Mae Kuykendall

Michigan State University - College of Law

Professor of Law Emeritum

318 Law College Building

East Lansing, MI 48824-1300

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

Modernizing Marriage

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 44, No. 4, 2011, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-25
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2011
Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law and Michigan State University - College of Law
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E-marriage, same sex marriage, covenant marriage, choice of law, immigration, internet, status good, federalism

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No Imagination: The Marginal Role of Narrative in Corporate Law

Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 2, p. 537, 2007, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-06
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 11 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
Downloads 276 (227,278)
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adolph berle, narrative, heroes, literature, discourse, reading, imagination, disclosure, Enron, business, shredding, morality, text, language, normative, Barbarians at the Gate, readership, judicial opinions, tales, stories, finance, money, takeovers, imagination, fiction, nonfiction, narrator

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The President, Gay Marriage, and the Constitution: A Tangled Web

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-06
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Sep 2004
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Reflections on a Corporate Law Draftsman: Ernest L. Folk's Lessons for Writing and Judging Corporate Law

MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 02-02
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 26 Aug 2004
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Resistance to Same-Sex Marriage as a Story About Language: Linguistic Failure and the Priority of a Living Language

Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL), Vol. 34, No. 2, 1999
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Sep 2009
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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marriage, gay, same sex, linguistic, DOMA, gender, speech, discourse, narrative, performative

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Emerson Family Values: Claims to Duration and Renewal in American Narratives of Divorce, Love and Marriage

Hastings Women's Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, p. 69, Winter 2007, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 04-12
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Nov 2006
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
Downloads 155 (389,704)

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marriage, Emerson, "Ralph Waldo Emerson", narrative, remarriage comedies, duration, renewal, gay, same-sex marriage, "Stanley Cavell", self, individualism, freedom, gender, Puritan, moral, political consent, test, reading, divinity, duty, love, friendship, divorce, conformity, moral, perfectionism

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A Neglected Policy Option: Indemnification of Directors for Amounts Paid to Settle Derivative Suits - Looking Past 'Circularity' to Context and Reform

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1995
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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indemnification, derivative, circularity, strike suit, special litigation committee, accountability, director, dismissal, liability, exculpation

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Book Review: Randall Kennedy, 'For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law', New York: Random House, 2013, Pp. 304, $25.95.

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 64, No. 3 (2015)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 May 2015
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Color-blind, Randall Kennedy, For Discrimination, affirmative action, slavery, diversity, silence, talented tenth, Negrophobia, immediatists, Bakke, Parents Involved

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Unmuting the Volume: Fisher, Affirmative Action Jurisprudence, and the Legacy of Racial Silence

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Vol. 22, 2014, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-11
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 19 May 2014 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Mae Kuykendall and Charles Adside
Michigan State University - College of Law and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Political Science
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Race, diversity, affirmative action, silence, Fisher v. University of Texas, color blind, Grutter, community, Bakke, Plessy v. Ferguson, agency

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Assessment and Evaluation: Retheorizing the Evolving Rules of Director Liability

Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Jul 2000
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Liberty in a Divided and Experimental Culture: Respecting Choice and Enforcing Connection in the American Family

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jan 2004
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Uprooting Roe

12 Houston Law Review Online 50 (2022), Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-1
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Feb 2022
B. Jessie Hill and Mae Kuykendall
Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Michigan State University - College of Law
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Roe v. Wade, reproduction, gender, women, abortion, Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Creditable Marriage Goals and Government Interests: A Systems Approach for Handling Complexity, Apportioning Expertise, and Using Federalism (Anticipating Obergefell)

Journal of Research in Gender Studies, Vol. 5, Iss. 2 (2015)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 May 2015 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2016
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Obergefell v. Hodges, tiers of review, marriage, comity, federalism, state interest, rational basis, dignity, Section 5, enforcement

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Introduction: Unsettling Questions, Disquieting Stories

Michigan State Law Review, Forthcoming, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-02
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2011
Mae Kuykendall and David A. Westbrook
Michigan State University - College of Law and University at Buffalo Law School
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Narrative, Business Law, Corporation, Discourse, Corporate Law, Legal Education, Stories, Capitalism, Madoff, Sexual Harassment, Shareholder Supremacy, Financial Crisis, Movies, Law Professors

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Producing Corporate Text: Courtrooms, Conference Rooms, and Classrooms

New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 55, p. 593, 2011, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-23
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Dec 2010
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Delaware Corporate Law, Caremark, Disney, Maldonado, Zapata, Text, Reader, Liability, Narrative, Allen, Good Faith, 102 (B) (7), Business Judgment Rule, Exculpation, Van Gorkom, Berle, Strine, Efficiency, Veasey, Mortgage Bubble, Financial Crisis, Legitimacy, Dodge v. Ford Motor Co., Discourse, Corp

16.

Symposium Overview: Perspectives on Innovative Marriage Procedure

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, p. 1, 2011, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2012
Mae Kuykendall and Adam Candeub
Michigan State University - College of Law and Michigan State University - College of Law
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E-marriage, same sex marriage, covenant marriage, choice of law, immigration, internet, status good, federalism

17.

Evaluating the Sociology of First Amendment Silence

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2015
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 May 2015
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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silence, First Amendment, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, Holmes, nondiscrimination, Goffman, West Virginia, W. Va. State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, compelled speech, sociology, Citizens United

18.

Johnny Mack Brown: Creative Writings

Texas Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 7, No. 123, 1997
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Apr 2007
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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gender, associate, leveraged buy out, triangular merger, Christmas, electric train, law firm, New York, identity, New York law firm, honor, South Texas, football, hero, Harvard Law School, partnership, power, sexual dance, conference room, human capital, Anita Hill, Rhodes scholar, sports, women

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The Ship of State and the Abandoned Yacht

Penn State International Law Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2008, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-05
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 23 Feb 2009
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Stories, corporate law, Maxwell, narrative, finance, capitalism, words, discourse, reified, moral, merger, readability, indeterminate, transaction, Hollinger, Strine

20.

Equality Federalism: A Solution to the Marriage Wars

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 15, 2012, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-01
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 12 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2013
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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equal protection clause, equality, same-sex marriage, federalism, public policy, DOMA, state court judges, gender, change, evasive marriage, migratory marriage, void marriage, state interest, extra-territorial, Full Faith and Credit, levels of scrutiny, Perry v. Brown, Loving v. Vir

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Restatement of Place

Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 79, 2014, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-09
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 May 2014
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Looking for a Life Raft: Citizen Voice and Votes of No Confidence

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2020, No. 3
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 13 May 2021
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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higher education, leadership, no confidence, vote, accountability

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The Converging Logic of Federalism and Equality in Same-Sex Marriage Recognition

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Issue Brief, September 2012, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-24
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Sep 2012
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Equal Protection Clause, equality, same-sex marriage, federalism, public policy, DOMA, state court judges, gender, change, evasive marriage, migratory marriage, void marriage, state interest, extra-territorial, Full Faith and Credit, levels of scrutiny

24.

Trial by YouTube

Brain-Mind Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 2013
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 01 Jan 2014
Mae Kuykendall and Debra Nails
Michigan State University - College of Law and Michigan State University - Department of Philosophy
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academic freedom, social media, due process

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Symmetry and Dissonance in Corporate Law: Perfecting the Exoneration of Directors, Corrupting the Indemnification and Straining the Framework of Corporate Law

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 1998, 1998
Number of pages: 136 Posted: 11 Dec 2017
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
Downloads 44 (831,077)

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liability, corporeate law, indemnification, tort reform

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Michigan State Law Review Tribute to Professor Larry Ribstein

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2011, 2011, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-19
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 16 Jul 2012
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Ribstein, narrative, film, business film, blogger, capitalism, legal education, artist

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Sandra Seaton's 'A Bed Made in Heaven'; Family, Race, and Law in Nineteenth-Century America

Midwestern Miscellany, Vol. XLI, 2014, MSU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-12
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Jun 2014
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Tragedy Unremarked: Empty Spots in Human Connection and Law

Mae Kuykendall, Tragedy Unremarked: Empty Spots in Human Connection and Law, JOTWELL (January 7, 2020) (reviewing John Carlos Frey, Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border (2019))
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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United States, border, policy, law, culture

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How Leaders Come and Go: The Role of Improvisation and the Limitations of Formal Rules

MICH. ST. L. REV. ONLINE FORUM 2023-2024
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 27 Jan 2024
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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President, Leader, Democracy, Forced Exit, Impeachment, No Confidence, Cultural Norms

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African Founders and Zero-Sum Games in American Culture and the Supreme Court’s Capitalist (White) Imagination

Mae Kuykendall, African Founders and Zero-Sum Games in American Culture and the Supreme Court’s Capitalist (White) Imagination, JOTWELL (December 11, 2023) (reviewing David Hackett Fischer, African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals (2022))
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 30 Jan 2024
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Race, Higher Education, Affirmative Action, Supreme Court

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 15
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Zombie Sovereignty: Dead Idea, Eternal Life?

Mae Kuykendall, Zombie Sovereignty: Dead Idea, Eternal Life?, JOTWELL (September 11, 2020) (reviewing Don Herzog, Sovereignty, RIP (2020)), https://conlaw.jotwell.com/zombie-sovereignty-dead-idea-eternal-life/.
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 11 Nov 2020
Mae Kuykendall
Michigan State University - College of Law
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Herzog, sovereignty, states, constitutional law