Saul Levmore

Publications

• Cross-Border Influencers: Democracy and Externalities
  2023 U. CHI. LEGAL F. (2024) · University of Chicago Legal Forum · 2024
• Fractured Majorities and Their Reasons
  127 PENN ST. L. REV. (2023) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2023
• Appellate Panels and Second Opinions
  127 PENN ST. L. REV. (2023) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2023
• Simplicity and Complexity in Law and in Markets
  10 TEX. A & M L. REV. 639 (2023) · Texas A&M Law Review · 2023
• Not-for-Profits, ESGs, and The Economic Structure of Corporate Law
  1 U. CHI. BUS. L. REV. (2022) · The University of Chicago Business Law Review · 2022
• Competing Algorithms for Law: Sentencing, Admissions, and Employment
  88 U. CHI. L. REV. (2021) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2021
• Death as Divorce for the Abandoned Spouse: Davis v Combes and the Cautious and Gender-Sensitive Judiciary
  87 U. CHI. L. REV. (2020) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2020

• Richard Posner, the Decline of the Common Law, and the Negligence Principle
  86 U. CHI. L. REV. (2019) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2019
• Unreported Sexual Assault
  97 NEB. L. REV. 607 (2019) · Nebraska Law Review · 2019
• The End of Bargaining in The Digital Age
  103 CORNELL L. REV. 1469 (2018) · Cornell Law Review · 2018
• Semi-Confidential Settlements in Civil, Criminal, and Sexual Assault Cases
  103 CORNELL L. REV. 311 (2018) · Cornell Law Review · 2018
• Inequality in the Twenty-First Century
  113 MICH. L. REV. 833 (2015) · Michigan Law Review · 2015
• From Helmets to Savings and Inheritance Taxes: Regulatory Intensity, Information Revelation, and Internalities
  81 U. CHI. L. REV. (2014) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2014
• Public Choice and Law's Either/Or Inclination (reviewing <i>Why the Law Is So Perverse</i> by Leo Katz)
  79 U. CHI. L. REV. (2012) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2012
• Asymmetries and Incentives in Plea Bargaining and Evidence Production
  122 YALE L.J. 690 (2012) · Yale Law Journal · 2012
• Bargaining with Double Jeopardy
  40 J. LEGAL STUD. (2011) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2011
• Ambiguous Statutes
  77 U. CHI. L. REV. 1073 (2010) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2010

• Stipulated Damages, Super-Strict Liability, and Mitigation in Contract Law
  107 MICH. L. REV. 1365 (2009) · Michigan Law Review · 2009
• Parental Leave and American Exceptionalism
  58 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 203 (2007) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2007
• In Memoriam: Bernard D. Meltzer (1914-2007)
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• Judging Deception
  74 U. CHI. L. REV. 1779 (2007) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2007
• Taxing Obesity - Or Perhaps the Opposite
  53 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 575 (2006) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2006
• Public Choice Defended (reviewing <i>Democracy Defended</i> by Gerry Mackie)
  72 U. CHI. L. REV. (2005) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2005
• Citizen Warranties and Majorities
  31 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2004) · Florida State University Law Review · 2004
• Property's Uneasy Path and Expanding Future
  70 U. CHI. L. REV. (2003) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2003
• Insuring Against Terrorism -- And Crime
  Michigan Law Review · 2003
• Insuring against Terrorism -- and Crime
  102 MICH. L. REV. 268 (2003) · Michigan Law Review · 2003
• From Cynicism to Positive Theory in Public Choice
  87 CORNELL L. REV. 375 (2002) · Cornell Law Review · 2002
• Two Stories about the Evolution of Property Rights
  31 J. LEGAL STUD. (2002) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2002
• Conjunction and Aggregation
  99 MICH. L. REV. 723 (2001) · Michigan Law Review · 2001
• More Than Mere Majorities
  2000 UTAH L. REV. (2001) · Utah Law Review · 2001
• Puzzling Stock Options and Compensation Norms
  149 U. PENN. L. REV. 1901 (2001) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2001
• Social Programs and Manageable Units
  8 AM. U. J. GENDER & SOC. POL'Y & L. (2000) · American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law · 2000
• Social Programs and Manageable Units
  8 AM. U. J. GENDER & SOC. POL'Y & L. (2000) · American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law · 2000
• The Public Choice Threat (reviewing <i>The Strategic Constitution</i> by Robert D. Cooter)
  67 U. CHI. L. REV. (2000) · University of Chicago Law Review · 2000
• Norms as Supplements
  86 VA. L. REV. 1989 (2000) · Virginia Law Review · 2000

• Double Blind Lawmaking and Other Comments on Formalism in the Tax Law
  66 U. CHI. L. REV. (1999) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1999
• Voting Paradoxes and Interest Groups
  28 J. LEGAL STUD. (1999) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1999
• Efficiency and Conspiracy: Conflicts of Interest, Anti-Nepotism Rules, and Separation Strategies
  66 FORDHAM L. REV. 2099 (1998) · Fordham Law Review · 1998
• Taxes as Ballots
  65 U. CHI. L. REV. (1998) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1998
• Competition and Cooperation
  97 MICH. L. REV. 216 (1998) · Michigan Law Review · 1998
• Joint Custody and Strategic Behavior
  73 IND. L.J. (1998) · Indiana Law Journal · 1998
• Unifying Remedies: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Startling Rules
  106 YALE L.J. 2149 (1997) · Yale Law Journal · 1997
• Coalitions and Quakes: Disaster Relief and its Prevention
  3 U. CHI. L. SCH. ROUNDTABLE (1996) · The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable · 1996
• Precommitment Politics
  82 VA. L. REV. 567 (1996) · Virginia Law Review · 1996
• Anonymity Tool
  144 U. PENN. L. REV. 2191 (1996) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1996
• Love It or Leave It: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Exclusivity of Remedies in Partnership and Marriage
  58 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 221 (1995) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1995
• Rethinking Group Responsibility and Strategic Threats in Biblical Texts and Modern Law
  71 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 85 (1995) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1995
• Gomorrah to Ybarra and More: Overextraction and the Puzzle of Immoderate Group Liability
  81 VA. L. REV. 1561 (1995) · Virginia Law Review · 1995
• Explaining Creditor Priorities
  80 VA. L. REV. 2103 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• Commissions and Conflicts in Agency Arrangements: Lawyers, Real Estate Brokers, Underwriters, and Other Agents' Rewards
  36 J. L. & ECON. (1993) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1993
• The Case for Retroactive Taxation
  22 J. LEGAL STUD. (1993) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1993
• Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Taxes: A Comment on the Survival of Organizational Forms
  70 WASH. U. L. REV. 489 (1992) · Washington University Law Review · 1992
• Takings, Torts, and Special Interests
  77 VA. L. REV. 1333 (1991) · Virginia Law Review · 1991
• Taxes, Agency Costs, and the Price of Incorporation
  77 VA. L. REV. 211 (1991) · Virginia Law Review · 1991
• Probabilistic Recoveries, Restitution, and Recurring Wrongs
  19 J. LEGAL STUD. (1990) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1990

• Parliamentary Law, Majority Decisionmaking, and the Voting Paradox
  75 VA. L. REV. 971 (1989) · Virginia Law Review · 1989
• Strategic Delays and Fiduciary Duties
  74 VA. L. REV. 863 (1988) · Virginia Law Review · 1988
• Recharacterizations and the Nature of Theory In Corporate Tax Law
  136 U. PENN. L. REV. 1019 (1988) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1988
• Variety and Uniformity in the Treatment of the Good-Faith Purchaser
  16 J. LEGAL STUD. (1987) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1987
• Waiting for Rescue: An Essay on the Evolution and Incentive Structure of the Law of Affirmative Obligations
  72 VA. L. REV. 879 (1986) · Virginia Law Review · 1986
• Explaining Restitution
  71 VA. L. REV. 65 (1985) · Virginia Law Review · 1985
• Efficient Markets and Puzzling Intermediaries
  70 VA. L. REV. 645 (1984) · Virginia Law Review · 1984
• Reply to Landes: A Faulty Study of No-Fault's Effect on Fault, A
  48 MO. L. REV. (1983) · Missouri Law Review · 1983
• Interstate Exploitation and Judicial Intervention
  69 VA. L. REV. 563 (1983) · Virginia Law Review · 1983
• Monitors and Freeriders in Commercial and Corporate Settings
  92 YALE L.J. 49 (1982) · Yale Law Journal · 1982
• Self-Assessed Valuation Systems for Tort and Other Law
  68 VA. L. REV. 771 (1982) · Virginia Law Review · 1982
• Securities and Secrets: Insider Trading and the Law of Contracts
  68 VA. L. REV. 117 (1982) · Virginia Law Review · 1982