Brian Z. Tamanaha

Publications

• Natural Law Errors and Wrongs
  91 BROOK. L. REV. 67 (2025) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2025
• Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of the Rule of Law
  73 EMORY L.J. 1215 (2024) · Emory Law Journal · 2024
• Tempering Arbitrary Power: A Moral Theory of the Rule of Law
  38 CONST. COMMENT. 129 (2023) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2023

• Devising Rule of Law Baselines: The Next Step in Quantitative Studies of Judging
  67 DUKE L.J. 209 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• Law’s Evolving Emergent Phenomena: From Rules of Social Intercourse to Rule of Law Society
  95 WASH. U. L. REV. 1149 (2018) · Washington University Law Review · 2018
• The Third Pillar of Jurisprudence: Social Legal Theory
  56 WM. & MARY L. REV. 2235 (2015) · William & Mary Law Review · 2015
• Legal Educators Defending the Status Quo
  41 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 131 (2013) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 2013
• The Several Meanings of "Politics" in Judicial Politics Studies: Why "Ideological Influence" is not "Partisanship"
  61 EMORY L.J. 759 (2012) · Emory Law Journal · 2012
• A Battle Between Law and Society in Micronesia: An Example of Originalism Gone Awry
  21 WASH. INT'L L.J. 295 (2012) · Washington International Law Journal · 2012
• The Primacy of Society and the Failures of Law and Development
  44 CORNELL INT'L L.J. 209 (2011) · Cornell International Law Journal · 2011
• The Real Formalists, the Real Realists, and What They Tell Us About Judicial Decision Making and Legal Education
  109 MICH. L. REV. 863 (2011) · Michigan Law Review · 2011
• Are We Safer from Terrorism? No, but We Can Be
  28 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 419 (2010) · Yale Law & Policy Review · 2010

• The Realism of Judges Past and Present
  57 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 77 (2009) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2009
• Symposium: The Future of Law and Development, Part III
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2009
• A Holistic Vision of the Socio-Legal Terrain
  71 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 89 (2008) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2008
• How an Instrumental View of Law Corrodes the Rule of Law
  56 DEPAUL L. REV. 469 (2007) · DePaul Law Review · 2007
• Enhancing the Prospects for General Jurisprudence
  15 U. MIAMI INT'L & COMP. L. REV. 69 (2007) · University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review · 2007
• A Socio-Legal Methodology for the Internal/External Distinction: Jurisprudential Implications
  75 FORDHAM L. REV. 1255 (2006) · Fordham Law Review · 2006
• The Tension Between Legal Instrumentalism And The Rule of Law
  33 SYRACUSE J. INT'L L. & COM. (2005) · Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce · 2005

• The View of Habermas from Below: Doubts about the Centrality of Law and the Legitimation Enterprise
  76 DENV. L. REV. 989 (1999) · Denver Law Review · 1999
• Pragmatism in U.S. Legal Theory: Its Application to Normative Jurisprudence, Sociolegal Studies, and the Fact-Value Distinction
  41 AM. J. JURIS. 315 (1996) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 1996

• Post-1997 Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of the Meaning of "High Degree of Autonomy"
  20 CAL. W. INT'L L.J. (1989) · California Western International Law Journal · 1989
• A Proposal for the Development of a System of Indigenous Jurisprudence in the Federated States of Micronesia
  13 UC L. SF INT'L L. REV. 71 (1989) · UC Law SF International Law Review · 1989