Jerold Waltman
Professor
Department of Political Science
Baylor University
United States of America
Biography
Jerold Waltman is currently working as a Professor of Political Science at Baylor university. He has completed his B.A., Louisiana Tech University & M.A., University of Denver & Ph.D., Indiana University. Jerold Waltman taught at Louisiana College and the University of Southern Mississippi before coming to Baylor. His past research has ranged over tax policy, minimum wage policy, and American and comparative constitutional law. Currently, he is writing on a book on comparative constitutional law. He has taught in the United Kingdom on a number of occasions, and enjoys traveling there regularly. In his spare time, he likes to pursue hiking, fishing, and baseball (watching). He had publications in many national and international journals.
Research Interest
tax policy, minimum wage policy, and American and comparative constitutional law
Publications
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Copying Other Nations' Policies: British Influence on U.S. Social Security and Income Tax Policies. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman, 1980.
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Principled Judicial Restraint: The Case Against Activism. New York: Palgrave, 2015.
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Religious Free Exercise and Contemporary American Politics: The Saga of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. New York: Continuum, 2011.
