The faculty at the University of Missouri School of Law research, publish and teach in a wide variety of disciplines of the law. Where possible, the Law Library has provided open access to this body of work.

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Submissions from 2017

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The Pesky Serial Comma, Douglas E. Abrams

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The Pesky Serial Comma, Douglas E. Abrams

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Federalism Implications of Non-Recognition of Licensure Reciprocity Under the Gun-Free School Zones Act, Royce de R. Barondes

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Prenatal Abandonment: 'Horton Hatches the Egg' in the Supreme Court and Thirty-Four States, Mary M. Beck

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Recalibrating the Federal Economic Crime Guideline: An Admiring Rejoinder to Judge Bennett and Friends, Frank O. Bowman III

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Equitably Housing (Almost) Half a Nation of Renters, Andrea Boyack

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Limiting the Collective Right to Exclude, Andrea Boyack

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Side by Side: Revitalizing Urban Cores and Ensuring Residential Diversity, Andrea Boyack

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Wrongly Affirmed without Opinion, Dennis D. Crouch

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Race, Rhetoric, and Judicial Opinions: Missouri as a Case Study, Brad Desnoyer and Anne Alexander

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Review Essay: Charity for the Autonomous Self, Carl H. Esbeck

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A New Theory of Equitable Apportionment, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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A State-Level Carbon Tax with Border Adjustments, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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How States Can Respond to the AHCA: Using the McCarran-Ferguson Act, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Tax Cannibalization and Fiscal Federalism in the United States, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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The American Health Care Act Would Toss the States a Hot Potato, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Using Taxes to Support Multiple Health Insurance Risk Pools, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Why a State-Level Carbon Tax Can Include Border Adjustments, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Consumer-Based Use Tax Enforcement and Taxpayer Compliance, David Gamage, Adam Thimmesch, and Darien Shanske

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The Case for Consumer-Based Use Tax Enforcement, David Gamage, Adam Thimmesch, and Darien Shanske

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Collective Bargaining and Dispute System Design, Rafael Gely

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Few Thoughts about Scalia's Dissenting Opinion in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and His View of the Public Workplace, Rafael Gely

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Technically Bankrupt, Brook E. Gotberg

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The Faithless Elector and 2016: Constitutional Uncertainty after the Election of Donald Trump, Alexander Gouzoules

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Developing a Matrix for Intellectual Property as Subject of International Law, Sam F. Halabi

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Zika and the Regulatory Regime for Licensing Vaccines for Use During Pregnancy, Sam F. Halabi

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Zika, Pregnancy, and the Law, Sam F. Halabi

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Assessing the Relative Influence and Efficacy of Public and Private Food Safety Regulation Regimes: Comparing Codex and Global GAP Standards, Sam F. Halabi and Ching-Fu Lin

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A Global Vaccine Injury Compensation System, Sam F. Halabi and Saad B. Ommer

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Why and How Businesses Use Planned Early Dispute Resolution, John M. Lande and Peter W. Benner

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OnionDNS: A Seizure-Resistant Top-Level Domain, Lyrissa Lidsky, Nolen Scaife, Henry Carter, Patrick Traynor, and Rachael L. Jones

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The Uncharted Waters of Competition and Innovation in Biological Medicines, Erika Lietzan

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Empowering Consumers Through Online Dispute Resolution, Amy J. Schmitz

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The New Handshake: Where We Are Now, Amy J. Schmitz and Colin Rule

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Alternative Facts and the Post-Truth Society: Meeting the Challenge, S. I. Strong

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Book Review: Divergent Paths: The Academy and the Judiciary, S. I. Strong

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Congress and Commercial Trusts: Dealing with Diversity Jurisdiction Post-Americold, S. I. Strong

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How University Title IX Enforcement and Other Discipline Processes (Probably) Discriminate against Minority Students, Ben L. Trachtenberg

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What Do I Do with the Porn on My Computer: How a Lawyer Should Counsel Clients about Physical Evidence, Rodney J. Uphoff and Peter A. Joy

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Restoring the Balance Between Secrecy and Transparency: The Prosecution of NationaI Security Leaks Under the Espionage Act, Christina E. Wells

Submissions from 2016

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Long Ideas, Short Words, Douglas E. Abrams

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References to Baseball in Judicial Opinions and Written Advocacy, Douglas E. Abrams

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References to Television Programming in Judicial Opinions and Lawyers’ Advocacy, Douglas E. Abrams

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Respectful Identifiers, Douglas E. Abrams

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Writing in Law Reviews, Bar Association Journals, and Blogs (Part I), Douglas E. Abrams

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Writing in Law Reviews, Bar Association Journals, and Blogs (Part II), Douglas E. Abrams

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Encounters with an Inconstant Cerberus: A Response to Mr. Schmitt, Frank O. Bowman III

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First Principles and Practical Politics: Thoughts on Judge Pryor's Proposal to Revive Presumptive Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Frank O. Bowman III

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A New American Dream for Detroit, Andrea Boyack

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More Talking, More Writing, Andrea Boyack

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Symposium Introduction: Beyond the FAA: Arbitration Procedure, Practice, and Policy in Historical Perspective, Carli N. Conklin

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GRAS-Fed Americans: Sick of Lax Regulation of Food Additives, Martha Dragich

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Amending the Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act to Implement the Standards and Recommendations of the Third National Guardianship Summit, David M. English

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When Religious Exemptions Cause Third-Party Harms: Is The Establishment Clause Violated?, Carl H. Esbeck

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Tax Cannibalization and State Government Tax Incentive Programs, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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The Federal Government's Power to Restrict State Taxation, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Using Taxes to Improve Cap and Trade, Part II: Efficient Pricing, David Gamage and Darien Shanske

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Collective Corporate Knowledge, the Federal False Claims Act, and the Future of Federal Health Programs, Sam F. Halabi

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International Intellectual Property Shelters, Sam F. Halabi

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The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Latent Domestic Relations Exception to Federal Question Jurisdiction, Sam F. Halabi

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The Scope of Preemption under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Sam F. Halabi

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Last Lecture: Tips for Lawyers Who Want to Get Good Results for Clients and Make Money, John M. Lande

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You as a Brand: A Legal History, Lyrissa Lidsky

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U.S. Media Law Update, Lyrissa Lidsky and Racheal Jones

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Of Reasonable Readers and Unreasonable Speakers: Libel Law in a Networked World, Lyrissa Lidsky and RonNell Anderson Jones

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The Myths of Data Exclusivity, Erika Lietzan

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The Law of 180-Day Exclusivity, Erika Lietzan and Julia Post

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Remedy Realities in Business-to-Consumer Contracting, Amy J. Schmitz

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Discrimination Law: The New Franken-Tort, Sandra F. Sperino

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Justice Kennedy's Big New Idea, Sandra F. Sperino

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Book Review: Challenges and Recusals of Judges and Arbitrators in International Courts and Tribunals, S. I. Strong

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Clash of Cultures: Epistemic Communities, Negotiation Theory, and International Lawmaking, S. I. Strong

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International Implications of the Will as an Implied Unilateral Arbitration Contract, S. I. Strong

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Large-Scale Dispute Resolution in Jurisdictions Without Judicial Class Actions: Learning From the Irish Experience, S. I. Strong

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Realizing Rationality: An Empirical Assessment of International Commercial Mediation, S. I. Strong

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Choosing a Criminal Procedure Casebook: On Lesser Evils and Free Books, Ben L. Trachtenberg

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Book Review: Human Smuggling and Border Crossings, Rachel J. Wechsler

Submissions from 2015

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Concussion Safety in Children’s Sports: A Central Role for the “Power of the Permit”, Douglas E. Abrams

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10 Tips for Effective Brief Writing, Douglas E. Abrams

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Art of Persuasion: Lessons from an Author Who Shaped Presidential Policy, Douglas E. Abrams

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Civility (Part I), Douglas E. Abrams

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Civility (Part II), Douglas E. Abrams

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Concussion Safety in Children's Sports: A Central Role for the "Power of the Permit", Douglas E. Abrams

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Historian Barbara W. Tuchman on the ‘Art of Writing’ (Part II), Douglas E. Abrams

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Incivility in Legal Writing Can Be Costly to Client and to Attorney, Douglas E. Abrams

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Orwell's Six Cures to Bad Writing, Douglas E. Abrams

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Frictions and the Persistence of Inferior Contract Terms, Royce de R. Barondes

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Damp Squib: The Disappointing Denouement of the Sentencing Commission's Economic Crime Project (and What They Should Do Now), Frank O. Bowman III

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Dispatches from Two Fronts of the Battle for Sentencing Reform: Parole and Federal Sentencing Legislation, Frank O. Bowman III

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Good Enough to Be Getting on With? The State of Federal Sentencing Legislation, December 2015, Frank O. Bowman III

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Vox Populi: Robert McCulloch, Ferguson, and the Roles of Prosecutors and Grand Juries in High-Profile Cases, Frank O. Bowman III

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Bankruptcy Weapons to Terminate a Zombie Mortgage, Andrea Boyack and Robert Berger

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The Origins of the Pursuit of Happiness, Carli N. Conklin

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The History and Future of E-Commerce Patents, Dennis D. Crouch and Mitchell L. Terry

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A Post-Obergefell America: Is a Season of Legal and Civic Strife Inevitable?, Carl H. Esbeck

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Federal Contractors, Title VII, and LGBT Employment Discrimination: Can Religious Organizations Continue to Staff on a Religious Basis?, Carl H. Esbeck

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Third-Party Harms, Congressional Statutes Accommodating Religion, and the Establishment Clause, Carl H. Esbeck

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Can Associations Have Priority over Fannie or Freddie?, R. Wilson Freyermuth and Dale A. Whitman

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Foreword--King v. Burwell Symposium: Comments on the Commentaries (and on Some Elephants in the Room), David Gamage

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Prompt on the King v. Burwell Case, David Gamage