Adam M. Samaha

New York University School of Law

40 Washington Square South

New York, NY 10012-1099

United States

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1.

What Good is the Social Model of Disability?

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, 2007, University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 166
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 02 May 2007
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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disability studies, social model, social construction, Americans with Disabilites Act, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, corrective justice, hedonic adaptation, capabilities, subordination, stigma

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Anti-Modalities

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 119, pp. 729-96, 2021
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2021
David Pozen and Adam M. Samaha
Columbia University - Law School and New York University School of Law
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Constitutional Law, Constitutional Interpretation, Constitutional Norms, Constitutional Theory, Legal Reasoning, Legal Decision-Making, Law and Politics, Legal Sociology, General Jurisprudence

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Dead Hand Arguments and Constitutional Interpretation

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 108, 2008, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 194
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 10 Jan 2008
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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constitutional law, authority, legitimacy, interpretation, originalism, path dependence, legal positivism, precommitment, social contract, Condorcet Jury Theorem, coordination, supreme law

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Regulation for the Sake of Appearance

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 576, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 364
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Oct 2011
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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appearance, expressivism, transparency, self-fulfilling prophecy, campaign finance regulation, broken windows policing, order maintenance policing

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Self-Executing Statutes in the Administrative State

chapter in The Timing of Legal Intervention, (Frank Fagan & Saul Levmore eds., 2016) Forthcoming, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-62
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jan 2016
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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The Story of FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (And Its Second Life)

FIRST AMENDMENT STORIES, Richard Garnett, Andrew Koppelman, eds., Foundation Press, 2010, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 314
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2010
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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indecency, censorship, broadcasting, first amendment, counterculture, law and society, sorting, exit

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Gun Control after Heller: Threats and Sideshows from a Social Welfare Perspective

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 454, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 259
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 07 Feb 2009
Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig and Adam M. Samaha
Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy, Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI) and New York University School of Law
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gun control, second amendment, gun rights, Heller, social welfare

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Don't Ask, Must Tell — And Other Combinations

California Law Review, Vol. 103, 2015, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 715, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 500, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-02, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-04
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 18 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2015
Adam M. Samaha and Lior Strahilevitz
New York University School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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Undue Process

Stanford Law Review, 2006, University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 138
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Sep 2006
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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due process, decision costs, textualism, empirical constitutional law, Katrina, Lackey, filibuster, ossification, Yucca Mountain

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Executive Exposure: Government Secrecy, Constitutional Law, and Platforms for Judicial Elaboration

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Executive Exposure: Government Secrecy, Constitutional Law, and Platforms for Judicial Elaboration

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 101
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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government secrecy, right to know, information access, freedom of information, democratic theory, comparative constitutional law, first ammendment, executive privilege, judicial review, platforms

Executive Exposure: Government Secrecy, Constitutional Law, and Platforms for Judicial Elaboration

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 52, 2006, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 101
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 30 Nov 2005
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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government secrecy, right to know, information access, freedom of information, democratic theory, comparative constitutional law, first ammendment, executive privilege, judicial review, platforms

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Is Bruen Constitutional? On the Methodology that Saved Most Gun Licensing

98 N.Y.U. L. Rev. (2023 Forthcoming), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-20
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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On Law's Tiebreakers

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 302
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 23 Mar 2010
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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tiebreakers, decision theory, lexical ordering, equipoise, uncertainty, interpretive method, affirmative action, adjudication

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On the Problem of Legal Change

103 Georgetown Law Journal (2014, Forthcoming), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-87
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2014
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Originalism's Expiration Date

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 247
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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originalism, constitutional amendment, interpretation, adjudication, randomization

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Starting with the Text — On Sequencing Effects in Statutory Interpretation and Beyond

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 08, 2016 Forthcoming, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-02
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Do More Interpretive Sources Mean More Discretion?

New York University Law Review, Vol. 92, 2017, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-53
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Dec 2016
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Low Stakes and Constitutional Interpretation

University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 318
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Judicial Review, Constitutional Interpretation, Interpretive Method, Constitutional Discourse, Law and Politics Relationship, Stake Effects

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Talk About Talking About Constitutional Law

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 368
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Oct 2011
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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constitutional discourse, constitutional interpretation, originalism

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Endorsement Retires: From Religious Symbols to Anti-Sorting Principles

Supreme Court Review, 2005, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 112
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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religion, symbols, sorting, Tiebout, establishment clause, endorsement test, ten commandments

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Inputs and Outputs on Appeal: An Empirical Study of Briefs, Big Law, and Case Complexity

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 20-14, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-26, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-14
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Adam M. Samaha, Michael Heise and Gregory C. Sisk
New York University School of Law, Cornell Law School and University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota)
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courts, judges, empirical, appeals, litigation

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Levels of Generality, Constitutional Comedy, and Legal Design

Forthcoming, University of Illinois Law Review, 2013, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 13-50
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2013
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Judicial Transparency in an Age of Prediction

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 216
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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judicial decisions, judicial behavior

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If the Text is Clear--Lexical Ordering in Statutory Interpretation

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 94, 2018, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-40
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Aug 2018
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Randomization in Adjudication

William & Mary Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 273
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Aug 2009
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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randomization, lotteries, indivisibility, uncertainty, equality, experimentation, adjudication, case assignment

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Litigant Sensitivity in First Amendment Law

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 05 Nov 2004
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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First Amendment, Supreme Court, overbreadth, prior restraint, discrimination

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Unconstitutional Conditions Questions Everywhere: The Implications of Exit and Sorting for Constitutional Law and Theory

Journal of Legal Analysis Advance Access, November 27, 2012, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-66
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Dec 2012
Adam B. Cox and Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Undue Process: Congressional Referral and Judicial Resistance in the Schiavo Controversy

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 113
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Nov 2005
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Schiavo, due process, undue process, fundamental rights, institutional design

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Is the Second Amendment a Second-Class Right?

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-43
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Sep 2018
Adam M. Samaha and Roy Germano
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Judicial Oversight in Two Dimensions: Charting Area and Intensity in the Decisions of Justice Stevens

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, 2006, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 05-37
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Allison Marston Danner and Adam M. Samaha
Vanderbilt Law School and New York University School of Law
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judicial review, oversight, jurisdiction, deference, stevens

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Are Commercial Speech Cases Ideological? An Empirical Inquiry

William & Mary Bill of Rights, Forthcoming, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-07
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
Adam M. Samaha and Roy Germano
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Death and Paperwork Reduction

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 65, 2015, Forthcoming, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-07
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Apr 2015
Adam M. Samaha
New York University School of Law
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Judicial Ideology Emerges, At Last, In Second Amendment Cases

13 Charleston Law Review (2019, Forthcoming), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Apr 2019
Adam M. Samaha and Roy Germano
New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Gun Control after Heller: Litigating Against Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w15431
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig and Adam M. Samaha
Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy, Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI) and New York University School of Law
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