The Articles in the "Journal Articles Series" presents scholarly articles written by Penn State Law faculty.
Articles from 2018
Firearm-mark Evidence: Looking Back and Looking Ahead, David H. Kaye 86 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1639 (2018)
How Daubert and Its Progeny Have Failed Criminalistics Evidence and a Few Things the Judiciary Could Do About It, David H. Kaye 86 Fordham L. Rev. forthcoming (2018)
Improving Tax Rules by Means-Testing: Bridging Wealth Inequality and "Ability to Pay", James M. Puckett 70 Okla. L. Rev. 405 (2018)
Immigration Enforcement and the Future of Discretion, Shoba Wadhia 23 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 353 (2018)
Articles from 2017
The Yates Memo: Looking for "Individual Accountability" in All the Wrong Places, Katrice Bridges Copeland 102 Iowa L. Rev. 1897 (2017)
Hurricanes, Fraud, and Insurance: The Supreme Court Weighs in on, But Does Not Wade Into, the Concurrent Causation Conundrum in State Farm Fire and Casualty Company v. Rigsby, Chris French 165 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 99 (2017)
Insurance Policies: The Grandparents of Contractual Black Holes, Chris French 67 Duke L.J. Online 101 (2017)
Hypothesis Testing in Law and Forensic Science: A Memorandum, David H. Kaye 130 Harv. L. Rev. F. 127 (2017)
Money Norms, Julia Y. Lee 49 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 57 (2017)
State Action Doctrine and the Logic of Constitutional Containment, Jud Mathews 2017 U. Ill. L. Rev. 655 (2017)
The Rules of Maternity, Dara Purvis 84 Tenn. L. Rev. 367 (2017)
Clear Statement Rules and the Integrity of Labor Arbitration, Stephen F. Ross and Roy Eisenhardt 9 Y.B. Arb. & Mediation 1 (2017)
Articles from 2016
Comparing Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Obergefell v. Hodges and Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales: A Watershed Moment for Due Process Liberty, Jill C. Engle 17 Geo. J. Gender & L. 575 (2016)
Sex, Videos, and Insurance: How Gawker Could Have Avoided Financial Responsibility for the $140 Million Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Verdict, Christopher French 90 S. Cal. L. Rev. Postscript 101 (2016)
The Insurability of Claims for Restitution, Christopher French 18 U. Penn. J. Bus. L. 599 (2016)
Heien's Mistake of Law, Kit Kinports 68 Ala. L. Rev. 121 (2016)
The Supreme Court's Quiet Expansion of Qualified Immunity, Kit Kinports 100 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 62 (2016)
Minimally Democratic Administrative Law, Jud Mathews Admin. L. Rev. Forthcoming (2016)
Uncertainty, Complexity, and Regulatory Design, Adam I. Muchmore 53 Hous. L. Rev. 1321 (2016)
Due Process in Public University Discipline Cases, Marie T. Reilly 120 Penn. St. L. Rev. 1001 (2016)
Beyond Deportation: Understanding Immigration Prosecutorial Discretion and United States V. Texas, Shoba S. Wadhia 36 Immig. & Nat'lity L. Rev. 94 (2016)
Is Immigration Law National Security Law?, Shoba S. Wadhia 66 Emory L.J. 669 (2016)
Remarks on Executive Action and Immigration Reform, Shoba S. Wadhia 48 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 137 (2016)
The Aftermath of United States v. Texas, Shoba S. Wadhia Yale J. on Reg.: Notice & Comment Aug. 10, 2016 (2016)
The President and Deportation: DACA, DAPA, and the Sources and Limits of Executive Authority - Response to Hiroshi Motomura, Shoba S. Wadhia 55 Washburn L.J. 189 (2016)
Articles from 2015
Mandatory Reporting of Campus Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: Moving to a Victim-Centric Protocol that Comports with Federal Law, Jill C. Engle 24 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 401 (2015)
Taming the Tigers: Domestic Violence, Legal Professionalism, and Well-Being, Jill C. Engle 4 Tenn. J. Race, Gender & Soc. Just. 1 (2015)
Insuring Floods: The Most Common and Devastating Natural Catastrophes in America, Christopher French 60 Vill. L. Rev. 53 (2015)
The Role of the Profit Imperative in Risk Management, Christopher French 17 U. Penn. J. Bus. L. 1801 (2015)
Cell Phones, Brain Cancer, and Scientific Outliers in Murray v. Motorola, David H. Kaye 43 Product Safety & Liability Rep. 1418 (2015)
Ultracrepidarianism in Forensic Science: The Hair Evidence Debacle, David H. Kaye 72 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. Online 227 (2015)
Rosemond, Mens Rea, and the Elements of Complicity, Kit Kinports 52 San Diego L. Rev. 133 (2015)
Trust and Social Commerce, Julia Y. Lee 77 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 137 (2015)
Structural Tax Exceptionalism, James M. Puckett 49 Ga. L. Rev. 1067 (2015)
Expectant Fathers, Abortion, and Embryos, Dara Purvis 43 J.L. Med. & Ethics 330 (2015)
A Window into the Soul of International Arbitration: Arbitrator Selection, Transparency and Stakeholder Interests, Catherine A. Rogers 46 Victoria U. Wellington L. Rev. 1179 (2015)
International Arbitration, Judicial Education, and Legal Elites, Catherine A. Rogers 2015 J. Disp. Resol. 71 (2015)
Elusive Equality: Reflections on Justice Field’s Opinions in Chae Chan Ping and Fong Yue Ting, Victor C. Romero 68 Okla. L. Rev. 165 (2015)
The Prodigal Illegal: Christian Love and Immigration Reform, Victor C. Romero 92 Denv. U. L. Rev. 917 (2015)
A Rapid Reaction to O'Bannon: The Need for Analytics in Applying the Sherman Act to Overly Restrictive Joint Venture Schemes, Stephen F. Ross and Wayne DeSarbo 119 Penn St. L. Rev. Penn Statim 43 (2015)
A Strategic Legal Challenge to the Unforeseen Anticompetitive and Racially Discriminatory Effects of Baseball’s North American Draft, Stephen F. Ross and Michael James Jr. 115 Colum. L. Rev. Sidebar 127 (2015)
Do Conservative Justices Favor Wall Street: Ideology and the Supreme Court's Securities Regulation Decisions, Marco Ventoruzzo and Johannes W. Fedderke 67 Fla. L. Rev. 1211 (2015)
Demystifying Employment Authorization and Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Cases, Shoba S. Wadhia 6 Colum. J. Race & L. 1 (2015)
The History of Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Law, Shoba S. Wadhia 64 Am. U. L. Rev. 101 (2015)
Articles from 2014
Teaching the Art of Defending a White Collar Criminal Case, Katrice Bridges Copeland 11 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 763 (2014)
The Crime of Being in Charge: Executive Culpability and Collateral Consequences, Katrice Bridges Copeland 51 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 799 (2014)
The Aftermath of Catastrophes: Valuing Business Interruption Insurance Losses, Chris French 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 461 (2014)
The United States, China, and Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea, James W. Houck and Nicole M. Anderson 13 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 441 (2014)
Why So Contrived? Fourth Amendment Balancing, Per Se Rules, and DNA Databases After Maryland v. King, David H. Kaye 104 J. Crim. L. & Crimonology 535 (2014)
Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion: Totality Tests or Rigid Rules?, Kit Kinports 163 U. Pa. L. Rev. Online 75 (2014)
Strategic Delegation, Discretion, and Deference: Explaining the Comparative Law of Administrative Review, Jud Mathews and Nuno M. Garoupa 62 Am. J. Comp. L. 1 (2014)
The Origin of Parental Rights: Labor, Intent, and Fathers, Dara Purvis 41 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 645 (2014)
A Meditation on Moncrieffe: On Marijuana, Misdemeanants, and Migration, Victor C. Romero 49 Gonz. L. Rev. 23 (2014)
Insights from Canada for American Constitutional Federalism, Stephen F. Ross 16 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 891 (2014)
Judicial Review of NCAA Eligibility Decisions: Evaluation of the Restitution Rule and a Call for Arbitration, Stephen F. Ross, Richard T. Karcher, and S. Baker Kensinger 40 J.C. & U.L. 79 (2014)
A Regulatory Solution to Better Promote the Educational Values and Economic Sustainability of Intercollegiate Athletics, Stephen F. Ross and Matt Mitten 92 Or. L. Rev. 837 (2014)
The Role of Comparative Law in Shaping Corporate Statutory Reforms, Marco Ventoruzzo 52 Duq. L. Rev. 151 (2014)
Immigration Remarks for the 10th Annual Wiley A. Branton Symposium, Shoba S. Wadhia 57 How. L. J. 931 (2014)
The Rise of Speed Deportation and the Role of Discretion, Shoba S. Wadhia 5 Colum. J. Race & L. 1 (2014)
Articles from 2013
The Rise in Judicial Hostility to Arbitration: Revisiting Hall Street Associates, Thomas E. Carbonneau 14 Cardozo J. Conflict Resol. 593 (2013)
Promoting the General Welfare: Legal Reform to Lift Women and Children in the United States Out of Poverty, Jill C. Engle 16 J. Gender Race & Just. 1 (2013)
Segmented Settlements Are Not the Answer: A Response to Professor Squire’s Article, How Collective Settlements Camouflage the Costs of Shareholder Lawsuits, Christopher C. French 7 Va. L. & Bus. Rev. 589 (2013)
Getting Beyond Intuition in the Probable Cause Inquiry, Erica R. Goldberg 17 Lewis & Clark L.Rev. 789 (2013)
Caroline Revisited: An Imagined Exchange between John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif, James W. Houck
The Opportunity Costs of Ignoring the Law of Sea Convention in the Arctic, James W. Houck Hoover Institution: Arctic Security Initiative (2013)
A Fourth Amendment Theory for Arrestee DNA and Other Biometric Databases, David H. Kaye 15 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1095 (2013)
Maryland v. King: Per Se Unreasonableness, the Golden Rule, and the Future of DNA Databases, David H. Kaye 127 Harv.L. Rev. Forum 39 (2013)
On the 'Considered Analysis' of Collecting DNA Before Conviction, David H. Kaye 60 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 104 (2013)
The Genealogy Detectives: A Constitutional Analysis of 'Familial Searching', David H. Kaye 50 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 109 (2013)
Confronting Science: Expert Evidence and the Confrontation Clause, David H. Kaye and Jennifer L. Mnookin 2012 Sup. Ct. Rev. 99 (2013)
Culpability, Deterrence, and the Exclusionary Rule, Kit Kinports 21 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 821 (2013)
The Dog Days Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Kit Kinports 108 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 64 (2013)
Deference Lotteries, Jud Mathews 91 Tex. L. Rev. 1349 (2013)
Pass Parallel Privacy Standards or Privacy Perishes, Anne T. McKenna 65 Rutgers L. Rev. 1041 (2013)
Jurisdictional Standards (and Rules), Adam I. Muchmore 46 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 171 (2013)
Filial Support Laws in the Modern Era: Domestic and International Comparison of Enforcement Practices for Laws Requiring Adult Children to Support Indigent Parents, Katherine C. Pearson 20 Elder L.J. 269 (2013)
Embracing the Queen of Hearts: Deference to Retroactive Tax Rules, James M. Puckett 40 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 349 (2013)
Sexual Orientation of Fatherhood, Dara Purvis 2013 Mich. St. L. Rev. 983 (2013)
The Politics of International Investment Arbitrators, Catherine A. Rogers 12 Santa Clara Int'l L. Rev. 223 (2013)
When Bad Guys are Wearing White Hats, Catherine A. Rogers 1 Stan. J. Complex Litig. 487 (2013)
Our Illegal Founders, Victor C. Romero 16 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 147 (2013)
Reading (into) Windsor: Presidential Leadership, Marriage Equality, and Immigration Policy, Victor C. Romero 23 Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 1 (2013)
Accommodating Labor and Antitrust, Stephen F. Ross 2013 Utah L. Rev. OnLaw 1 (2013)
Using Contract Law to Tackle the Coaching Carousel, Stephen F. Ross and Lindsay A. Berkstresser 47 U.S.F. L. Rev. 709 (2013)
Issuing New Shares and Preemptive Rights: A Comparative Analysis, Marco Ventoruzzo 12 Rich. J. Global L. & Bus. 517 (2013)
My Great FOIA Adventure and Discoveries of Deferred Action Cases at ICE, Shoba S. Wadhia 27 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 245 (2013)
The Immigration Prosecutor and the Judge: Examining the Role of the Judiciary in Prosecutorial Discretion Decisions, Shoba S. Wadhia 16 Harvard Latino L. Rev. 39 (2013)
Articles from 2012
From Institutional Misalignments to Socially Sustainable Governance: The Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nations Protect, Respect and Remedy and the Construction of Inter-Systemic Global Governance, Larry Cata Backer 25 Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. L.J. 69 (2012)
Freedom and Governance in U.S. Arbitration Law, Thomas E. Carbonneau 2 Global Bus. L. Rev. 59 (2012)
Enforcing Integrity, Katrice Bridges Copeland 87 Ind. L.J. 1033 (2012)
In-House Counsel Beware!, Katrice Bridges Copeland 39 Fordham Urb. L.J. 391 (2012)
The “Ensuing Loss” Clause in Insurance Policies: The Forgotten and Misunderstood Antidote to Anti-Concurrent Causation Exclusions, Chris French 13 Nev. L.J. 215 (2012)
Debunking The Myth that Insurance Coverage is Not Available or Allowed for Intentional Torts or Damages, Christopher French Hastings Bus. L. J. 65 (2012)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea: A National Security Rationale for Joining the Law of the Sea Convention, James W. Houck
Associational Privacy, the Presumption of Innocence, and 'Corruption of Blood' as Constitutional Metaphors in the Debate on 'Familial Searching', David H. Kaye Am. Crim. L. Rev. Blog (2012)
Chimeric Criminals, David H. Kaye 14 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 1 (2012)
Drawing Lines: Unrelated Probable Cause as a Prerequisite to Early DNA Collection, David H. Kaye 91 N.C. L. Rev. Addendum 1 (2012)
Camreta and Al-Kidd: The Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment, and Witnesses, Kit Kinports 102 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 283 (2012)
Gaining Assurances, Julia Y. Lee 2012 Wis. L. Rev. 1137 (2012)
International Activity and Domestic Law, Adam I. Muchmore 1 Penn. St. J.L. & Int'l Aff. 363 (2012)