UCI Law’s faculty address the most important legal issues of the day. Many articles are available here in this growing collection; more complete lists of scholarly works are on our faculty pages at law.uci.edu/faculty
Submissions from 2012
The Fall (and Rise?) of Community Banking: The Continued Importance of Local Institutions, Bob Solomon
Insurance Law as Public Interest Law, Shauhin Talesh
Insurance Law as Public Interest Law, Shauhin A. Talesh 2 UC Irvine L. Rev. 985 (2012)
How Dispute Resolution System Design Matters: An Organizational Analysis of Dispute Resolution Structures and Consumer Lemon Laws, Shauhin A. Talesh 46 Law & Soc'y Rev. 463 (2012)
Bringing Justice to the Poor: Bottom-Up Legal Development Cooperation, Benjamin van Rooij 4 Hague J. on Rule Law 286 (2012)
The People's Regulation: Citizens and Implementation of Law in China, Benjamin van Rooij 25 Colum. J. Asian L. 116 (2012)
Explaining the Enforcement Gap in China: Local Government Support and Internal Agency Obstacles as Predictors of Enforcement Actions in Guangzhou, Benjamin van Rooij, Carlos W.H. Lo, Gerald E. Fryxell, Wei Wang, and Pansy Honying Li 111 J. Envtl. Mgmt. 227 (2012)
Learning to Live with Pollution: The Making of Environmental Subjects in Chinese Industrialized Village, Benjamin van Rooij, Anna Lora-Wainwright, Yiyun Zhang, and Yunmei Wu 68 China J. 106 (2012)
The Compensation Trap: The Limits of Community-Based Pollution Regulation in China, Benjamin van Rooij, Anna Lora Wainwright, Yunmei Wu, and Yiyun (Amy) Zhang
The Chevron-Ecuador Case: Three Dimensions of Complexity in Transnational Dispute Resolution, Christopher A. Whytock 106 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Ann. Meeting Proc. 425 (2012)
Transnational Judicial Governance, Christopher A. Whytock 2 St. John’s J. Int'l & Comparative L. 55 (2012)
The New Multipolarity in Transnational Litigation: Foreign Courts, Foreign Judgments, and Foreign Law, Christopher A. Whytock and Marcus S. Quintanilla 18 Sw. J. Int'l Law 31 (2012)
Submissions from 2011
Creativity, Improvisation, and Risk: Copyright and Musical Innovation, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 86 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1829 (2011)
LatCrit Theory, Narrative Tradition and Listening Intently for a "Still Small Voice", Mario L. Barnes
Analyzing Stops, Citations, and Searches in Washington and Beyond, Mario L. Barnes and Robert S. Chang
The Once and Future Equal Protection Doctrine?, Mario L. Barnes and Erwin Chemerinsky 43 Conn. L. Rev. 1059 (2011)
In Defense of Individual Tax Privacy, Joshua D. Blank 61 Emory L. J. 265 (2011)
Do Patents Have Gender?, Dan L. Burk
From ‘First to Invent’ to ‘First to File’ – Changing Lanes in US Patent Procedure, Dan L. Burk 42 Int'l Rev. Intell. Prop. & Competition L. 627 (2011)
Toward an Epistemology of ISP Secondary Liability, Dan L. Burk 24 Phil. & Tech. 437 (2011)
A Learning Collaboratory: Improving Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning, Alejandro E. Camacho
Transforming the Means and Ends of Natural Resource Management, Alejandro E. Camacho 89 N.C. L. Rev. 1405 (2011)
Foreword: Environmental Law at UCI, Alejandro E. Camacho, Joseph F.C. DiMento, and Michael Robinson-Dorn
The Mercer Girls Guide to Immigration Law: A Response to Kerry Abrams, Jennifer M. Chacon 64 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 15 (2011)
Statutory Analysis: Using Criminal Law to Highlight Issues in Statutory Interpretation, Jennifer M. Chacón
A Defense of the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate, Erwin Chemerinsky 62 Mercer L. Rev. 618 (2011)
Formalism without a Foundation: Stern v. Marshall, Erwin Chemerinsky 2011 Sup. Ct. Rev. 183 (2011)
Keynote Speech: Reimagining Law Schools?, Erwin Chemerinsky 96 Iowa L. Rev. 1461 (2011)
Not a Free Speech Court, Erwin Chemerinsky 53 Ariz. L. Rev. 723 (2011)
Stanching the Cash Flow, Erwin Chemerinsky 22 Am. Prospect 51 (2011)
Supreme Court—October Term 2009 Foreword: Conservative Judicial Activism , Erwin Chemerinsky
Symposium on State Court Funding: Keynote Address, Erwin Chemerinsky 100 Ky. L.J. 743 (2011)
The Ideal Law School for the 21st Century, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Roberts Court and Freedom of Speech, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Supreme Court 2009 Term Overview and 2010 Term Preview, Erwin Chemerinsky, Joan Biskupic, Martin A. Schwartz, and Leon Friedman
AALS Hot Topic Panel Question & Answer Session, Erwin Chemerinsky, Brad Joondeph, Randy E. Barnett, David G. Oedel, and Gillian Metzger 62 Mercer L. Rev. 650 (2011)
UCI Law: The First Half Century, Joseph F.C. DiMento
Diritto ambientale e governance nei mari regionali: il caso del Mar dei Caraibi (Environmental Law and Governance in the Regional Seas: The Caribbean Case), Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Hickman 26 Rivista Giuridica dell'Ambiente 711 (2011)
Three Vital Issues: Incorporation of the Second Amendment, Federal Government Power, and Separation of Powers - October 2009 Term, Michael C. Dorf and Erwin Chemerinsky
The Failing Faith in Class Actions: Wal-Mart v. Dukes and AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, Catherine Fisk and Erwin Chemerinsky
The Anti-Subordination Principle of Labor Preemption, Catherine L. Fisk 5 Harv. L. & Pol'y Rev. 17 (2011)
Foreword: "Law As…": Theory and Method in Legal History, Catherine L. Fisk and Robert W. Gordon
Imagine a World Where Employers are Required to Bargain with Minority Unions, Catherine L. Fisk and Xenia Tashlitsky 27 J. Lab. & Emp. L. 1 (2011)
From Macerate to Carnegie: Very Different Movements for Curricular Reform, Bryant G. Garth 17 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 261 (2011)
Hegemonic Battles, Professional Rivalries, and the International Division of Labor in the Market for the Import and Export of State-Governing Expertise, Bryant G. Garth and Yves Dezalay 5 Int'l Pol. Soc. 276 (2011)
State Politics and Legal Markets, Bryant G. Garth and Yves Dezalay 10 Comp. Soc. 38 (2011)
The Other Big Test: Why Congress Should Allow College Students to Borrow More through Financial Aid Programs, Jonathan D. Glater 14 N.Y.U. J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y 11 (2011)
2010-2011 National Health Law Moot Court Competition, Michele Bratcher Goodwin 32 J. Legal Med. 345 (2011)
Relational Markets and Justice Paradoxes, Michele Bratcher Goodwin 78 Soc. Res. 829 (2011)
Capacity and Autonomy: A Thought Experiment on Minors’ Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology, Michele Bratcher Goodwin and Naomi Duke 34 Harv. J.L. & Gender 503 (2011)
Citizens United and the Illusion of Coherence, Richard L. Hasen 109 Mich. L. Rev. 581 (2011)
Citizens United and the Orphaned Antidistortion Rationale, Richard L. Hasen 27 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 989 (2011)
The Supreme Court’s Shrinking Election Law Docket: A Legacy of Bush v. Gore or Fear of the Roberts Court?, Richard L. Hasen 10 Election L.J. 325 (2011)
Battered and Convicted – One State’s Efforts to Provide Effective Relief, Carrie Hempel 25 Crim. Just. 24 (2011)
Writing on a Blank Slate: Drafting a Blueprint for Experiential Learning at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, Carrie Hempel
Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court, David Kaye 90 Foreign Aff. 118 (2011)
On the Edge: Declining Marginal Utility and Tax Policy, Sarah B. Lawsky 95 Minn. L. Rev. 904 (2011)
Monitoring Immigration Enforcement, Stephen Lee 53 Ariz. L. Rev. 1089 (2011)
A Martian Named Heinlein, Christopher R. Leslie 52 Extrapolation 126 (2011)
Antitrust, Inequitable Conduct, and the Intent to Deceive the Patent Office, Christopher R. Leslie
Patent Tying, Price Discrimination, and Innovation, Christopher R. Leslie 77 Antitrust L.J. 811 (2011)
The Firm as Cartel Manager, Christopher R. Leslie and Herbert J. Hovenkamp 64 Vand. L. Rev. 811 (2011)
Collaborating to Deter Potential Public Enemies: Social Science and the Law, Elizabeth F. Loftus and Gilbert Geis
Scaling Up Deliberative Democracy as Dispute Resolution in Healthcare Reform: A Work in Progress , Carrie Menkel-Meadow
The NRLA’s Legacy: Collective or Individual Dispute Resolution or Not?, Carrie Menkel-Meadow 26 J. Lab. & Emp. L. 249 (2011)
Why and How to Study "Transnational" Law, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
The Future of U.S. Housing Finance: Five Points of View, David Min, Emile J. Brinkmann, Laurie S. Goodman, James B. Lockhart, Edward J. Pinto, Alex J. Pollock, Peter J. Wallison, and Henry A. Davis 17 J. Structured Fin. 36 (2011)
Convincing Elites, Controlling Elites, Douglas NeJaime 54 Stud. L. Pol. & Soc'y 175 (2011)
Winning Through Losing, Douglas NeJaime 96 Iowa L. Rev. 941 (2011)
The Pretend Solution: An Empirical Study of Bankruptcy Outcomes, Katherine M. Porter 90 Tex. L. Rev. 103 (2011)
The Collection Gap: Underenforcement of Corporate and White-Collar Fines and Penalties, Martin Pritikin and Ezra Ross 29 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 453 (2011)
The Relationship Between the ISP Safe Harbors and Liability for Inducement, R. Anthony Reese 2011 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 8 (2011)
Arrest Efficiency and the Fourth Amendment, L. Song Richardson 95 Minn. L. Rev. 2035 (2011)
Transnational Recursivity Theory: A Review Essay of Halliday & Carruthers' Bankrupt, Gregory C. Shaffer 9 Socio-Econ. Rev. 371 (2011)
Criminalizing Cartels: A Global Trend?, Gregory C. Shaffer, Nathaniel H. Nesbitt, and Spencer Weber Waller 12 Sedona Conf. J. 313 (2011)
Hard Versus Soft Law In International Security, Gregory C. Shaffer and Mark A. Pollack
Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO, Gregory C. Shaffer and Joel P. Trachtman 52 Va. J. Int'l L. 103 (2011)
Strict Criminal Liability in the Grading of Offenses: Forfeiture, Change of Normative Position, or Moral Luck?, Kenneth W. Simons 32 Oxford J. Legal Studies 445 (2011)
When is Negligent Inadvertence Culpable? Introduction to Symposium, Negligence in Criminal Law and Morality, Kenneth W. Simons 5 Crim. L. Phil. 97 (2011)
Our Institutional Commitment to Teach about the Legal Profession, Ann Southworth and Catherine Fisk 1 UC Irvine L. Rev. 73 (2011)
Our Institutional Commitment to Teach about the Legal Profession, Ann Southworth and Catherine L. Fisk
Political Lawyers: The Structure of a National Network, Ann Southworth, Anthony Paik, and John P. Heinz 36 Law & Soc. Inquiry 892 (2011)
Freedom from Violence: Using the Stages of Change Model to Realize the Promise of Civil Protection Orders, Jane K. Stoever 72 Ohio St. L.J. 303 (2011)
The Academic Law Library in the 21st Century: Still the Heart of the Law School, Beatrice A. Tice
Wavering on Waiver: Montejo v. Louisiana and the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel, Katie Tinto 48 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1335 (2011)
Shenmo Shi Falu Fuquan? Guoji Falu Hezuo De Quanli Yu Jiejin Zhengyi (What is Legal Empowerment? International Legal Development Cooperation and Access to Justice), Benjamin van Rooij
The Evolving Forum Shopping System, Christopher A. Whytock 96 Cornell L. Rev. 481 (2011)
Forum Non Conveniens and the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Christopher A. Whytock and Cassandra Burke Robertson 111 Colum. L. Rev. 1444 (2011)
Submissions from 2010
Blues Lives: Promises and Perils of Musical Copyright, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 27 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 573 (2010)
Financial Firewalls: The Credit Crisis and Network Contagion, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 4 Entrepreneurial Bus. L.J. 305 (2010)
Networks, Risk, and Financial Market Regulation, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 29 J. Fin. Transformation 71 (2010)
Risky Business: The Credit Crisis and Failure, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 104 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 398 (2010)
YouTube, UGC, and Digital Music: Competing Business and Cultural Models in the Internet Age, Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 104 Nw. U. L. Rev. 431 (2010)
The ILC and the Reconstruction of U.S. Banking, Mehrsa Baradaran 63 SMU L. Rev. 1143 (2010)
Comment: Racial Paradox in a Law and Society Odyssey, Mario L. Barnes 44 Law & Soc'y Rev. 469 (2010)
A Post–Race Equal Protection, Mario L. Barnes, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Trina Jones 98 Geo. L.J. 967 (2010)
When Is Tax Enforcement Publicized?, Joshua D. Blank and Daniel Z. Levin 30 Va. Tax Rev. 1 (2010)
Authorization and Governance in Virtual Worlds, Dan L. Burk 15 First Monday (2010)
Cybermarks, Dan L. Burk 94 Minn. L. Rev. 1375 (2010)
Materiality and Textuality in Digital Rights Management, Dan L. Burk 27 Computers & Composition 225 (2010)