Deborah Hellman

University of Virginia School of Law

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

Money Talks but it Isn't Speech

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 953, 2011, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-18
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2011
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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freedom of speech, constitutional rights

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Measuring Algorithmic Fairness

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-39, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2019-15, Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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discrimination, algorithms, fairness, equal protection

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Two Concepts of Discrimination

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 102, 2016, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 47
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Aug 2015
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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equal protection, discrimination, disparate impact, rationality, due process

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A Theory of Bribery

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 6, August 2017, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2016-47
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Defining Corruption and Constitutionalizing Democracy

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 111, 2012, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-16, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-59
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2012
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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corruption, campaign finance, legislative corruption, Supreme Court

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RATIONING AND DISABILITY: THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF CLINICAL TRIAGE PROTOCOLS

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-33
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2020
Deborah Hellman and Kate Nicholson
University of Virginia School of Law and Independent
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Covid-19, Disability, Rationing, Health care, Discrimination, Disparate Impact

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Indirect Discrimination and the Duty to Avoid Compounding Injustice

Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law, Hart Publishing Company, 2018, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-53
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Expressive Dimension of Equal Protection

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 07 Aug 2000
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Discrimination and Social Meaning

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE ETHICS OF DISCRIMINATION, edited by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (2018 Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-57
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Equality and Unconstitutional Discrimination: Chapter 3 in Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law

Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law, Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-38
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2013
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Epistemic Commitments of Nondiscrimination

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-60
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Nov 2018
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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discrimination, moral encroachment on epistemic norms

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Judging by Appearances: Professional Ethics, Expressive Government and the Morality of How Things Seem

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 May 2003
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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appearance of impropriety, governmental action, legal philosophy, state action, constitutional law, philsophy and law

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Sex, Causation, and Algorithms: Equal Protection in the Age of Machine Learning

98 WASH. U. L. REV. (2020 Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-26
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Mar 2020
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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discrimination, equal protection, algorithms, machine learning, “real differences,” sex discrimination

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Willfully Blind for Good Reason

Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 3, pp. 301-316, 2009, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-50
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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willful blindness, contrived ignorance, culpable blindness, justification

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Liberty, Equality, Bribery, and Self-Government: Reframing the Campaign Finance Debate

Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America (Kuhner & Mazo eds., Cambridge UP, 2018, Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-47
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Two Types of Discrimination: The Familiar and the Forgotten

California Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 315, 1998
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Mar 2012
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Equal Protection Doctrine, non-proxy cases, proxy cases

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An Epistemic Defense of Precedent

An Epistemic Defense of Precedent, in Precedent in the U.S. Supreme Court, Christopher J. Peters, editor, Springer, 2013.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Opioid Prescribing and the Ethical Duty to Do No Harm

Kate Nicholson & Deborah Hellman, Opioid Prescribing and the Ethical Duty to Do No Harm, 46 Am. J.L. & Med., Forthcoming June 2020, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-48
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2020
Kate Nicholson and Deborah Hellman
Independent and University of Virginia School of Law
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chronic pain, pain opioids, opioid prescribing, “Do No Harm”, medical ethics, public health, civil rights

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The Epistemic Function of Fusing Equal Protection and Due Process

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-46
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Aug 2019
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Resurrecting the Neglected Liberty of Self-Government

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online: Vol. 164: Iss. 2, Article 4 (2016)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Nov 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Equal Protection in the Key of Respect

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 123, 2014
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Aug 2018
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Is Actuarially Fair Insurance Pricing Actually Fair?: A Case Study in Insuring Battered Women

Harvard Civil Rights- Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Vol. 32, No. 2, 1997
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Prosecuting Doctors for Trusting Patients

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 16, pp. 701-745, 2009, University of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-35
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Sep 2009
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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physicians, prosecuting, doctors, prosecutions

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Money and Rights

MONEY, POLITICS & THE CONSTITUTION: BEYOND CITIZENS UNITED, Chapter 5, p 51-75, Monica Youn, ed., Brennan Center for Justice, 2011, New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 526, 2011, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-46
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Sep 2011
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Democracy, Campaign Finance Reform, Contribution Limits, Other Reforms, Disclosure, Public Financing

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What Makes Genetic Discrimination Exceptional?

American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 29, pp. 77-116, 2003
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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Genetic, discrimination

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The Importance of Appearing Principled

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1995
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Oct 2017
Deborah Hellman
University of Virginia School of Law
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