Recent Publications
Recent books, book chapters, and journal articles published by the University of Minnesota Law School faculty.
To find earlier publications during a faculty member's tenure at the University of Minnesota Law School, search by faculty member and/or by words in the publications' citations using the search box on the right. Additional information can be found on the faculty biography pages via the faculty directory.
– The Liberal Case for Hobby Lobby, 57 Arizona Law Review 777 (2015)
– Book Review, 65 Journal of Legal Education 242 (2015) (reviewing Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey, What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know (NYU Press, 2014)) (review essay)
– Lessons from Law Firm Bankruptcies and Proposals for Reform, 55 Santa Clara Law Review 507 (2015)
– Race, Ethnicity, and Education Policy, in The Oxford Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States (David L. Leal, Taeku Lee, & Mark Sawyer, eds., Oxford University Press, published online 2014)
– AEthelgifu's Will as Hagiography, in Writing Women Saints in Anglo-Saxon England 82 (University of Toronto Press, 2013)
– Age Restrictions and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 1791-1868, 108 Minnesota Law Review 3049 (2024)
– Mergers and Acquisitions: A Cyclical and Legal Phenomenon, in Research Handbook on Mergers and Acquisitions (Claire A. Hill & Steven Davidoff Solomon, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016)
– Associate Reporter, Principles of the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations (American Law Institute, 2019-2021)
– The Myth of Discovery, 9 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology 743 (2008)
– Conduct Unbecoming: The Ethics Crisis in the Supreme Court and How Legitimacy Can Be Restored (Oxford University Press 2026)
– Garbage In, Garbage Out: Improved Citators Through Improved Citations, in The Role of Citation in the Law (Michael Chiorazzi, ed., 2022)
– 1L Curricula in the United States: 2023 Data and Historical Comparison, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-08 (May 16, 2023)
– Avoision: When Government Lawyers Turn the Sovereign Against Itself, 75 Case Western Law Review 473 (2025)
– A Democratic Participation Model for Corporate Governance, 109 Minnesota Law Review 1579 (2024)
– The Constitution of 1789: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2026)
– Jewels of the Collection: Treasures of the Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center (University of Minnesota Law Library, 2023)
– Judicial Tax Collection: Part 2, 97 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 11 (May 2019)
– Judicial Tax Collection: Part 3, 97 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 15 (July 2019).
– Judicial Tax Collection Part 4: Property and Interests Affected by Lien Foreclosure Suits, 97 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 11 (Sept. 2019)
– Judicial Tax Collection, 21 Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure 37 (2019)
– Justice for Emerging Adults After Jones: The Rapidly Developing Use of Neuroscience to Extend Eighth Amendment Miller Protections to Defendants Ages 18 and Older, 97:30 New York University Law Review Online 101 (2022) (lead author with others)
– Applying the Regulatory Report Card to Tax Regulations, 16 Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 96 (2025)
– State Sentencing Guidelines: A Garden Full of Variety, 81:2 Federal Probation 28 (Sept. 2017)
– Parole Rules in the United States: Conditions of Parole in Historical Perspective, 1956–2020, 47 Criminal Justice Review 185 (2022)
– Probation Revocation, in Oxford Bibliographies Online: Criminology (Oxford University Press, 2021- )
– Physical Health and Disability Among U.S. Adults Recently on Community Supervision, 26 Journal of Correctional Health Care 129 (2020)
– Taking Steps to Address Racial Disparities in Sentencing, 33 Federal Sentencing Reporter 22 (Oct./Dec. 2020)
– The Struggle for an American Way, in Menschenrechte und ihre Kritiker: Ideologien, Argumente, Wirkungen (Dieter Gosewinkel, Annette Weinke, eds., Wallstein Verlag, 2019)