Faculty Publications
SSRN Working Paper Series
Northwestern Pritzker Law Faculty Publications
Recent Publications
Books
Elgar Companion to Female Chief Justices in Comparative Perspective (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon eds., 2026 ).
Articles
Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi & Geeyoung Min, Merger Remedies Unbound, 2026 Wisconsin Law Review 435.
Bernard Black, Francesco Maria Rossi, Jeffrey Traczynski & Victoria Udalova, Some Puzzles in Medical Malpractice Insurance Pricing, 3 Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis 51 (2026).
Andrew D. Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton & D. Theodore Rave, MDL Strikes Back, 110 Cornell Law Review 1855 (2026).
Shih-Chun "Steven" Chien, Goodwin Liu & Ajay K. Mehrotra, The "Bamboo Ceiling" in Law: Asian American Perceptions of Inequality in the Legal Profession, 12 Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 211 (2026).
Jeremy Christiansen, Andrew Koppelman, Benjamin Bull & Nadine Strossen, "Sex in the Law" Symposium: Pornography Debate, 38 Regent University Law Review 444 (2025-2026).
Stephanie Holmes Didwania, Quantity and Culpability in Federal Drug Sentencing, 38 Federal Sentencing Reporter 142 (2026).
Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Deepfakes and Private International Law, 49 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 803 (2026).
Myriam E. Gilles, The Quiet Revival of the Effective Vindication of Rights Doctrine, 94 Fordham Law Review 2035 (2026).
Jill R. Horwitz, Neil S. Wenger, David P. Powell, Jose J. Escarce, Lee A. Jennings, Li-Jung Liang, Punam Parikh & David S. Zingmond, Tort Immunity and Nursing Home Staffing, 7 JAMA Health Forum e261534 (2026).
Aziz Z. Huq & Zachary D. Clopton, Agnostic Federalism, 104 Texas Law Review 1235 (2026).
Justice Elena Kagan, John C.P. Goldberg, James E. Pfander & Carol S. Steiker, In Memoriam: Professor Richard H. Fallon, Jr., 139 Harvard Law Review 1723 (2026).
Monica Llorente, A Tribute to Len and the Len Way, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 345 (2026).
Shobha Mahadev, On Belonging: A Tribute to Professor Len Rubinowitz, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 342 (2026).
Bruce A. Markell, Location, Location, Location: Recent Venue Manipulation and COMI-Shifting in Cross-Border Insolvency Cases, Bankruptcy Law Commentaries, No. 6, June 2026.
John O. McGinnis, Gordon Wood's Republic of Ideas, 36 Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 961 (2026).
Emily Olsen-Gault & Meredith Martin Rountree, Beyond the Procedural Maze: Preserving Habeas Corpus as a Meaningful Safeguard Against Unconstitutional Punishment, Human Rights, Jun. 2026, at 14.
James E. Pfander & Alexander A. Reinert, Exploring the Limits of Qualified Immunity Under Harlow's Discretionary Function Test, 139 Harvard Law Review 1813 (2026).
Cynthia Wilson, Teacher, Mentor, Scholar, Friend: A Tribute to Professor Len Rubinowitz, 21 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 338 (2026).
Accepted Articles
Dhruv Aggarwal, Corporate Criminal Liability and Firm Value, __ Journal of Law, Economics & Organization __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-21, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-06 (forthcoming 2026).
Ronald J. Allen & Paul Piazza, The Common Law Is a Complex Adaptive System, 62 San Diego Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 25-42 (forthcoming 2026).
Mary Beckman & Jill R. Horwitz, Back to Basics: Private Equity and the Need for Rules and Values in Health Care, __ American Journal of Law & Equality __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-27 (forthcoming 2027).
Stephanie Holmes Didwania & Matthew B. Kugler, Fairness and Excess in Asset Forfeiture, 104 Washington University Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-22, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-07 (forthcoming 2026).
Sadia Farzana, Ali Moghtaderi, Ye Yuan, Qian Luo, Vinay Kini & Bernard Black, Patient Race/Ethnicity, Socio-economic Status and AMI Mortality: Between-Hospital versus Within-Hospital Differences, __ Medical Care __ , Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 25-21 (forthcoming 2026).
Paul A. Gowder, Never Send to Know on Whom the Boot Stomps; it Stomps on Thee, __ Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-20 (forthcoming 2026).
Orin S. Kerr & Matthew B. Kugler, Popular Conceptions of Fourth Amendment Curtilage, __ Michigan Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-19 (forthcoming 2026).
Lynne Kiesling & Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, Epistemic Humility as a Principle of Adaptive Regulation, __ Journal of Markets & Morality __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 25-48, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 25-20 (forthcoming 2026).
Andrew Koppelman & Michael Judah, The New Establishment Clause Hallmarks Test: Sources and Distortions, __ Oregon Law Review __ , Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 25-41 (forthcoming 2026).
Contributions to Books
Rosalind Dixon & Erin F. Delaney, Introduction: Judicial Heroines? Comparative and Conceptual Reflections, in Elgar Companion to Female Chief Justices in Comparative Perspective 1 (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon eds., 2026 ).
David Anderson Hooker & Sheila A. Bedi, Re-defining Justice and Creating Pathways for Healing: The Limits of the US Legal System and the Promise of Politicised Healing as a Model for Redressing Racialized Harm, in Overcoming Violence in Transdisciplinary Perspective: A Praxis Anthology of Peace 107 (Jeremy A. Rinker ed., 2026 ).
Jill Horwitz, The U.S. System: Public or Private, in Proceedings: Health Care: Public, Private, or Non-Profit (Claudio di Gregorio & Paolo Sommaggio eds., forthcoming 2026 ).
Andrew M. Koppelman, The Fearlessness Rationale for Free Speech, in The Elgar Companion to Freedom of Speech and Expression 36 (Ashutosh Bhagwat & Alan K. Chen eds., 2026 ).
Charles W. Murdock & Stephen F. Reed, Business Organizations, in Illinois Practice Series (July 2026 Update ).
Helene S. Shapo, George Gleason Bogert, George Taylor Bogert & Amy Morris Hess, Bogert's the Law of Trusts & Trustees, in §§ 141-230 (May 2026 Update ).
White Papers/Reports
Dan Linna et al., Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law - Following AI, Lawfare (May, 2026 ).
Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press
Dhruv Aggarwal, "Corporate Criminal Liability and Firm Value," Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 3, 2026).
Ronald J. Allen, "The Public Conversation About Reducing Crime Suffers from a Deadly Confusion," Chicago Tribune (July 19, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "Two Cheers for Chief Justice Roberts on the Unitary Executive," Volokh Conspiracy (July 1, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "Remembering Gordon Wood," Volokh Conspiracy (June 10, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "Keep the Blockade of Iran in Place," Volokh Conspiracy (June 7, 2026).
Steven Calabresi, "President Trump Doesn't Need Congressional Approval for His Actions as to Iran," Volokh Conspiracy (May 22, 2026).
Erin F. Delaney, "Litigation in the Shadows of Empires," JOTWELL (May 28, 2026). (reviewing Trevor T. W. Wan, Globetrotting Advocates: Foreign Barristers in Hong Kong Courts, 73 Am. J. Comp. L. 872 (2025)
Erin F. Delaney, "Comparisons are Odious," Constitutional Theory Monitor (May 25, 2026). (Symposium on the Notwithstanding Clause Appeals)
Andrew Koppelman, "Saint Alito," Los Angeles Review of Books (July 13, 2026).
Andrew Koppelman, "Roberts Saved Birthright Citizenship, Ducked the Real Danger | Opinion," USA Today (July 5, 2026).
Andrew Koppelman, "The Latest Ruling on the Ten Commandments in Texas Threatens Religious Freedom," The Hill (May 13, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "On Birthright Citizenship, Trump Could Lose Even Bigger Next Time," The Hill (July 20, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Brett Kavanaugh May Have Accidentally Opened the Door to New Gun Restrictions," Slate (July 15, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "From the Courthouse to the White House: How Corruption Becomes Routine," The Hill (July 6, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Expanding the Supreme Court Isn't Court-Packing," The Hill (June 23, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Justice Alito Thinks Only Liberals Deserve Stinging Rebukes," The Hill (June 8, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Justice Jackson Warns an Increasingly Partisan Supreme Court," The Hill (May 26, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "By Barrett's Own Definition, the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks," The Hill (May 11, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Trump's Top Two Voting Initiatives Could Disenfranchise Many Americans," The Hill (Apr. 27, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "A New Map of the Constitution," Law & Liberty (July 9, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "The Win-Win World," Law & Liberty (June 25, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Elon Musk and the Glory of Liberal Democracy," City Journal (June 19, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Standing Downstream from Dobbs," Law & Liberty (June 11, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "The Unbundling of Legal Education," Law & Liberty (May 28, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Land, Law, and Constitutional Overreach," Law & Liberty (May 14, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Taxing Ownership," Law & Liberty (Apr. 23, 2026).
Chika Okafor, "Sam Alito's Math on 'Colorblindness' Doesn't Check Out," Slate (May 22, 2026).
Annelise Riles, "Here's How We Can Defund the Bomb," Chicago Tribune (May 21, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "Is Higher Education Built to Last?," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (June 22, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "MSOs, Law Firms, and Key Constitutional Questions," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (June 10, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "Repairing Academic Humanities: The Blue Ribbon Committee's Remarkable Report," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (June 8, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "State Constitutional Law has Fair Weather Friends," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (May 12, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "Maybe Law School Accreditation Hot Water Has Been Brought on (at Least in Part) by the Law Schools Themselves?," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (May 11, 2026).
Eric Sirota, "Poem: Exodus," Shelterforce (June 23, 2026).
Working Papers
Dhruv Aggarwal, Albert H. Choi & Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, Retail Investors and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Zero-Commission Trading, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 24-01, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-01, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 957/2024, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-013 (2024).
Priyanka Goonetilleke, Anastasia Karpova, Artem Kuriksha & Peter Meylakhs, Illegal Drug use and Government Policy: Evidence from a Darknet Marketplace, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-05, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-18 (2026).
David A. Hyman, Anton Chorniy, William M. Sage & Bernard S. Black, Choosing a Nursing Home: How Useful are CMS Star Ratings?, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-01, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper (2026).
Michael S. Kang, Election Violence, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-25 (2026).
Kyle Rozema, What Occupational Licensing Requirements Protect the Public? Evidence from the Legal Profession, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-06 (2024).
Kimberly Yuracko, NIL and Title IX: Implications and Aspirations, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-26 (2026).