This series is a general repository of manuscripts and articles demonstrating the strength and breadth of the legal scholarship and cross-disciplinary studies at Penn Law.
Submissions from 2007
Debt and Democracy: Towards a Constitutional Theory of Bankruptcy, Jonathan C. Lipson
The Expressive Function of Directors’ Duties to Creditors, Jonathan C. Lipson
Where's The Beef: A Few Words about Paying for Performance in Bankruptcy, Jonathan C. Lipson
Is Open Source Software the New Lex Mercatoria?, Fabrizio Marrella and Christopher S. Yoo
The Non-Problem of Free Will in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Stephen Morse
The Uneasy Entente Between Insanity and Mens Rea: Beyond Clark v. Arizona, Stephen Morse and Morris B. Hoffman
Debate: Collaborative Environmental Law: Pro and Con, Eric W. Orts and Cary Coglianese
Fair Use Harbors, Gideon Parchomovsky and Kevin A. Goldman
Bribes v. Bombs: A Study in Coasean Warfare, Gideon Parchomovsky and Peter Siegelman
How Psychology is Changing the Punishment Theory Debate, Paul H. Robinson
Justification Defenses in Situations of Unavoidable Uncertainty: A Reply to Professor Ferzan, Paul H. Robinson
The Role of Moral Philosophers in the Competition Between Deontological and Empirical Desert, Paul H. Robinson
Intuitions of Justice: Implications for Criminal Law and Justice Policy, Paul H. Robinson and John M. Darley
The American Model Penal Code: A Brief Overview, Paul H. Robinson and Markus D. Dubber
Concordance & Conflict in Intuitions of Justice, Paul H. Robinson and Robert O. Kurzban
Of Neocolonialism, Common Law and Uncodifiable Shari’a: A Reply to Professor An-Na’im, Paul H. Robinson and Adnan Zulfiqar
A Primary Activity Approach to Proof Burdens, Chris William Sanchirico
Progressivity and Potential Income: Measuring the Effect of Changing Work Patterns on Income Tax Progressivity, Chris William Sanchirico
First Generation E-Rulemaking: An Assessment of Regulatory Agency Websites, Stuart Shapiro and Cary Coglianese
Christianity and the Large Scale Corporation, David A. Skeel Jr.
The Accidental Elegance of Aronson v. Lewis, David A. Skeel Jr.
Human Freedom And Two Friedmen: Musings On The Implications Of Globalization For The Effective Regulation Of Corporate Behavior, Leo E. Strine Jr.
Toward Common Sense and Common Ground? Reflections on the Shared Interests of Managers and Labor in a More Rational System of Corporate Governance, Leo E. Strine Jr.
What Can Antitrust Contribute to the Network Neutrality Debate?, Christopher S. Yoo
Submissions from 2006
Constitutional Fidelity, The Rule of Recognition, and the Communitarian Turn In Contemporary Positivism, Matthew D. Adler
Policy Analysis for Natural Hazards: Some Cautionary Lessons from Environmental Policy Analysis, Matthew D. Adler
Welfare Polls: A Synthesis, Matthew D. Adler
Inequality and Uncertainty: Theory and Legal Applications, Matthew D. Adler and Chris William Sanchirico
The Next "New Wave": Law Genre Documentaries, Lawyering in Support of the Creative Process, and Visual Legal Advocacy, Regina Austin
Making Sentencing Sensible, Douglas A. Berman and Stephanos Bibas
Federalism and Private International Law: Implementing the Hague Choice of Court Convention in the United States, Stephen B. Burbank
Judicial Independence, Judicial Accountability and Interbranch Relations, Stephen B. Burbank
Tax Practice in a Circular Revolution: A Review of PLI's Circular 230 Deskbook, Bridget J. Crawford
Legal Reform in Contemporary Japan, Eric Feldman
The Culture of Legal Change: A Case Study of Tobacco Control in Twenty-First Century Japan, Eric Feldman
Choice, Consent, and Cycling: The Hidden Limitations of Consent, Leo Katz
Compaq Redux: Implicit Taxes and the Question of Pre-tax Profit, Michael S. Knoll
Taxes and Competitiveness, Michael S. Knoll
Censorship by Proxy: the First Amendment, Internet Intermediaries, and the Problem of the Weakest Link, Seth F. Kreimer
The Strange Career of Jane Crow: Sex Segregation and the Transformation of Anti-Discrimination Discourse, Serena Mayeri
Brain Overclaim Syndrome and Criminal Responsibility: A Diagnostic Note, Stephen Morse
Of Equal Wrongs and Half Rights, Gideon Parchomovsky, Peter Siegelman, and Steven Thel
The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives, Frank Partnoy and David A. Skeel Jr.
Gay Marriage, Public Opinion and the Courts, Nathaniel Persily
The Place of Competition in American Election Law, in the Marketplace of Democracy, Nathaniel Persily
The Federal Circuit and Patentability: An Empirical Assessment of the Law of Obviousness, Lee Petherbridge and R. Polk Wagner
Competing Conceptions of Modern Desert: Vengeful, Deontological, and Empirical, Paul H. Robinson
Final Report of The Maldivian Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project: Text of Draft Code (Volume 1) and Official Commentary (Volume 2), Paul H. Robinson and Criminal Law Research Group -- University of Pennsylvania
The Origins of Shared Intuitions of Justice, Paul H. Robinson, Robert O. Kurzban, and Owen D. Jones
Codifying Shari'a: International Norms, Legality & the Freedom to Invent New Forms, Paul Robinson, Adnan Zulfiqar, Margaret Kammerud, Michael Orchowski, Elizabeth A. Gerlach, Adam L. Pollock, Thomas M. O'Brien, John C. Lin, Tom Stenson, Negar Katirai, J. John Lee, and Marc Aaron Melzer
Recharacterization and the Nonhindrance of Creditors, David A. Skeel Jr. and Georg Krause-Vilmar
Labor Unions: A Corporatist Institution in a Competitive World , Michael L. Wachter
Submissions from 2005
Equity Analysis and Natural Hazards Policy, Matthew D. Adler
QALYs and Policy Evaluation: A New Perspective, Matthew D. Adler
Bargaining for Takings Compensation, Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky
Of Property and Federalism, Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky
Originalism and Formalism in Criminal Procedure: The Triumph of Justice Scalia, the Unlikely Friend of Criminal Defendants? , Stephanos Bibas
Regulating Local Variations in Federal Sentencing, Stephanos Bibas
The Story of Brady v. Maryland: From Adversarial Gameship Toward the Search for Innocence?, Stephanos Bibas
Transparency and Participation in Criminal Procedure, Stephanos Bibas
White-Collar Plea Bargaining and Sentencing After Booker, Stephanos Bibas
Management-Based Strategies for Improving Private Sector Environmental Performance, Cary Coglianese and Jennifer Nash
The Tuna Court: Law and Norms in the World's Premier Fish Market, Eric Feldman
Unleashing a Gatekeeper: Why the SEC Should Mandate Disclosure of Details Concerning Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policies, Sean J. Griffith
The Fair Value of Cornfields in Delaware Appraisal Law, Lawrence Hamermesh and Michael L. Wachter
Signaling Social Responsibility: On the Law and Economics of Market Incentives for Corporate Environmental Performance, Jason S. Johnston
The Promise and Limits of Voluntary Management - Based Regulatory Reform: An Analysis of EPA's Strategic Goals Program, Jason S. Johnston
The Return of Bargain: An Economic Theory of How Standard Form Contracts Negotiation between Businesses and Consumers, Jason S. Johnston
The Rule of Capture and the Economic Dynamics of Natural Resource Use and Survival under Open Access Management Regimes, Jason S. Johnston
Tradable Pollution Permits and the Regulatory Game, Jason S. Johnston
Corporate Policy and the Coherence of Delaware Takeover Law, Richard E. Kihlstrom and Michael L. Wachter
Why Defer to Managers? A Strong - Form Efficiency Model, Richard E. Kihlstrom and Michael L. Wachter
Restricted Stock and the Section 83(b) Election: A Joint Tax Perspective, Michael S. Knoll
The Calculation of Prejudgment Interest, Michael S. Knoll and Jeffrey M. Colon
The Residency Match: Competitive Restraints in an Imperfect World, Kristin Madison
When Judges Carve Democracies: A Primer on Court-Drawn Redistricting Plans, Nathaniel Persily
Regulating Democracy Through Democracy: The Use of Direct Legislation in Election Law Reform, Nathaniel Persily and Melissa Cully Anderson
The Corporate Form as a Solution to a Discursive Dilemma, Edward B. Rock
Dangerous Clients: A Phenomenological Solution to Bureaucratic Oppression, Edward L. Rubin
Detection Avoidance, Chris William Sanchirico
Harnessing Adversarial Process: Optimal Strategic Complementarities in Litigation, Chris William Sanchirico
Christianity and the (Modest) Rule of Law, David A. Skeel Jr. and William J. Stuntz
Theories of the Employment Relationship: Choosing between Norms and Contracts, Michael L. Wachter
Exactly Backwards: Exceptionalism and the Federal Circuit, Polk Wagner
The Perfect Storm: Intellectual Property and Public Values, R. Polk Wagner
Submissions from 2004
Against 'Individual Risk': A Sympathetic Critique of Risk Assessment , Matthew D. Adler
Popular Constitutionalism and the Rule of Recognition: Whose Practices Ground U.S. Law?, Matthew D. Adler
Intellectual Property Law and the Boundaries of the Firm, Oren Bar-Gill and Gideon Parchomovsky
What Property Is, Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky
Evaluating Environmental Policies, Lori Snyder Bennear and Cary Coglianese
Should Plaintiffs Win What Defendants Lose?: Litigation Stakes, Litigation Effort, and the Benefits of 'Decoupling', Albert H. Choi and Chris William Sanchirico
E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and the Regulatory Process, Cary Coglianese
The Internet and Citizen Participation in Rulemaking, Cary Coglianese
Seeking Truth for Power: Informational Strategy and Regulatory Policy Making, Cary Coglianese, Richard Zeckhauser, and Edward A. Parson
A New Player in the Boardroom: The Emergence of the Independent Directors' Counsel, Geoffrey Hazard and Edward B. Rock
A New Player in the Boardroom: The Emergence of the Independent Directors' Counsel, Geoffrey Hazard and Edward B. Rock
Moody Investing and the Supreme Court: Rethinking the Materiality of Information and the Reasonableness of Investors , Peter H. Huang
Our Corporate Federalism and the Shape of Corporate Law, Marcel Kahan and Edward B. Rock
The Ancient Roots of Modern Financial Innovation: The Early History of Regulatory Arbitrage, Michael Knoll