John Coons

John E. Coons (b. 23 August 1929) is an American legal scholar, active in the school choice movement, who is a Professor of Law (Emeritus) at UC Berkeley. ^[1]

In 1999, Coons received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. ^[2]

Books

• with Stephen D. Sugarman Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control (1978) ^{[3] [4]}
• School Choice and Human Good (Balboa Press, 2022)
• The Case for Parental Choice (University of Notre Dame Press, 2023) ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "John Coons". UC Berkeley Law.
2. "John E. Coons | University Awards & Honors". uawards.umn.edu.
3. Phillips, Trevor J. (April 1979). "Review of Education by choice: The case for family control". American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 49 (2): 361–363. doi:10.1037/h0099070.
4. Michaelsen, Jacob B. (February 20, 1979). "Education by Choice: The Case for Family Control. John E. Coons , Stephen D. Sugarman" . The School Review. 87 (2): 214–218. doi:10.1086/443470 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
5. Glenn, Charles L. (March 19, 2025). "The Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty. By John E. Coons. Edited by Nicole Stelle Garnett, Richard W. Garnett, and Ernest Morrell. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2024. Pp. 296. 35.99 (digital). ISBN 9780268204846" . Journal of Law and Religion: 1–4. doi:10.1017/jlr.2025.3 – via Cambridge University Press.
6. Lee, Matthew H (22 January 2025). "The Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty. By John E. Coons, edited by Nicole Stelle Garnett, Richard W. Garnett, and Ernest Morrell. Unproductive School Choice Debates: All Sides Assert Much That Is Wrong, Misleading, or Irrelevant. By John Merrifield and Nathan Gray ". Journal of Church and State. 67 (1). doi:10.1093/jcs/csae073.