Lawrence B. Solum

Publications

• PRAGMATICS AND TEXTUALISM
  33 J. L. & POL'Y (2025) · Journal of Law and Policy · 2025
• Corpus Linguistics and the Original Public Meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment
  73 DUKE L.J. 159 (2024) · Duke Law Journal · 2024
• Originalism After Dobbs, Bruen, and Kennedy: The Role of History and Tradition
  118 NW. U. L. REV. 433 (2023) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2023
• The Article III "Party" and the Originalist Case Against Corporate Diversity Jurisdiction
  64 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1345 (2023) · William & Mary Law Review · 2023
• Chevron as Construction
  105 CORNELL L. REV. 1465 (2020) · Cornell Law Review · 2020
• Corporations and the Original Meaning of “Citizens” in Article III
  72 UC L.J. 169 (2020) · UC Law Journal · 2020

• Originalism Versus Living Constitutionalism: The Conceptual Structure of the Great Debate
  113 NW. U. L. REV. 1243 (2019) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2019
• Text over Intent and the Demise of Legislative History
  43 U. DAYTON L. REV. (2018) · University of Dayton Law Review · 2018
• Originalist Theory and Precedent: A Public Meaning Approach
  33 CONST. COMMENT. 451 (2018) · Constitutional Commentary · 2018
• Triangulating Public Meaning: Corpus Linguistics, Immersion, and the Constitutional Record
  2017 BYU L. REV. 1621 (2017) · BYU Law Review · 2017
• Originalist Methodology
  84 U. CHI. L. REV. (2017) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2017
• Republican Constitutionalism
  32 CONST. COMMENT. 175 (2017) · Constitutional Commentary · 2017
• The Fixation Thesis: The Role of Historical Fact in Original Meaning
  91 NOTRE DAME L. REV. (2015) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2015
• Communicative Content and Legal Content
  89 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 479 (2014) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2014
• Artificial Meaning
  89 WASH. L. REV. 69 (2014) · Washington Law Review · 2014
• Originalism and Constitutional Construction
  82 FORDHAM L. REV. 453 (2013) · Fordham Law Review · 2013
• How NFIB v. Sebelius Affects the Constitutional Gestalt
  91 WASH. U. L. REV. (2013) · Washington University Law Review · 2013
• The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law
  123 YALE L.J. 530 (2013) · Yale Law Journal · 2013
• Questioning Cultural Commons
  95 CORNELL L. REV. 817 (2010) · Cornell Law Review · 2010
• The Interpretation-Construction Distinction
  27 CONST. COMMENT. 95 (2010) · Constitutional Commentary · 2010

• Originalism and the Natural Born Citizen Clause
  107 MICH. L. REV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS (2008) · Michigan Law Review First Impressions · 2008
• Constitutional Possibilities
  83 IND. L.J. (2008) · Indiana Law Journal · 2008
• Constitutional Texting
  44 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 123 (2007) · San Diego Law Review · 2007
• Natural Justice
  51 AM. J. JURIS. 65 (2006) · American Journal of Jurisprudence · 2006
• Pluralism and Public Legal Reason
  15 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 7 (2006) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2006
• Blogging and the Transformation of Legal Scholarship
  84 WASH. U. L. REV. 1071 (2006) · Washington University Law Review · 2006
• The Aretaic Turn in Constitutional Theory
  70 BROOK. L. REV. (2005) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2005
• Judicial Selection: Ideology Versus Character
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 659 (2005) · Cardozo Law Review · 2005
• A Tournament of Virtue
  32 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2005) · Florida State University Law Review · 2005
• The Layers Principle: Internet Achitecture and the Law
  79 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 815 (2004) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2004
• An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy
  25 HASTINGS COMM. & ENT. L.J. 359 (2003) · UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal · 2003
• Congress's Power to Promote the Progress of Science: Eldred v. Ashcroft
  36 LOY. L. A. L. REV. (2002) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2002
• To Our Children's Children's Children: The Problems of Intergenerational Ethics
  35 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 163 (2001) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2001

• Caution: Estoppel Ahead: Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corporation
  32 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 461 (1999) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1999
• The Foundations of Liberty
  97 MICH. L. REV. 1780 (1999) · Michigan Law Review · 1999
• Fritz B. Burns Lecture: Euthanasia, Morality and the Law—Introduction: Euthanasia at the Intersection of Law and Morality
  31 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1115 (1998) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1998
• Novel Public Reasons
  29 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1459 (1996) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1996
• Situating Political Liberalism
  69 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 549 (1994) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1994
• Constructing an Ideal of Public Reason
  30 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 729 (1993) · San Diego Law Review · 1993
• Foreword: History, Fable and Constitutional Interpretation
  25 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1135 (1992) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1992
• Legal Personhood for Artificial Intelligences
  70 N. C. L. REV. 1231 (1992) · North Carolina Law Review · 1992
• Faith and Justice
  39 DEPAUL L. REV. 1083 (1990) · DePaul Law Review · 1990
• Virtues and Voices
  66 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 111 (1990) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1990
• Pluralism and Modernity
  66 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 93 (1990) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1990

• On the Indeterminacy Crisis: Critiquing Critical Dogma
  54 U. CHI. L. REV. (1987) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1987