Law Faculty Articles and Research

 
Below you may find selected research articles from faculty in the Fowler School of Law.

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Submissions from 1995

Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste: Can a Private Landowner Recover the Costs of Cleaning Up Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Under Federal Environmental Protection Law?, Denis Binder

Endangered Species Act: Must Private Landowners Protect the Critical Habitat of Endangered Species?, Denis Binder

Index of Environmental Justice Cases, Denis Binder

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The Cat that Catches Mice: China's Challenge to the Dominant Privatization Model, Lan Cao

Cognitive Task Analysis for Instructional Design: Applications in Distance Education, Richard E. Redding

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Computerized Highways and the Search for Privacy in the Case Law: A Comment, Ronald D. Rotunda

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Innovations Disguised as Traditions: An Historical Review of the Supreme Court Nominations Process, Ronald D. Rotunda

Racist Speech and Lawyer Discipline, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1994

What Did Congress Mean? Does Federal Law Regulate Incinerator Ash as Hazardous Waste?, Denis Binder

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Liability of Directors of Chapter 11 Debtors in Possession: "Don't Look Back - Something May Be Gaining on You", Daniel B. Bogart

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Juror Neutrality or an Impartiality Array? A Structural Theory of the Impartial Jury Mandate, Scott W. Howe

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Reassessing the Individualization Mandate in Capital Sentencing: Darrow's Defense of Leopold and Loeb, Scott W. Howe

Felony-Murder Doctrine Through the Federal Looking Glass, Henry S. Noyes

Felony-Murder Doctrine Through the Federal Looking Glass, Henry S. Noyes and et al.

Section 1983 Liability in the Public Schools After DeShaney: The “Special Relationship” Between School and Student, Susanna Kim Ripken

Permanent Disbarment: The Case Against…,, Ronald D. Rotunda

Rethinking Term Limits for Federal Legislators in Light of the Structure of the Constitution, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1993

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The Third Amendment: Forgotten But Not Gone, Tom W. Bell

Book Review: Human Dignity as the Polestar for Rights Decision Making (reviewing Frank Kemerer, William Wayne Justice (1991)), Scott W. Howe

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Jury Fact-Finding in Criminal Cases: Constitutional Limits on Factual Disagreements Among Convicting Jurors, Scott W. Howe

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Children’s Competence to Provide Informed Consent for Mental Health Treatment, Richard E. Redding

Integrating Cognitive Task Analysis into Instructional Systems Development, Richard E. Redding and Joan M. Ryder

A Brief Comment on Politically Incorrect Speech in the Wake of R.A.V., Ronald D. Rotunda

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The Civil Rights Act of 1991: A Brief Introductory Analysis of the Congressional Response to Judicial Interpretation, Ronald D. Rotunda

Simon Greenleaf on Desuetude and Judge-Made Law: An Unpublished Letter to Francis Lieber, Ronald D. Rotunda and M. H. Hoeflich

Submissions from 1992

Comment, Limits on the Privity and Assignment of Legal Malpractice Claims, Tom W. Bell

Are Federal Facilities Subject to State Penalties for Violations of Environmental Laws?, Denis Binder

Does the Endangered Species Act Apply to Activities in Foreign Countries? Who Has Standing to Argue That It Does?, Denis Binder

Will the Preemption Enigma Ever Be Resolved?, Denis Binder

Trustees Do It Better: Analyzing Section 547(c)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, Bobby L. Dexter

Book Review: The Constitution and Capital Sentencing: Pursuing Justice and Equality (reviewing David. C. Baldus et al., Equal Justice and the Death Penalty (1990)), Scott W. Howe

Resolving the Conflict in the Capital Sentencing Cases: A Desert-Oriented Theory of Regulation, Scott W. Howe

Defining Constitutional Parameters: The Forced Drugging of Civilly Committed Mental Patients, Lisa Litwiller

Foreword: The Role of the Modern Supreme Court, Ronald D. Rotunda

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How Do Lawyers Really Think?, Nancy L. Schultz

Submissions from 1991

Cutting the NIMBIAN Knot: A Primer, Denis Binder

To What Extent May Local Government Regulate the Application of Pesticides?, Denis Binder

When are Damages Impermissibly "Punitive" under the Federal Tort Claims Act?, Denis Binder

Fifth Amendment - Seizure and Forfeiture of Property - Federal Court Upholds Pre-Notice Seizure and Forfeiture of Real Property Used for Narcotics Trafficking, Bobby L. Dexter

The Supreme Court (1990 Term): Voting Rights Act: Judicial Elections: Chisom v. Roemer, Bobby L. Dexter

Note, The Efficacy of Successorship Clauses in Collective Bargaining Agreements, Celestine R. McConville

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Exporting the American Bill of Rights: The Lesson from Romania, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1990

NEPA, NIMBYs and New Technology, Denis Binder

Metacognitive Instruction: Trainers Teaching Thinking Skills, Richard E. Redding

Joseph Story: A Man for All Seasons, Ronald D. Rotunda and John E. Nowak

Submissions from 1989

Commentary: Antitrust and International Competitveness in the 1990s, Tom Campbell

Allocating the GST Exemption Under the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Michael B. Lang

Gift-Splitting by Husband and Wife, Michael B. Lang

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A Tribute to Eugene F. Scoles, Ronald D. Rotunda

Cautionary Lessons from American Securities Arbitration: Litigation versus Arbitration, Ronald D. Rotunda

Impeaching Federal Judges: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?, Ronald D. Rotunda

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Interpreting an Unwritten Constitution, Ronald D. Rotunda

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Runyon v. McCrary and the Mosaic of State Action, Ronald D. Rotunda

The Impairments Clause and the Corporation: A Comment on Professors Butler’s and Ribstein’s Thesis, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1988

An Essay on the Constitutional Parameters of Federal Impeachment, Ronald D. Rotunda

Original Intent, The View of the Framers, and the Role of the Ratifiers, Ronald D. Rotunda

Sheathing the Sword of Federal Preemption, Ronald D. Rotunda

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The Confirmation Process for Supreme Court Justices in the Modern Era, Ronald D. Rotunda

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The Lawyer’s Duty To Report Another Lawyer’s Unethical Violations in the Wake of Himmel, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1987

Reexamining the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention in Light of the Atrocities in Kampuchea and Ethiopia, Michael J. Bazyler

Comments on Presentation of Richard Schmalensee, Tom Campbell

Economic Concepts and Antitrust Analysis: A Critical Reexamination: Introductory Remarks, Tom Campbell

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68: A Comment, Tom Campbell

Predation and Competition in Antitrust: The Case of Nonfungible Goods, Tom Campbell

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Illegal Traffic in Women: A Civil RICO Proposal, Lan Cao

Constitutionality of the 1986 Tax Reform Act Transition Rules, Frank J. Doti

Bicentennial Lessons from the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Ronald D. Rotunda

Dedication: Walter R. Mansfield: Remembering Judge Walter R. Mansfield, Ronald D. Rotunda

Ethical Problems in Federal Agency Hiring of Private Attorneys, Ronald D. Rotunda

Lawyers and Professionalism: A Commentary on the Report of the American Bar Association Commission on Professionalism, Ronald D. Rotunda

Life Under the Articles of Confederation, Ronald D. Rotunda

The Constitutional Future of the Bill of Rights: A Closer Look at Commercial Speech and State Aid to Religiously Affiliated Schools, Ronald D. Rotunda

Sales and Use Tax Credits, Discrimination against Interstate Commerce, and the Useless Multiple Tax Concept, Ronald D. Rotunda and John E. Nowak

Submissions from 1986

Abolishing the Act of State Doctrine, Michael J. Bazyler

Capturing Terrorists in the 'Wild Blue Yonder': International Law and the Achille Lauro and Libyan Aircraft Incidents, Michael J. Bazyler

The Potential Application of RICO in the Natural Resources/Environmental Law Context, Denis Binder

Labor Law and Economics, Tom Campbell

Supreme Court Developments, Tom Campbell

Tax Lien Rights of the I.R.S. Against a Swindler, Frank J. Doti

Dividends Essentially Equivalent to Redemptions: The Taxation of Bootstrap Stock Acquisition, Michael B. Lang

Intergovernmental Tax Immunity and Tax Free Municipals after Garcia, Ronald D. Rotunda

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The Role of Law Reviews: The Extreme Centrist Position, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1985

Litigating the International Law of Human Rights: A "How To" Approach, Michael J. Bazyler

Litigating the International Law of Human Rights in the United States Courts: Siderman v. Republic of Argentina, Michael J. Bazyler

Note: Mismatching Convertible Debentures and Common Stock under Section 16(b), Daniel B. Bogart

The Antitrust Record of the First Reagan Administration, Tom Campbell

Submissions from 1984

Regression Analysis in Title VII Cases: Minimum Standards, Comparable Worth, and Other Issues Where Law and Statistics Meet, Tom Campbell

The Efficiency of the Failing Company Defense, Tom Campbell

Vacation Homes Revisited: Bolton Mistakenly Unbolts Door to Extra Deductions, Michael B. Lang

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The Doctrine of Conditional Preemption and Other Limitations on Tenth Amendment Restrictions, Ronald D. Rotunda

The Notice of Withdrawal and the New Model Rules of Professional Conduct: Blowing the Whistle and Waving the Red Flag, Ronald D. Rotunda

Usery in the Wake of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi, Ronald D. Rotunda

Submissions from 1983

Has Economics Rationalized Antitrust?, Tom Campbell

Interest-Free Loans and the Impact of Hardee v. United States, Frank J. Doti and Mary Cox

Submissions from 1982

The Competition Mission: Guiding Principles and Future Directions, Tom Campbell

The New Merger Guidelines: A Federal Trade Commission Perspective, Tom Campbell

A Comment on the Creation and Resolution of a "Nonproblem”: Dames & Moore v. Regan, The Foreign Affairs Power, and the Role of the Court, Ronald D. Rotunda and John E. Nowak

Submissions from 1981

When a House Is Not Entirely a Home: Deductions Under Internal Revenue Code § 280A for Home Offices, Vacation Homes, Etc., Michael B. Lang

The Extraterritorial Regulation of Foreign Business under the U.S Securities Laws, Ronald D. Rotunda and Robert C. Hacker

Submissions from 1980

The Attorney-Client Privilege After Attorney Disclosure, Scott W. Howe