Brenner Fissell

Villanova University

Villanova, PA 19085

United States

http://www.brennerfissell.com

Villanova University, Law School

299 N. Spring Mill Road

Villanova, PA 19085

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

Plato's Theory of Democratic Decline

28 POLIS 216
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Aug 2012
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 234 (225,165)

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Abstract Risk and the Politics of the Criminal Law

American Criminal Law Review, 2014 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2020
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 225 (233,751)

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risk; criminal law; criminalization; public choice; legislative deliberation

3.

When Agencies Make Criminal Law

10 U.C. Irvine Law Review 855 (2020), Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-18
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2020
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 221 (237,801)

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nondelegation, criminal law

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Taxpayers as Victims: Taxpayer Harm & Criminalization

7 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty 126
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2013
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 220 (238,801)

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5.

Police-Made Law

Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2023
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 194 (270,469)

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police, local government, misdemeanors, legislation

6.

The Justification of Positive Law in Plato

56 American Journal of Jurisprudence 89, 2011
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Aug 2012
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 171 (299,389)

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7.

Against Criminal Law Localism

81 Maryland Law Review 1119 (2022)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2023
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 132 (369,649)

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localism, criminal law, criminal justice, local government law

8.

Capital Punishment of Unintentional Felony Murder

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 92, p. 1141, 2017, University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-045, Stanford Public Law Working Paper
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 22 Apr 2017
Guyora Binder, Robert Weisberg and Brenner Fissell
University at Buffalo Law School, Stanford Law School and Villanova University
Downloads 131 (371,789)

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criminal law, death penalty, constitutional law, legal theory, homicide

9.

Federalism and Constitutional Criminal Law

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 489, 2018, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-09
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 16 May 2018 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2018
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 130 (373,971)

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Criminal Law, Federalism

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Modern Critiques of Judicial Empathy: A Revised Intellectual History

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2016, No. 817, 2017
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Feb 2017
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 128 (378,329)

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legal theory, realism, formalism, langdell

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Unusual: The Death Penalty for Inadvertent Killing

93 Indiana Law Journal 549 (2018), University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-012
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 31 Jan 2019
Guyora Binder, Brenner Fissell and Robert Weisberg
University at Buffalo Law School, Villanova University and Stanford Law School
Downloads 121 (394,740)

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Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Death Penalty, Punishment, Eighth Amendment

12.

Local Offenses

Fordham Law Review, Forthcoming (2021)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2023
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 119 (399,498)

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criminal law, local government law, home rule, model penal code

13.

Jury Nullification and the Rule of Law

19 Legal Theory 217 (2013)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2016
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 82 (513,112)

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jury nullification, rule of law, jurisprudence, criminal law

14.

Sanctions and Efficacy in Analytic Jurisprudence

Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 1627, 2018, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-11
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2018
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 81 (516,811)

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jurisprudence, philosophy of law, sanctions

15.

Equal Supreme Court Access For Military Personnel: An Overdue Reform

131 Yale Law Journal Forum __, Forthcoming, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2021
Eugene Fidell, Brenner Fissell and Philip D. Cave
Yale Law SchoolNYU Law School, Villanova University and National Institute of Military Justice
Downloads 76 (536,450)

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courts-martial, federal courts, supreme court

16.

A Political Interpretation of Vagueness Doctrine

University of Illinois Law Review, 2019
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Oct 2019
Guyora Binder and Brenner Fissell
University at Buffalo Law School and Villanova University
Downloads 57 (623,089)

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criminal law, constitutional law, vagueness, void-for-vagueness

17.

Rightsizing Local Legislatures

2023 Utah Law Review 393 (2023)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 52 (650,091)

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local government, preemption, representation, democracy

18.

The Dual Standard of Review in Contracts Clause Jurisprudence

101 Georgetown Law Journal 1089 (2013)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2013
Brenner Fissell
Villanova University
Downloads 51 (655,716)

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19.

Tort Remedies in Military Prisons and Brigs

Journal of National Security Law and Policy (2022)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 May 2022
Brenner Fissell and Max Jesse Goldberg
Villanova University and U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve)
Downloads 19 (894,761)

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