Stephen B Presser was the听visiting conservative thought and policy scholar for the 2018-2019 academic year.听Presser is a leading American legal historian and expert on shareholder liability for corporate debts. He is frequently an invited witness before committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on issues of constitutional law. He holds a joint appointment with the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and also teaches in Northwestern's history department. His areas of expertise are Business听Associations and Legal History.听
Some selected publications are听An Introduction to the Law of Business Organizations,听3rd edition (Thomson/West 2010),听Law and Jurisprudence in American History,听8th edition (West Publishing 2013) (with Jamil Zainaldin),听Annual supplement to his treatise,听Piercing the Corporate Veil,听2013 edition (West 2013),听Recapturing the Constitution: Race, Religion, and Abortion Reconsidered听(Regnery 1994).