Ronald D. Rotunda

Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Doy & Dee Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence

One University Drive

Orange, CA 92866-1099

United States

http://www1.chapman.edu/~rrotunda/

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1.

Teaching Professional Responsibility and Ethics

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 1223-1233, Summer 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-26
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Jul 2007
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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law teaching, legal writing, legal ethics, lawyering skills, professional responsibility, economic effects of ethics rules, economic analysis of legal ethics rules, ABA, Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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Resolving Client Conflicts by Hiring 'Conflicts Counsel'

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 62, p. 677, 2011, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 11-08
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Mar 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Disqualification, Professional Responsibility, Bankrutpcy, Discovery, Imputation of Conflicts, Conflicts Counsel, Legal Ethics

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Judicial Ethics, the Appearance of Impropriety, and the Proposed New ABA Judicial Code

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 1337-1377, Summer 2006, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-43
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Aug 2006
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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ABA, Model Code of Judicial Conduct, judicial disqualification, appearance of impartiality, appearance of impropriety, Spargo v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Matter of Larsen

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Judicial Transparency, Judicial Ethics, and a Judicial Solution: An Inspector General for the Courts

Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 41, p. 301, 2009 , Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 09-45
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2010
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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judicial ethics, judicial discipline, legal ethics, inspector general, professional responsibility, ABA Model Judicial Code, judicial disqualification

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The Detainee Cases of 2004 and 2006 and Their Aftermath

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 1-62, 2006, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-08
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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war on terror, detainess, military, Rasul, Hamdi, Padilla, Guantanamo Bay

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Judicial Disqualification in the Aftermath of Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 247, 2010, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-08
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Judicial Ethics, Judicial Elections, Disqualification, Recusal, Due Process, Constitutional Law, Campaign Finance, Campaign Contributions, Campaign Expenditures, Appearance of Impropriety, Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility

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Vertical Federalism, the New States’ Rights, and the Wisdom of Crowds

Ronald D. Rotunda, Vertical Federalism, the New States’ Rights, and the Wisdom of Crowds, 11 FIU L. REV. 307 (2016). , Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 16-05
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2016
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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states’ rights, federalism, separation of powers, Sebelius, commerce clause, spending clause, democracy, Obamacare

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Holding Enemy Combatants in the Wake of Hamdan

Engage: The Journal of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 52-61, June 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-25
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Hamdan, enemy combatants, detainee cases, military commission cases, Federalism, separation of powers

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King v. Burwell and the Rise of the Administrative State

University of Miami Business Law Review, Vol. 23, p. 267, 2015, Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 15-03
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Mar 2015
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, Internal Revenue Service, Health Benefit Exchange, Commerce Clause, King v. Burwell, Chevron Deference, Massachusetts v. EPA, Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, statutory interpretation

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Constitutionalizing Judicial Ethics: Judicial Elections after Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Caperton, and Citizens United

Arkansas Law Review, Vol. 64, p. 1, 2011, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 11-22
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Jun 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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judicial elections, campaign finance, free speech, appointed judges, elected judges, nonpartisan election, free speech of unions

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Why Lawyers are Different and Why We are the Same: Creating Structural Incentives in Large Law Firms to Promote Ethical Behavior – In-House Ethics Counsel, Bill Padding, and In-House Ethics Training

Akron Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 679, 2011, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 11-25
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Sep 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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CLE, malpractice, professional responsibility, inside counsel, outside counsel, bill-padding, anonymity, structure of large law firms, economic experiments, psychological experiments

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Stern v. Marshall, and the Power of Bankruptcy Courts to Issue Final Orders on All Compulsory Counterclaims

BNA Bankruptcy Law Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 230, February 2011
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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civil procedure, bankruptcy, core proceedings, compulsory counterclaims, Article III judges, Article I judges, jurisdiction, administrative law judges, non-core proceedings, scope of review, judicial independence, tortious interference with gifts, probate court

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The Propriety of a Judge's Failure to Recuse When Being Considered for Another Position

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 1187-1212, Fall 2006, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-42
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Aug 2006
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Laxalt v. McClatchy, Mistretta v. United States, Chief Justice John Roberts, judicial disqualification, impartiality, appearance of impropriety, ABA Model Judicial Code, costs of disqualification

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Applying the Revised ABA Model Rules in the Age of the Internet: The Problem of Metadata

42 Hofstra Law Review 175 (2013), Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 13-17
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 14 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2016
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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metadata, hard copy, ABA, Model Rules, Ethics Rules, Chat Rooms, Technology, Discovery, Internet, Evidence, Waiver of Privilege, ABA Commission 20/20, Lawyer Malpractice, Misdirected Fax or Email, Inadvertently Disclosed Documents Emails or Faxes, Waiver in the Law of Evidence, thought experiment

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Remembering Robert J. Drinan, S.J.

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 203-208, Spring 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-22
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Jun 2007
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Robert J. Drinan, legal ethics, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Jesuit priest

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The Intellectual Forebears of Citizens United

NEXUS, Vol. 16, p. 113, 2010-2011, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 11-24
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Aug 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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campaign finance, campaign reform, rent-seeking, free speech, Citizens United, elections

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Judicial Disqualification When a Solicitor General Moves to the Bench

Engage: The Journal of the Federalist Society’s Practice Groups, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 94, November 2010, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-38
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2010
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Disqualification, Judicial Recusal, Constitutional Law, Judicial Ethics, Solicitor General, Professional Responsibility

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The Right of Dissent and America's Debt to Herodotus and Thucydides

1 Revista Estudos Institucionais (Journal of International Studies), 144 (2015), Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 16-01
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Feb 2016
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Free Speech, First Amendment, Herodotus, Thucydides, Pericles, American Constitutionalism, U.S. Supreme Court, Freedom of Speech, War, Right of Dissent, Marc Antony, Bill of Rights, Louis Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Book Review, The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America

65 Journal of Legal Education 434 (2015), Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 15-22
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Dec 2015
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Legal History, Comparative Law, English Law, Canadian Law, Comparative Constitutional Law

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Codifying Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.

McGeorge Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 95, 2010, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 11-02
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Jan 2011
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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due process, judicial disqualification, recusal, campaign financing, campaign expenditures, campaign contributions

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O Direito De Dissidência E a Dívida Dos Estados Unidos Com Heródoto E Tucídides (The Right of Dissent and America’s Debt to Herodotus and Thucydides)

1 Revista Estudos Institucionais, 104 (2015), Chapman University, Fowler Law Research Paper No. 16-01
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Feb 2016
Ronald D. Rotunda
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Free Speech, First Amendment, Herodotus, Thucydides, Pericles, American Constitutionalism, U.S. Supreme Court, Freedom of Speech, War, Right of Dissent, Marc Antony, Bill of Rights, Louis Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes