Benjamin H. Barton

University of Tennessee College of Law

Professor of Law

1505 West Cumberland Avenue

Knoxville, TN 37996

United States

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1.

Harry Potter and the Half-Crazed Bureaucracy

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 104, May 2006
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Nov 2005
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Harry Potter, libertarian, bureaucracy

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Harry Potter and the Law

Texas Wesleyan Law Review, 2006, TJSL Legal Studies Research Paper No. 829344, University of Louisville School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2007-05, UGA Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2016
Timothy S. Hall, Jeffrey E. Thomas, Danaya C. Wright, James Charles Smith, Aaron Schwabach, Joel Fishman, Daniel Austin Green, Andrew P. Morriss and Benjamin H. Barton
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, California Western School of Law, Duquesne University, Francisco Marroquin University, Bush School of Government & Public Service / School of Law and University of Tennessee College of Law
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Children's literature, cultural studies, Harry Potter, humor, humorous, interdisciplinary, fantasy, law & literature, law & popular culture

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Is There a Correlation between Law Professor Publication Counts, Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations? An Empirical Study

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 5, September 2008, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 81
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2012
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Legal education, scholarship, teaching

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An Empirical Study of Supreme Court Justice Pre-Appointment Experience

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 181
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2012
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Supreme Court justices, empirical study, backgrounds

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Do Judges Systematically Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession?

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2007
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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judges, professional responsibility, legal malpractice, lawyers

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Triaging Appointed-Counsel Funding and Pro Se Access to Justice

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 160, pp. 967, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-36, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 157
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2012
Benjamin H. Barton and Stephanos Bibas
University of Tennessee College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Right to counsel, appointed counsel, civil Gideon, pro se litigants, pro persona, pro per, sustainable court reform, civil procedure, child support proceedings, cost-effective courts, formality and delay, resource constraints

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A Glass Half Full Look at the Changes in the American Legal Market

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 210
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2013
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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legal profession, big law, law school

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Against Civil Gideon (and for Pro Se Court Reform)

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 93
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2010
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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civil gideon, Gideon v. Wainright

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Access to Justice and Routine Legal Services: New Technologies Meet Bar Regulators

Stanford Public Law Working Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Benjamin H. Barton and Deborah Rhode
University of Tennessee College of Law and Stanford Law School
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A Tale of Two Case Methods

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2008, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2007
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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business school case method, law school teaching

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Tort Reform, Innovation, and Playground Design

Florida Law Review, Vol. 57, April 2006
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Nov 2005
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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tort reform, innovation, playground design, law and economics

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Judges, Lawyers, and a Predictive Theory of Legal Complexity

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 31
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 May 2008 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2008
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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legal complexity, law and economics, public choice theory, new institutionalism, judicial behavior, standing

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The Future of Law, Lawyers, and Law Schools: A Dialogue

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 85, p. 207, 2023, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2023-34, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-35, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-49, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, volume 85, issue 2, 2024 [10.5195/lawreview.2023.1004]
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2024
Sameer M. Ashar, Benjamin H. Barton, Michael J. Madison and Rachel F. Moran
University of California, Irvine School of Law, University of Tennessee College of Law, University of Pittsburgh - School of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law
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legal education, law school, legal profession, lawyers, law firms, future of law, organizational change, institutional reform, law and society, law and technology, legal technology, innovation, pedagogy, leadership, change management

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An Article I Theory of the Inherent Powers of the Federal Courts

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 142
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2011
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Saving Law Reviews from Political Scientists: A Defense of Lawyers, Law Professors, and Law Reviews

University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1330085
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Jan 2009
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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political science, constitutional law, heller

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The Aba, the Rules, and Professionalism: The Mechanics of Self-Defeat and a Call for a Return to the Ethical, Moral, and Practical Approach of the Canons

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 15 Apr 2004
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Legal ethics, professional responsibility, American Bar Association

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Economists on Deregulation of the American Legal Profession: Praise and Critique

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, No. 4, Winter 2011, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 172
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2012
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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lawyer deregulation

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The Lawyer's Monopoly — What Goes and What Stays

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 82, 2014, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 297
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2016
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Lawyer Regulation

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The Case For (and Against) ABA Regulation of Non-J.D. Programs

University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, 2024, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Sep 2023
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Legal education, legal profession, legal ethics

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Rethinking Self-Regulation: Antitrust Perspectives on Bar Governance Activity

Chapman Law Review, Vol. 20, 2017, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 351
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2023
Deborah Rhode and Benjamin H. Barton
Stanford Law School and University of Tennessee College of Law
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A Comparison between the American Markets for Medical and Legal Services

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 67, 2016, University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 351
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2018
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Book Review - Middle Income Access to Justice

University of Toronto Law Journal, Volume 65, Number 4, Fall 2015, pp. 434-444
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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Some Early Thoughts on Liability Standards for Online Providers of Legal Services

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 44, 2015
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Benjamin H. Barton
University of Tennessee College of Law
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