Boston College Law Library collects the publications of Law School faculty, and, when possible, makes them available through this collection. Organized by year and tagged with authors and subject areas, this resource reflects the school and the library’s commitment to open access while at the same time serving as a valuable institutional record.
Submissions from 2016
After Obergefell: Finding a Contemporary State Interest in Marriage, Kari E. Hong
From Footnote to Footprint: Obergefell's Call To Reconsider Immigration Law as Family Law, Kari E. Hong
Deportation as a Global Phenomenon: Reflections on the Draft Articles on the Expulsion of Aliens, Daniel Kanstroom
Immigration Enforcement and State Post-Conviction Adjudications: Towards Nuanced Preemption and True Dialogical Federalism, Daniel Kanstroom
Fair Use, Notice Failure, and the Limits of Copyright as Property, Joseph P. Liu
How Should Courts Consider Agency Remarks During the Comment Period?, Daniel A. Lyons
Innovations in Mobile Broadband Pricing, Daniel A. Lyons
Net Neutrality’s Path to the Supreme Court: Chevron and the “Major Questions” Exception, Daniel A. Lyons
Proposed Arbitration Ban Would Be Bad Law and Bad Policy, Daniel A. Lyons
Usage-Based Pricing, Zero-Rating, and the Future of Broadband Innovation, Daniel A. Lyons
Countercyclical Regulation and Its Challenges, Patricia A. McCoy
A New Coalescence in the Housing Finance Reform Debate?, Patricia A. McCoy and Susan Wachter
Representations and Warranties: Why They Did Not Stop the Crisis, Patricia A. McCoy and Susan Wachter
UK Alternative Business Structures for Legal Practice: Emerging Models and Lessons for the US, Judith A. McMorrow
Do You Count?: The Revitalization of a National Preservation Statistics Survey, Annie Peterson, Hollie Robertson, and Nick Szydlowski
Should We Tax the Gratuitous Transfer of Wealth?: An Introduction, James R. Repetti
When International Tax Agreements Fail at Home: A U.S. Example, Diane M. Ring
Can Sharing Be Taxed?, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei
The Tax Lives of Uber Drivers: Evidence from Online Forums, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei
Unintended Consequences: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence Mandatory and Pro-Arrest Policies and Practices on Girls and Young Women, Francine Sherman
Accounting and the ACA: New Choices and Challenges for Public Sector Retiree Health Plans, Natalya Shnitser
Trusts No More: Rethinking the Regulation of Retirement Savings in the United States, Natalya Shnitser
Rebellious Strains in Transactional Lawyering for Underserved Entrepreneurs and Community Groups, Paul R. Tremblay
Cracking the American Climate Negotiators' Hidden Code: United States Law and the Paris Agreement, David A. Wirth
Geographical Indications, Food Safety, and Sustainability: Challenges and Synergies, David A. Wirth
Private Ordering and Notice Failure in the Context of Termination, Alfred C. Yen
The Challenges of Following Good Advice About Copyright and the First Amendment, Alfred C. Yen
On What Matters in Comparative Constitutional Law: A Comment on Hirschl, Katharine G. Young
Rights and Queues: On Distributive Contests in the Modern State, Katharine G. Young
Submissions from 2015
Amending Constitutional Amendment Rules, Richard Albert
Constitutional Amendment by Stealth, Richard Albert
How Unwritten Constitutional Norms Change Written Constitutions, Richard Albert
The Difficulty of Constitutional Amendment in Canada, Richard Albert
The Progressive Era of Constitutional Amendment, Richard Albert
The Unamendable Core of the United States Constitution, Richard Albert
Some Musings on Teaching Legal Research, Filippa M. Anzalone
Zen and the Art of Multitasking: Mindfulness for Law Librarians, Filippa M. Anzalone
Cruelty in Criminal Law: Four Conceptions, Paulo D. Barrozo
The Great Alliance: History, Reason, and Will in Modern Law, Paulo D. Barrozo
A Sustainable Music Industry for the 21st Century, Aloe Blacc, Irina D. Manta, and David S. Olson
Screening Out Unwanted Calls: The Manipulation of Standing 'Doctrine', Mark S. Brodin
The Slow Demise of Race Preference, Mark S. Brodin
Applying Citizens United to Ordinary Corruption, George D. Brown
Promoting Diversity in the Criminal Justice System, R. Michael Cassidy
Reforming the Law School Curriculum from the Top Down, R. Michael Cassidy
FDA Regulation of Adult Stem Cell Therapies as Used in Sports Medicine, Mary Ann Chirba, Berkly Sweetapple, Charles Hannon, and John Anderson
The Law's Duty to Promote the Kinship System: Implications for Assisted Reproductive Techniques and for Proposed Redefinitions of Familial Relations, Scott T. FitzGibbon
The Problem of Nonprofit Executive Pay?: Evidence from U.S. Colleges and Universities, Brian D. Galle and David I. Walker
A Skeptic's View of Benefit Corporations, Kent Greenfield
In Defense of Corporate Persons, Kent Greenfield
Sticking the Landing: Making the Most of the “Stakeholder Moment”, Kent Greenfield
Confronting Cops in Immigration Court, Mary Holper
The Expansion of “Particularly Serious Crimes” in Refugee Law: Mirroring the Severity Revolution, Mary Holper
Obergefell's Sword: The Liberal State Interest in Marriage, Kari E. Hong
Removing Citizens: Parenthood, Immigration Courts, and Derivative Citizenship, Kari E. Hong
Removing Citizens: Parenthood, Immigration Courts, and Derivative Citizenship, Kari E. Hong
Smart(er) Enforcement: Rethinking Removal, Daniel Kanstroom
The Forgotten Deported: A Declaration on the Rights of Expelled and Deported Persons, Daniel Kanstroom and Jessica Chicco
Executive Justice?, Daniel Kanstroom and Mae Ngai
Beyond Net Neutrality: International Examples Enabling Innovation and Consumer Choice in the Mobile Internet Ecosystem, Daniel A. Lyons
Regulating Interconnection (Lightly!), Daniel A. Lyons
Title II Reclassification Is Rate Regulation, Daniel A. Lyons
Degrees of Intermediation, Patricia A. McCoy
Systemic Risk Oversight and the Shifting Balance of State and Federal Authority Over Insurance, Patricia A. McCoy
What Loss Mitigation Taught Us About Housing Finance Reform, Patricia A. McCoy
Foreword, David S. Olson
Hello Barbie: First They Will Monitor You, Then They Will Discriminate Against You. Perfectly., David S. Olson and Irina D. Manta
The Romanian Double Executive and the 2012 Constitutional Crisis, Vlad F. Perju
A Glimpse Into the Realpolitik of Federal Land Planning, in Comparative Context With the Mysterious NLUPA and the CZMA, Zygmunt J.B. Plater
Can Sharing Be Taxed?, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei
Human Equity? Regulating the New Income Share Agreements, Diane M. Ring and Shu-Yi Oei
Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls, Francine Sherman and Annie Balck
Funding Discipline for U.S. Public Pension Plans: An Empirical Analysis of Institutional Design, Natalya Shnitser
Legal Aid 1900 to 1930: What Happened to Law Reform?, Mark Spiegel
Transactional Legal Services, Triage, and Access to Justice, Paul R. Tremblay
Geographical Indications, Food Safety, and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities, David A. Wirth
The Environment, David A. Wirth
The International and Domestic Law of Climate Change: A Binding International Agreement Without the Senate or Congress?, David A. Wirth
This Time Is Different: Obama's Climate Change Opportunity, David A. Wirth
Intent and Trademark Infringement, Alfred C. Yen
Intent and Trademark Infringement, Alfred C. Yen
Adjudicating Social and Economic Rights: Can Democratic Experimentalism Help?, Katharine G. Young
The Avoidance of Substance in Constitutional Rights, Katharine G. Young
Submissions from 2014
Constitutional Amendment by Constitutional Desuetude, Richard Albert
Constitutional Disuse or Desuetude: The Case of Article V, Richard Albert
Constructive Unamendability in Canada and the United States, Richard Albert
The Structure of Constitutional Amendment Rules, Richard Albert
Promoting the Law Library as a Gathering Place, Filippa M. Anzalone and Mary Ann Neary
Reconstructing Constitutional Punishment, Paulo D. Barrozo
What are Transitions For? Atrocity, International Criminal Justice, and the Political, Paulo D. Barrozo
New Directions in the Scholarship of the American Revolution, Mary Sarah Bilder
Paying for Altruism: The Case of Organ Donation Revisited, Firat Bilgel and Brian D. Galle
Book Review: Minds, Brains, and the Law: The Conceptual Foundations of Law and Neuroscience, Karen Breda
Punishing Terrorists: Congress, The Sentencing Commission, The Guidelines, and the Courts, George D. Brown
(Ad)ministering Justice: A Prosecutor's Ethical Duty to Support Sentencing Reform, R. Michael Cassidy
Does Federal Spending 'Coerce' States? Evidence from State Budgets, Brian D. Galle
Tax, Command...or Nudge? Evaluating the New Regulation, Brian D. Galle
Comments on Guidance for Tax-Exempt Social Welfare Organizations on Candidate-Related Political Activities, Brian D. Galle and Donald B. Tobin
Amended Brief of Professor Nancy Gertner and Professor Kent Greenfield as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff, Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System v. The Hershey Company, C.A. No. 7996-ML, Nancy Gertner and Kent Greenfield