Darryl K. Brown

University of Virginia School of Law

Professor of Law and David H. Ibbeken Research Professor

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903

United States

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1.

Discovery in State Criminal Justice

Published in "Reforming Criminal Justice" (Academy for Justice; Erik Luna ed., 2017) , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-15
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2017
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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discovery, disclosure, criminal procedure, pre-trial procedure

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Street Crime, Corporate Crime and the Contingency of Criminal Liability

149 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1295 (2001)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2020
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Democracy and Decriminalization

Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2006-07
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Sep 2006
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 427 (133,380)
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criminal law, legislation

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Evidence Disclosure and Discovery in Common Law Jurisdictions

Forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process (2018), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-25
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2018
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Trial Lottery

56 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1 (2021)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 10 May 2021
Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Stephen E. Henderson and Darryl K. Brown
University of Connecticut - School of Law, University of Oklahoma - College of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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jury trials, criminal procedure, adjudication, lottery, random, disappearing trial

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The Perverse Effects of Efficiency in Criminal Process

Forthcoming, vol. 100 Virginia Law Review (2014), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-03
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2014
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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plea bargains, efficiency, criminal procedure, adjudication

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Extraterritorial State Criminal Law, Post- DOBBS

Forthcoming in 113 J. of Crim. L. & Criminology – (2023), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-50
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2023
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, criminal procedure, prosecution, extraterritorial jurisdiction, abortion, Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization

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Free Market Criminal Justice: How Democracy and Laissez Faire Undermine the Rule of Law

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Feb 2016
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Criminal procedure, plea bargaining, trial process, prosecutors, incarceration, adversary system, democratic politics, neoliberalism, comparative political development, free markets

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Judicial Power to Regulate Plea Bargaining

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 102, 2016, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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separation of powers, plea bargaining, adjudication, criminal procedure

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The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, and Retributive Punishment

Washington & Lee Public Law Research Paper No. 02-15
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Dec 2002
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Decline of Defense Counsel and the Rise of Accuracy in Criminal Adjudication

California Law Review, Forthcoming, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 05-06
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 21 Mar 2005
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Third-Party Interests in Criminal Law

Washington & Lee Public Law Research Paper No. 02-1
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Jan 2002
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Why Padilla Doesn’t Matter (Much)

UCLA Law Review, 2011, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-10
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 23 Mar 2011
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal adjudication, indigent defense, right to counsel, deportation, collateral consequences, Sixth Amendment, plea bargaining, Strickland v. Washington

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Rationing Criminal Defense Entitlements: An Argument from Institutional Design

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 104, p. 801, 2004, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 04-10
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Oct 2003
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 214 (274,511)
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Criminal Law’s Unfortunate Triumph Over Administrative Law

Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy Overcriminalization Symposium Issue, Spring 2011 , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-09
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2011
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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The Problematic and Faintly Promising Dynamics of Corporate Crime Enforcement

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Apr 2004
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Criminal Law Reform and The Persistence of Strict Liability

62 Duke Law Journal 285 , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-21
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2012
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, strict liability, Model Penal Code, statutory interpretation

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Federal Mens REA Interpretation and the Limits of Culpability’s Relevance

Law and Contemporary Problems, Spring 2012, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2012-08
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2012
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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mens rea, culpability, statutory interpretation, criminal law, proportionality, criminal law, statutory interpretation, mens rea, strict liability

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Can Criminal Law Be Controlled?

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 108, No. 6, 2010, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-20
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 May 2010 Last Revised: 24 May 2010
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, overcriminalization

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Executive-Branch Regulation of Criminal Defense Counsel and the Private Contract Limit on Prosecutor Bargaining

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Executive-Branch Regulation of Criminal Defense Counsel and the Private Contract Limit on Prosecutor Bargaining

Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2006-08
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jul 2006
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Executive-Branch Regulation of Criminal Defense Counsel and the Private Contract Limit on Prosecutor Bargaining

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Apr 2009
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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right to counsel, criminal procedure, prosecutors

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Regulating Decision Effects of Legally Sufficient Jury Instructions

Washington & Lee Public Law Research Paper No. 00-1
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Nov 2000
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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American Prosecutors' Powers and Obligations in the Era of Plea Bargaining

The Prosecutor in Transnational Perspective (E. Luna & M. Wade eds.) (OUP 2012)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jun 2013
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal procedure, adjudication, plea bargaining, prosecutorial discretion

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Criminal Procedure Entitlements, Professionalism, and Lawyering Norms

Washington & Lee Public Law Research Paper No. 00-9
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 06 Nov 2000
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Criminal procedure, social norms, professionalism, entitlements, adjudication, criminal practice, criminal law

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The Case for a Trial Fee: What Money Can Buy in Criminal Process

107 California Law Review (2019, Forthcoming) , Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-07
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2020
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal procedure, trials, adjudication, litigation costs, equal protection, fees, user fees

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Penal Modernism in Theory and Practice

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-42
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Decriminalization, Regulation, Privatization: A Response to Professor Natapoff

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 69, 2016, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 146 (383,812)
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criminal procedure, criminal law, adjudication, misdemeanors

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Defense Counsel, Trial Judges, and Evidence Protocols

Texas Tech Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2012, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper, 2012-70
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2012
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Sixth Amendment, right to counsel, adversarial process, judicial role, criminal adjudication, evidence production

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Criminal Enforcement Redundancy

Minnesota Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-53
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 06 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2018
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal procedure, victim rights, prosecutorial discretion, enforcement, private prosecution

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Yick Wo and the Constitutional Regulation of Criminal Law

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2008, No. 5, 2008
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Apr 2009
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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constitutional law, criminal law, due process

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How to Marginalize Criminal Trials Without Pretrial Discovery

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-24, 55 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 155 (2018)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2018
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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trials, discovery, criminal procedure, plea bargaining, adjudication, settlement

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Lafler's Remedial Uncertainty: Why Prosecutors Can Rest Easy

Houston Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-06
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 May 2013 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2013
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Strict Liability in the Shadow of Juries

Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 67, 2014, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-33
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 May 2014
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 114 (464,385)

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criminal law, mens rea, strict liability, juries

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What's the Matter with Kansas — And Utah?: Explaining Judicial Interventions in Plea Bargaining

Forthcoming in Texas Law Review See Also, vol. 95 (February 2017), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2017-09
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Feb 2017
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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plea bargaining, managerial judging, adjudication, criminal procedure, discovery

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Jury Nullification within the Rule of Law

81 Minnesota Law Review 1149 (1997).
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Apr 1997 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2020
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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Does It Matter Who Objects? Rethinking the Burden to Prevent Errors in Criminal Process

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2019-59
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 91 (542,448)
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criminal procedure; adjudication; litigation; error prevention; appellate review; procedural default; forfeiture; cheapest cost avoider; harmless error; plain-error review

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Factually Baseless Enforcement of Criminal Law is Okay. Full Enforcement is Not.

Marquette Law Review, Vol. 104 (2021 Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-03
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jan 2021
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, criminal procedure, guilty pleas, plea bargaining, criminal evidence, burden of proof, rule of law

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Batson V. Armstrong : Prosecutorial Bias and the Missing Evidence Problem

Oregon Law Review, Vol. 100 Forthcoming, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-31
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 May 2022
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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: jury selection, criminal charging, peremptory strikes, race discrimination, prosecutorial bias, United States v. Armstrong, Batson v. Kentucky, evidence

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Cost-Benefit Analysis in Criminal Law

92 California Law Review 323 (2004)
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 May 2003 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2020
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, criminal procedure, cost-benefit analysis, prosecutorial discretion

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The Multifarious Politics of Capital Punishment: A Response to Smith

Virginia Law Review in Brief, Vol. 94, pp. 57-64, 2008
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Apr 2009
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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death penalty, criminal procedure, Supreme Court

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Extraterritorial Ambit Through Offence Definitions, Technology and Economic Power

Published in TRANSFORMATIONS IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION: EXTRATERRITORIALITY AND ENFORCEMENT 61 (Micheál Ó Floinn, Lindsay Farmer, Julia Hörnle & David Ormerod eds., Oxford: Hart Pub. 2023), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-34
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Apr 2024
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law
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criminal law, transnational law, jurisdiction, exterritoriality, extraterritorial jurisdiction, international criminal law, criminal procedure

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Civil Order, Criminal Justice, and ‘No Justice No Peace’

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2020-18, U. Toronto L.J., vol. 70, no. supp. 1, pp.84-101 (2020)
Posted: 21 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law

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civil law, criminal law, illiberal populism, policing, punishment

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History's Challenge to Criminal Law Theory

Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 3, 2009
Posted: 10 Apr 2009
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law

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Plain Meaning, Practical Reason and Culpability: Toward a Theory of Jury Interpretation of Criminal Statutes

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Plain Meaning, Practical Reason and Culpability: Toward a Theory of Jury Interpretation of Criminal Statutes

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 5, 1998
Posted: 16 Nov 1998
Darryl K. Brown
University of Virginia School of Law

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