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The articles below have been selected by our editors as useful introductions to issues of tort law. This list is not intended to be comprehensive; the authors of these articles, and many other individuals, have published much more on these topics. This list does, however, represent some of the best and most interesting work in the field. The list was particularly selected with an eye towards pieces that may not be well known or easily accessible; when possible, we have offered reprints or links to these works, and we will continue both to seek permissions to reprint articles and to expand the list of articles on the site.
REGULATION BY PROSECUTION: The Problems with Treating Corporations as Criminals James R. Copland, Civil Justice Report No. 13, December 2010
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Reforming Corporations Through Threats of Federal ProsecutionJohn S. Baker, Jr., 89 Cornell L. Rev. 310 (2004)
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Revisiting the Explosive Growth of Federal CrimesJohn S. Baker, Jr., Heritage Foundation Legal Memorandum 26, June 2008
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They're Making a Federal Case Out of It . . . In State CourtJohn H. Beisner and Jessica Davidson Miller, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 3 (2001)
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Class Action Magnet Courts: The Allure IntensifiesJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 5 (2002)
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There Will Be No Exodus: An Empirical Study Of S. 2062�s Effects On Class ActionsJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Mealey�s Tort Reform Update (April 2004)
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One Small Step for a County Court . . . One Giant Calamity for the National Legal SystemJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, and Matthew M. Shors, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 7 (2003)
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The Breast Implant FiascoDavid Bernstein, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 457 (1999)
Making It a Federal Case: An Inside View of the Pressures to Federalize CrimeRachel Brand, Heritage Foundation Legal Memorandum 30, August 2008
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Lawyers' Ethics and Fiduciary Obligation in the Brave New World of Aggregative LitigationLester Brickman, 26 William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review 243-322 (2001)
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The Continuing Assault on the Citadel of Fiduciary Protection: Ethics 2000's Revision of Model Rule 1.5Lester Brickman, University of Illinois Law Review 1181-1216 (2003)
On the Relevance of the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence: Tort System Outcomes Are Principally Determined by Lawyers' Rates of ReturnLester Brickman, 15 Cardozo Law Review 1755-1797 (1994)
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The Asbestos Claims Management Act of 1991: A Proposal to the United States CongressLester Brickman, 13 Cardozo Law Review 1891-1917 (1992)
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The Asbestos Litigation Crisis: Is There a Need for an Administrative Alternative?Lester Brickman, 13 Cardozo L. Rev. 1819-1889 (1992)
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Effective Hourly Rates of Contingency Fee Lawyers: Competing Data and Non-Competitive FeesLester Brickman, 81 Wash. U. Law Q. 653 (2003)
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On the Theory Class's Theories of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship and RealityLester Brickman, 31 Pepperdine Law Review 33-170 (2004)
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The Market For Contingent Fee-Financed Tort Litigation: Is It Price Competitive?Lester Brickman, 25 Cardozo Law Rev. 65-128 (2003)
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PROXY MONITOR REPORT: A Report on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Activism James R. Copland, Proxy Monitor Report, Fall 2011
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The State Tobacco Litigation and the Separation of Powers in State Governments: Repairing the DamageMichael DeBow, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 563, 571-572 (2001)
Products Liability: The Gathering StormRichard A. Epstein, 15 Regulation (Sept./Oct. 1977)
The Path to the T.J. Hooper: Of Custom and Due CareRichard A. Epstein, 21 J. Legal Stud. 1 7 (1992)
Class Actions: The Need for a Hard Second LookRichard A. Epstein, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 4 (2002)
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Culture of Privilege Waiver Compromises Corporate CompliancePaul Clinton Harris, Sr., Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, May 2007
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Crime and Punishment: the Significant Meaninglessness of Arthur Anderson LLPJohn Hasnas, Cato Supreme Court Review 2004-05, 187-214
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Mens Rea Requirement: A Critical Casualty of OvercriminalizationJohn Hasnas, Washington Legal Foundation Legal Opinion Letter, December 2008
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Data Watch: Tort-uring the DataEric Helland, Jonathan Klick, and Alexander Tabarrok, 19 J. Econ. Perspectives 207-220 (Spring 2005)
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Review of Paul Brodeur's Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on TrialPeter Huber, New Republic, Feb. 3, 1986
Courts of ConveniencePeter Huber, Regulation, Sept./Oct. 1985
Vicarious Corporate Liability: Judges Should Credit Diligent Compliance When Evaluating Criminal IntentSteven M. Kowal, Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, March 2009
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NAFTA Meets the American Torts Crisis: The Loewen CaseMichael Krauss, 9 George Mason Law Review 69 (2000)
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A Most Dangerous Indiscretion: The Legal, Economic, and Political Legacy of the Governments' Tobacco LitigationMargaret A. Little, 33 Conn. L. Rev. 1143 (2001)
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The Overcriminalization PhenomenonErik Luna, 54 Am. U.L. Rev. 703 (2005)
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Better Living Through Litigation?Walter Olson, The Public Interest, Spring 1991
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Loser-Pays: Where Next?Walter Olson and David Bernstein, 55 Md. L. Rev. 1161 (1996).
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How should the Law of Products Liability be Harmonized? What Americans Can Learn from EuropeansStephen B. Presser, Manhattan Institute Global Liability Issues 2 (2002)
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The Selection of Disputes for LitigationGeorge L. Priest & Benjamin Klein, 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984)
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The First Amendment and Corporate Governance Larry E. Ribstein, Illinois Pub. Law. Research Paper No. 10-24, 2011
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The Myth of the Ford Pinto CaseGary T. Schwartz, 43 Rutgers L. Rev. 1013 (1991)
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Judicial Nullification of Civil Justice Reform Violates the Fundamental Federal Constitutional Principle of Separation of Powers: How to Restore the Right BalanceVictor E. Schwartz and Leah Lorber, 32 Rutgers L.J. 907 (2001)
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Bringing Coherence to Mens Rea Analysis for Securities-Related OffensesMichael L. Seigel, 2006 Wis. L. Rev. 1563
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Criminal Liability for Document Shredding after Arthur Anderson LLPAlbert D. Spaulding, Jr. and Mary Ashby Morrison, 43 Am. Bus. L.J. 647 (Winter 2006)
Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege: A Balanced ApproachThe Honorable Dick Thornburgh, Washington Legal Foundation Monograph (2006)
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Enacting Principled, Nonpartisan Criminal-Law Reform: A Memo to President-elect ObamaBrian Walsh, Heritage Foundation Special Report 42, January 2009
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What We Have Here Is Failure to Cooperate: The Thompson Memorandum and Federal Prosecution of White-Collar CrimeBrian Walsh and Henry Aaron, Heritage Foundation Legal Memorandum 19, November 2006
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