The Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers series is organized by the Law School and covers constitutional law, statutory interpretation, intellectual property, family law, jurisprudence, civil procedure, voting rights, legal history, criminal law and procedure, privacy, and international law. Links to full-text are provided.
Submissions from 2019
Tort Liability and the Risk of Discriminatory Government, Ehud Guttel and Ariel Porat
A Place for Place in Federal Tax Law, Daniel Hemel
Does the Tax Code Favor Robots?, Daniel Hemel
Economic Perspectives on Free Speech, Daniel Hemel
Taxing Wealth in an Uncertain World, Daniel Hemel
Beyond the Marriage Tax Trilemma, Daniel J. Hemel
Tangled Up in Tax, Daniel J. Hemel
Free Speech and Cheap Talk, Daniel Hemel and Ariel Porat
A Right to a Human Decision, Aziz Z. Huq
A Tactical Separation of Powers Doctrine, Aziz Z. Huq
Democracy as Failure, Aziz Z. Huq
Equality’s Understudies, Aziz Z. Huq
State Standing’s Uncertain Stakes, Aziz Z. Huq
Outside Influence on Democratic Elections, Saul Levmore
Civil Servant Disobedience, Jennifer Nou
Changing People's Preferences by the State and the Law, Ariel Porat
Some Doubts About “Democratizing” Criminal Justice, John Rappaport
Is Police Behavior Getting Worse? Data Selection and the Measurement of Policing Harms, John Rappaport and Aurelie Ouss
The Case For (And Against) Surrogate Taxation, Julie Roin
The Anti-Carolene Court, Nicholas Stephanopoulos
The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Political Parties, Nicholas Stephanopoulos and Christopher Warshaw
Submissions from 2018
The Tax Legislative Process: A Byrd's Eye View, Ellen P. Aprill and Daniel J. Hemel
Procedural Flexibility in Three Dimensions, Ronen Avraham, William Hubbard, and Itay E. Lipschits
Data Pollution, Omri Ben-Shahar
Personalizing Mandatory Rules in Contract Law, Omri Ben-Shahar
A Framework for the New Personalization of Law, Anthony Casey and Anthony Niblett
The Supreme Court of India: An Empirical Overview of the Institution, Aparna Chandra, William H.J. Hubbard, and Sital Kalantry
Gender Discrimination in Online Markets, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Jonathan Masur, and David L. Schwartz
Gender Discrimination in Online Markets, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Jonathan S. Masur, and David L. Schwartz
The Consequences of the TCJA's International Provisions: Lessons from Existing Research, Dhammika Dharmapala
Collective Bargaining Rights and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida, Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H. McAdams, and John Rappaport
Congress in the Administrative State, Brian D. Feinstein
Personalizing Precommitment, Lee Anne Fennell
Statutory Interpretation on the Bench: A Survey of Forty-Two Judges on the Federal Courts of Appeals, Abbe R. Gluck and Richard A. Posner
States and Localities Can Offset Federal Tax Law's Impact on Their Residents, Daniel J. Hemel
The Living Anti-Injunction Act, Daniel J. Hemel
Innovation Policy Pluralism, Daniel J. Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
Sexual Harassment and Corporate Law, Daniel Hemel and Dorothy S. Lund
A Regulatory Classification of Digital Assets: Toward an Operational Howey Test for Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and Other Digital Assets, M. Todd Henderson
Article II and Antidiscrimination Norms, Aziz Z. Huq
Fourth Amendment Gloss, Aziz Z. Huq
Legal or Political Checks on Apex Criminality: An Essay on Constitutional Design, Aziz Z. Huq
Racial Equity in Algorithmic Criminal Justice, Aziz Z. Huq
Assessing the Empirical Upside of Personalized Criminal Procedure, Matthew B. Kugler and Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Disagreement, Anti-Realism About Reasons, and Inference to the Best Explanation, Brian Leiter
Police Violence in The Wire, Jonathan Masur and Richard H. McAdams
Patents, Property, and Prospectivity, Jonathan Masur and Adam Mortara
Norming in Adminstrative Law, Jonathan Masur and Eric A. Posner
The Cross-Examination of Mayella Ewell, Richard H. McAdams
New Light on the Trial of Billy Budd, Richard H. McAdams and Jacob Corre
Antitrust Remedies for Labor Market Power, Suresh Naidu, Eric A. Posner, and Glen Weyl
Regulatory Bundling, Jennifer Nou and Edward H. Stiglitz
Limited Inalienability Rules, Ariel Porat and Stephen D. Sugarman
Criminal Justice, Inc., John Rappaport
Accountability Claims in Constitutional Law, Nicholas Stephanopoulos
The Measure of a Metric: The Debate Over Quantifying Partisan Gerrymandering, Nicholas Stephanopoulos and Eric McGhee
The Dance of Partisanship and Districting, Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos
The Marginal Revenue Rule in Cost-Benefit Analysis, David A. Weisbach, Daniel J. Hemel, and Jennifer Nou
Legality in Contemporary Chinese Politics, Taisu Zhang and Tom Ginsburg
Submissions from 2017
Amicus Brief in Class v. United States, Albert W. Alschuler
A Nearly Perfect System for Convicting the Innocent, Albert W. Alschuler
Miranda's Fourfold Failure, Albert W. Alschuler
Why Limits on Contributions to Super PACS Should Survive Citizens United, Albert W. Alschuler, Laurence H. Tribe, Norman Eisen, and Richard W. Painter
Is Qualified Immunity Unlawful?, William Baude
Arguing with Friends, William Baude and Ryan D. Doerfler
The Restoration Remedy in Private Law, Omri Ben-Shahar and Ariel Porat
Intelligent Design, Christopher Buccafusco, Mark A. Lemley, and Jonathan S. Masur
Intellectual Property Law and the Promotion of Welfare, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan Masur
Forms of Patriarchy in Amoris Laetitia and in the Papacy of Francis, Mary Anne Case
Heterosexuality as a Factor in the Long History of Women's Sports, Mary Anne Case
Partisan Balance With Bite, Brian D. Feinstein and Daniel J. Hemel
Accidents and Aggregates, Lee Anne Fennell
Introduction to Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy, Lee Anne Fennell and Benjamin J. Keys
Inverted Theories, Lee Anne Fennell and Richard H. McAdams
Atlas Nods: The Libertarian Case for a Basic Income, Miranda Perry Fleischer and Daniel J. Hemel
Institutional Loyalties in Constitutional Law, David Fontana and Aziz Huq
Can New York Publish President Trump's State Tax Returns?, Daniel Hemel
Pooling and Unpooling in the Uber Economy, Daniel Hemel
Easy on the SALT: A Qualified Defense of the Deduction for State and Local Taxes, Daniel J. Hemel
Public Perceptions of Government Speech, Daniel J. Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
Presidential Obstruction of Justice, Daniel J. Hemel and Eric A. Posner
Decisionmaking on Multimember Courts: The Assignment Power in the Circuits, Daniel J. Hemel and Kyle Rozema
Bayh-Dole Beyond Borders, Daniel Hemel and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
Presidential Obstruction of Justice, Daniel Hemel and Eric A. Posner
Costly Signaling, Pleading, and Settlement, William Hubbard
Constitutionalism, Legitimacy, and Public Order: A South African Case Study, Aziz Huq
Judging Discriminatory Intent, Aziz Huq
Separation of Powers Metatheory, Aziz Huq
Terrorism and Democratic Recession, Aziz Huq
The People Against the Constitution, Aziz Huq
The Triumph of Fault in Public Law, Aziz Huq and Genevieve Lakier
The People Against the Constitution, Aziz Z. Huq
Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona, and the Rise of the Anti-Classificatory First Amendment, Genevieve Lakier
Justifying Academic Freedom: Mill and Marcuse Revisited, Brian Leiter
The Roles of Judges in Democracies: A Realistic View, Brian Leiter
Semi-Confidential Settlements in Civil, Criminal, and Sexual Assault Cases, Saul Levmore and Frank Fagan
Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Judicial Role, Jonathan Masur and Eric A. Posner
Quadratic Voting as an Input to Cost-Benefit Analysis, Jonathan S. Masur
Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Judicial Role, Jonathan S. Masur and Eric A. Posner
