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Francesca Laguardia
Chairperson, Justice Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Office:
- Dickson Hall 351
- Email:
- laguardiaf@montclair.edu
- Phone:
- 973-655-5149
- Degrees:
- BA, University of Chicago
- JD, New York University
- PhD, New York University
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Chair of Justice Studies. Former Director of Research, Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law. Prof. Laguardia has published on domestic terrorism, torture, and domestic counterterror policies, as well as criminal law, criminal justice, abortion, and civil rights and liberties more broadly. She was a contributing editor to the Criminal Law Bulletin from 2016-2025, and a fellow at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School from 2022-2025.
Notable publications include:
F. Laguardia (2022) 鈥淧ain That Only She Must Bear: On the invisibility of a women in judicial opinions on abortion鈥 9(1) Journal of Law and Biosciences
F. Laguardia (2022) 鈥淐annibalizing the Constitution: On Terrorism, the Second Amendment, and the Threat to Civil Liberties,鈥 112 J. Crim. L. & Criminology Online 1.
F. Laguardia, (2019) 鈥淐onsidering a Domestic Terrorism Statute and Its Alternatives鈥 Northwestern University Law Review 114 pp. 212-252.
F. Laguardia (2017) 鈥淒eterring Torture: The preventive power of criminal law and its promise for inhibiting state abuses.鈥 Human Rights Quarterly, 39(1) pp. 189-212.
F. Laguardia (2015). 鈥淚magining the Unimaginable: Torture and Criminal Law.鈥 The Columbia Human Rights Law Review 46(3) pp.48-103.
F. Laguardia (2015). 鈥淪pecial Administrative Measures: An example of counterterror excesses and their roots in U.S. criminal justice.鈥 The Criminal Law Bulletin 51(1) pp.157-187 (2015).
Notable press includes
S. Levine (2026) "'People should be scared鈥: convictions in US 鈥榓ntifa鈥 trial set dangerous precedent" The Guardian (March 30, 2026)
K. Werner (2026) 鈥淭he Trump administration wants to put antifa on trial.鈥 The Economist (February 19, 2026).
J. Kovensky (2026) 鈥淭rump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country.鈥 Talking Points Memo (February 3, 2026).
S. Levine (2025) "Inside DoJ鈥檚 controversial prosecution of a Texas 鈥榓ntifa cell鈥 charged with terrorism" The Guardian (December 18, 2025)
J. Lancaster (2025) 鈥淭rump Declares Tesla Vandals 'Domestic Terrorists'鈥 Reason (March 12, 2025)
B. Wolfgang (2023) 鈥淢ilitary aid for abortions fuels political, legal wars; Congress urged to step in for clarification鈥 The Washington Times (April 22, 2023)
F. Laguardia & V. Ades (2022) "The harm we do when we force women to carry children. NJ.com (July 17, 2022)
E. Massey (2021) 鈥淲hy We Don鈥檛 Need a New Domestic Terror Law鈥 Current Affairs (January 19, 2021)
B. Scher (2021) 鈥淚t鈥檚 Time for a Domestic Terrorism Law鈥 Wash. Monthly (January 14, 2021)
F. Laguardia (2019) 鈥淭he Amendment that Ate The Constitution鈥 The Daily Beast August 24, 2019. Available at
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