Articles and Books

Professor Brigham Daniels has recently posted his paper, When Agencies Go Nuclear: A Game Theoretical Approach to the Biggest Sticks in an Agency's Arsenal, to SSRN. More of Professor Daniels' papers can be …

Professor Cliff Fleming has recently posted his newest article, Can Tax Expenditure Analysis Be Divorced From a Normative Tax Base?: A Critique of the 'New Paradigm' and its Denouement, to SSRN. This article …

Professor Shima Baradaran has posted her recent article, The Presumption of Innocence and Pretrial Detention in Malawi, to SSRN. As many of you know, Professor Baradaran was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the …

In law school we focus a lot on Westlaw and LexisNexis, and with good reason. They are the leading legal research systems available. However, they also cost a lot of money-- something law …

National Jurist has recently ranked BYU Law #2 in its rankings of Best Value Law Schools for the second year in a row. Dean Jim Rasband is quoted in the article. Check out …

The Deseret News has a nice article on two of our newest professors, Mehrsa and Shima Baradaran. Sisters Become First Siblings Professors in History of BYU Law School

While this may interest a law librarian more than others, I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Recently the National Law Journal published an interview with the Supreme Court's reporter of decisions, …

Professor Margaret Tarkington, who is visiting at the University of Cincinnati College of Law this year, has posted two of her newest articles to SSRN. The first, Government Speech and the Publicly Employed …

The Wall Street Journal Law Blog had an interesting recent post about a new study done by Kaplan regarding law school admissions. Here's the part that blew me away, "The survey reports that …

Professor Carolina Nuñez's recent article, Fractured Membership: Deconstructing Territoriality to Secure Rights and Remedies for the Undocumented Worker, was featured in a recent Deseret News article. BYU Professor Says Courts Not Protecting Undocumented Workers

Professor Brigham Daniels is one of our new additions to the law school this year. He comes to us from the University of Houston Law Center with an expertise in environmental law. He …

Professor Carolina Nuñez's newest article, Fractured Membership: Deconstructing Territoriality to Secure Rights and Remedies for the Undocumented Worker, has recently been published in the Wisconsin Law Review and is now available on SSRN.

It's good to be back. After being gone for most of the month of July (visiting Colorado, North Carolina, and different parts of Utah) I'm happy to say the blog posts will start …

If you haven't heard, a new edition of the Bluebook has been released and is available this summer. I haven't received my copy yet (and would be lying if I said I was …

Professor David A. Thomas recently posted his latest article, Whither the Public Forum Doctrine: Has this Creature of the Courts Outlived its Usefulness?, to SSRN. Professor Thomas's article was published in the Real …

Professor Tom Lee's Utah Supreme Court confirmation hearing was held yesterday. The Senate confirmation committee voted unanimously in support of Prof. Lee. His nomination will now go before the full Utah Senate on …

Sunday's New York Times had a fascinating article on technology, multitasking, and the human brain. Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price