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Papers from 2009
Langdell and the Invention of Legal Doctrine, Wells (November 10, 2009)
The Story of TVA v. Hill: Congress Has the Last Word, Elizabeth Garrett (November 9, 2009)
Gendered Laws, Racial Stories, Kim S. Buchanan (September 25, 2009)
A Sword and a Shield: The Uses of Law in the Bush Administration, Mary L. Dudziak (September 23, 2009)
Jeff Benedict's "The Little Pink House": The Back Story of the Kelo Case, a book review, George Lefcoe (September 1, 2009)
How "Spec" Condo and Tract Home Buyers Helped Sink Our Housing and Finance Markets: Should the Alienability of Their Interests Be Restrained by Law?, George Lefcoe (August 31, 2009)
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet: A Religious Group's Quest For Its Own Public School, Nomi Stolzenberg (July 30, 2009)
Deep and Wide: Justice Marshall's Contributions to Constitutional Law, Rebecca L. Brown (July 9, 2009)
Facts on the Ground, Nomi M. Stolzenberg (June 4, 2009)
Ethical Norms and the International Governance of Genetic Databases and Biobanks: Findings from an International Study, Alexander M. Capron, Alexandre Mauron, Bernice S. Elger, Andrea Boggio, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, and Nikola Biller-Andorno (June 4, 2009)
Truth induction in young maltreated children: The effects of oath-taking and reassurance on true and false disclosures, Thomas D. Lyon and Joyce Dorado (May 15, 2009)
Coaching, Truth Induction, and Young Maltreated Children's False Allegations and False Denials, Thomas D. Lyon, Lindsay C. Malloy, J A. Quas, and Victoria A. Talwar (May 15, 2009)
Abuse Disclosure: What Adults Can Tell, Thomas D. Lyon (May 15, 2009)
Complex Questions Asked by Defense Lawyers But Not Prosecutors Predicts Convictions in Child Abuse Trials, Angela D. Evans, Kang Lee, and Thomas D. Lyon (May 15, 2009)
The Supreme Court, Hearsay, and CRAWFORD: Implications for Child Interviewers, Thomas D. Lyon (May 15, 2009)
Young Children's Competency to Take the Oath: Effects of Task, Maltreatment, and Age, Thomas D. Lyon, Nathalie Carrick, and J A. Quas (May 15, 2009)
Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children's Evaluations of Emotional Fantasy, Nathalie Carrick, J A. Quas, and Thomas D. Lyon (May 15, 2009)
Legal and psychological support for the NICHD interviewing protocol: Author's response to Vieth (2008), Thomas D. Lyon, Michael E. Lamb, and J.E.B. Myers (May 15, 2009)
Argument Selection in Constitutional Law: Choosing and Reconstructing Conceptual Systems, Michael Shapiro (May 13, 2009)
The Constitution of History and Memory, Ariela J. Gross (May 11, 2009)
Legal Transplants: Slavery and the Civil Law in Louisiana, Ariela J. Gross (May 11, 2009)
Law, War, and the History of Time, Mary L. Dudziak (April 7, 2009)
Legal Barriers to Innovation, Gillian K. Hadfield (April 1, 2009)
What Dignity Demands: The Challenges of Creating Sexual Harassment Protections for Non-Workplace Settings, Camille Gear Rich (March 25, 2009)
Marginal Whiteness, Camille Gear Rich (March 25, 2009)
Direct Democracy and Public Choice, Elizabeth Garrett (January 9, 2009)
Higher Demand, Lower Supply? A Comparative Assessment of the Legal Landscape for Ordinary Americans, Gillian K. Hadfield (January 1, 2009)
Papers from 2008
Mark Tushnet's Thurgood Marshall and the Rule of Law, Mary L. Dudziak (September 10, 2008)
New Voices in Politics: Justice Marshall's Jurisprudence on Law and Politics, Elizabeth Garrett (September 10, 2008)
17. Quas, J.A., Wallin, A.R., Horwitz, B., Davis, E., & Lyon, T.D. (2009). Maltreated children’s understanding of and emotional reactions to dependency court involvement. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 27, 97-117., Thomas D. Lyon (April 1, 2008)
Redevelopment Takings After Kelo: What's Blight Got to Do with it?, George Lefcoe (March 17, 2008)
The Levers of Legal Design: Institutional Determinants of the Quality of Law, Gillian K. Hadfield (January 1, 2008)
Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey, Mary L. Dudziak (January 1, 2008)
Papers from 2007
The Role of International Law Firms and Multijural Legal Human Capital in the Harmonization of Legal Regimes, Gillian K. Hadfield (July 1, 2007)
When is the Time of Slavery? The History and Politics of Slavery in Contemporary Legal Argument, Ariela J. Gross (April 27, 2007)
The Case of "Death for a Dollar Ninety-Five": Finding America in American Injustice, Mary L. Dudziak (April 19, 2007)
Papers from 2006
Making Law, Making War, Making America (revised 12/6/06), Mary Dudziak (December 6, 2006)
Working toward Democracy: Thurgood Marshall and the Constitution of Kenya, Mary L. Dudziak (December 1, 2006)
Strict Liability and the Mitigation of Moral Luck, Gregory C. Keating (August 10, 2006)
CEQA Analysis of Development Displaced by Rejected Projects, George Lefcoe (July 20, 2006)
Are Constitutions Legitimate?, Andrei Marmor (July 19, 2006)
The Dual Path Initiative Framework, Elizabeth Garrett and Mathew McCubbins (July 18, 2006)
Abusing "Duty", Dilan Esper and Gregory C. Keating (July 6, 2006)
A Gravity Model of Globalization, Democracy and Transnational Terrorism, S BROCK BLOMBERG and B PETER ROSENDORFF (May 24, 2006)
How Law is Like Chess, Andrei Marmor (April 17, 2006)
Discrimination and Diplomacy: Recovering the Fuller National Stake in 1960s Civil Rights Reform, Mary L. Dudziak (April 1, 2006)
Emotional Competence, "Rational Understanding," and the Criminal Defendant, Terry A. Maroney (March 20, 2006)
Transparency in the Budget Process, Elizabeth Garrett and Adrian Vermeule (January 23, 2006)
Pricelessness and Life: An Essay for Guido Calabresi, Gregory C. Keating (January 17, 2006)
Papers from 2005
The Regulation of Superstores: The Legality of Zoning Ordinances Emerging from the Skirmishes between Wal-Mart and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, George Lefcoe (November 29, 2005)
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: "An Unprecedented Experiment in American Democracy", Gillian K. Hadfield (May 2, 2005)
Papers from 2004
Property Condition Disclosure Forms: How REALTORS Eased the Transition from Caveat Emptor to "Seller Tell All", George Lefcoe (May 4, 2004)