On Listening to the Kulturkampf:
How America Overruled Bowers v. Hardwick,
even though Romer v. Evans didn't
Essay (which prefigured the analysis in Lawrence v. Texas by three years) on the interplay between changes societal norms, in this case regarding homosexuality and family, and substantive due process.
49 Duke L.J. 1559 (2000)

Geoengineering: A Climate Change Manhattan Project
Article analyzing the reasons for and against artificial manipulation of the Earth's climate, in light of the failure of global climate change mitigation treaties.
17 Stan. Envtl. L. J. 73 (1998)

Rethinking Regulatory Reform: Toxics, Politics, and Ethics
Note discussing the ethical and practical problems of cost-benefit analysis in environmental regulation.
105 Yale L.J. 1891 (1996)

Antilawyerism and Antisemitism
click here to download the introduction  of this monograph, currently under contract with a university press,
in word perfect format.
 
 
 

Works in progress include:

In Praise of the Pound of Flesh: Legalism, Multiculturalism, and the Letter of the Law
 
 

Also visit the Archive for law school papers.
Last update July 2003
 

Jay Michaelson is a writer and teacher who lives in New York City.  Prior to working in the private sector as founder and general counsel of Wasabi Systems, an open source software company, Jay was an Olin Fellow in Law, Economics, and Public Policy at Yale Law School, and a Golieb Fellow in Legal History at New York University Law School.
 
 
 
 

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