Recent Publications
Recent books, book chapters, and journal articles published by the University of Minnesota Law School faculty.
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– Presuming Innocence, in Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth 51-66 (Lucia Zedner & Julian V. Roberts, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– "Wrongful" Acquittals and "Unduly Lenient" Sentences--Misconceived Problems that Provoke Unjust Solutions, in Principles and Values in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honour of Andrew Ashworth (Lucia Zedner & Julian V. Roberts, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– Defeasibility and Open Texture, in The Logic of Legal Requirements: Essays on Defeasibility 193-201 (Jordi Ferrer Beltran & Giovanni Battista Ratti, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– Introduction, in Rights: Concepts and Contexts xi-xx (Brian Bix & Horacio Spector, eds., Ashgate Publishing, 2012)
– Legal Interpretation and the Philosophy of Language, in Oxford Handbook of Language and Law 145-155 (Peter M. Tiersma & Lawrence M. Solan, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– Ideales, Practicas y Conceptos en la Teoria del Derecho [Ideals, Practices, and Concepts in Legal Theory] (translated into Spanish by Pablo E. Navarro), in Neutralidad y teoria del derecho [Neutrality and Theory of Law] 343-360 (Jordi Ferrer Beltran, Jose Juan Moreso & Diego M. Papayannis, eds., Marcial Pons, 2012)
– John Austin and Constructing Theories of Law, in The Legacy of John Austin's Jurisprudence 1-13 (M. D. A. Freeman & Patricia M. Mindus, eds., Springer, 2012), earlier version published at 24 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 431 (2011)
– Theories of Contract Law and Enforcing Promissory Morality: Comments on Charles Fried, 45 Suffolk University Law Review 719 (2012)
– Bankers Behaving Badly? The Limits of Regulatory Reform, 31 Review of Banking and Financial Law 675 (2012)
– Young Offenders and an Effective Justice System Response: What Happens, What Should Happen, and What We Need to Know, in From Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime: Criminal Careers, Justice Policy, and Prevention (Rolf Loeber & David P. Farrington, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– Local News of Civil Litigation: All the Litigation News That's Fit to Print or Broadcast, 96 Judicature 16-22 (2012)
– Masculinities and Child Soldiers in Post-Conflict Societies, in Masculinities and the Law: A Multidimensional Approach 231-251 (Frank Rudy Cooper & Ann C. McGinley, eds., New York University Press, 2012)
– Families Now: What We Don't Know Is Hurting Us, 40 Hofstra Law Review 719 (2012)
– Comparative Law and Economics: Accounting for Social Norms, in Comparative Law and Society 92-104 (David S. Clark, ed., Edward Elgar, 2012)
– Quantitative Methods in Comparative Law, in Methods of Comparative Law 306-316 (Pier Giuseppe Monateri, ed., Edward Elgar Pub., 2012)
– Monetizing Memory Science: Neuroscience and the Future of PTSD Litigation, in Memory and Law 325 (Lynn Nadel & Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong, eds., Oxford University Press, 2012)
– The Role of Law in the Debate over Return of Research Results and Incidental Findings: The Challenge of Developing Law for Translational Science, 13 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 435-48 (2012)
– Deidentification and Reidentification in Returning Individual Findings from Biobank and Secondary Research: Regulatory Challenges and Models for Management, 13 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 485 (2012)
– Sharing and Protecting Indigenous Wisdom in the Online Social Media Environment, Proceedings of the XXV American Indian Sovereignty Symposium IV-1 (2012)
– Management of Legal Information in an International Context: A Conundrum of Challenges and Opportunities, 6 Frontiers of Law in China 165 (2011)
– Limits of Dodd-Frank's Rating Agency Reform, 15 Chapman Law Review 133 (2011); adapted version in 31 Banking & Financial Services Policy Report 13 (May 2012)
– Of Mandarins, Legal Consciousness, and the Cultural Turn in US Legal History: Robert W. Gordon. 1984. Critical Legal Histories. Stanford Law Review 36:57-125, 37 Law & Social Inquiry 167-186 (2012) (review essay)
– Risks, Culpability and Criminal Liability, in Seeking Security: Pre-empting the Commission of Criminal Harms 121-142 (I. H. Dennis & G. R. Sullivan, eds., Hart, 2012)
– Common Law Veil Piercing in the USA: An Empirical Examination, in Financial Crisis, Globalisation and Regulatory Reform (David A. Frenkel & Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, eds., ATINER, 2012)
– Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law (Edward Elgar, 2012) (co-editor)
– Digital Evidence: Computer Forensics and Legal Issues Arising from Computer Investigations (William S. Hein & Co., 2012)
– Transaction Cost Engineers, Loophole Engineers or Gatekeepers: The Role of Business Lawyers After the Financial Meltdown, in Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law (Claire A. Hill & Brett H. McDonnell, eds., Edward Elgar, 2012)
– Fiduciary Duties: The Emerging Jurisprudence, in Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law (Claire A. Hill & Brett H. McDonnell, eds., Edward Elgar, 2012)