David Luban

Publications

• The Shape of a Life: Deborah L. Rhode in Memoriam
  91 FORDHAM L. REV. 1333 (2023) · Fordham Law Review · 2023
• Personality Disruption as Mental Torture: The CIA, Interrogational Abuse, and the U.S. Torture Act
  108 GEO. L.J. (2020) · Georgetown Law Journal · 2020
• Responsibility to Humanity and Threats to Peace: An Essay on Sovereignty
  38 BERKELEY J. INT'L L. 185 (2020) · Berkeley Journal of International Law · 2020

• Optimism, Skepticism, and Access to Justice
  3 TEX. A & M L. REV. 495 (2016) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2016
• The Moral Complexity of Cause Lawyers Within the State
  81 FORDHAM L. REV. 705 (2012) · Fordham Law Review · 2012
• “That the Laws be Faithfully Executed”:The Perils of the Government Legal Advisor
  38 OHIO N. U. L. REV. (2012) · Ohio Northern University Law Review · 2012
• Fred Zacharias's Skeptical Moralism
  48 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 303 (2011) · San Diego Law Review · 2011
• Carl Schmitt and the Critique of Lawfare
  43 CASE W. RES. J. INT'L L. 457 (2010) · Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law · 2010
• Lawfare and Legal Ethics in Guantanamo
  60 STAN. L. REV. (2010) · Stanford Law Review · 2010

• The Inevitability of Conscience: A Response to My Critics
  93 CORNELL L. REV. 1437 (2008) · Cornell Law Review · 2008
• Calling Genocide by Its Rightful Name: Lemkin's Word, Darfur, and the UN Report
  7 CHI. J. INT'L L. (2006) · Chicago Journal of International Law · 2006
• Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb
  91 VA. L. REV. 1425 (2005) · Virginia Law Review · 2005
• The Coiled Serpent of Argument: Reason, Authority, and Law in a Talmudic Tale
  79 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1253 (2004) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2004
• A Theory of Crimes Against Humanity
  29 YALE J. INT'L L. 85 (2004) · Yale Journal of International Law · 2004
• Integrity: Its Causes and Cures
  72 FORDHAM L. REV. 279 (2003) · Fordham Law Review · 2003
• Taking out the Adversary: The Assault on Progressive Public-Interest Lawyers
  91 CAL. L. REV. 209 (2003) · California Law Review · 2003
• A Midrash on Rabbi Shaffer and Rabbi Trollope
  77 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 889 (2002) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2002

• Limiting Secret Settlements by Law
  2 J. INST. STUD. LEGAL ETHICS (1999) · Journal of the Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics · 1999
• On Dorfman's Death and the Maiden
  10 YALE J. L. & HUMAN. 115 (1999) · Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities · 1999
• Lawyers Rule: A Comment on Patterson's Theories of Truth
  50 SMU L. REV. 1613 (1997) · SMU Law Review · 1997
• What’s Pragmatic About Legal Pragmatism?
  18 CARDOZO L. REV. 43 (1996) · Cardozo Law Review · 1996
• Legal Ideals and Moral Obligations: A Comment on Simon
  38 WM. & MARY L. REV. 255 (1996) · William & Mary Law Review · 1996
• Stevens's Professionalism and Ours
  38 WM. & MARY L. REV. 297 (1996) · William & Mary Law Review · 1996
• Justice Holmes and the Metaphysics of Judicial Restraint
  44 DUKE L.J. 449 (1994) · Duke Law Journal · 1994
• Poetic Justice: Punitive Damages and Legal Pluralism
  42 AM. U. L. REV. (1993) · American University Law Review · 1993
• Poetic Justice: Punitive Damages and Legal Pluralism
  42 AM. U. L. REV. (1993) · American University Law Review · 1993
• Getting the Word
  91 MICH. L. REV. 1247 (1993) · Michigan Law Review · 1993
• Are Criminal Defenders Different?
  91 MICH. L. REV. 1729 (1993) · Michigan Law Review · 1993
• Ethics and Malpractice
  12 MISS. COLL. L. REV. (1992) · Mississippi College Law Review · 1992
• Moral Responsibility in the Age of Bureaucracy
  90 MICH. L. REV. 2348 (1992) · Michigan Law Review · 1992
• Incommensurable Values, Rational Choice, and Moral Absolutes
  38 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 65 (1990) · Cleveland State Law Review · 1990
• Freedom and Constraint in Legal Ethics: Some Mid-course Corrections to Lawyers and Justice
  49 MD. L. REV. 424 (1990) · Maryland Law Review · 1990
• The Disengagement of the Legal Profession: Keller v. State Bar of California
  1990 SUP. CT. REV. (1990) · Supreme Court Review · 1990

• The Quality of Justice
  66 DENV. L. REV. 381 (1989) · Denver Law Review · 1989
• Difference Made Legal: The Court and Dr. King
  87 MICH. L. REV. 2152 (1989) · Michigan Law Review · 1989
• The Noblesse Oblige Tradition in the Practice of Law
  41 VAND. L. REV. 717 (1988) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1988
• <i>Fish v. Fish</i> or, Some Realism About Idealism
  7 CARDOZO L. REV. 693 (1986) · Cardozo Law Review · 1986
• Legal Modernism
  84 MICH. L. REV. 1656 (1986) · Michigan Law Review · 1986
• Book Reviews
  91 YALE L.J. 1678 (1982) · Yale Law Journal · 1982
• The Twice-Told Tale of Mr. Fixit: Reflections on the Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection
  91 YALE L.J. 1678 (1982) · Yale Law Journal · 1982
• Calming the Hearse Horse: a Philosophical Research Program for Legal Ethics
  40 MD. L. REV. 451 (1981) · Maryland Law Review · 1981