Edward Beiser

For the All-American basketball player for Creighton University in the 1940s, see Ed Beisser.

Edward Beiser (March 10, 1942 in New York City – September 4, 2009 in Warwick, Rhode Island) was an American political scientist, constitutional scholar, law professor and medical ethicist who taught at Brown University from 1968 to 2003.^[1] He also served as associate dean of Brown's medical school.^[2]

Beiser was widely regarded as an authority on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.^[3] He was a court-appointed special master during the trial of Klaus von Bulow.

Beiser was a graduate of the City College of New York and held a Ph.D. in political science from Princeton University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.^[1] He taught at Williams College from 1965 to 1968 prior to joining the Brown faculty.^[1]

Select publications

• The Rhode Island Supreme Court: A Well-Integrated System. Law & Society Review, 1973.
• Ethics and Public Policy. Audio Cassette & VHS. The Great Courses, 1994.