Anna Leah Fidelis T. Castaneda
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S.J.D. Candidate
| Status: | Not In Residence |
| Email: | acastane@law.harvard.edu |
Dissertation
Preliminary Title: American Liberal Constitutionalism and the Creation of the Constitutional Order of the Philippine Islands, 1913-1941
My dissertation will investigate the process by which American federal and colonial officials and the Filipino political and intellectual elite constructed the constitutional order of the Philippine Islands in the early 20th century following the late 19th to early 20th century model of American liberal constitutionalism. It will consider the implications of the colonial legacy for the independent Philippine Republic and reflect upon the significance of this seminal experiment for the project of American liberal constitutionalism.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Comparative Law and Law & Development, with Professor William P. Alford, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- American Legal History, with Professor Christine A. Desan, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- American Constitutional Law and Theory, with Professor Frank I. Michelman, Harvard Law School
- Philippine Political and Social History, with Professor Alfred W. McCoy, History Department and Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Additional Research Interests
- Philippine Legal System
- Colonial Legal History
- Comparative Constitutionalism
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2002-Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. 1996
- Ateneo de Manila University, School of Law, J.D. 1993
- Ateneo de Manila University, School of the Arts and Sciences, A.B., summa cum laude, 1989
Representative Publications
- "The Origins of Philippine Judicial Review, 1900-1935," Ateneo Law Journal, Vol. 46 No. 1 at 121 (2001)
- "Philippine Elections: The Right to Political Participation in an Elite Democracy," LL.M. paper written under the supervision of Professor Henry J. Steiner for the Human Rights Research Seminar and published in Ateneo Law Journal, Vol. 41 No. 2 at 314 (1997)
Additional Information
- Personal Resume
- Languages: English, Filipino (native)