David A. Westbrook

University at Buffalo Law School

Professor

School of Law

528 O'Brian Hall

Buffalo, NY 14260-1100

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

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2,614

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Ideas:
“  I may not see the light, but I sure enough feel the heat." -- Ray Wiley Hubbard  ”

Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Unicorns, Guardians, and the Concentration of the U.S. Equity Markets

Volume 96:3 of the Nebraska Law Review, Forthcoming, University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-43
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2018
Amy Westbrook and David A. Westbrook
Washburn University School of Law and University at Buffalo Law School
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Snapchat's Gift: Equity Culture in High-Tech Firms

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2019
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Amy Westbrook and David A. Westbrook
Washburn University School of Law and University at Buffalo Law School
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Bin Laden's War

Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2006-015
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Sep 2006
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Bin Laden, Islamic terrorism, neofundamentalism, national security, global war on terror, Rumsfeld, Roy, Iraq, Afghanistan

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The Culture of Financial Institutions; the Institution of Political Economy

Chapter One in "Regulating Culture: Integrity, Risk and Accountability in Capital Markets" (2013) Hart publishing, George Gilligan & Justin O’Brien Eds., Forthcoming , SUNY Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-035
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Apr 2013
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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financial regulation, anthropology, finance, ethnography, central banking, social capitalism, political economy

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Progressive Corporate Governance Under Social Capitalism: Do the Right Thing or Share the Wealth?

Virginia Law & Business Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2023
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2023
Amy Westbrook and David A. Westbrook
Washburn University School of Law and University at Buffalo Law School
Downloads 162 (377,054)
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The Time of Faith: Contemporary Muslims, Secularists, and Anxieties Over the Nature of History

Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2006-010
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 25 Apr 2006
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Islam, Muslims, Europe, secularism, history, faith, modern

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Dinner Parties During 'Lost Decades': On the Difficulties of Rethinking Financial Markets, Fostering Elite Consensus, and Renewing Political Economy

Seattle University Law Review, Forthcoming, SUNY Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Sep 2012
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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anthropology of finance, digital communication, inflation targeting, financial crisis, monetary policy, sovereign debt, financial markets, securities markets, financial regulation, Eurozone crisis, budget deficits, political economy, World Economics Association

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If Not a Commercial Republic? Political Economy in the United States after Citizens United

University of Louisville Law Review, Vol. 50, p. 35, 2012, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-030
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2011
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Climbing to 10 to the 11th: Globalization, Digitization, Shareholder Capitalism and the Summits of Contemporary Wealth

"Climbing to 10 to the 11th: Globalization, Digitization, Shareholder Capitalism and the Summits of Contemporary Wealth," Issue 92 of the Real World Economics Review (June 2020); chapter in The Inequality Crisis, published by the World Economics Association (August 2020).
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jun 2020
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Inequality, globalization, digitalization, monopoly, corporate governance, Silicon Valley, Amazon

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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
Downloads 81 (623,453)

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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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Prolegomenon to a Defense of the City of Gold

Real-World Economics Review, Issue 78, pp. 141-147, 22 March 2017
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 23 Mar 2017
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Trump, globalization, populism, Democratic Party, Republican Party, City of Gold, international order, Davos, political economy, elites, Marx, white male

12.

The Paradigm Sways: Macroeconomics Turns to History

Westbrook, D. A. (2017), The Paradigm Sways: Macroeconomics Turns to History. Int Finance, 20 (2017, Forthcoming), University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-047
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Jun 2017
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Brunnermeier, James, Landau, Wolf, King, central banking, macroeconomics, European Union, Eurozone Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, GFC, monetary policy, central banking, theory of money, financial crisis, financial stabiity, Maastricht, sovereign debt, Eurozone crisis, Euro, neoliberal

13.

The Discipline of Security, and the Realities of Counterterrorism

Avis, Marciniak & Sapignoli, eds., Situated AI: Anthropology of AI, Policing and Justice (working title), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Jun 2022
Mark Maguire and David A. Westbrook
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth) and University at Buffalo Law School
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security, terrorism, counterterrorism, AI, policing, active shooter, augmented reality, bureaucracy

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The Corporation

Elgar Encyclopedia of Financial Anthropology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Corporations, CSR, ESG, Law, NGO, Political Economy

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Introduction to Out of Crisis: Rethinking Our Financial Markets

David A. Westbrook, Out of Crisis: Rethinking Our Financial Markets (Paradigm 2009).
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Apr 2017
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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financial crisis, political economy, neoliberal, regulation, financial markets

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'Those People [May Yet Be] a Kind of Solution' Late Imperial Thoughts on the Humanization of Officialdom

Buffalo Law Review Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
David A. Westbrook and Mark Maguire
University at Buffalo Law School and National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth)
Downloads 38 (884,755)
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Bureaucracy, Weber, Garsten, Organizational Theory, Anthropology, Ethnography, Global Foresight, Future, Planning

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From the Ivory Tower to the Football Stadium: A Rueful Response to Michael Huether

Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary (Fall 2020) (issue 200)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2022
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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Education, Higher Education, Political Philosophy

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Questioning the Political Economy of Central Banking

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 29 Jul 2020
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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macroeconomics, monetary policy, central banking

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Ultranegative: Security, Anxiety, and the Production of Violent Policy

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 24 Nov 2021
David A. Westbrook and Mark Maguire
University at Buffalo Law School and National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth)
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terrorism, critical theory, bureaucracy, anthropology, cultural anthropology

20.

Critical Issues for Qualitative Research

Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, 5th ed., Sage Publishing 2017.
Posted: 12 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 May 2018
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School

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university, qualitative research, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, liberal arts, culture, intellectual history, academic life, globalization, diversity, education, administration, bureaucracy, liberalism, liberal education

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Deploying Ourselves: Islamist Violence, Globalization and the Responsible Projection of U.S. Force

David A. Westbrook, DEPLOYING OURSELVES: ISLAMIST VIOLENCE, GLOBALIZATION AND THE RESPONSIBLE PROJECTION OF U.S. FORCE, Paradigm Publishers, 2010, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper
Posted: 04 Oct 2011
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School

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CIA, intelligence, international law, Islam, law of war, military, military strategy, security policy, terrorism

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Between Citizen and State: An Introduction to the Corporation

David A. Westbrook, BETWEEN CITIZEN AND STATE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CORPORATION, Paradigm Publishers, 2007, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper
Posted: 04 Oct 2011
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School

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business associations, capitalism, civil society, corporate law, corporations, institutional economics, political economy, social theory

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Navigators of the Contemporary: Why Ethnography Matters

David A. Westbrook, NAVIGATORS OF THE CONTEMPORARY: WHY ETHNOGRAPHY MATTERS, University of Chicago Press, 2008, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper
Posted: 04 Oct 2011
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School

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anthropology, bureaucracy, cultural anthropology, globalization, political theory, social theory, sociology of knowledge

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Out of Crisis: Rethinking Our Financial Markets

David A. Westbrook, OUT OF CRISIS: RETHINKING OUR FINANCIAL MARKETS, Paradigm Publishers, 2009, Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper
Posted: 04 Oct 2011
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School

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banking law, economic theory, finance, financial crises, financial regulation, securities law, systemic risk

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City of Gold: An Apology for Global Capitalism in a Time of Discontent

CITY OF GOLD: AN APOLOGY FOR GLOBAL CAPITALISM IN A TIME OF DISCONTENT, David McBride, ed., Routledge, 2003
Posted: 18 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2017
David A. Westbrook
University at Buffalo Law School
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International economic integration - political aspects, international economic integration - social aspects, capitalism, globalization, economic development