John V. Orth

Publications

• No Amendment? No Problem: Judges, “Informal Amendment,” and the Evolution of Constitutional Meaning in the Federal Democracies of Australia, Canada, India, and the United States
  48 PEPP. L. REV. 341 (2021) · Pepperdine Law Review · 2021

• North Carolina and the Genius of the Common Law
  41 CAMPBELL L. REV. 435 (2019) · Campbell Law Review · 2019
• Unconstitutional Emoluments: The Emoluments Clauses of the North Carolina Constitution
  97 N. C. L. REV. 1727 (2019) · North Carolina Law Review · 2019
• Balancing Justice Needs and Private Property in Constitutional Takings Provisions: A Comparative Assessment of India, Australia, and the United States
  42 FORDHAM INT'L L.J. 999 (2019) · Fordham International Law Journal · 2019
• Torrens Title in North Carolina - Maybe a Hundred Years Is Long Enough
  39 CAMPBELL L. REV. 271 (2017) · Campbell Law Review · 2017
• Recent Developments in North Carolina Property Law: Where's the Supreme Court of North Carolina?
  95 N. C. L. REV. 1561 (2017) · North Carolina Law Review · 2017
• Magna Carta: The First Eight Hundred Years
  94 N. C. L. REV. 1409 (2016) · North Carolina Law Review · 2016
• The Past is Never Dead: Magna Carta in North Carolina
  94 N. C. L. REV. 1635 (2016) · North Carolina Law Review · 2016
• In Memoriam: William Brantley Aycock
  95 N. C. L. REV. (2016) · North Carolina Law Review · 2016
• Interest Follows Principal: Why North Carolina Should Pay Interest on Unclaimed Personal Property
  37 CAMPBELL L. REV. 321 (2015) · Campbell Law Review · 2015
• "Without Precedential Value" -- When the Justices of the Supreme Court of North Carolina are Equally Divided
  93 N. C. L. REV. 1719 (2015) · North Carolina Law Review · 2015
• What to do with What’s Left Behind
  58 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2014) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2014
• North Carolina Bids Goodbye (Again) to the Rule in Dumpor's Case
  35 CAMPBELL L. REV. 193 (2013) · Campbell Law Review · 2013
• State Debts & Federal Jurisdiction
  7 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 1 (2012) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2012
• Presumed Equal: Shares of Cotenants
  37 ACTEC L.J. (2011) · ACTEC Law Journal · 2011

• Allowing Perpetuities in North Carolina
  31 CAMPBELL L. REV. 399 (2009) · Campbell Law Review · 2009
• When Analogy Fails: The Common Law & (and) State v. Mann
  87 N. C. L. REV. 979 (2009) · North Carolina Law Review · 2009
• In Re Tenancy by the Entirety: Married Couples, Common Law Marriages, and Same Sex Partners, Orth v. Orth
  85 N. D. L. REV. 287 (2009) · North Dakota Law Review · 2009
• "A Frequent Recurrence to Fundamental Principles": A Tribute to Jim Ely
  16 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 841 (2008) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2008
• A Bridge, a Tax Revolt, and the Struggle to Industrialize: A Comment
  84 N. C. L. REV. 1927 (2006) · North Carolina Law Review · 2006
• Who Judges the Judges?
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• Night Thoughts: Reflections on the Debate Concerning Same-Sex Marriage
  3 NV. L.J. FORUM 560 (2003) · Nevada Law Journal · 2003
• How Many Judges Does It Take to Make a Supreme Court?
  19 CONST. COMMENT. 681 (2002) · Constitutional Commentary · 2002
• History and the Eleventh Amendment
  75 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1147 (2000) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2000
• Confusion Worse Confounded: The North Carolina Residential Rental Agreements Act
  78 N. C. L. REV. 783 (2000) · North Carolina Law Review · 2000
• Presidential Impeachment: The Original Misunderstanding
  17 CONST. COMMENT. 587 (2000) · Constitutional Commentary · 2000

• Did Sir Edward Coke Mean What He Said?
  16 CONST. COMMENT. 33 (1999) · Constitutional Commentary · 1999
• John Marshall and the Rule of Law
  49 S. C. L. REV. (1998) · South Carolina Law Review · 1998
• Exporting the Rule of Law
  24 N. C. J. INT'L L. 71 (1998) · North Carolina Journal of International Law · 1998
• Tenancy by the Entirety: The Strange Career of the Common-Law Marital Estate
  1997 BYU L. REV. 35 (1997) · BYU Law Review · 1997
• Why the North Carolina Court of Appeals Should Have a Procedure for Sitting En Banc
  75 N. C. L. REV. 1981 (1997) · North Carolina Law Review · 1997
• Taking from a and Giving to B: Substantive Due Process and the Case of the Shifting Paradigm
  14 CONST. COMMENT. 337 (1997) · Constitutional Commentary · 1997
• Who Is a Tenant - The Correct Definition of the Status in North Carolina
  21 N. C. CENT. L. REV. 79 (1995) · North Carolina Central Law Review · 1995
• Russell v. Hill (N.C. 1899) Misunderstood Lessons
  73 N. C. L. REV. 2031 (1995) · North Carolina Law Review · 1995
• Truth about Justice Iredell's Dissent in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
  73 N. C. L. REV. 255 (1994) · North Carolina Law Review · 1994
• Book Review of Toward a Usable Past: Liberty Under State Constitutions
  10 CONST. COMMENT. 203 (1993) · Constitutional Commentary · 1993
• Professor Eugene Gressman: A Tribute
  22 SETON HALL L. REV. (1992) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1992
• North Carolina Constitutional History
  70 N. C. L. REV. 1759 (1992) · North Carolina Law Review · 1992
• Thinking about Law Historically: Why Bother
  70 N. C. L. REV. 287 (1991) · North Carolina Law Review · 1991
• Fundamental Principles in North Carolina Constitutional History
  69 N. C. L. REV. 1357 (1991) · North Carolina Law Review · 1991
• The Joint Tenancy Makes a Comeback in North Carolina
  69 N. C. L. REV. 491 (1990) · North Carolina Law Review · 1990

• Requiem for the Rule in Shelley's Case
  67 N. C. L. REV. 681 (1989) · North Carolina Law Review · 1989
• Forever Separate and Distinct: Separation of Powers in North Carolina
  62 N. C. L. REV. 1 (1983) · North Carolina Law Review · 1983
• On the Relation Between the Rule of Law and Public Opinion
  80 MICH. L. REV. 753 (1982) · Michigan Law Review · 1982
• The Eleventh Amendment and the North Carolina State Debt
  59 N. C. L. REV. 747 (1981) · North Carolina Law Review · 1981