This series collects the completed works of the University of Tennessee College of Law faculty published in print or electronic formats. View more scholarship at the University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
.Submissions from 2022
Reforming Zoning for its Second Century, Gregory M. Stein
Debt as Corporate Governance, Tomer S. Stein
Rules vs. Standards in Private Ordering, Tomer S. Stein
The Relationship Between Privacy and Antitrust, Maurice Stucke
The Darker Sides of Digital Platform Innovation, Maurice E. Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi
Beware of Toxic Innovation, Maurice Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi
Beyond Repatriation: Combating Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, Valorie K. Vojdik
Submissions from 2021
States as Laboratories for Charitable Compliance: An Empirical Study, Eric Franklin Amarante
Health Care Civil Rights Under Medicare for All, Valarie K. Blake
Human Rights and Disinformation Under the Trump Administration: The Commission on Unalienable Rights, Robert C. Blitt
Civil Unrest and the Role of the Attorney General: A Comparison of Ramsey Clark to William Barr, Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
Criticizing Judges: A Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
Essentially Unprotected, Sherley Cruz
A Few Quick Viewpoints on Viewpoint Diversity Shareholder Proposals, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Business Law and Lawyering in the Wake of COVID-19, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Federalized Corporate Governance: The Dream of William O. Douglas as Sarbanes-Oxley Turns 20, Joan MacLeod Heminway
History, Hope, and Healthy Skepticism, Joan MacLeod Heminway
The Rise of Directed Trusts and Why It Matters, Amy Morris Hess
If You Grant It, They Will Come: The History and Enduring Legal Legacy of Migratory Divorce, Michael J. Higdon
Lon Fuller: A Progenitor of the Pedagogy of Skills?, Becky Jacobs
Comparative Legal Rhetoric, Lucille A. Jewel
Commentary to Professor Moll's Presentation, Brian Krumm
Commentary to Dean Fershee's Presentation, George Kuney
Pulling the Wrong Lever Opens a Trap Door: Using Taxes to Fight the Opioid Epidemic, Michelle M. Kwon
All I Really Need to Know About Defamation Law in the 21st Century I Learned From Watching Hulk Hogan, Alex B. Long
Of Prosecutors and Prejudice (or "Do Prosecutors have an ethical obligation not to say racist stuff on social media?"), Alex B. Long
The Statutification of Tort Law Involving the Workplace, Alex B. Long
Using the IIED Tort to Address Discrimination and Retaliation in the Workplace, Alex B. Long
The Ballad of Hicks Carmichael: Law, Music, and Popular Justice in Urban Appalachia, William Davenport Mercer
Masters of Their Own Domains: Property Rights as a Bulwark Against DNS Censorship, Nicholas Nugent
Clearinghouse Insolvency: Caution in Disregarding Contractual Allocation of Losses Between Non-Defaulting Members or Shareholders, Thomas E. Plank
Remembering the Great Dissenter, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
The New Due Process: Fairness in a Fee-Driven State, Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Penny White
Swallowing its Own Tail: The Circular Grammar of Background Principles Under Lucas, Gregory M. Stein
Biden's Prosecutors, Melanie Wilson
Submissions from 2020
Commentary to Professor Murray's Presentation, Eric Franklin Amarante
Criminalizing Immigrant Entrepreneurs (and their Lawyers), Eric Franklin Amarante
Organizational Justice and Antidiscrimination, Brad Areheart
The Top 100 Law Reviews: A Reference Guide Based on Historical USNWR Data, Brad Areheart
Private Debt and Public Violence [reviews], Wendy A. Bach
Hamilton, Burr, and Defamation: Physical versus Verbal Duels, Benjamin H. Barton
The Law-School Crash, Benjamin H. Barton
Dying for Equal Protection, Teri Dobbins Baxter
Ensuring an Underclass: Stigma in Insurance, Valarie K. Blake
Regulating Care Robots, Valarie K. Blake
Of Wigs, Wickets, and Moonshine: Leadership Development Lessons from an International Collaboration, Douglas A. Blaze
The United States International Religious Freedom Act, Nonstate Actors, and the Donbas Crisis, Robert C. Blitt
Affording Obamacare, Isaac ("Zack") D. Buck
The Drug (Pricing) Wars: States, Preemption, and Unsustainable Prices, Isaac ("Zack") D. Buck
The Meaning of "Medicare-For-All", Isaac ("Zack") D. Buck
What Ails Rural Health Care?, Isaac ("Zack") D. Buck
Commentary to Dean Fershee, Judy Cornett
Women Should Not Need to Watch Their Husbands Like [A] Hawk: Misappropriation Insider Trading in Spousal Relationships, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Self-Dealing Rules in the Law of Private Express Trusts: A Suggestion for Implementation of Professor Edward's Suggestion, Amy Morris Hess
Brief of Amici Curiae Legal Scholars in Support of Equality in Support of Respondents, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Michael J. Higdon
(In)Formal Marriage Equality, Michael J. Higdon
Parens Patriae and the Disinherited Child, Michael J. Higdon
Professor Julian Conrad Juergensmeyer’s "Impact": Scholarly, Theoretical, and Practical, Becky Jacobs
Gut Renovations: Using Critical and Comparative Rhetoric to Remodel How the Law Addresses Privilege and Power, Lucille A. Jewel
Review of: The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump, Rebecca Kite
Commentary to Professor Moll's Presentation, George Kuney
Pulling the Wrong Lever Opens a Trap Door: Using Taxes to Fight the Opioid War, Michelle M. Kwon
What is a Merger Anyway?, Don Leatherman, Joan MacLeod Heminway, and Thomas E. Plank
The Impact of Ban-the-Box Measures, Alex B. Long
What Is a Merger Anyway?, Thomas E. Plank
Commentary to Professor Baker's Presentation, Gary Pulsinelli
Rethinking Libel for the Twenty-First Century, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Tired of Looking Gray and Boring Online? A Simple 3-Camera TV Studio/Classroom for Lively Online Teaching, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Externalities Are Not Illusory, Gregory M. Stein
Inequality in the Sharing Economy, Gregory M. Stein
The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Urban Land Use Patterns, Gregory M. Stein
Uneasy Lies the Head That Owns Property, Gregory M. Stein
Copyright and Dissent, Tomer S. Stein
Sustainable and Unchallenged Algorithmic Tacit Collusion, Maurice Stucke
The Effective Competition Standard: A New Standard for Antitrust, Maurice Stucke
Digitalisation and Its Impact on Innovation, Maurice E. Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi
A Reckoning Over Law Faculty Inequality, Melanie Wilson
The Pandemic Juror, Melanie Wilson
Submissions from 2019
The Legislature as the Place for Crafting Policies for Corporations: A Comment on Professor Edwards' Proposal, Dwight Aarons
GINA, Big Data, and the Future of Employee Privacy, Brad Areheart
Critical Theory and Clinical Stance, Wendy A. Bach
Federalism, Entitlement, and Punishment across the U.S. Social Welfare State, Wendy A. Bach
Poverty, Privacy, and Living out of Reach [reviews], Wendy A. Bach
Access to Justice and Routine Legal Services: New Technologies Meet Bar Regulators, Benjamin H. Barton
Represent, Teri Dobbins Baxter
Seeking Insurance Parity During the Opioid Crisis, Valarie K. Blake
Legal Remedies to Address Stigma-Based Health Inequalities in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges, Valarie K. Blake and Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Law Student Motivation, Satisfaction, and Well-Being: The Value of a Leadership and Professional Development Curriculum, Douglas A. Blaze
The International Religious Freedom Act: Non-State Actors and Freedom from Sovereign Government Control, Robert C. Blitt
The Wolf Act Amendments to the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act: Breakthrough or Breakdown?, Robert C. Blitt
Specialty Drugs and the Health Care Cost Crisis, Isaac ("Zack") D. Buck
Hillbilly Atticus, Judy Cornett
The Myth of the Country Lawyer, Judy Cornett and Heather Bosau
Coding for Cultural Competency: Expanding Access to Justice with Technology, Sherley Cruz
Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer's Role, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Designing Deregulation: The POTUS's Place in the Process, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Lawyering for Social Enterprise, Joan MacLeod Heminway