conventions, and the relationship between written and unwritten constitutional elements. He has made significant contributions to understanding how constitutions change through both formal amendment processes and informal mechanisms.
His recent scholarship reveals several key trends: a growing interest in decolonial constitutionalism, constitutional dynamics in the Commonwealth Caribbean, and the intersection of artificial intelligence with constitutional design. Albert has also edited numerous Global Reviews of Constitutional Law and International Reviews of Constitutional Reform, establishing himself as a central figure in global constitutional scholarship.
As Director of Constitutional Studies, Albert oversees a significant research program that brings together scholars from around the world to examine pressing constitutional questions. His work has influenced constitutional design processes in multiple jurisdictions and has been cited by courts and constitutional drafters internationally. Albert frequently collaborates with prominent scholars including David Landau, Pietro Faraguna, and Šimon Drugda on major comparative constitutional projects.
