Mitu Gulati

Publications

• Trump v. Biden Judges
  79 SMU L. REV. F. 24 (2026) · SMU Law Review Forum · 2026
• The SCOTUS Tournament: Winning Isn't Everything
  75 DUKE L.J. 21 (2025) · Duke Law Journal · 2025
• Guns, Judges, and Trump
  74 DUKE L.J. 81 (2025) · Duke Law Journal · 2025
• The Form Knows Best
  79 U. MIAMI L. REV. 607 (2025) · University of Miami Law Review · 2025
• Trump’s Lower Court Judges and Religion: An Initial Appraisal
  54 J. LEGAL STUD. (2025) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2025
• How Different Are the Trump Judges?
  78 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2025) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2025
• The Power Five: The Making of Newsworthy Deal Teams
  77 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2024) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2024
• If Roe Had To Go…So Must Bruen
  39 CONST. COMMENT. 283 (2024) · Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 37 and later (2023–present) · 2024
• Gender, Credentials, and M&A
  48 BYU L. REV. 723 (2023) · BYU Law Review · 2023
• Comparing Agency Costs in Contract Production: Private Equity M&A Versus Corporate and Sovereign Bonds
  74 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 47 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2023
• Green Bonds, Empty Promises
  102 N. C. L. REV. 131 (2023) · North Carolina Law Review · 2023
• Do Investors Care about Municipal Debtors’ Access to Bankruptcy? Evidence from Bond Disclosures
  50 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 657 (2023) · Fordham Urban Law Journal · 2023
• The Price of Cheeky Contracting
  85 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 99 (2022) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2022
• Why Did Belgium Pay Leopold’s Bonds?
  83 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 49 (2020) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2020
• Transferable Sovereignty: Lessons from the History of the Congo Free State
  69 DUKE L.J. 1219 (2020) · Duke Law Journal · 2020
• The Myth of Optimal Expectation Damages
  104 MARQ. L. REV. 141 (2020) · Marquette Law Review · 2020

• Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Gender Gap for Securities and Exchange Commission Attorneys
  62 J. L. & ECON. (2019) · Journal of Law and Economics · 2019
• What does Puerto Rican Citizenship Mean for Puerto Rico’s Legal Status?
  67 DUKE L.J. 122 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• Evaluating Judges and Judicial Institutions: Reorienting the Perspective
  67 DUKE L.J. 143 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• Talking Judges
  67 DUKE L.J. 163 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession
  43 YALE J. INT'L L. (2018) · Yale Journal of International Law · 2018
• Forced Secessions
  80 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 215 (2017) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2017
• Custom in Our Courts: Reconciling Theory with Reality in the Debate about Erie Railroad and Customary International Law
  27 DUKE J. COMP. & INT'L L. 243 (2017) · Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law · 2017
• A Market for Sovereign Control
  66 DUKE L.J. 797 (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• The Black Hole Problem in Commercial Boilerplate
  67 DUKE L.J. (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• Adjudicating Death: Professionals or Politicians?
  70 VAND. L. REV. 1709 (2017) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2017
• How Bayesian Are Judges?
  16 NV. L.J. FORUM 1061 (2016) · Nevada Law Journal · 2016
• The Management of Staff by Federal Court of Appeals Judges
  69 VAND. L. REV. 479 (2016) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2016
• The Role of Competence in Promotions from the Lower Federal Courts
  44 J. LEGAL STUD. (2015) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2015
• Altruism Exchanges and the Kidney Shortage
  77 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 289 (2014) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2014
• The International Monetary Fund's Imperiled Priority
  10 DUKE J. CONST. L. & PUB. POL'Y 119 (2014) · Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy · 2014
• The Diversity Feedback Loop
  2014 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2014) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2014
• Cultivating Inclusion
  112 MICH. L. REV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 117 (2014) · Michigan Law Review First Impressions · 2014
• The Law and Policy of Judicial Retirement: An Empirical Study
  42 J. LEGAL STUD. (2013) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2013
• The Duke Project on Custom and Law
  62 DUKE L.J. 529 (2012) · Duke Law Journal · 2012
• Sonia Sotomayor and the Construction of Merit
  61 EMORY L.J. 801 (2012) · Emory Law Journal · 2012
• Foreword: The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design
  40 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2011) · Hofstra Law Review · 2011
• The New Old Legal Realism
  105 NW. U. L. REV. 689 (2011) · Northwestern University Law Review · 2011
• Showcasing Diversity
  89 N. C. L. REV. 1017 (2011) · North Carolina Law Review · 2011
• Customary International Law and Withdrawal Rights in an Age of Treaties
  21 DUKE J. COMP. & INT'L L. (2010) · Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law · 2010
• The Market Reaction to Legal Shocks and Their Antidotes: Lessons from the Sovereign Debt Market
  39 J. LEGAL STUD. (2010) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2010
• Withdrawing from International Custom
  120 YALE L.J. 202 (2010) · Yale Law Journal · 2010

• Judicial Evaluations and Information Forcing: Ranking State High Courts and Their Judges
  58 DUKE L.J. 1313 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• “Only Connect”: Toward a Unified Measurement Project
  58 DUKE L.J. 1181 (2009) · Duke Law Journal · 2009
• Mr. Presidential Candidate: Whom Would You Nominate
  42 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 293 (2009) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 2009
• Foreword: Making Makeup Matter
  14 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y (2007) · Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy · 2007
• Partially Odious Debts?
  70 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 47 (2007) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2007
• Ranking Judges according to Citation Bias (As a Means to Reduce Bias)
  82 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1279 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• A Response to Professor Sander: Is It Really All about the Grades
  84 N. C. L. REV. 1823 (2006) · North Carolina Law Review · 2006
• Public Symbol in Private Contract: A Case Study
  84 WASH. U. L. REV. 1627 (2006) · Washington University Law Review · 2006
• The Rat Race as an Information-Forcing Device
  81 IND. L.J. (2006) · Indiana Law Journal · 2006
• Judicial Triage: Reflections on the Debate over Unpublished Opinions
  62 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1667 (2005) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2005
• The Klein Criteria Project
  2 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 1 (2005) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2005
• Race to the Top of the Corporate Ladder: What Minorities Do When They Get There
  61 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 1645 (2004) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2004
• Economic Organization in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of Collaborative Production under High Uncertainty
  1 BERKELEY BUS. L.J. 137 (2004) · Berkeley Business Law Journal · 2004
• A Tournament of Judges
  92 CAL. L. REV. 299 (2004) · California Law Review · 2004
• The Law and Economics of Critical Race Theory
  112 YALE L.J. 1757 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• What Exactly Is Racial Diversity?
  91 CAL. L. REV. 1149 (2003) · California Law Review · 2003
• Working Identity
  85 CORNELL L. REV. 1259 (2000) · Cornell Law Review · 2000

• On Not Making Law
  61 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 157 (1998) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1998