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Robert L. Birmingham - Scholarship

Books

• Reliance, in The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, Vol. 3, 294-300 (1998).

Journal Articles

• Recent Developments in Evidence Law, 34 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 1 (2003) [with Tara Shaw and Carolyn Shields].
• Daubert, Proof of a Prior, and the Soliton: Bernert Towboat Co. v. USS CHANDLER (DDG996), 34 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 173 (2003) [with Tara Shaw and Carolyn Shields].
• Remarks, 29 Connecticut Law Review 827 (1997).
• Proving Miracles and the First Amendment, 5 George Mason Law Review 45 (1996).
• A Study after Cardozo: De Cicco v. Schweizer, Noncooperative Games, and Neural Computing, 47
• University of Miami Law Review 121 (1992).
• What is Legal Theory and What Is It Doing in the Curriculum?, 6 Connecticut Journal of International Law 311 (1991).
• Why is there Taylor v. Caldwell? Three Propositions about Impracticability, 23 University of San Francisco Law Review 379 (1989).
• The Duty to Disclose and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Laidlaw v. Organ, 29 William & Mary Law Review 239 (1988).
• An Evidentiary Value Reading of Naked Statistical Proofs, 31 St. Louis University Law Journal 797 (1987) [with Nancy Dunham].
• A Rose by Any Other Word: Mutual Mistake in Sherwood v. Walker, 21 University of California at Davis Law Review 197 (1987).
• Holmes on Peerless: Raffles v. Wichelhaus and the Objective Theory of Contract, 47 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 183 (1985).
• Notes on the Reliance Interest, 60 Washington Law Review 217 (1985).
• Hart's Definition and Theory in Jurisprudence Again, 16 Connecticut Law Review 775 (1984).
• Into the Swamp: More on Rules, 64 Archive & Social Philosophy 49 (1978).
• Remarks on Probability in Law: Mostly, a Casenote and a Book Review, 12 Georgia Law Review 535 (1978).
• On What a Rule Is, 8 Connecticut Law Review 88 (1975).
• The Neutrality of Adherence to Precedent, 1971 Duke Law Journal 541 (1971).
• Breach of Contract, Damage Measures, and Economic Efficiency, 24 Rutgers Law Review 273 (1970).
• The Generality of Neutral Principles: A Game-Theoretic Perspective, 58 University of California Law Review 873 (1970).
• Legal Remedies for Overurbanization: The Ghanaian Experience, 18 University of California Law Review 252 (1970).
• A Model of Criminal Process: Game Theory and Law, 56 Cornell Law Review 57 1970).
• The Theory of Economic Policy and the Law of Torts, 55 Minnesota Law Review 1 (1970).
• The Consumer as King: The Economics of Precarious Sovereignty, 20 Case Western Reserve Law Review 354 (1969).
• Damage Measures and Economic Rationality: The Geometry of Contract Law, 1969 Duke Law Journal 49 (1969) (excerpted in C. Goetz, Cases and Materials on Law and Economics 246 (1984)).
• Economic Integration in East Africa: Distribution of Gains, 9 Virginia Journal of International Law 408 (1969).
• The Growth of the Law: Decision Theory and the Doctrine of Consideration, 55 Archive and Social Philosophy 467 (1969).
• Legal and Moral Duty in Game Theory: Common Law Contract and Chinese Analogies, 18 Buffalo Law Review 99 (1969) (excerpted in The Economics of Contract Law (1979)).
• The Prisoner's Dilemma and Mutual Trust: Comment, 79 Ethics 156 (1969).
• A Second Look at the Suez Canal Cases: Excuse For Nonperformance of Contractual Obligations in the Light of Economic Theory, 20 Hastings Law Journal 1393 (1969).
• Industrial Development Bonds and Economic Policy, 1 Creighton Law Review 9 (1968).
• Integration and Economic Development, 1965 Villanova Law Forum 781 (1965).
• The War Crimes Trial: A Second Look, 24 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 132 (1962).

Reviews

• Book Review, AA Nice Book, 23 Connecticut Law Review 1029 (1991) (reviewing Richard A. Posner, Cardozo: A Study in Reputation (1990)) [with Sharon Jones].
• Book Review, 69 Boston University Law Review 435 (1989) (reviewing P.S. Atiyah, Essays on Contract (1986)).
• Book Review, 19 Nous 129 (1985) (reviewing H. Gross, A Theory of Criminal Justice (1979)).
• Book Review, 46 Indiana Law Journal 442 (1971) (reviewing M. Willmer, Crime and Information Theory (1970)).
• Book Review, 31 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 535 (1970) (reviewing D. Lewis, Convention (1969)).
• Book Review, 58 California Law Review 527 (1970) (reviewing W. Bonger, Criminality and Economic Conditions (1969)).
• Book Review, 23 Vanderbilt Law Review 483 (1970) (reviewing H. Packer, The Limits of the Criminal Sanction (1968)).
• Book Review, 45 Indiana Law Journal 631 (1970) (reviewing A. Rapoport, B Person Game Theory (1970)).
• Book Review, 70 Columbia Law Review 779 (1970) (reviewing J. Houck, Outdoor Advertising: History and Regulation (1969)).
• Book Review, 67 Michigan Law Review 874 (1969) (reviewing R. Bauer & S. Greyser, Advertising in America: The Consumer View (1968)).
• Book Review, AFoul is Fair, 78 Yale Law Journal 713 (1969) (reviewing S. Fox, Science and Justice: The Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials (1968)).
• Book Review, 13 Villanova Law Review 884 (1968) (reviewing J. Cohen, The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (1968)).
• Book Review, 21 Stanford Law Review 201 (1968) (reviewing D. Bodde & C. Morris, Law in Imperial China (1967)).
• Book Review, 7 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 362 (1968) (reviewing T. Franck, Why Federations Fail: An Inquiry into the Requisites for Successful Federalism (1968)).
• Book Review, 25 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 623 (1964) (reviewing E. Stein & P. Hay, Cases and Materials on the Law and Institutions of the Atlantic Area (1963)).