Seattle University School of Law is home to an outstanding faculty of committed teacher-scholars. This is a collection of selected scholarship from some of our inspiring thought leaders.
Submissions from 1992
What Would Happen If Videotaped Depositions of Sexually Abused Children Were Routinely Admitted in Civil Trials? A Journey Through the Legal Process and Beyond , John B. Mitchell
Filling Gaps in the Close Corporation Contract: A Transaction Cost Analysis, Charles O'Kelley
Opting In and Out of Fiduciary Duties in Cooperative Ventures: Refining the So-Called Coasean Contract Theory, Charles O'Kelley
Economics and the Environment: Trading Debt and Technology for Nature, Catherine O'Neill and Cass R. Sunstein
So What's in a Name? A Rhetorical Reading of Washington's Sexually Violent Predators Act, J. Christopher Rideout
Sources of Security, Julie Shapiro
Submissions from 1991
Re-imagining Childhood and Reconstructing the Legal Order: The Case for Abolishing the Juvenile Court, Janet Ainsworth
: An Appraisal, Sidney DeLong
Research and Writing about Legal Writing: A Foreword from the Editor, Chris Rideout
Community Institution Building: A Response to the Limits of Litigation in Addressing the Problem of Homelessness, Ronald Slye
Revitalizing Public Interest Lawyering in the 1990's: The Story of One Effort to Address the Problem of Homelessness, Ronald Slye, Rebecca Arbogast, Roger L. Barnett, and Leslie Kim Treiger
The Changing Intersection of Environmental Auditing, Environmental Law and Enforcement Policy, George Van Cleve
Preface, Kenneth R. Wing
Submissions from 1990
Individual Negotiation of Warranty Disclaimers: An Economic Analysis of an Assumedly Market Enhancing Rule, Thomas J. Holdych and George Ferrell
The Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon: Law, Politics, and International Cooperation, Henry McGee and Kurt Zimmerman
The Implied Termination of Community Property Agreements Upon Permanent Separation, William Oltman
The First Amendment in an Age of Paratroopers, David Skover and Ronald Collins
Navigating the Shoals of ‘Use’ Immunity and Secret International Enterprises in Major Congressional Investigations: Lessons of the Iran-Contra Affair, George Van Cleve and Charles Tiefer
Submissions from 1989
Testimonial Consistency: The Hobgoblin of the Federal False Declaration Statute, Sidney DeLong
The Efficiency of a Disgorgement as a Remedy for Breach of Contract, Sidney DeLong
Statutory Compilations of Washington, Kelly Kunsch
Current Theories on Expert and Novice Thinking: A Full Faculty Considers the Implications for Legal Education, John B. Mitchell
Sexual Harassment Cases and the Law of Evidence: A Proposed Rule, Catherine O'Neill
Regulatory Taking Doctrine in Washington: Now You See It, Now You Don't, Richard L. Settle
The Senator and the Constitution: An Interview with Orrin G. Hatch, David Skover and Ronald Collins
History of the University of Puget Sound School of Law, Anita M. Steele
Introduction (Special Health Law Issue), Ken Wing
Submissions from 1988
Direct Broadcast Satellite: A Proposal for a Global/Regional System, Bryan Adamson and James Hsuing
Tribute to Andrew Walkover, James E. Bond
Memorial to Professor Andrew Walkover, Paula Lustbader
Tribute to Andrew Walkover, John Mitchell
Tribute to Andrew Walkover, Christopher Rideout
Reconstituting 'Original Intent:' A Constitutional Law Encyclopedia for the Next Century, David Skover
The Future of Liberal Legal Scholarship, David Skover and Ronald Collins
The Constitutionality of the Solicitation or Control of Third-Country Funds for Foreign Policy Purposes by United States Officials without Congressional Approval, George Van Cleve
Submissions from 1987
Determining Customary International Law Relative to the Conduct of Hostilities in Non-international Armed Conflicts, James E. Bond, William J. Fenrick, Hans-Peter Gasser, and Waldemar A. Solf
Counsel for the Accused: Metamorphosis in Spanish Constitutional Rights, Henry McGee
Legislative Lapses: Some Suggestions for Probate Code Reform in Washington, Mark Reutlinger
Submissions from 1986
Jurisdiction: Foreign Plaintiffs, Forum Non Conveniens, and Litigation Against Multinational Corporations, Mark A. Chinen
Tribute to Fred Tausend, Thomas Holdych
Symbol and Substance in the Minority Professoriat's Future, Henry McGee
The Parenting Tax Penalty: A Framework for Income Tax Reform, Charles O'Kelley
Dualistic Legal Phenomena and the Limitations of Positivism, Gregory Silverman
"Phoenix Rising" and Federalism Analysis, David Skover
American Health Policy in the 1980's, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1985
The Original Understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, James E. Bond
Tax Policy for Post-Liberal Society: A Flat Tax Inspired Redefinition of the Purpose and Ideal Structure of a Progressive Income Tax, Charles O'Kelley
The Washington Constitutional "State Action" Doctrine: A Fundamental Right to State Action, David M. Skover
The Emergency Room Admission: How Far Does the Open Door Go?, Ken Wing and John R. Campbell
Submissions from 1984
Inculpatory Statements Against Penal Interest: State v. Parris Goes Too Far, James E. Beaver and Cheryl McCleary
Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in North Carolina, James E. Bond
Self-Reliance and Coalition in an Age of Reaction, Henry McGee
The Statutory Community Property Agreement as a Will Substitute on the Death of the Second Spouse, William Oltman and Mark Reutlinger
North Carolina's Medicaid Program: The Effects of the Reagan-era Budget Reductions, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1983
Memory Restored or Confabulated by Hypnosis—Is it Competent?, James E. Beaver
A Comparative Study of British Barristers and American Legal Practice and Education, Marilyn Berger
Foundations for Military Intervention in the United States, David E. Engdahl
Gentrification and the Law: Combatting Urban Displacement, Henry McGee and Donald C. Bryant Jr.
Potential Legal Facilitation or Impediment of Wind Energy Conversion System Siting, Richard L. Settle
The Impact of Reagan-era Politics on the Federal Medicaid Program, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1982
Acquiring In Personam Jurisdiction in Federal Question Cases: Procedural Frustration Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4, Marilyn Berger
The Court Years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas, James E. Bond
The Perils of Judicial Statesmanship, James E. Bond
The Community Service Obligation of Hill-Burton Health Facilities, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1981
Race, Class, and the Contradictions of Affirmative Action, Henry McGee, Alan Freeman, and Derrick A. Bell
Corporate Distributions and the Income Tax: A Consideration of the Inconsistency Between Subchapter C and Its Underlying Policy, Charles O'Kelley
Rawls, Justice, and the Income Tax, Charles O'Kelley
Remedies for Private Intelligence Abuses: Legal and Ideological Barriers, Julie Shapiro and David Kairys
Fear and Loathing in Perpetuities, John Weaver
Submissions from 1980
The Brethren-Woodward & Armstrong, James E. Bond
Liability and Damages in Libel and Slander Law, Melinda J. Branscomb
Elimination of the Conduct Requirement in Government Monopolization Cases, John B. Kirkwood, Alfred F. Dougherty, and James D. Hurwitz
Submissions from 1979
Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges, and Defense Attorneys, James E. Bond
The Constitutional Rights of Corporations Revisited: Social and Political Expression and the Corporation after First National Bank V. Bellotti, Charles O'Kelley
Submissions from 1978
Nonproduction of Witnesses as Deliberative Evidence, James E. Beaver
Child, Family And State: Problems And Materials On ChildrenAnd The Law, Henry McGee
Title VI and Health Facilities: Forms Without Substance, Ken Wing
Submissions from 1977
The National Labor Relations Act and the Forgotten First Amendment, James E. Bond
Equitable Conversion in Washington: The Doctrine That Dares Not Speak Its Name, George R. Nock, John A. Strait, and John W. Weaver
A Different Look at the Taxation of Corporate Distribution and Shareholder Gain, Charles O'Kelley
Submissions from 1976
Illusion and Contradiction in the Quest for a Desegregated Metropolis, Henry McGee
National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974: Implications for the Poor, Ken Wing and A. G. Schneider
Submissions from 1975
Amended Article 1 of Draft Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions: The Coming of Age of the Guerrilla, James E. Bond
The Role of Tax Policy in Federal Support for Higher Education, John B. Kirkwood and David Mundel
Housing Subsidies in the U.S. and England, Henry McGee
Submissions from 1974
Prior Inconsistent Statements: Presently Inconsistent Doctrine, Mark Reutlinger
Representation of Clients in Matters Relating to Hospital Bills, Ken Wing, S. Axelrad, and P. A. Butler
Submissions from 1973
Victimless Crimes: A Proposal to Free the Courts, Robert C. Boruchowitz
Policy, Privacy, and Prerogatives: A Critical Examination of the Proposed Federal Rules of Evidence as They Affect Marital Privilege, Mark Reutlinger
Mental Commitment Cases of 1971 Supreme Court Term, Ken Wing and R. Carman
Submissions from 1972
Proposed Revisions to the Law of War Applicable to Internal Conflict, James E. Bond
Cash Deposits - Burdens and Barriers in Access to Utility Services, John B. Kirkwood
Blacks, Due Process and Efficiency in the Clash of Values as the Supreme Court Moves to the Right, Henry McGee
Submissions from 1971
Internal Conflict and Article Three of the Geneva Conventions, James E. Bond
Protection of Non-combatants in Guerrilla Wars, James E. Bond
Minority Students in Law School: Black Lawyers and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the American Social Order, Henry McGee
The Problems and Promise of Black Men of Law, Henry McGee
Submissions from 1970
Discretionary Justice: A Preliminary Inquiry, Henry McGee