John H. Langbein

Publications

• RESPONSE: Correcting the Record Regarding the <i>Restatement of Property's</i> Slayer Rule in the <i>Brooklyn Law Review's</i> Symposium Issue on Restatement
  80 BROOK. L. REV. (2015) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2015
• Destructive Federal Preemption of State Wealth Transfer Law in Beneficiary Designation Cases: Hillman Doubles Down on Egelhoff
  67 VAND. L. REV. 1665 (2014) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2014
• Major Reforms of the Property Restatement and the Uniform Probate Code: Reformation, Harmless Error, and Nonprobate Transfers
  38 ACTEC L.J. (2012) · ACTEC Law Journal · 2012
• The Disappearance of Civil Trial in the United States
  122 YALE L.J. 522 (2012) · Yale Law Journal · 2012

• Richard Wellman and the Reform of American Probate Law
  40 GA. L. REV. (2006) · Georgia Law Review · 2006
• Questioning the Trust Law Duty of Loyalty: Sole Interest or Best Interest?
  114 YALE L.J. 929 (2005) · Yale Law Journal · 2005

• The Secret Life of the Trust: The Trust as an Instrument of Commerce
  107 YALE L.J. 165 (1997) · Yale Law Journal · 1997
• The Contractarian Basis of the Law of Trusts
  105 YALE L.J. 625 (1995) · Yale Law Journal · 1995
• Reversing the Nondelegation Rule of Trust-Investment Law
  59 MO. L. REV. (1994) · Missouri Law Review · 1994
• The Historical Origins of the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination at Common Law
  92 MICH. L. REV. 1047 (1994) · Michigan Law Review · 1994
• Will Contests
  103 YALE L.J. 2039 (1994) · Yale Law Journal · 1994
• The Supreme Court Flunks Trusts
  1990 SUP. CT. REV. (1990) · Supreme Court Review · 1990

• ERISA's Fundamental Contradiction: The Exclusive Benefit Rule
  55 U. CHI. L. REV. (1988) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1988
• Redesigning the Spouse's Forced Share: A Proposal
  32 L. QUAD. (1988) · Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes) · 1988
• The Twentieth-Century Revolution in Family Wealth Transmission
  86 MICH. L. REV. 722 (1988) · Michigan Law Review · 1988
• The German Advantage in Civil Procedure
  52 U. CHI. L. REV. (1985) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1985
• Shaping the Eighteenth-Century Criminal Trial: A View from the Ryder Sources
  50 U. CHI. L. REV. (1983) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1983
• The Emergence of a General Reformation Doctrine for Wills
  28 L. QUAD. (1983) · Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes) · 1983
• Reformation of Wills On the Ground of Mistake: Change of Direction In American Law
  130 U. PENN. L. REV. 521 (1982) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1982
• Social Investing and the Law of Trusts
  79 MICH. L. REV. 72 (1980) · Michigan Law Review · 1980

• Land Without Plea Bargaining: How the Germans Do It
  78 MICH. L. REV. 204 (1979) · Michigan Law Review · 1979
• The Criminal Trial before the Lawyers
  45 U. CHI. L. REV. (1978) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1978
• Torture and Plea Bargaining
  46 U. CHI. L. REV. (1978) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1978
• Living Probate: The Conservatorship Model
  77 MICH. L. REV. 63 (1978) · Michigan Law Review · 1978
• Continental Criminal Procedure: "Myth" and Reality
  87 YALE L.J. 1549 (1978) · Yale Law Journal · 1978
• The Historical Origins of the Sanction of Imprisonment for Serious Crime
  5 J. LEGAL STUD. (1976) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1976
• Substantial Compliance with the Wills Act
  88 HARV. L. REV. 489 (1975) · Harvard Law Review · 1975
• Controlling Prosecutorial Discretion in Germany
  41 U. CHI. L. REV. (1974) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1974
• Fact Finding in the English Court of Chancery: A Rebuttal
  83 YALE L.J. 1620 (1974) · Yale Law Journal · 1974
• Review Article
  88 HARV. L. REV. 478 (1974) · Harvard Law Review · 1974
• Criminal Procedure: The Advent of Modernity
  84 YALE L.J. 394 (1974) · Yale Law Journal · 1974

• Modern Jurisprudence in the House of Lords the Passing of London Tramways
  53 CORNELL L. REV. 807 (1968) · Cornell Law Review · 1968