Beau J. Baumann writes about the institutions that govern American democracy and the legal struggles over who controls them. He is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Professor Baumann’s scholarship sits at the intersection of administrative law, constitutional law, legal history, American political development, and law and political economy. His work examines how public institutions structure, contest, and legitimate power, with particular attention to the administrative state, separation of powers, presidential control, congressional constitutionalism, and the historical development of legal institutions.

Professor Baumann’s scholarship has been selected for publication by Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Georgetown Law Journal. His work has also been discussed in The New York Times. Across his writing, he recovers neglected traditions of administrative governance that complicate modern accounts of the unitary executive and the separation of powers. His research explores the constitutional significance of quasi-judicial administration, the relationship between administrative law and democratic reconstruction, and the ways courts, Congress, and agencies have shaped American state capacity over time.

Before joining the University of Utah, Professor Baumann obtained his Ph.D. in Law at Yale Law School, where he worked on questions of public law, legal history, and political economy. He writes essays on the Law & Political Economy Blog and his Substack, Passing Political Time.