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Causal Effects of Perceived Immutable Characteristics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press), 2011)Despite their ubiquity, observational studies to infer the causal effect of a so-called immutable characteristic, such as race or sex, have struggled for coherence, given the unavailability of a manipulation analogous to ... -
Causal Inference in Civil Rights Litigation
(Harvard University, Harvard Law School, 2008)Civil rights litigation often concerns the causal effect of some characteristic on decisions made by a governmental or socioeconomic actor. An analyst may be interested, for example, in the effect of victim race on jury ... -
Causation in Tort: General Populations vs. Individual Cases
(University of Chicago Law School, 2007)To establish causation, a tort plaintiff must show that it is “more probable than not” that the harm would not have occurred if the defendant had followed the relevant standard of care. Statistical evidence, based on ... -
Cause Lawyering for People with Disabilities
(Harvard University, Harvard Law School, 2010)Almost since its enactment, scholars, policymakers, and jurists have been critical of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Law and Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement, Professor Samuel Bagenstos moves ... -
CDC Surveillance of FDA-Regulated Products
(2003)This paper discusses the various surveillance networks established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor illness that results from the use of FDA-regulated products. More specifically, this paper ... -
Celebrating God, Constitutionally
(Joe Christensen, Inc., 2006) -
Censorship 2.0
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The Census As a Call to Action
(Fordham University School of Law, 2002)This article argues that we misinterpret the Census figures showing the continued growth of the suburbs and increase in populations of some cities and not others. While many, including a Harvard economist, contend that ... -
The Central Arctic Ocean fisheries moratorium: A rare example of the precautionary principle in fisheries management
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023)On 25 June 2021, a historic fisheries Agreement entered into force: The Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Nine countries and the European Union agreed to refrain from ... -
The Challenge of Developing Effective Public Policy on the Use of Social Media by Youth
(Federal Communications Bar Association, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2010) -
Challenging Expert Rule: The Politics of Global Governance
(Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 2005)In my Julius Stone Memorial Address, I explored the hypothesis that everyday decisions made by the professionals who manage norms and institutions which seem to lie in the background of global politics may be more important ... -
Changes in the Bonding of the Employment Relationship: An Essay on the New Property
(The Boston College Law School, 1979) -
Changing Conceptions of Administration
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Chaos and Evolution in Law and Economics
(The Harvard Law Review Association, 1996)I refine here the classical evolutionary model from law and economics by modifying it to accommodate three related concepts, one from chaos theory, another of path dependence, and a final one of politically-induced punctuated ... -
Charades: Religious Allegory in 12 Angry Men
(Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2007)This essay, a contribution to a symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the film 12 Angry Men, shows that the film is an intricate, carefully constructed allegory of a series of stories from the Hebrew Bible and the New ... -
The Charter's Influence Around the World
(2013)Over the past several decades, the influence of the United States Constitution and Supreme Court around the world has waned while that of the Canadian Charter and Supreme Court has increased. This article examines several ... -
Chevron as a Voting Rule
(Yale Law School, 2007)In Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., the Supreme Court created a new framework for judicial deference to agency interpretations of law: courts should defer to an agency interpretation unless ... -
Chevron as a Voting Rule
(Yale Law School, 2007)In Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., the Supreme Court created a new framework for judicial deference to agency interpretations of law: courts should defer to an agency interpretation unless ...