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 also 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.[4] He taught at Williams College from 1965 to 1968 prior to joining the Brown faculty.[5]