Submissions from 2008
The Rationality of Preference Construction (and the Irrationality of Rational Choice), Claire Hill
Classified Information Leaks and Free Speech, Heidi Kitrosser
Congressional Oversight of National Security Activities: Improving Information Funnels, Heidi Kitrosser
The Frontier of Eminent Domain, Alexandra Klass
State Innovation and Preemption: Lessons from State Climate Change Efforts, Alexandra B. Klass
Carbon Sequestration and Sustainability, Alexandra B. Klass and Sara E. Bergan
Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration: Assessing a Liability Regime for the Long-term Storage of Carbon Dioxide, Alexandra B. Klass and Elizabeth J. Wilson
Bylaw Reforms for Delaware's Corporation Law, Brett McDonnell
Employee Primacy, or Economics Meets Civic Republicanism at Work, Brett McDonnell
Two Goals for Executive Compensation Reform, Brett McDonnell
Four Free Speech Goals for Trademark Law, William McGeveran
Rethinking Trademark Fair Use, William McGeveran
A Law and Economics Perspective on Precontractual Liability, Eleonora Melato and Francesco Parisi
Combating the Color-Coded Confinement of Kids: An Equal Protection Remedy, Perry L. Moriearty
Terror Conflated?, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
WIPO-WTO Relations and the Future of Global Intellectual Property Norms, Ruth Okediji
Matching Rules, Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon
Role-Reversibility, Stochastic Ignorance, and Social Cooperation, Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon
Social Networks, Self-Denial, and Median Preferences: Conformity as an Evolutionary Strategy, Francesco Parisi and Jonathan Klick
Learning from the Limitations of Deterrence Research, Michael Tonry
The Malign Effects of Drug and Crime Control Policies on Black Americans, Michael Tonry and Matthew Melewski
Keynote Address: International Standard-Setting on the Human Rights Responsibilities of Businesses, David Weissbrodt
Remedies for Undocumented Noncitizens in the Workplace: Using International Law to Narrow the Holding of Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, David Weissbrodt
Fair Trials? The Manual for Military Commissions in Light of Common Article 3 and Other International Law, David Weissbrodt and Andrea W. Templeton
Across Curricular Boundaries: Searching for a Confluence Between Marital Agreements and Indian Land Transactions, Judith T. Younger
Submissions from 2007
The Perfect Storm of Retirement Insecurity: Fixing the Three-Legged Stool of Social Security, Pensions, and Personal Savings, Stephen F. Befort
Domestic Agreements, Brian H. Bix
Perfectionist Policies in Family Law, Brian H. Bix
Patents, Tax Shelters, and the Firm, Dan L. Burk and Brett McDonnell
The Goldilocks Hypothesis: Balancing Intellectual Property Rights at the Boundary of the Firm, Dan L. Burk and Brett McDonnell
Real Estate Practice in the Twenty-First Century, Ann Burkhart
A Burkean Perspective on Patent Eligibility, Thomas F. Cotter
Misuse, Thomas F. Cotter
Creating Failures in the Market for Tax Planning, Phillip A. Curry, Claire Hill, and Francesco Parisi
A Century of Juvenile Justice: A Work in Progress or a Revolution that Failed?, Barry C. Feld
Unmitigated Punishment: Adolescent Criminal Responsibility and LWOP Sentences, Barry C. Feld
The Formation of International Treaties, Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
Law and Technology: Interactions and Relationships, Daniel J. Gifford
Coloring Outside the Lines: Examining Treasury's (Lack of) Compliance with Administrative Procedure Act Rulemaking Requirements, Kristin Hickman
Of Lenity, Chevron, and KPMG, Kristin Hickman
In Search of the Modern Skidmore Standard, Kristin Hickman and Matthew D. Krueger
Anti-Anti-Anti-Paternalism, Claire Hill
Tax Lawyers are People Too, Claire Hill
Stone v. Ritter and the Expanding Duty of Loyalty, Claire Hill and Brett McDonnell
"Macro-Transparency" as Structural Directive: A Look at the NSA Surveillance Controversy, Heidi Kitrosser
Secrecy and Separated Powers: Executive Privilege Revisited, Heidi Kitrosser
Common Law and Federalism in the Age of the Regulatory State, Alexandra B. Klass
Punitive Damages and Valuing Harm, Alexandra B. Klass
Authorship, Audiences, and Anonymous Speech, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky and Thomas F. Cotter
A Simple Statutory Solution to Minority Oppression in the Closely-Held Business, John H. Matheson and R. Kevin Maler
Recent Skirmishes in the Battle Over Corporate Voting and Governance, Brett McDonnell
Sticky Defaults and Altering Rules in Corporate Law, Brett McDonnell
Hamdan and Common Article 3: Did the Supreme Court Get It Right?, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Gender, Truth & Transition, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Catherine Turner
The International Intellectual Property Roots of Geographical Indications, Ruth Okediji
The Region and Taxation: School Finance, Cities, and the Hope for Regional Reform, Myron Orfield
The Minnesota Fiscal Disparities Act of 1971: The Twin Cities' Struggle and Blueprint for Regional Cooperation, Myron Orfield and Nicholas Wallace
Entropy and the Asymmetric Coase Theorem, Francesco Parisi
Laudatio: Pietro Trimarchi, Francesco Parisi
The Economics of Legal Harmonization in European Tort Law, Francesco Parisi
The Fall and Rise of Functional Property, Francesco Parisi
The Paradox of Legal Harmonization, Francesco Parisi and Emanuela Carbonara
Substituting Complements, Francesco Parisi and Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
Crowding-Out in Productive and Redistributive Rent-Seeking, Francesco Parisi, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Eric Langlais, and Bruno Lovat
On the Optimal Specificity of Legal Rules, Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon
The Comparative Law and Economics of Pure Economic Loss, Francesco Parisi, Vernon Palmer, and Mauro Bussani
The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior: An Introduction, Francesco Parisi and Vernon L. Smith
Causes of Popular Dissatisfaction with the Administration of Justice in the Twenty-First Century, Robert Stein
Determinants of Penal Policies, Michael Tonry
Looking Back to See the Future of Punishment in America, Michael Tonry
Crime, Criminal Justice, and Criminology in the Netherlands, Michael Tonry and Catrien Bijleveld
Extraordinary Rendition and the Humanitarian Law of War and Occupation, David Weissbrodt and Amy Bergquist
Methods of the "War on Terror", David Weissbrodt and Amy Bergquist
Lovers' Contracts in the Courts: Forsaking the Minimum Decencies, Judith T. Younger
Submissions from 2006
Continuing the Path to Excellence: University of Minnesota Law School Dean Alex M. Johnson, Jr., Edward S. Adams
Domestic Violence Matters: The Case for Appointed Counsel in Protective Order Proceedings, Beverly Balos
The Regulatory Void of Contingent Work, Stephen F. Befort
When Quitting Is Fitting: The Need for a Reformulated Sexual Harassment/Constructive Discharge Standard in the Wake of Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders, Stephen F. Befort and Sarah J. Gorajski
Raz, Authority, and Conceptual Analysis, Brian Bix
Robert Alexy, Radbruch's Formula, and the Nature of Legal Theory, Brian H. Bix
Institutional Review Boards, Regulatory Incentives, and Some Modest Proposals for Reform, Dale Carpenter
Unanimously Wrong, Dale Carpenter
The Procompetitive Interest in Intellectual Property Law, Thomas F. Cotter
Foreclosure Equity Stripping: Legal Theories and Strategies to Attack a Growing Problem, Prentiss Cox
Goliath Has the Slingshot: Public Benefit and Private Enforcement of Minnesota Consumer Protection Laws, Prentiss Cox
Juveniles' Competence to Exercise Miranda Rights: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, Barry C. Feld
Police Interrogation of Juveniles: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice, Barry C. Feld
Why the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Sparked Perpetual Trusts, Mary Louise Fellows
Forty Years of Codification of Estates and Trusts Law: Lessons for the Next Generation, Mary Louise Fellows and Gregory S. Alexander
Blakely in Minnesota, Two Years Out: Guidelines Sentencing Is Alive And Well, Richard Frase
Challenging Delaware's Desirability as a Haven for Incorporation, Philip S. Garon, Michael A. Stanchfield, and John H. Matheson
Trade and Tensions, Daniel J. Gifford
The Law and Economics of Cybersecurity: An Introduction, Mark F. Grady and Francesco Parisi
How Did We Get Here Anyway?: Considering the Standing Question in DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno, Kristin Hickman
The Need for Mead: Rejecting Tax Exceptionalism in Judicial Deference, Kristin Hickman
A Cognitive Theory of Trust, Claire Hill and Erin O'Hara O'Connor
Modern Public Trust Principles: Recognizing Rights and Integrating Standards, Alexandra B. Klass
Convergence, Culture and Contract Law in China, John H. Matheson
Political Violence and Gender in Times of Transition, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Choice, Equal Protection, and Metropolitan Integration: The Hope of the Minneapolis Desegregation Settlement, Myron Orfield