Michael L. Wells

Publications

• Absolute Official Immunity in Constitutional Litigation
  57 GA. L. REV. (2023) · Georgia Law Review · 2023
• Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, Nominal Damages, and the Roberts Stratagem
  56 GA. L. REV. (2022) · Georgia Law Review · 2022
• Some Objections to Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts
  55 GA. L. REV. (2021) · Georgia Law Review · 2021
• Marshall Shapo's Constitutional Tort Fifty-Five Years Later
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2020

• The Role of Fault in Sec. 1983 Municipal Liability
  71 S. C. L. REV. (2019) · South Carolina Law Review · 2019
• Wrongful Convictions, Constitutional Remedies, and <i>Nelson v. Colorado</i>
  86 FORDHAM L. REV. 2199 (2018) · Fordham Law Review · 2018
• Qualified Immunity After <em>Ziglar v. Abbasi</em>: The Case for a Categorical Approach
  68 AM. U. L. REV. (2018) · American University Law Review · 2018
• Qualified Immunity and Statutory Interpretation: A Response to William Baude
  California Law Review Online · 2018
• Basic Questions of Tort Law from a Comparative Perspective
  9 J. CIV. L. STUD. (2016) · Journal of Civil Law Studies · 2016
• Attorney’s Fees, Nominal Damages, and Section 1983 Litigation
  24 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 829 (2016) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 2016
• Constitutional Remedies: Reconciling Official Immunity with the Vindication of Rights
  88 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (2015) · St. John's Law Review · 2015
• Civil Recourse, Damages-as-Redress, and Constitutional Torts
  46 GA. L. REV. (2012) · Georgia Law Review · 2012
• A Common Lawyer's Perspective on the European Perspective on Punitive Damages
  70 LA. L. REV. (2010) · Louisiana Law Review · 2010

• A Litigation-Oriented Approach to Teaching Federal Courts
  53 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2009) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2009
• State-Created Property and Due Process of Law: Filling the Void Left by Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture
  44 GA. L. REV. (2009) · Georgia Law Review · 2009
• Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans After Parents Involved: Bringing State Action Principles to Bear on the De Jure/De Facto Distinction
  112 DICK. L. REV. 1023 (2008) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2008
• Race-Conscious Student Assignment Plans After Parents Involved: Bringing State Action Principles to Bear on the De Jure/De Facto Distinction
  112 PENN ST. L. REV. 1023 (2008) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2008
• The Order-of-Battle in Constitutional Litigation
  60 SMU L. REV. 1539 (2007) · SMU Law Review · 2007
• "Sociological Legitimacy" in Supreme Court Opinions
  64 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1011 (2007) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2007
• Identifying State Actors in Constitutional Litigation: Reviving the Role of Substantive Context
  26 CARDOZO L. REV. 99 (2004) · Cardozo Law Review · 2004
• International Norms in Constitutional Law
  32 GA. J. INT'L & COMP. L. 429 (2004) · Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law · 2004
• Proximate Cause and the American Law Institute: The False Choice Between the "Direct-Consequences" Test and the "Risk Standard"
  37 U. RICH. L. REV. 389 (2003) · University of Richmond Law Review · 2003
• Article II and the Florida Election Case: A Public Choice Perspective
  61 MD. L. REV. 711 (2002) · Maryland Law Review · 2002
• Section 1983, The First Amendment, and Public Employee Speech: Shaping the Right to Fit the Remedy (and Vice Versa)
  35 GA. L. REV. (2001) · Georgia Law Review · 2001
• Corrective Justice and Constitutional Torts
  35 GA. L. REV. (2001) · Georgia Law Review · 2001
• Were There Adequate State Grounds in Bush v. Gore?
  18 CONST. COMMENT. 403 (2001) · Constitutional Commentary · 2001
• Available State Remedies and the Fourteenth Amendment: Comments on Florida Prepaid v. College Savings Bank
  33 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 1665 (2000) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2000
• Three Arguments Against <i>Mt. Healthy</i>: Tort Theory, Constitutional Torts, and Freedom of Speech
  51 MERCER L. REV. (2000) · Mercer Law Review · 2000

• Why Constitutional Torts Deserve a Book of Their Own
  22 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 857 (1999) · Seattle University Law Review · 1999
• Remedies for the Misappropriation of Intellectual Property by State and Municipal Governments Before and After Seminole Tribe: The Eleventh Amendment and Other Immunity Doctrines
  55 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 849 (1998) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 1998
• Constitutional Torts, Common Law Torts, and Due Process of Law
  72 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 617 (1997) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1997
• Who's Afraid of Henry Hart?
  14 CONST. COMMENT. 175 (1997) · Constitutional Commentary · 1997
• Punitive Damages for Constitutional Torts
  56 LA. L. REV. (1996) · Louisiana Law Review · 1996
• Busting the Hart & Wechsler Paradigm
  11 CONST. COMMENT. 557 (1995) · Constitutional Commentary · 1995
• French and American Judicial Opinions
  19 YALE J. INT'L L. 81 (1994) · Yale Journal of International Law · 1994
• Against an Elite Federal Judiciary: Comments on the Report of the Federal Courts Study Committee
  1991 BYU L. REV. 923 (1991) · BYU Law Review · 1991
• Governmental Inaction as as Constitutional Tort: DeShaney and Its Aftermath
  66 WASH. L. REV. 107 (1991) · Washington Law Review · 1991
• The Unimportance of Precedent in the Law of Federal Courts
  39 DEPAUL L. REV. 357 (1990) · DePaul Law Review · 1990

• The Impact of Substantive Interests on the Law of Federal Courts
  30 WM. & MARY L. REV. 499 (1989) · William & Mary Law Review · 1989
• Rhetoric and Reality in the Law of Federal Courts: Professor Fallon's Faulty Premise
  6 CONST. COMMENT. 367 (1989) · Constitutional Commentary · 1989
• Book Review: Contract Law in the USSR and the United States: History and General Concept. E. Allan Farnsworth and Victor P. Mozolin. Washington: International Law Institute in cooperation with Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University School of Law, 1987.
  18 GA. J. INT'L & COMP. L. 293 (1988) · Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law · 1988
• Affirmative Duty and Constitutional Tort
  16 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 1 (1982) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 1982
• The Role of Comity in the Law of Federal Courts
  60 N. C. L. REV. 59 (1981) · North Carolina Law Review · 1981
• The Governmental-Proprietary Distinction in Constitutional Law
  66 VA. L. REV. 1073 (1980) · Virginia Law Review · 1980

• Habeas Corpus and Freedom of Speech
  27 DUKE L.J. 1307 (1979) · Duke Law Journal · 1979
• Preliminary Injunctions and Abstention Some Problems in Federalism
  63 CORNELL L. REV. 65 (1977) · Cornell Law Review · 1977