Edward L. Rubin

Vanderbilt University - Law School

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1.

It's Time to Make the Administrative Procedure Act Administrative

Number of pages: 122 Posted: 31 May 2003
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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administrative law, administrative procedure, administrative theory, bureaucracy, legal theory

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Just Say No to Retribution

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 11 Jun 2003
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Punishment, retribution, rehabilitation, crimes, jurisprudence

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Getting Past Democracy

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Nov 2000
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Rejecting Climate Change: Not Science Denial, but Regulation Phobia

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 17-3
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Climate Change, Global Warming, Science, Public Opinion, Regulation, Conspiracy

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Should Law Schools Support Faculty Research?

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Should Law Schools Support Faculty Research?

Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 17, 2008, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 08-038
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jul 2008
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Law Schools, Research, Curriculum

Should Law Schools Support Faculty Research?

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-12
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 May 2008
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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faculty research, faculty members, students, tuition

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Criminal Justice Through Management: From Police, Prosecutors, Courts, and Prisons to a Modern Administrative Agency

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-24, 100 Oregon Law Review 261 (2022)
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2022
Edward L. Rubin and Malcolm M. Feeley
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
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Criminal law, criminal justice, administrative law, policing, prosecution, punishment

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The Possibilities and Limitations of Privatization

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The Possibilities and Limitations of Privatization

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 123, No. 890, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-09, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2011
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Privatization, Government Contracting, Administrative Law, Public Law

The Possibilities and Limitations of Privatization

Harvard Law Review, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-03
Posted: 02 Feb 2010
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School

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privatization, government contracts, governance, administration

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Bureaucratic Oppression: Its Causes and Cures

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 291, 2012, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-15
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 14 May 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2022
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administration, Governance, Bureaucracy, Management, Due Process

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Trial by Battle, Trial by Argument

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Oct 2002
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Legal Rights, Legal Theory, Litigation, Legal History

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Assisted Suicide, Morality and Law: Why Prohibiting Assisted Suicide Violates the Establishment Clause

Vanderbilt Law Review, 2010, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Feb 2010
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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suicide, assisted suicide, religion, establishment clause, First Amendment, morality

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Administrative Guidance and Genetically Modified Food

60 Ariz. L. Rev. 539 (2018), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-30, California Western School of Law Research Paper No. 18-9
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2018
Edward L. Rubin and Joanna Sax
Vanderbilt University - Law School and California Western School of Law
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Administrative Law, Guidance, Rulemaking, Law and Science, Food Law, Genetic Modification

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Judicial Review and the Right to Resist

Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 08-11
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Jun 2008
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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judicial review

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The Pervasive Dishonesty of Conservative Political and Legal Theory

Willamette Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 23-41
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 27 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2023
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Political Theory, Legal Theory, Conservativism, Social Justice, Democracy, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law

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The Regulatizing Process and the Boundaries of New Public Governance

Wisconsin Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 10-04
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2010
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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regulation, governance, compliance, airlines, regulated industries

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Hyperdepoliticization

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 631, 2012, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 14-14
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 May 2014
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administration, Governance, Bureaucracy, Agency Independence, Rationality

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Curricular Stress

Journal Legal Education, Vol. 60, pp. 110-21, 2010 , Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 11-11
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2012
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Legal Education, Curriculum, Law Students, Balance

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Regulatory Analysis the Modern Concept of Law: A Response

American University Law Review Forum, Vol. 68, p. 101, 2018, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-66
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative Law, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Independent Agency, Regulatory Analysis, Policy Evaluation

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Statutory Design as Policy Analysis

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-22
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Apr 2017
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Legislation, Policy Making, Legislative Drafting, Administrative Government

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Can the Obama Administration Renew American Regulatory Policy?

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 65, No. 357, 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2011
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative Law, Regulation, Financial Services, Public Law, Presidential Policy

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Chevron Was Not, and Cannot Be, Overruled:  The Dullness of Loper Bright

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 25-3
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 24 Jan 2025
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative Law, Judicial Review, Chevron, Loper Bright, Agency Interpretation

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Executive Action: Its History, Its Dilemmas and Its Potential Remedies

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2016, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-04
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative Law, Administrative State Rule of Law, Executive, Administrative Procedure Act, Legal History, Informal Adjudication, Administration

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The Dominance of Norms

Law and Economics: Philosophic Issus and Fundamental Questions, Artistides N. Hatzis and Nicholas Mercuro, eds. Routledge, 2015, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-23
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Law and Economics, Social Norms, Rational Choice, Behavioral Economics, Culture, Society

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The Role of Federalism in International Law

Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 17-11
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Federalism, International Law, Sovereignty, Human Rights, Intervention, Counterinsurgency, Group Rights

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Phenomenology, Colonialism, and the Administrative State

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-43
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Aug 2020
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Colonialism

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Auer, Chevron and the Future of Kisor

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 21-34
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Aug 2021
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Administrative law, Chevron doctrine, judicial review

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Extending Democracy to Corporate Governance and Beyond: A Theory of Popular Economic Sovereignty

53 University of the Pacific L. Rev. 39 (2021), Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-03
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Feb 2022
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Democracy, Corporations, Corporate Governance, Economic Equality

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The Mistaken Ideas of General Regulatory Takings

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2019, No. 225, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-44, Patricia Salkin, Zoning and Planning Law Handbook (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2020) Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Aug 2020
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Takings, Property, Constitutional Law, Regulatory Law

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Beneficial Precaution: A Proposed Approach to Uncertain Technological Dangers

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 22, 2020, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-51
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Oct 2020
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Policy, Technology, Climate Change, Employment, Automation

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The Biblical Concept of Mercy as a Pragmatic Decision Protocol

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 25-07
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Apr 2025
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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law and religion, mercy, punishment, prison, parole, pardon, mass incarceration

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Gerrymandering and Judicial Incapacity

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2020, No. 2., Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 20-52
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Oct 2020
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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Elections, Constitutional Law, Electoral Law, Judicial Decision Making

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Seduction, Integration and Conceptual Frameworks

University of Queensland Law Journal, Vol. 29, pp. 101-131, 2010
Posted: 05 Mar 2011
Edward L. Rubin
Vanderbilt University - Law School

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Legal Scholarship, Judicial Decisionmaking, Judicial Attitudes, Judges

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Federalism and Interpretation

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 38, Issue 2, pp. 167-191, 2008
Posted: 18 Aug 2009
Edward L. Rubin and Malcolm M. Feeley
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)

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