Recent Publications
Recent books, book chapters, and journal articles published by the University of Minnesota Law School faculty.
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– Criminal Procedure in a Conservative Age: A Time to Rediscover the Critical Nonconstitutional Issues, 36 Journal of Legal Education 79 (1986)
– Comparative Criminal Justice as a Guide to American Law Reform: How Do the French Do it, How Can We Find Out, and Why Should We Care?, 78 California Law Review 539 (1990)
– Defining the Limits of Crime Control and Due Process, 73 California Law Review 212 (1985) (reviewing Hans Zeisel, The Limits of Law Enforcement (University of Chicago Press, 1982)) (review essay)
– A County-Level Comparison of the Propensity to Sentence Felons to Prison, 1 International Journal of Comparative Criminology 1 (2001)
– Sentencing Guidelines in Minnesota and Other American States: A Progress Report, in The Politics of Sentencing Reform 169-198 ( Chris Clarkson & Rod Morgan, eds., Clarendon Press, 1995)
– International Perspectives on Sentencing Policy and Research, in Sentencing and Sanctions in Western Countries (Michael Tonry & Richard S. Frase, eds., Oxford University Press, 2001)
– Fair Trial Standards in the United States of America, in The Right to a Fair Trial 31-83 (David Weissbrodt & Rudiger Wolfrum, eds., Springer, 1997)
– Criminal Punishments, in The Oxford Companion to American Law 197-202 (Kermit Hall, editor in chief, Oxford University Press, 2002)
– Comparative Criminal Justice Policy, in Theory and in Practice, in Les systèmes comparés de justice pénale: de la diversité au rapprochement = Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: From Diversity to Rapprochement 109-121 (Editions Erès, 1998)
– Jails, in The Handbook of Crime & Punishment 474-506 (Michael Tonry, ed., Oxford University Press, 1998)
– State Sentencing Guidelines: Still Going Strong, 78 Judicature 173 (1995)
– German Criminal Justice as a Guide to American Law Reform: Similar Problems, Better Solutions?, 18 Boston College International and Comparative Law Review 317 (1995)
– Purposes of Punishment under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, 13 Criminal Justice Ethics 11 (1994) (Symposium on Sentencing Guidelines and Guidance)
– Legal and Extralegal Determinants of Inter-County Differences in Prison Use, 14 Criminal Justice Policy Review 377-400 (2003)
– The Apprendi-Blakely Cases: Sentencing Reform Counter-Revolution?, 6 Criminology & Public Policy 403-32 (2007)
– Proportionality Principles in American Law: Controlling Excessive Government Actions (Oxford University Press, 2009)
– The Criminal Justice System: Materials on the Administration and Reform of the Criminal Law (Little, Brown & Company, 1980)
– The French Code of Criminal Procedure (F.B. Rothman, 1988) (translated into English)
– Criminal Evidence: Constitutional, Statutory, and Rules Limitations (Butterworth, 1985) (Supps. 1986-1992)
– Minnesota Misdemeanors and Moving Traffic Violations (Mason Publishing Company, 1st ed., 1982-1989 (looseleaf))
– Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice (Joshua Dressler, editor in chief, Macmillan Reference USA, 2d ed., 2002) (vols. I-IV) (co-editor)
– Punishment Purposes, 58 Stanford Law Review 67-83 (2005)
– The Warren Court's Missed Opportunities in Substantive Criminal Law, 3 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 75-103 (2005)
– Excessive Prison Sentences, Punishment Goals, and the Eighth Amendment: "Proportionality" Relative To What?, 89 Minnesota Law Review 571-651 (2005)
– State Sentencing Guidelines: Diversity, Consensus, and Unresolved Policy Issues, 105 Columbia Law Review 1190-1232 (2005)
– Sentencing Guidelines in Minnesota, 1978-2003, 32 Crime and Justice 131-219 (2005)
– Blakely in Minnesota, Two Years Out: Guidelines Sentencing Is Alive And Well, 4 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 73-94 (2006)
– National Report: United States of America, in Strafverteidigung vor neuen Herausforderungen: Denkanstösse aus sieben Rechtsordnungen (Criminal Defense Facing New Challenges) (Thomas Weigend, Susanne Walter & Barbara Grunewald, eds., Duncker & Humblot, 2008)
– Limiting Retributivism, in The Future of Imprisonment 83-119 (Michael Tonry, ed., Oxford University Press, 2004), reprinted in Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy 135 (Andrew von Hirsch, Andrew Ashworth & Julian Roberts, eds., Hart Publishing, 3d ed., 2009), and in Why Punish? How Much?: A Reader on Punishment 255 (Michael Tonry, ed., Oxford University Press, 2011)
– The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, in Penal Populism, Sentencing Councils and Sentencing Policy (Arie Freiberg & Karen Gelb, eds., Willan Publishing, 2008); adapted version reprinted in Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy 270 (Andrew von Hirsch, Andrew Ashworth & Julian Roberts, eds., Hart Publishing, 3d ed., 2009)