Michael S. Greve, John G. Searle Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, specializes in constitutional law, courts, and business regulation. His most recent work, The Upside-Down Constitution (Harvard University Press, 2012), is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Mr. Greve's earlier writings include The Demise of Environmentalism in American Law (1996); Real Federalism: Why It Matters, How It Could Happen (1999); and Harm-less Lawsuits? What's Wrong With Consumer Class Actions (2005). Mr. Greve is the coeditor, with Richard A. Epstein, of Competition Laws in Conflict: Antitrust Jurisdiction in the Global Economy (2004) and Federal Preemption: States' Powers, National Interests (2007); and, with Michael Zoeller, of Citizenship in America and Europe: Beyond the Nation-State? (2009).

 Mr. Greve also heads the American Enterprise Institute's Transatlantic Law Forum, and he is the Chairman of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He is also a frequent contributor to the Liberty Law Blog. Prior to his engagement at AEI, Mr. Greve founded and co-directed the Center for Individual Rights, a public interest law firm specializing in high-stakes constitutional litigation.

Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2010-present
• Adjunct Professor, Boston College, 2004-present
• Cofounder and Executive Director, Center for Individual Rights, 1989-2000
• Adjunct Professor, Cornell University, 1994 

Education

Ph.D., government, Cornell University

M.A., government, Cornell University

Diploma, University of Hamburg, West Germany