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Documents from 2023

Section 276 Misconstrued: The Failure to Properly Interpret and Apply Canada's Rape Shield Provisions, Elaine Craig

Sex and the Supremes: Towards a Legal Theory of Sexuality, Elaine Craig

Sex Work By Law: Bedford's Impact on The Municipal Regulation of Sex Work, Elaine Craig

Ten Years After Ewanchuk The Art of Seduction is Alive And Well: An Examination of The Mistaken Belief in Consent Defence, Elaine Craig

The Case for the Federation of Law Societies Rejecting Trinity Western University's Proposed Law Degree Program, Elaine Craig

The Ethical Identity of Sexual Assault Lawyers, Elaine Craig

The Ethical Obligations of Defence Counsel in Sexual Assault Cases, Elaine Craig

The Inhospitable Court, Elaine Craig

The Quotidian and Constitutive Practice of Police Brutality Against Indigenous People, Elaine Craig

The Relevance of Delayed Disclosure to Complainant Credibility in Cases of Sexual Offence, Elaine Craig

Transphobia and the Relational Production of Gender, Elaine Craig

Troubling Sex: Towards A Legal Theory of Sexual Integrity, Elaine Craig

Why are Canadian Police Chiefs Refusing to Accept Military Sexual Assault Cases?, Elaine Craig

Women and Guns, Elaine Craig

Court-packing in Context, Barry Cushman

Court-packing in Context, Barry Cushman

Marriage Equality and Judicial Craft in India: New Approaches to Constitutional Validity, Shubhankar Dam

Mastering the Law School Exam, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus

No Study Without Struggle [Review], Charles H.F. Davis III

#PoliceFreeCampus Podcast, Charles H.F. Davis III

#PoliceFreeCampus Podcast, Charles H.F. Davis III

A Case for Abolishing Campus Police, Charles H.F. Davis III and Kamaria B. Porter

Embargo contra Estado. SCJN. 4CFPC.pdf, Jorge E. De Hoyos Walther

From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner, Michelle Madden Dempsey and François Tanguay-Renaud

The Environmental Rights Provisions of U.S. State Constitutions: A Comparative Analysis, John C. Dernbach

The Role of Lawyers, Bar Associations, and Law Societies in Combatting Climate Change, John C. Dernbach, Amy L. Edwards, Lara Douvartzidis, Alasdair Cameron, Leticia Perrone Campos Mello, Tracy D. Hester, and Sara Carnegie

ABA encourages climate-conscious lawyering at cop27, John C. Dernbach, Tracy D. Hester, and Amy L. Edwards

Evolution of U.S. Climate Law and Policy, John C. Dernbach and Rachel A. Jones

Judicial Remedies for Climate Disruption, John C. Dernbach and Patrick A. Parenteau

Osgoode's International Symposium on “New Perspectives on Worker Subordination” - Pt1, Valerio De Stefano, Sara Slinn, and Eric Tucker

Osgoode's International Symposium on “New Perspectives on Worker Subordination” - Pt2, Valerio De Stefano, Sara Slinn, and Eric Tucker

Summary: New Perspectives on Worker Subordination, Valerio De Stefano, Sara Slinn, and Eric Tucker

Litigate or Let it Go? Multimarket Contact and IP Infringement-Litigation Dynamics, Luis Diestre, Fabrice Lumineau, and Rodolphe Durand

Training a Public Accommodations Lens on Vaccine Passports, Paul A. Diller

Rule 4 and Personal Jurisdiction, Scott Dodson

Preliminary Report on Class-Action Distributions in the Northern District of California, Scott Dodson, Vaughn Walker, and Brandon Prince

Federal Income Tax: A Contemporary Approach, 3rd ed., Samuel Donaldson and Donald B. Tobin

Expert Report on Challenge to Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban, John J. Donohue

'We are at the worst place ever,' says gun law expert, John J. Donohue

Estimating the effect of U.S. concealed carry laws on homicide: A replication and sensitivity analysis, John J. Donohue , Matthew V. Bondy, and Samuel V. Cai

Replication Package: Estimating the effect of U.S. concealed carry laws on homicide: A replication and sensitivity analysis, John J. Donohue , Matthew V. Bondy, and Samuel V. Cai

A Tribute to Frederic L. Kirgis, Mark Drumbl, Jose E. Alvarez, David Partlett, David Millon, Blake D. Morant, Detlev F. Vagts, Paul F. Kirgis, John H. Jackson, Lucinda A. Low, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Joan M. Shaughnessy, Brian C. Murchison, Samuel W. Calhoun, David Wirth, Roger D. Groot, and Mark Grunewald

Rights, Power, and Inequality, Bryan H. Druzin

106. The initial medical assessment of possible child sexual abuse: History, history, history, Howard Dubowitz, Martin A. Finkel, Susan Feigelman, and Thomas D. Lyon

Parental Rights and Religious Liberty: Examining New Conflicts Between Parents and the State, James G. Dwyer, Ryan Bangert, and Richard W. Garnett

Characterizing Legal Implications for the Use of Transboundary Aquifers, Gabriel Eckstein

Fishing and Fisheries Under International Water Law: A Dialogue Between Professor Gabriel Eckstein and Professor Paul Stanton Kibel, Gabriel Eckstein and Paul Stanton Kibel

Political Equality, Epistocracy, and Expensive Tastes, W. A. Edmundson

Book Review, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One: Wealth, Virtue, and the Law, William A. Edmundson

Book Review, Katrina Forrester: In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy, William A. Edmundson

"In Such Ways as Promise Some Success", William A. Edmundson

The Property Question, William A. Edmundson

Idaho and Sports Law, Adam Epstein

The price of expungements, Romain Espinosa, Gregory DeAngelo, Bruno Deffains, Murat C. Mungan, and Rustam Romaniuc

A Lack of Uniformity, Compounded, in Immigration Law, Jill E. Family

Raising the Threshold for Trademark Infringement Protect Free Expression, Christine Haight Farley and Lisa P. Ramsey

Prof. Christine Haight Farley Explains the Pan American Convention and the COHIBA Decision, Christine Haight Farley and John L. Welch

Crisis and Creativity: Shifting the Culture of Justice, Trevor C. W. Farrow

Solving the Access to Justice Crisis Through Privatization: Opportunities and Concerns, Trevor C. W. Farrow

Everyday Legal Problems and the Cost of Justice in Canada: Overview Report, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Ab Currie, Nicole Aylwin, Lesley Jacobs, David Northrup, and Lisa Moore

Administrative Tribunals Using ADR, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Ada Ho

Canadian Federal and Provincial Administrative Legislation Containing ADR Processes, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Ada Ho

Taking Meaningful Access to Justice in Canada Seriously, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Lesley Jacobs

Addressing the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants in the Canadian Justice System, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Diana Lowe, Bradley Albrecht, Heather Manweiller, and Martha E. Simmons

Measuring Impacts of Legal Services – Bibliography, Network and Methodology, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Lisa Moore, and Ab Currie

Interim Relief: National Report for Canada, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Jonathan Silver

Of Nuts and Bolts: An Introduction to the AAPL Form 675 Oil and Gas Lease, Caleb A. Fielder

Laws and norms with (un)observable actions, Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan

Reputational versus Beckerian Sanctions, Claude Fluet and Murat C. Mungan

Submission to Canadian Government Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for AI and the Internet of Things, Sean Flynn, Lucie Guibault, Christian Handke, Joan-Josep Vallbé, Michael Palmedo, Carys Craig, Michael Geist, and João Pedro Quintais

A Bankruptcy Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight: The Juxtaposition of Failing Health Care Systems with Consumer Patients Driven into Bankruptcy by Medical Debt, Pamela Foohey

Amicus Curiae Brief of the Hon. Judith Fitzgerald (Bankruptcy Judge, Ret.), and Law Professors Pamela Foohey, George Kuney, Robert Lawless, Jonathan Lipson, Bruce A. Markell, Nancy Rapoport, Richard Squire, Ray Warner and Jack Williams, In Support of the Petitioner in MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, Pamela Foohey

Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Applicants’ Application to Vacate the Injunction Entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Biden v. Nebraska, Pamela Foohey

Brief of Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown, Pamela Foohey

Contract Law in Action: COVID and the Casebook, Pamela Foohey

Debt’s Grip: Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy, Pamela Foohey

Natural Law and Universal Human Rights, David F. Forte

Yes on Issue 1 - Festooning Ohio Constitution with All Manner of Special-Interest Provisions Needs to Stop, David F. Forte

Does the Severity of Sanctions Influence Learning about Enforcement Policy? Experimental Evidence, Tim Friehe, Pascal Langenbach, and Murat C. Mungan

A Note on Productive and Dynamic Inefficiencies of Intermediate Regulatory Sanctions, Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan

Private protection against crime and public policing: Political economy considerations, Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan

The political economy of enforcer liability for wrongful police stops, Tim Friehe and Murat C. Mungan

INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT MARKETS: STRUCTURE, FUNDING AND REGULATION, José Gabilondo

Noticiero Telemundo interviews Prof. Gabilondo, José Gabilondo

Prof. Gabilondo spoke with WalletHub about U.S. Tax Policy, José Gabilondo

Optimal Enforcement with Heterogeneous Private Costs of Punishment, Brian Galle and Murat C. Mungan

Predictable Punishments, Brian Galle and Murat C. Mungan

Investigative Criminal Procedure: Inside This Century's Most (In)Famous Cases, Brian Gallini

Brunei Darussalam: Building an Intellectual Property System for a Knowledge and Innovation Economy, Gabriel Garcia

Intellectual Property Rights in Southeast Asian Least Developed Countries: the Cases of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar, Gabriel Garcia

The Price of Equality: Suboptimal Resource Allocations across Social Categories, Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor, and Dale T. Miller

The N-Effect More Competitors, Less Competition, Stephen M. Garcia and Avishalom Tor

Profit Maximization versus Disadvantageous Inequality: The Impact of Self-Categorization, Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor, Max H. Bazerman, and Dale T. Miller

The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Competition, Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor, and Andrew J. Elliot

What is the Psychology of Competition?, Stephen M. Garcia, Avishalom Tor, and Andrew J. Elliot

Israel-Hamas cease-fire in the Mideast eased conflict; Now it's time for a rhetorical cease-fire on the subject, too, Alan E. Garfield

Optimal imprisonment and fines with non-discriminatory sentences, Nuno Garoupa and Murat C. Mungan

The Exclusionary Rule Revisited, Nuno Garoupa and Murat C. Mungan

Contracts with (Social) benefits: The implementation of impact investing, Christopher Geczy, Jessica Jeffers, David K. Musto, and Anne Tucker

U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2023, Deborah A. Geier