Hugh D. Spitzer

Publications

• What's Important to Write About? A Century of Washington Law Review Topics
  100 WASH. L. REV. 1 (2025) · Washington Law Review · 2025
• Catalytic Courts and Enforcement of Constitutional Education Funding Provisions
  49 GA. J. INT'L & COMP. L. 45 (2021) · Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law · 2021
• “Unconstitutional Beyond A Reasonable Doubt” – A Misleading Mantra that Should Be Gone for Good
  96 WASH. L. REV. ONLINE 1 (2021) · Washington Law Review Online · 2021

• Be Careful What You Wish for: Private Political Parties, Public Primaries, and State Constitutional Restrictions
  94 WASH. L. REV. 823 (2019) · Washington Law Review · 2019
• Realigning the Governmental/Proprietary Distinction in Municipal Law
  40 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 173 (2016) · Seattle University Law Review · 2016
• "Home Rule" vs. "Dillon's Rule" for Washington Cities
  38 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 809 (2015) · Seattle University Law Review · 2015
• Washington State's Mandate: The Constitutional Obligation to Fund Post-Secondary Education
  89 WASH. L. REV. ONLINE 15 (2014) · Washington Law Review Online · 2014

• American Federalism: Punching Holes in the Myth
  84 WASH. L. REV. 717 (2009) · Washington Law Review · 2009
• Municipal Police Power in Washington State
  75 WASH. L. REV. 495 (2000) · Washington Law Review · 2000

• Which Constitution? Eleven Years of Gunwall in Washington State
  21 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 1187 (1998) · Seattle University Law Review · 1998
• Theme and Variations
  21 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 997 (1998) · Seattle University Law Review · 1998
• A Washington State Income Tax—Again?
  16 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 515 (1993) · Seattle University Law Review · 1993

• An Analytical View of Recent "Lending of Credit" Decisions in Washington State
  8 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 195 (1985) · Seattle University Law Review · 1985
• Court Rulemaking in Washington
  6 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 31 (1982) · Seattle University Law Review · 1982