Faculty Publications
SSRN Working Paper Series
Northwestern Pritzker Law Faculty Publications
Recent Publications
Books
Justin Marceau, David A. Dana & Janice Nadler, Empirical Animal Law: Testing the Assumptions of a Movement (2026 ).
David J. Scheffer & Mark S. Ellis, The Story of Modern International Justice, 1993-2025 (2026 ).
Articles
Jeremy Christiansen, Andrew Koppelman, Benjamin Bull & Nadine Strossen, "Sex in the Law" Symposium: Pornography Debate, 38 Regent University Law Review 444 (2025-2026).
Conor Clarke & Ari Glogower, Tariffs and the Taxing Power: Historical Lessons for Major Questions and Nondelegation, 103 Washington University Law Review 1867 (2026).
Zachary D. Clopton, State Constitutional Rights and Judicial Power, 121 Northwestern University Law Review 255 (2026).
Sarah Dorman, Monica Iyer & Kelsey Jost-Creegan, Of Mangroves and Men: Mobilizing Legal Innovations to Protect Coastal Communities from Climate Displacement, 50 William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review 599 (2026).
Sadia Farzana, Andrew Owen, John Meurer, Ronald Ackermann & Bernard Black, The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Diagnosis, Care, Treatment, and Health for Persons with Diabetes: Evidence from Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin, American Law & Economics Review ahag002 (2026).
Sadia Farzana, Ali Moghtaderi, Andy Ye Yuan, Qian (Eric) Luo, Vinay Kini & Bernard Black, Patient Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality: Between-Hospital Versus Within-Hospital Disparities, 64 Medical Care 540 (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).
Andrew Koppelman, Milton, Mill, and (Maybe) Aristotle on Why Hearing Horrible Speech Makes You a Better Person, 6 Journal of Free Speech Law 1377 (2026).
Bruce A. Markell, Margolin, Bankruptcy and the Fate of the "Tipsy Coachman": Part 1, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Sept. 2026, at 22.
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).
Stephen B. Presser, Son of Orwell, Chesterton, and Mill, 41 Touro Law Review 35 (2026).
Martin H. Redish & Samuel Pritchard, "Our Federalism" Reexamined: Federal Jurisdiction Viewed Through the Lens of American Political History, 104 North Carolina Law Review 1457 (2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, The New Economic Liberties, 121 Northwestern University Law Review 5 (2026).
Accepted Articles
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).
S.R. Blanchard, Contracting for Equity, 76 Duke Law Journal ___, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 29-30 (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).
Contributions to Books
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 ).
Charles W. Murdock & Stephen F. Reed, Business Organizations, in Illinois Practice Series (July 2026 Update ).
Legal Documents
Steven G. Calabresi, Shari S. Diamond, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Samuel R. Gross, Valerie P. Hans, Stephan Landsman, Richard O. Lempert, Nancy S. Marder, Steven D. Penrod, Mary R. Rose, Michael J. Saks & Alisa Smith, Amicus brief of Steven G. Calabresi, Shari S. Diamond, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Samuel R. Gross, Valerie P. Hans, Stephan Landsman, Richard O. Lempert, Nancy S. Marder, Steven D. Penrod, Mary R. Rose, Michael J. Saks and Alisa Smith, Kian v. Florida, 25-6623 (U.S. Aug 13, 2026).
Lawrence A. Cunningham, Stephen M. Bainbridge, Jonathan B. Berk, Sanjai Bhagat, Bernard S. Black, William J. Carney, David J. Denis, Diane Denis, Charles M. Elson, Jesse M. Fried, Sean J. Griffith, Jonathan M. Karpoff, F. Scott Kieff, Edmund W. Kitch, Katherine Litvak, Julia D. Mahoney, Paul G. Mahoney, Roberta Romano & Todd J. Zywicki, The SEC's Prudent Rescission of Its Misguided Climate Disclosure Rule, Comment on SEC File No. S7-2026-19 (June 11, 2026 ).
Norman I. Silber, Myriam E. Gilles, Jeff Sovern, Richard Alderman, Susan Block-Lieb, Mark Elliott Budnitz, Gina M. Calabrese, Kathleen C. Engel, Eric M. Freedman, Ted Mermin, Margaret Raymond, David Vladeck, Lauren E. Willis, Brian Wolfman, Ellen Yaroshefsky & Richard Zitrin, Amicus Brief of Civil Procedure, Aggregate Litigation, Class Action, Legal Ethics, and Consumer Law Scholars in Opposition to Final Approval of Proposed Class Settlement (Roundup), King v. Monsanto Co., 2622-CC00325 (Cir. Ct. St. Louis, Mo., Jul 15, 2026).
Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press
Ronald J. Allen, "The Public Conversation About Reducing Crime Suffers from a Deadly Confusion," Chicago Tribune (July 19, 2026).
Steven Gow Calabresi, "The 'Born Free and Equal' Clauses and Same-Sex Marriage," SCOTUSblog (Sept. 8, 2026).
Steven Gow Calabresi, "The "Born Free and Equal" Clauses and Lawrence v. Texas," SCOTUSblog (Aug. 31, 2026).
Steven Gow Calabresi, "There Is No Constitutional 'Right to Privacy'," SCOTUSblog (Aug. 24, 2026).
Steven Gow Calabresi, "Born Free and Equal," SCOTUSblog (Aug. 3, 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).
L. Lynne Kiesling & Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, "Epistemic Humility as a Principle of Adaptive Regulation," Yale Journal on Regulation Notice & Comment (Aug. 5, 2026).
Andrew Koppelman, "Trump Has Made 'Freedom' a Cover for Killing Kids," USA Today (Aug. 18, 2026).
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).
Steven Lubet, "Trump Is Using Antisemitism Claims as a Pretext for a Cash-grab," The Hill (Aug. 31, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "Trump's Latest Birthright Citizenship Order Is Also Unconstitutional," The Hill (Aug. 17, 2026).
Steven Lubet, "The Silence on Vance's Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theories Speaks Volumes," The Hill (Aug. 3, 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).
John O. McGinnis, "Gilded or Golden?," Law & Liberty (Aug. 27, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Return of the Warren Court," City Journal (Aug. 18, 2026).
John O. McGinnis & Mike Rappaport, "Originalism's Better Meaning," Law & Liberty (Aug. 13, 2026).
John O. McGinnis, "The Umpire's Limits," Law & Liberty (July 23, 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).
Annelise Riles, "Nagasaki 81 Years On: Learn What Hibakusha Know," Japan Times (Aug. 7, 2026).
Daniel B Rodriguez, "AALS Task Force on Legal Accreditation: On Listening, Evaluating, and Improving," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (Aug. 14, 2026).
Daniel B Rodriguez, "Ambiguities in the Duke Law Admissions Letter," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (Aug. 10, 2026).
Daniel B Rodriguez, "Law School Accreditation Wars: The ABA Tries to Be Clever," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (Aug. 5, 2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, "SCOTUS Shouldn't Hear Suncor Energy Appeal," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (Aug. 4, 2026).
Daniel B Rodriguez, "A2J Gap and New Legal Professionals: Yes, Law Schools Need to Get More Involved," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (July 27, 2026).
Daniel B Rodriguez, "Law School Accreditation Drama: Darts Against a Dartboard Right Now," Daniel B. Rodriguez Substack (July 24, 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).
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).
Kat M. Albrecht, Charlotte S. Alexander, Luís A. Nunes Amaral, Christopher A. Cotropia, Scott Daniel, Kaitlyn Filip, Adam R. Pah, Amy K. Sanders & David L. Schwartz, The SCALES Project: Structured Federal District Court Data and Open-Source Code, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-31, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper (2026).
Zachary D. Clopton, Nathan Reitinger & David L. Schwartz, Contempt, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-10, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-29 (2026).
Myriam E. Gilles, Procedural Individuation, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-34 (2026).
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 Black, Regulation by Disclosure: Do Nursing Home Star Ratings Affect Occupancy?, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-13 (2026).
David A. Hyman, Anton Chorniy, William M. Sage & Bernard 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).
John O. McGinnis, The Scholar's Telescope: AI and the Public Purpose of Legal Scholarship, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-35 (2026).
Nathan Reitinger, Noah Apthorpe, Konrad Kollnig, Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux, Madelyne Xiao, Serge Egelman & Michelle L. Mazurek, SoK: Measuring Compliance with Privacy and Data Protection Laws After the GDPR, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 26-12, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-33 (2026).
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Fulfilling the Unfulfilled Promise of Federalism Consultation in Agency Rulemaking, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 26-28 (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).