With a long tradition of rigorous legal scholarship, University of Denver Sturm College of Law faculty members publish articles in the nation’s top scholarly journals and in numerous peer-reviewed and specialty journals. The faculty’s extensive record of interdisciplinary scholarly publication includes academic books, treatises, and leading law school casebooks, in addition faculty members implement innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Submissions from 2016
Sufficiency, Comprehensiveness of Healthcare Coverage and Cost-sharing Arrangements in the Realpolitik of Health Policy, Govind Persad and Harald Schmidt
Conspiracy as Contract, Laurent Sacharoff
Access, Exclusion, and Value, Sarah Schindler
Comments on When God isn't Green, Sarah Schindler
Exploring Options for Urban Sustainability in an Era of Scarce Water Resources: A Possible Ban on Lawns, Sarah Schindler
How Online Learning Can Transform Legal Education, David I.C. Thomson
Submissions from 2015
Disquieting Discretion: Race, Geography & the Colorado Death Penalty in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century, Meg Beardsley, Sam Kamin, Justin F. Marceau, and Scott Phillips
The Future Direction of Delaware Law (Including a Brief Exegesis on Fee Shifting Bylaws), J. Robert Brown Jr.
Comment Letter on Rule 14a-8(I)(10), Securities & Exchange Commission, June 18, 2015, J. Robert Brown Jr.
Comment Letter: The NYSE and the End of the Structural Separation Between Regulatory and Commercial Interests of the Exchange, J. Robert Brown Jr.
Comment on Rule 14a-8(i)(9), Securities and Exchange Commission, June 30, 2015, J. Robert Brown Jr.
Secularism, Sharia, and the Turkish Financial Markets, J. Robert Brown Jr.
Staying in the Delaware Corporate Governance Lane: Fee Shifting Bylaws and a Legislative Reaffirmation of the Rules of the Road, J. Robert Brown Jr.
Brief for Amici Curiae Scholars of the Constitutional Rights of Children in Support of Respondent Edith Windsor Addressing the Merits and Supporting Affirmance, J. Robert Brown Jr., Catherine E. Smith, Kyle C. Velte, Susannah William Pollvogt, and Tanya Washington
Causation and Harm in a Multicomponent World, Bernard Chao
Sustainable Development and Its Discontents, Federico Cheever and John C. Dernbach
An Introduction to Conservation Easements in the United States: A Simple Concept and a Complicated Mosaic of Law, Federico Cheever and Nancy A. McLaughlin
High Value Lies, Ugly Truths, and the First Amendment, Alan K. Chen and Justin F. Marceau
The Superagency Solution, K.K. DuVivier
Wind Power Growing Pains, K.K. DuVivier
Clinical Research: Should Patients Pay to Play?, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Steven Jofe, Christine Grady, David Wendler, and Govind Persad
Immigration Law by Proxy: The Case of Colorado’s Human Smuggling Crime, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
The Life of Crimmigration Law, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
Coaxing Culture: India’s Legislative Response to Dowry Deaths, Rashmi Goel
Comparative Perspectives on Gender Violence: Lessons From Efforts Worldwide, Rashmi Goel and Leigh Goodmark
Panel on Problematizing Assumptions about Gender Violence (transcript), Rashmi Goel, Tamara Love, Elizabeth MacDowell, and Adele Morrison
Domestic Violence and the Confrontation Clause: The Case for a Prompt Post-arrest Confrontation Hearing, Robert M. Hardaway
Extrajudicial Executions and Assaults in American Prisons and the Looming Human Rights Crisis, Robert M. Hardaway and Brandi Joffrion
The Battle of the Bulge: The Surprising Last Stand Against State Marijuana Legalization, Sam Kamin
The Limits of Marijuana Legalization in the States, Sam kamin
The Work of the Task Force to Implement Amendment 64: A Case Study, Sam kamin
Remember Not to Forget Furman: A Response to Professor Smith, Sam Kamin and Justin F. Marceau
Trademark Laundering, Useless Patents, and Other IP Challenges for the Marijuana Industry, Sam Kamin and Viva Moffat
Public Lawyers and Marijuana Regulation, Sam Kamin and Eli Wald
Understanding the Costs of Experiential Legal Education, Martin J. Katz
Rethinking the Curriculum: A Balanced Curriculum, Martin J. Katz and Kenneth R. Margolis
Transforming Legal Education as an Imperative in Today's World: Leadership and Curricular Change, Martin J. Katz and Kenneth R. Margolis
Distance Education and the Evolution of Online Learning in the United States, Hope Kentnor
The First Century of Right to Arms Litigation, David B. Kopel
FOIA, Inc., Margaret B. Kwoka
Setting Congress Up to Fail, Margaret B. Kwoka
The Gardener and the Sick Garden: How Not to Address the Planet's Environmental Issues, Jan G. Laitos and Juliana E. Okulski
Natural Resources Law, Jan G. Laitos and Sandra B. Zellmer
Communication in Cyberspace, Nancy Leong and Joanne Morando
Free Speech and Democracy in the Video Age, Justin F. Marceau and Alan K. Chen
Difference Blindness vs. Bias Awareness: Why Law Firms with the Best of Intentions have Failed to Create Diverse Partnerships, Russell G. Pearce and Eli Wald
Three Dichotomies in Lawyers’ Ethics (with Particular Attention to the Corporation as Client), Stephen Pepper
Equality via Mobility: Why Socioeconomic Mobility Matters for Relational Equality, Distributive Equality, and Equality of Opportunity, Govind Persad
On H. M. Oliver’s “Established Expectations and American Economic Policies”, Govind Persad
Priority Setting, Cost-effectiveness, and the Affordable Care Act, Govind Persad
The Medical Cost Pandemic:Why Limiting Access to Cost-effective Treatments Hurts the Global Poor, Govind Persad
Vulnerability, Coercion, and Undue Influence: From the Mud into the Muck?, Govind C. Persad
Governance and Uncertainty, Justin R. Pidot
The Keyes to Reclaiming the Racial History of the Roberts Court, Tom Romero II
Dignity and the Eighth Amendment: A New Approach to Challenging Solitary Confinement, Laura L. Rovner
Architectural Exclusion: Discrimination and Segregation through Physical Design of the Built Environment, Sarah Schindler
Regulating the Underground: Secret Supper Clubs, Pop-up Restaurants, and the Role of Law, Sarah Schindler
Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of the Constitutional Rights of Children in Support of Petitioners in Obergefell v. Hodges, Catherine E. Smith, Lauren Fontana, Susannah William Pollvogt, and Tanya Washington
Social License to Operate: Hydraulic Fracturing-related Challenges Facing the Oil & Gas Industry, Don C. Smith and Jessica Marie Richards
Defining Experiential Legal Education, David I.C. Thomson
"Teaching" Formation of Professional Identity, David I.C. Thomson
BigLaw Identity Capital: Pink and Blue, Black and White, Eli Wald
In-house Risk, Eli Wald
Representing Clients in the Marijuana Industry: Navigating State and Federal Rules, Eli Wald, Eric Liebman, and Amanda Bertrand
The Immortal Accusation, Lindsey Webb
Submissions from 2014
Patent Imperialism, Bernard Chao
The Infringement Continuum, Bernard Chao
A Case Study of Patent Litigation Transparency, Bernard Chao and Derigan Silver
Analyzing Carnegie’s Reach: The Contingent Nature of Innovation, Stephen Daniels, Martin J. Katz, and William Sullivan
Offensive Defensive Medicine: The Ethics of Digoxin Injections to the Partial Abortion Ban, Colleen Denny, Govind Persad, and Elena Gates
Rural Wind Windfalls, K.K. DuVivier
Sins of the Father, K.K. DuVivier
Solar Skyspace B, K.K. DuVivier
Naturalizing Immigration Imprisonment, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
As the World Welcomes Its Seven Billionth Human: Reflections and Population, Law, and the Environment, Robert M. Hardaway
The Compact Clause and National Popular Vote: Implications for the Federal Structure, Robert M. Hardaway and Tara Ross
The Tarasoff Rule: The Implications of Interstate Variation and Gaps in Professional Training, Rebecca Johnson, Govind Persad, and Dominic Sisti
Double Reasonableness and the Fourth Amendment, Sam kamin and Justin F. Marceau
Love Matters, Tamara L. Kuennen
The M Word, Tamara L. Kuennen
The Lock-In Effect of Preliminary Injunctions, Kevin J. Lynch
Democratic Deliberation and the Ethical Review of Human Subjects Research, Govind Persad
Libertarian Patriarchalism: Nudges, Procedural Roadblocks, and Reproductive Choice, Govind Persad
When, and How, Should Cognitive Bias Matter to Law, Govind Persad
Banning Lawns, Sarah Schindler
Unpermitted Urban Agriculture: Transgressive Actions, Changing Norms, and the Local Food Movement, Sarah Schindler
When the ABA Comes Calling, Let’s Speak the Same Language of Assessment, David I.C. Thomson
The Jewish Law Firm: Past and Present, Eli Wald
Submissions from 2013
Finding the Point of Novelty in Software Patents, Bernard Chao
Converting Natural Resources into Electricity, K.K. DuVivier
E-Legislating, K.K. DuVivier
Good-bye Christopher Columbus Langdell?, K.K. DuVivier
Managing the Dark Side of Trees, K.K. DuVivier
Race and Income Disparity: An Ideology-neutral Approach to Reconciling Capitalism and Economic Justice, Robert M. Hardaway
Facilitating Better Law Teaching – Now, Martin J. Katz
Teaching Professional Identity in Law School, Martin J. Katz
The New Normal: Adding Value, Managing Costs, and Participating in the Conversation – A Dean’s View, Martin J. Katz
What Marriage Law can Learn from Citizenship Law (And Vice Versa), Govind Persad
Using Student Evaluation Data to Examine and Improve your Program, David I.C. Thomson