Recent Publications
Recent books, book chapters, and journal articles published by the University of Minnesota Law School faculty.
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– The Region and Taxation: School Finance, Cities, and the Hope for Regional Reform, 55 Buffalo Law Review 91 (2007)
– Beyond Segregation: Toward a Shared Vision of Our Regions, in Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis (M. Paloma Pavel, ed., MIT Press, 2009)
– Land Use and Housing Policies to Reduce Concentrated Poverty and Racial Segregation, 33 Fordham Urban Law Journal 877 (2006)
– Region: Planning the Future of the Twin Cities (University of Minnesota Press, 2010)
– Unjust Laws and Illegal Norms, 32 International Review of Law & Economics 285-299 (2012)
– Building Regional Coalitions between Cities and Suburbs, in Growing Smarter: Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity (Robert D. Bullard, ed., MIT Press, 2006)
– Segregation and Environmental Justice, 7 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 147 (2005)
– The Minnesota Fiscal Disparities Act of 1971: The Twin Cities' Struggle and Blueprint for Regional Cooperation, 33 William Mitchell Law Review 591 (2007)
– Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts, 40 Journal of Legal Studies 245-271 (2011); translated into Spanish, 41 Ius et Veritas (2012)
– Governing American Metropolitan Areas: Spatial Policy and Regional Governance, in Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness (Catherine L. Ross, ed., Island Press, 2009)
– Choice, Equal Protection, and Metropolitan Integration: The Hope of the Minneapolis Desegregation Settlement, 24 Law and Inequality 269 (2006)
– La Babele dell'AEL e il Diritto Penale, 20 Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto Penale dell'Economia 45-71 (2007)
– Mass Torts e Responsabilità per Danno Ambientale: Un'Analisi Economica, 14 Danno e Responsabilità (2009)
– Interesse Positivo, Interesse Negativo e Incentivi nella Responsabilità Contrattuale: Un'Analisi Economica e Comparata, 54 Rivista di Diritto Civile 218-242 (2008)
– Allocazione del Rischio tra Clausola Penali e Autonomia Contrattuale, 50 Rivista di Diritto Civile II, 309-325 (2009)
– Prefazione, in Angelo Mangione, Analisi Economica del Diritto Penale e Criminalità Organizzata (Monforte, 2009)
– The Mostly Unintended Effects of Mandatory Penalties: Two Centuries of Consistent Findings, 38 Crime and Justice 65 (2009)
– The Enforceability of Sentencing Guidelines, 58 Stanford Law Review 155 (2005)
– Don't Blame Determinacy: U.S. Incarceration Growth Has Been Driven by Other Forces, 84 Texas Law Review 1787 (2006)
– Demographic Impact Statements, O'Connor's Warning, and the Mysteries of Prison Release: Topics from a Sentencing Reform Agenda, 61 Florida Law Review 683 (2009)
– Optimal Timing of Legal Intervention: The Role of Timing Rules, 122 Harvard Law Review Forum 18 (2009)
– Beyond Liability: Correcting Optimism Bias Through Tort Law, 35 Queen's Law Journal 47-66 (2009); translated into Spanish, Mas alla de la Responsabilidad: Corrigiendo el sesgo de optimismo a traves de la responsabilidad extracontractual, 40 Ius et Veritas 30-43 (2010)
– The Fall and Rise of Functional Property, in Property Rights Dynamics: A Law and Economics Perspective 19-39 (Donatella Porrini & Gionvanni Ramello, eds., Routledge, 2007)
– An Economic Analysis of the CISG, in CISG Methodology 151-170 (André Janssen & Olaf Meyer, eds., Sellier European Law Publishers, 2009)
– Functional Law and Economics, in Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics (Mark D. White, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2009)
– Professional and Personal Responsibilities of the Lawyer (Foundation Press, 1st ed., 1997; 2d ed., 2001; 3d ed., 2011)
– Entropy and the Asymmetric Coase Theorem, in Property Rights Dynamics: A Law and Economics Perspective 54-76 (Donatella Porrini & Giovanni Ramello, eds., Routledge, 2007)
– A Law and Economics Perspective on Precontractual Liability, in Precontractual Liability in European Private Law 431-448 (John Cartwright & Martijn Willem Hesselink, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2008)
– Bargaining for Legal Harmonization: Jurisdictional Competition and Legal Obsolescence, in Internationalisierung des Rechts und seine ökonomische Analyse: Festschrift für Hans-Bernd Schäfer zum 65 339-352 (Thomas Eger, Jochen Bigus, Claus Ott & Georg Wangenheim, eds., Gabler, 2008)
– The Economics of Legal Harmonization in European Tort Law, in European Tort Law: Eastern and Western Perspectives 103-120 (Mauro Bussani, ed., Stämpfli, 2007)