David P. Currie (May 29, 1936 – October 15, 2007) was an American legal scholar who was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, noted for his histories of the Constitution in Congress and the Supreme Court, his casebooks on federal courts and conflict of laws.
His wife was Barbara Flynn Currie, Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives.
After clerking for Judge Henry Friendly and then Justice Felix Frankfurter, he joined the University of Chicago Law School faculty in 1962.
His books include The Constitution of the United States: A Primer for the People (1988, 2nd ed.
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