Nicole Stelle Garnett

Notre Dame Law School

Professor of Law

P.O. Box 780

Notre Dame, IN 46556

United States

http://www.law.nd.edu/faculty/facultypages/garnettn.html

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1.

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 426, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 410, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1757982
Number of pages: 513 Posted: 08 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Robert E. Litan, Yochai Benkler, Henry N. Butler, John Henry Clippinger, Bob Cook-Deegan, Robert D. Cooter, Aaron S. Edlin, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Ronald J. Gilson, Oliver R. Goodenough, Gillian K. Hadfield, Mark A. Lemley, Frank Partnoy, George L. Priest, Larry E. Ribstein, Charles Sabel, Peter H. Schuck, Hal S. Scott, Robert E. Scott, Alex Stein, Victoria Stodden, John E. Tyler, Alan D. Viard and Benjamin Wittes
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Harvard University, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Human Dynamics Group, Arizona State University (ASU) - School for the Future of Innovation in Society, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Notre Dame Law School, Stanford Law School, Vermont Law School, University of Toronto, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Yale University - Law School, University of Illinois College of Law (deceased), Columbia University - Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia University - Law School, Israel Supreme Court, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, American Enterprise Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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entrepreneurship, policy, growth, rules, innovation, immigration, intellectual property, ip, university, business, federal, national, patent

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The Neglected Political Economy of Eminent Domain

105 Michigan Law Review 102 (2006), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 06-01
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 21 May 2016
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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public use, eminent domain, takings, compensation, economic development, Kelo

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Catholic Schools and Broken Windows

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Catholic Schools and Broken Windows

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Volume 9, Issue 2, 347–367, June 2012 , Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 10-04
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2012
Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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schools, education policy, crime, causes of crime, social capital, disorder, Chicago, Catholic, empirical, urban, cities, churches

Catholic Schools and Broken Windows

5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 26 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2011
Nicole Stelle Garnett and Margaret F. Brinig
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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crime, policing, broken windows, Catholic schools, education

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The Road from Welfare to Work: Informal Transportation and the Urban Poor

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Jun 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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transportation, welfare, welfare reform, urban, poverty, spacial mismatch

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Redeeming Transect Zoning?

Brooklyn Law Review Vol. 78, No. 2 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 12-83
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2013
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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form-based codes, transect zoning, new urbanism

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Catholic Schools, Urban Neighborhoods, and Education Reform

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, 2010, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-16
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 29 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2010
Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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School choice, externalities, schools, cities, churches, empirical, neighborhoods, social norms

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Save the Cities, Stop the Suburbs?

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 116, 2006, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 06-10
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jun 2006
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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land use, urban, growth, suburban, order maintenance, broken windows

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Managing the Urban Commons

Essay for the November 2011 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Symposium on “New Dimensions in Property Theory” 160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1995 (2012), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-44
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Order maintenance, broken windows, business improvement districts, privatization, urban, public spaces, commons

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Ordering (and Order in) the City

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 57, pp. 1-58, 2004
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Dec 2004
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Order maintenance, broken windows, land use, zoning, public order, urban development

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The Public Use Question as a Takings Problem

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 71, p. 934, 2003
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Jun 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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property, takings, eminent domain, economic development

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On Castles and Commerce: Zoning Law and the Home-Business Dilemma

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Jun 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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zoning, land use, home businesses, externalities, suburban

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A Room of One's Own? Accessory Dwelling Unit Reforms and Local Parochialism

THE URBAN LAWYER VOL. 45, NO. 3 (2013), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1327
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 May 2013 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2014
Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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Zoning, land use, affordable housing, accessory dwelling units

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Planning as Public Use?

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2007, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 07-01
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2007
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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eminent domain, Kelo, takings, economic development, planning

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Relocating Disorder

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 5, September 2005, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 05-04
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Feb 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Land use, urban development, order maintenance, social norms, broken windows, policing

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Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, and Urban Neighborhoods

University of Chicago Law Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Winter 2011, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-24
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Nicole Stelle Garnett and Margaret F. Brinig
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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School choice, charter schools, education, Catholic schools, collective efficacy, social capital, crime

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Suburbs as Exit, Suburbs as Entrance

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 106, 2007, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 07-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2007
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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sprawl, suburbs, regional government, growth controls, growth management

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Unsubsidizing Suburbia

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 90, pp. 459-99, 2005, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 05-17
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Aug 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Metropolitan, regional government, growth management, suburban, fragmentation, infrastructure

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Governing? Gentrifying? Seceding? Real-Time Answers to Questions About Business Improvement Districts

Drexel Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 25, 2010
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Feb 2011
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Business improvement districts, gentrification, urban development

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Religious Covenants

74 Florida Law Review 821 (2022)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett and Patrick E. Reidy C.S.C.
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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property, religion, covenants, deed restrictions, free exercise, establishment clause

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Old Suburbs Meets New Urbanism

Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1512
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 May 2015
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Transect zoning, form-based codes, inner-ring suburbs, land use regulation

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Religious Charter Schools: Legally Permissible? Constitutionally Required?

Manhattan Institute Policy Report (December 2020)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2021
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Charter Schools, Parental Choice, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause, State Action, Espinoza v. montana

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The People Paradox

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 43, 2012, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2012
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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mixed land use, crime, urban

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Mercantilism, American Style

Hernando de Soto and Property in a Market Economy, Forthcoming, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-08
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2010
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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urban development, poverty, entrepreneurship

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Planning for Density: Promises, Perils and a Paradox

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2017
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 May 2018
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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land use, crime, mixed use, urban

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'No Taking Without a Touching?' Questions from an Armchair Originalist

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 45, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 08-11
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2009
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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property, takings, regulatory takings

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Are Charters Enough Choice? School Choice and the Future of Catholic Schools

89 Notre Dame Law Review, 1891 (2012), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 12-50
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2012
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Charter schools, School choice, vouchers, Tuition tax credits, Catholic schools, Achievement gap, Education

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Private Norms and Public Spaces

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, 2009, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-07
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Apr 2009
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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community policing, informal norms

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Justice Scalia's Rule of Law and Law of Takings

41 Vermont Law Review 717 (2017)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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regulatory takings, Scalia, originalism, property

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But for the Grace of God, There Go I: Justice Thomas and the Little Guy

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty, Vol. 4:626, 2009, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-34
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2010
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Clarence Thomas

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A Winn for Educational Pluralism

Yale Law Journal Online, May 2011, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 11-25
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Jul 2011
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Winn, Flast, taxpayer standing, Establishment Clause, school choice, tax credits

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Affordable Private Education and the Middle Class City

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 77, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-33
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2010
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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local government, private school, education, central city neighborhoods, middle class

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Unbundling Homeownership: Regional Reforms From the Inside Out

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 119, p. 1904, 2010, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 10-05
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2011
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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land use, Tiebout, regional government, zoning, covenants, urban development

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Sector Agnosticism and the Coming Transformation of Education Law

70 Vanderbilt Law Review 1 (2017), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1916
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 27 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2019
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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education, parental choice, charter schools, state action doctrine, vouchers

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Accountability and Private School Choice

Manhattan Institute Report
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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education, school choice, accountability, vouchers

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Order-Maintenance Agenda as Land Use Policy

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, Forthcoming, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 10-07
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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order-maintenance, broken windows, social norms, crime, land-use policy, urban development, social capital, fear

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From a Muddle to a Mudslide: Murr v. Wisconsin

2016-17 Cato Supreme Court Review 131 (2017)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Sep 2017
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Regulatory Takings, Property, Parcel-as-a-Whole, Takings Clause

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Trouble Preserving Paradise

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jun 2005
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Smart growth, growth controls, takings, initiatives

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Disparate Impact, School Closures and Parental Choice

2014 Chicago Legal Forum 289, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1513
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 May 2015
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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public school closures, disparate impact, education, public schools, charter schools

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Three Things: A Tribute to Judge Morris S. Arnold

18 Green Bag 2d 255 (Spring 2015), Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1522
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Jul 2015
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Morris Arnold, property, libertarian

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The Legal Landscape of Parental Choice Policy

American Enterprise Institute, 2015
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Dec 2015
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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parental choice, school choice, education

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The Comparative Legal Landscape of Educational Pluralism

73 Ark. L. Rev. 455 (2020)
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 04 Mar 2021
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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Decoupling Property and Education

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 123, 2023
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Jul 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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education, school choice, parental choice, education savings accounts, exclusionary zoning, intra-metropolitan mobilty, inequality

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'To Help, Not to Hurt': Justice Thomas's Equality Canon

The Yale Law Journal Forum, August 2017
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2018
William Consovoy and Nicole Stelle Garnett
Independent and Notre Dame Law School
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Clarence Thomas, race, Equal Protection

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School Closures as Education Reform: New Evidence from Chicago and Ohio

9 Journal of School Choice 649 (2015)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Dec 2015
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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school choice, parental choice, school closures, charter schools

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Implementing K-12 Education Savings Accounts

Manhattan Institute Policy Report, 2023
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Jul 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett and Michael McShane
Notre Dame Law School and University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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education, school choice, parental choice, implementation

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Post-Accountability Accountability

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2018, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 1936
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2019
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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education, parental choice, charter schools, accountability

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Unlocking the Potential of Private-School Choice: Avoiding and Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Implementation

Manhattan Institute Policy Report
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Jul 2023
Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School
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education, school choice, parental choice, implementation

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Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

97 Notre Dame Law Review 58 (2022)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Jan 2022
Richard W. Garnett and Nicole Stelle Garnett
Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Law School
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John Copeland Nagle, John Nagle, Notre Dame Law School