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Understanding the Geneva Conventions
A review of Geneva Conventions by Gary D. Solis and Fred L. Borch
Policy Review, June/July 2010
Harvard Law vs. Free Inquiry
The Weekly Standard, May 17, 2010
Obama's Empathy Test
The Weekly Standard (online exclusive), July 13, 2009
Questions for Obama on National Security Law
Forbes.com, Feb. 4, 2009
Are Universities Above the Law?
The Weekly Standard, Oct. 27, 2008
Power Misdirected
The Hoover Digest, Fall 2008
Vulgarizing the War Debate
A review of The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror by Stephen Holmes
Policy Review, Aug./Sept. 2007
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Illiberal Liberalism
A review of Is Democracy Possible Here? Principles for a New Political Debate by Ronald Dworkin
First Things, Apr. 2007
Freedom at War
A review of Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency by Richard A. Posner
The Weekly Standard, Sept. 18, 2006
U.S. Military: 8, Elite Law Schools: 0
The Weekly Standard, Mar. 20, 2006
Executive Muscle
A review of The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 by John Yoo
The New York Post, Jan. 15, 2006
Lacking the Wisdom of Solomon
National Review Online, Dec. 5, 2005
Democratizing the Constitution
A review of Active Liberty: Interpreting our Democratic Constitution by Stephen Breyer
Policy Review, Dec. 2005/Jan. 2006
The Court, the Constitution, and the Culture of Freedom
Policy Review, Aug./Sept. 2005
Laws of Nations
A review of A New World Order by Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Limits of International Law by Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner, and Law without Nations? Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States by Jeremy Rabkin
Policy Review, Apr./May 2005
Bush v. Gore Comes Back
The New York Sun, Sept. 23, 2004, p. 9
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
The Weekly Standard, July 19, 2004
Destructive Decision
The New York Sun, July 12, 2004, p. 9
The Lawfulness of the Election Decision: A Reply to Professor Tribe
Villanova Law Review 49, p. 259
Point of View: Rules and Grievances
The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10, 2003, p. B16
Dubious Diversity
The Weekly Standard, July 7/14, 2003, pp. 14-16
Liberals versus Religion
The Weekly Standard, July 15, 2002, pp. 13-16
Wilentz's Fabricated Scalia
National Review Online, July 11, 2002
Senator Schumer Performs an Unexpected Service
National Review Online, May 17, 2002
The Senate Judiciary Committee's Opportunity
National Review Online, Apr. 22, 2002
Kafka in Massachusetts
The Weekly Standard, Apr. 1, 2002, pp. 15-16
Tribe v. Truth
The Weekly Standard, Feb. 4, 2002, pp. 29-33
The Continuing Controversy Over Bush v. Gore
National Review Online, Dec. 12, 2001
The Professors and Bush v. Gore
The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 2001, pp. 76-89
Down to the Wire
A review of Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election by the Political Staff of The Washington Post; Bush v. Gore: The Court Cases and Commentary, eds. E.J. Dionne Jr. and William Kristol; 36 Days: The Complete Chronicle of the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis by Correspondents of The New York Times; and The Perfect Tie: The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election by James W. Ceaser and Andrew E. Busch
The Times Literary Supplement, July 27, 2001, p. 27
Reckless Disregard, II
A review of The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose our President by Vincent Bugliosi
National Review Online, July 20, 2001
Reckless Disregard
A review of Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 by Alan Dershowitz
National Review Online, July 13, 2001
Complex, My Dear Holmes
A review of Law without Values by Albert W. Alschuler
Times Literary Supplement, May 25, 2001, p. 14
The Futility of Utility
A review of Law and Social Norms by Eric A. Posner
The New Republic, June 5, 2000, pp. 38-44
Reduction and Betrayal
A review of The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory by Richard A. Posner
The New Republic, August 23, 1999, pp. 38-45
Fair Harvard
The Harvard Crimson, May 26, 1999, p. 8
Book Review
A review
of Free Markets and Social Justice by Cass R. Sunstein
The American Political Science Review, Mar. 1998, pp. 213-214
Book Review
A review of We the People, Vol. 1: Foundations by Bruce Ackerman
Eighteenth Century Studies, Summer 1993, pp. 692-697
Toward a Feminist Orthodoxy
A review of Toward a Feminist Theory of the State by Catharine MacKinnon
Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 3, pp. 301-314
On the Laws Governing Free Spirits and Philosophers of the Future
Yale Law Journal 100, pp. 701-722