Michael Serota

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

919 Albany Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211

United States

Academy for Justice

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Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Box 877906

Tempe, AZ

United States

  • Loyola Law School Los Angeles

  • Academy for Justice

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

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Scholarly Papers (21)

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A Fiduciary Theory of Judging

California Law Review, Vol. 101, 2013, Forthcoming, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2029001
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2013
Ethan J. Leib, David L. Ponet and Michael Serota
Fordham University School of Law, United Nations and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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judging, fiduciary foundation of public authority, judicial elections, judicial independence, popular constitutionalism, statutory interpretation

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Popular Constitutional Interpretation

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 5, 2012
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2012
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Strict Liability Abolition

New York University Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 1, 2023, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-11
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 09 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 380 (169,524)

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Mens Rea, strict liability, criminal justice reform, law and social science, racial justice

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Does Mens Rea Matter?

2023 Wisconsin Law Review 287, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-10
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Matthew Mizel, Michael Serota, Jonathan Cantor and Joshua Russell-Fritch
Arnold Ventures, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, RAND Corporation and Independent
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mens rea, empirical legal studies, criminal justice reform, law and social science, legal impact analysis

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Mapping Public Fiduciary Relationships

The Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law (Andrew Gold & Paul Miller eds., Oxford University Press, 2014), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2013
Ethan J. Leib, David L. Ponet and Michael Serota
Fordham University School of Law, United Nations and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 280 (235,849)
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fiduciary law, political theory, shareholder-stakeholder debate, philosophical foundations of private law

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A Personal Constitution

Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, Vol. 105, p. 149, 2010
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 261 (253,291)

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Legal Education, Legal Theory, Lawyer Satisfaction

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Proportional Mens Rea and the Future of Criminal Code Reform

52 Wake Forest Law Review 1201 (2017)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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The Costs of Consensus in Statutory Construction

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 120, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1616791
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 May 2010 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2010
Ethan J. Leib and Michael Serota
Fordham University School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 220 (299,757)

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statutory interpretation, methodological consensus, rules v. standards, textualism, legal process

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The Political Morality of Voting in Direct Democracy

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 5, 2013, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2177365
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2013
Michael Serota and Ethan J. Leib
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Fordham University School of Law
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direct democracy, public interest, candidate elections, voting ethics, political morality, representation

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Second Looks & Criminal Legislation

17 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 496
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2020
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 197 (332,615)
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Translating Fiduciary Principles into Public Law

126 Harv. L. Rev. F. 91 (2012), Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2224330
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Ethan J. Leib, David L. Ponet and Michael Serota
Fordham University School of Law, United Nations and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Veterans' Benefits and Due Process

Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, p. 388, 2011
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2011
Michael Serota and Michelle Singer
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Stare Decisis and the Brady Doctrine

Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 6, p. 415, 2011
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2011
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Guilty Minds

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 3, 2023, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-09
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 May 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2023
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Fiduciary Principles and the Jury

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 55 (2014, Forthcoming), Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2303726
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Ethan J. Leib, Michael Serota and David L. Ponet
Fordham University School of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and United Nations
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jury, fiduciary law, fiduciary political theory, fiduciary duties, representation, jury nullification, deliberative democracy

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Mens Rea, Criminal Responsibility, and the Death of Freddie Gray

114 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 31 (2015)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Oct 2015
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 116 (521,871)

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Intelligible Justice

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 3, 2012
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 May 2012 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2016
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Breaking the Gridlock in the Senate: A Proposal for a Bipartisan Filibuster Commission

Georgetown Public Policy Review Online, March 2010
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 30 May 2010 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2010
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Legislation, Senate Rules, Filibuster

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(Mis)Interpreting SLUSA: Closing the Jurisdictional Loophole in Federal Securities Class Actions

Berkeley Business Law Journal, Vol. 7, p. 162, 2010
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 May 2010 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2010
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Statutory Interpretation, Securities

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Maintaining Healthy Laboratories of Experimentation: Federalism, Health Care Reform, and ERISA

California Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 2, p. 557, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Nov 2011
Michael Serota and Michelle Singer
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Humanity and Law

University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra, Vol. 160, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Sep 2011
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Book Review: Larry D. Kramer's 'The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review'

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 01 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2019
Michael Serota
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 314 (169,414)

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Constitutional Law, Judicial Review, Book Review