Donald A. Dripps

University of San Diego School of Law

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law

5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110-2492

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (26)

1.

Guilt, Innocence, and Due Process of Plea Bargaining

William & Mary Law Review, Forthcoming, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 16-202
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Oct 2015
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 464 (99,817)
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plea bargaining, due process, guilty pleas

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Due Process: A Unified Understanding

in The Cambridge Companion to the Constitution (CUP Forthcoming), San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-299
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2017
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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Overcriminalization, Discretion, Waiver: A Survey of Possible Exit Strategies

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Apr 2005
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 286 (170,909)

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criminal law, criminal procedure, plea bargaining, waiver

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Sixth-Amendment Originalism's Collision Course with the Right to Counsel: What's Titanic, What's Iceberg?

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-79
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Dec 2006
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 265 (184,726)

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confrontation clause, right to counsel, originalism, Crawford v. Texas, Gideon v. Wainwright

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Why Rape Should Be a Federal Crime

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-324
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2018
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 237 (206,214)

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rape, sexual assault, federal criminal law

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The Fourteenth Amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the (First) Criminal Procedure Revolution

Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, Vol. 18, 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Sep 2009
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 200 (241,789)
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Rehabilitating Bentham's Theory of Excuses

Texas Tech Law Review, Forthcoming, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 09-028
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2009
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 196 (246,317)

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excuses, Bentham, utilitarian, retributive, H.L.A. Hart

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Recreational Drug Regulation: A Plea for Responsibility

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2009, No. 1, 2009, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 09-012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 May 2009
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 190 (253,133)

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drugs, addiction, legalization, prohibition, excuses

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'Dearest Property': Digital Evidence and the History of Private 'Papers' as Special Objects of Search and Seizure

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2015
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 175 (272,236)
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Fourth Amendment, private papers, computer searches, Boyd

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The 'New' Exclusionary Rule Debate: From 'Still Preoccupied with 1985' to 'Virtual Deterrence'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 09-009
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Apr 2009
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 173 (275,046)
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exclusionary rule, overdeterrence, judicial integrity, Hudson, Herring

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Charging As Sentencing

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 03 Aug 2019
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 169 (280,620)

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mandatory minimum, sentencing, due process, prosecutorial discretion

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'Perspectives on the Fourth Amendment' Forty Years Later: Toward the Realization of an Inclusive Regulatory Model

Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 16-203
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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Fourth Amendment, Search and Seizures

Is the Miranda Caselaw Really Inconsistent? A Proposed Fifth Amendment Synthesis

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Feb 2000
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 153 (305,402)
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Is the Miranda Caselaw Really Inconsistent? A Proposed Fifth Amendment Synthesis

Posted: 09 Feb 2000
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law

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Up from Gideon

Texas Tech Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 132 (342,940)

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Gideon v. Wainwright, Sixth Amendment, right to counsel, indigent defense

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Does Liberal Procedure Cause Punitive Substance? Preliminary Evidence from Some Natural Experiments

Southern California Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 115 (379,523)

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criminal procedure, criminal law, backlash, Stuntz

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Justice Harlan on Criminal Procedure: Two Cheers for the Legal Process School

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 May 2005
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 112 (386,914)

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Criminal procedure, Harlan, legal process

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Miranda for the next Fifty Years: Why the Fifth Amendment Should Go Fourth

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-270
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 108 (396,955)

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Miranda Rights, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Edwards Doctrine, Miranda Exclusionary Rule

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Due Process Overbreadth? The Void for Vagueness Doctrine, Fundamental Rights, and the Brewing Storm over Undefined Consent in Sexual Assault Statutes.

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-464
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Aug 2020
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 100 (418,983)

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sexual autonomy, void for vagueness, rape

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The "Cruel and Unusual" Legacy of the Star Chamber

Journal of American Constitutional History, Forthcoming 2023, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 23-004
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 07 Mar 2023
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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Responding to the Challenges of Contextual Change and Legal Dynamism in Interpreting the Fourth Amendment

Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 81, No. 3, p. 133, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Feb 2012
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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On Reach and Grasp in Criminal Procedure: Crawford in California

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Jan 2012
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 56 (580,538)

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confrontation clause, Crawford, habeas, federalism

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Race and Crime Sixty Years After Brown v. Board of Education

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2015
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Aug 2021
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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Major Crimes and Major Premises in Castro-Huerta

The Blue Brief: Faculty Review of the 2021-22 U.S. Supreme Court Term
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 15 Dec 2022
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
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The Civil Side of Criminal Procedure: Back to the Future?

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2016, San Diego Legal Studies Paper 16-242
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2023
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law
Downloads 15 (855,594)

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civil litigation, criminal justice, torts, compliance, regulatory, liability

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Controlling the Damage Done by Crawford v. Washington: Three Constructive Proposals

Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Forthcoming
Posted: 30 Sep 2009
Donald A. Dripps
University of San Diego School of Law

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