Chad W. Flanders

Publications

• The Impact of <em>Erlinger v. United States</em> on State Recidivist Sentencing Laws
  82 WASH. & LEE L. REV. ONLINE 456 (2025) · Washington and Lee Law Review Online · 2025
• COVID-19, Courts, and the “Realities of Prison Administration” Part II: The Realities of Litigation
  14 ST. LOUIS U. J. HEALTH L. & POL'Y (2021) · Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy · 2021
• Alaskan Exceptionalism in Campaign Finance
  37 ALASKA L. REV. 191 (2020) · Alaska Law Review · 2020
• Progressive Prosecution in a Pandemic
  110 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 685 (2020) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2020
• Was the 2016 Election Legitimate?
  64 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2020) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2020

• “Actual” and “Constructive” Possession in Alaska: Clarifying the Doctrine
  36 ALASKA L. REV. 1 (2019) · Alaska Law Review · 2019
• "Dangerous Instruments": A Case Study in Overcriminalization
  83 MO. L. REV. (2018) · Missouri Law Review · 2018
• Keeping the Rule of Law Simple: Comments on Gowder, The Rule of Law in the Real World
  62 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2018) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2018
• A Half-Hearted Defense of the Categorical Approach
  95 WASH. U. L. REV. 1389 (2018) · Washington University Law Review · 2018
• In (Partial) Praise of (Some) Compromise: Comments on Tebbe
  31 J. CIV. RTS. & ECON. DEV. (2018) · Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development · 2018
• Criminals behind the Veil: Political Philosophy and Punishment
  31 BYU J. PUB. L. 83 (2016) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2016
• Police Use of Deadly Force: State Statutes 30 Years After Garner
  35 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2015) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2015
• The Supreme Court and the Rehabilitative Ideal
  49 GA. L. REV. (2015) · Georgia Law Review · 2015
• Can Retributivism be Saved?
  2014 BYU L. REV. 309 (2014) · BYU Law Review · 2014
• Bridges and Ballots: Comment on Levinson
  58 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2014) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2014
• The Trumpet Player's Lament: Rethinking The Civil Gideon Movement
  17 U. D. C. L. REV. 28 (2014) · University of the District of Columbia Law Review · 2014
• Can We Please Stop Talking About Neutrality? Koppelman Between Scalia and Rawls
  39 PEPP. L. REV. (2013) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2013
• Pardons and the Theory of the “Second-Best”
  65 FLA. L. REV. 1559 (2013) · Florida Law Review · 2013
• What Is the Value of Participation?
  66 OKLA. L. REV. 53 (2013) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2013
• Cost as a Sentencing Factor: Missouri's Experiment
  77 MO. L. REV. (2012) · Missouri Law Review · 2012
• Election Law: Too Big to Fail?
  56 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2012) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2012
• Election Law Behind a Veil of Ignorance
  64 FLA. L. REV. 1369 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• Spelling Murkowski: The Next Act, A Reply to Fishkin and Levitt
  28 ALASKA L. REV. 49 (2011) · Alaska Law Review · 2011
• How Do You Spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I? Part I: The Question of Assistance to the Voter
  28 ALASKA L. REV. (2011) · Alaska Law Review · 2011
• What Do We Want in a Presidential Primary - An Election Law Perspective
  44 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 901 (2011) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2011
• Beyond Experience: Getting Retributive Justice Right
  99 CAL. L. REV. 605 (2011) · California Law Review · 2011
• Can Retributivism Be Progressive?: A Reply to Professor Gray and Jonathan Huber
  70 MD. L. REV. 166 (2010) · Maryland Law Review · 2010
• Retribution and Reform
  70 MD. L. REV. 87 (2010) · Maryland Law Review · 2010
• Bentham on Stilts: The Bare Relevance of Subjectivity to Retributive Justice
  98 CAL. L. REV. 907 (2010) · California Law Review · 2010

• Toward a Theory of Persuasive Authority
  62 OKLA. L. REV. 55 (2009) · Oklahoma Law Review · 2009
• Guilty Bystanders
  19 YALE J. L. & FEMINISM 291 (2008) · Yale Journal of Law & Feminism · 2008
• Bush v. Gore and the Uses of "Limiting"
  116 YALE L.J. 1159 (2007) · Yale Law Journal · 2007
• Shame and the Meaning of Punishment
  54 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 609 (2006) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2006