Paul Figley

American University - Washington College of Law

4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016

United States

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Teaching Rule Synthesis with Real Cases

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 61, p. 245, 2011, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-01
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Jan 2012
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law
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Legal education, legal writing, legal analysis

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Understanding the Federal Tort Claims Act: A Different Metaphor

Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, Vol. 44, p. 1105, 2009 , American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2009-25
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Aug 2009
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law
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Federal Tort Claims Act, Sovereign Immunity, FTCA

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The Appropriations Power and Sovereign Immunity

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 107, No. 7, 2009, Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 08-28, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2009-16
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 21 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2011
Jay Tidmarsh and Paul Figley
Notre Dame Law School and American University - Washington College of Law
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Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Legal History, Sovereign Immunity, Appropriations Clause

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The Judgment Fund: America's Deepest Pocket & Its Susceptibility to Executive Branch Misuse

18 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 145, 2015, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2016-02
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2016
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law
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Judgment Fund, settlements, tort claims

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Ethical Intersections & the Federal Tort Claims Act: An Approach for Government Attorneys

8 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 347 (2011), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-26
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Jul 2012
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law
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Federal Tort Claims Act, legal ethics

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In Defense of Feres: An Unfairly Maligned Opinion

American University Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 393, 2011, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2011-04
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 10 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2011
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law
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Federal Tort Claims Act, sovereign immunity

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Using Problems to Teach Quantitative Damages in a First Year Torts Class

63 Journal of Legal Education 113 (2013), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2013-20
Posted: 31 Aug 2013
Paul Figley
American University - Washington College of Law

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tort damages, lost future income, life expectancy, work-life expectancy, future value tables, inflation, quantitative damages