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| Confronting the Youth Sports Concussion Crisis: A Central Role for Responsible Local Enforcement of Playing Rules, 2 MISSISSIPPI SPORTS LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Bullying as a Disability in Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 77 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| ABA Judicial Ratings as the 'Gold Standard' or Fool's Gold: Federal District Judge Ratings and Reversals, SSRN Working Paper Series (2010). | |
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| Federal District Judge Gender and Reversals, 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper (2010). | |
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| Want Your Opinions Reversed? Hire a Yale Clerk (and Don't Require the Bar), U of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-8 (2008). | |
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| The Contours of the Unconscionabilty Defense in Missouri, U of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2007-01 (2007). | |
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| Law Firm Prestige and Performance in IPOs: Underwriters' Counsel as Gatekeeper or Turnstile (with Charles Nyce and Gary C. Sanger), CORI Working Paper No. 03-08 (2004). | |
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| Valuing 1933 Act Registration Rights, CORI Working Paper No. 03-09 (2004). | |
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| IPO Spreads: You Get What You Pay For (with Alexander W. Butler and Gary C. Sanger), SSRN Working Paper Series (2000). | |
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| Getting Away With Murder (Most of the Time): A Sesquicentennial Analysis of Civil War Era Homicide Cases in Boone County, Missouri, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-20 | |
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| Developing a Teaching Philosophy: Inspirations From Outstanding Faculty, in TEACHING AND LEARNING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: INSIGHTS FROM THE WILLIAM T. KEMPER FELLOWS OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI (Missouri Academic Press, forthcoming 2013). |
| Lost Options for Mutual Gain? The Layperson, the Lawyer, and Dispute Resolution in Early America, __ OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| A Trademark Justification for Design Patent Rights, __ HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Understanding the Role of the Board of Patent Appeals: Ex Parte Rejection Rates on Appeal, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-16 (2009). | |
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| Financial Decision-Making for Adults Lacking the Capacity to Make Their Own Decisions, __ GENERATIONS __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| Religion During the American Revolution and the Early Republic, in LAW AND RELIGION, (ed.Silvio Ferrari, Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Unwanted Exposure to Religious Expression by Government: Standing and the Establishment Clause, 7 CHARLESTON LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Understanding Card-Check Organizing: The Public Sector Experiencewith Timothy Chandler, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER NO. 2010-12. | |
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| The Transformative Twelfth Amendment, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper no. 2012-21 | |
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| Why the Affordable Care Act, as Construed by the U.S. Supreme Court, Will Fail, __ REGULATION __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| How the Supreme Court Doomed the ACA to Failure, 35 REGULATION 32 (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Decision Theory and the Case for a Disclosure-Based Insider Trading Regime, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper no. 2012-18 | |
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| The Roberts Court and the Limits of Antitrust, U of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-22. | |
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| Antitrust Analysis of Bundled Discounts, U of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2006-39 (2006). | |
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| Lessons from Teaching Students to Negotiate Like a Lawyer, 15 CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION __ (forthcoming Fall 2013). | |
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| Lessons from Mediators' Stories, 34 CARDOZO LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Reforming Legal Education to Prepare Law Students Optimally for Real-World Practice, 2013 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Korea and Domain Name Disputes Under the UDRP: A Database , |
| Trademark Infringement or Tribute Intention?: A Case in Rights v. Culture , |
| Korean Culture in the U.S. Judiciary , |
| The Tie-breaker in Sports and Law , |
| Is Psychological Research on Self-Control Relevant to Criminal Law?, __ OHIO STATE JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW __ (forthcoming 2014). |
| Looking Back at Twenty-Five Years of Medical Malpractice Claims in Missouri, (in progress). |
| The Size of the Achievement Gap and Its Emergence in the Early Years of Life, (in progress). |
| The Future of Evidence-Based Federal Funding: The Case of Home Visiting Fund, (in progress). |
| Vestiges: A History of the Negro Achievement Gap, (in progress). |
| Democracy and Dispute Resolution: Toward a Structural Approach to the Rule of Law, (in progress 2006). |
| Solar, Wind & Land Use: Conflicts in Renewable Energy Development, (Earthscan, anticipated 2014). |
| Spanish-English Legal Terms and Practices / Términos y Prácticas Legales en Español e Inglés with K. Fach Gómez, (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. anticipated 2014). |
| Class, Mass and Collective Arbitration in National and International Law, (Oxford University Press, anticipated 2013). | |
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| Limits of Autonomy in International Investment Arbitration: Are Contractual Waivers of Mass Procedures Enforceable?, in CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION: THE FORDHAM PAPERS 2013 (Martinus Nijhoff, anticipated 2014). |
| Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the United States, in COLLOQUIUM FÜR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE VEREINIGUNG FÜR INTERNATIONALES VERFAHRENSRECHT (anticipated 2013). |
| Why is Harmonization of Common Law and Civil Law Procedures Possible in Arbitration But Not Litigation? , in CULTURA Y PROCESO: 6 CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE DERECHO PROCESAL (Universidad de Medellín, Colombia, anticipated 2013). | |
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| Monism and Dualism in International Commercial Arbitration: Overcoming Barriers to Consistent Application of Principles of Public International Law, in BASIC CONCEPTS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW: MONISM AND DUALISM __ (University of Belgrade with the Institute of International Politics and Economics and the Institute of Comparative Law, forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Mass Torts and Arbitration: Lessons from Abaclat v. Argentine Republic, in UNCERTAINTY AND MASS TORT: CAUSATION AND PROOF __ (Universitat de Girona, Spain, forthcoming 2013) | |
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| Beyond the Self-Execution Analysis: Rationalizing Constitutional, Treaty and Statutory Interpretation in International Commercial Arbitration, 53 VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Discovery Under 28 U.S.C. §1782: Distinguishing International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Arbitration, 1 STANFORD JOURNAL OF COMPLEX LITIGATION __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Cross-Border Collective Redress and Individual Participatory Rights: Quo Vadis?, 32 CIVIL JUSTICE QUARTERLY __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| Increasing Legalism in International Commercial Arbitration: A New Theory of Causes, A New Approach to Cures, 7 WORLD ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| Rubin Redux: Rights Balancing in Cultural Heritage Litigation, TRANSNATIONAL DISPUTE MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Book Review: Arbitration of International Business Disputes: Maturity and Methodology, 29 ARBITRATION INTERNATIONAL __ (forthcoming 2013). |
| Book Review: Constitutional Conundrums in Arbitration, 15 CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION __ (forthcoming 2013). | |
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| Law School Marketing and Legal Ethics, __ NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming June 2013) | |
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| The Promise and Peril of Protesting in the Internet Era, in FREE SPEECH IN THE INTERNET ERA (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2013). | |
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