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Prof. Reynolds talks about the UT Law student body.

Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law
B.A., 1982, University of Tennessee
J.D., 1985, Yale University

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Law, Science and Technology, Space Law, Internet Law

Reynolds@libra.law.utk.edu

Professor Reynolds is one of the most prolific scholars on the UT faculty. His special interests are law and technology and constitutional law issues, and his work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the Columbia Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Wisconsin Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Law and Policy in International Business, Jurimetrics, and the High Technology Law Journal. Professor Reynolds has also written in the New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal, as well as other popular publications. He is also a contributing editor to the TechCentralStation.Com website, and writes a regular column for the FoxNews website. He is the co-author of Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy and The Appearance of Impropriety: How the Ethics Wars Have Undermined American Government, Business, and Society. Professor Reynolds has testified before Congressional committees on space law, international trade, and domestic terrorism. He has been executive chairman of the National Space Society and a member of the White House Advisory Panel on Space Policy. A member of the UT faculty since 1989, Professor Reynolds received the Harold C. Warner Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award in 1991, and the W. Allen Separk Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award, 1998.

Publications

       Books:

Co-author, The Appearance of Impropriety: How the Ethics Wars Have Undermined American Government, Business, and Society (The Free Press, 1997).

Co-author, Outer Space: Problems of Law and Policy (Westview Press, 1989) 2nd ed. 1997.

       Articles:

Space Law in the 21st Century: Some Thoughts in Reponse to the Bush Administration's Space Initiative, 69 J. Air L. & Com. 413 (2004).

Marbury's Mixed Messages, 71 Tenn. L. Rev. 303 (2004).

Nanotechnology and Regulatory Policy: Three Futures, 17 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 179 (2003).

Constitutional "Incidents": Interpretation in Real Time, 70 Tenn. L. Rev. 281 (2003)(co-author).

Rulings and Resistance: The New Commerce Clause Jurisprudence Encounters the Lower Courts, 55 Ark. L. Rev. 1253 (2003)(co-author).

Gun by Gun, 5 Legal Aff. 19 (2002).

Telling Miller's Tale: A Reply to David Yassky, 65 L. & Contemp. Probs. 113 (2002)(co-author).

Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology: Some Preliminary Observations, 31 Envir. L. Rep. 10681 (2001).

Guns, Privacy & Revolution, 68 Tenn. L. Rev. 235 (2001).

Co-author, Lower Court Readings of Lopez, or What if the Supreme Court Held a Constitutional Revolution and Nobody Came? 2000 Wisc. L. Rev. 369.

The Proper Scope of the Copyright and Patent Power, 37 Harv. J. on Legis. 45 (2000).

The Evolving Police Power: Some Observations for a New Century, 27 Hastings Const. L.Q. 511 (2000) (co-author).

Of Dissent and Discretion, 9 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 685 (2000).

Thank God for the Lawyers: Some Thoughts on the (Mis)Regulation of Scientific Misconduct," 66 Tenn. L. Rev. 801 (1999).

Co-author, Comfortably Penumbral, 77 Boston U. L. Rev. 1089 (1998).

Taking Federalism Seriously: Lopez and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, 30 Conn. L. Rev. 59 (1997) (co-author).

Space Resources, Common Property, and the Collective Action Problem, 6 N.Y.O. Envt. L. Rev. 107 (1997) (co-author).

It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing, 5 Wm & Mary Bill of Rights J. 1 (1996).

Is Democracy Like Sex?, 48 Vand. L. Rev. 1635 (1995).

Co-author, Violence in America: Effective Solutions, 84 J. of Med. Assoc. of Ga. 253 (1995).

Co-author, The Second Amendment and States' Rights: A Thought Experiment, 36 William & Mary L. Rev. 1737 (1995).

A Critical Guide to the Second Amendment, 62 Tenn. L. Rev. 461 (1995).

Co-author, Legal Problems of Nanotechnology: An Overview, 3 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 593 (1995).

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Under the Tennessee Constitution: A Case Study in Civic Republican Thought, 61 Tenn. L. Rev. 647 (1994).

Penumbral Reasoning on the Right, 140 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1333 (1992).

Taking Advice Seriously: An Immodest Proposal for Reforming the Confirmation Process, 65 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1572 (1992).

International Space Law: Into the Twenty-First Century, 25 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 225 (1992).

Chaos and the Court, 91 Colum. L. Rev. 110 (1991).

Sex, Lies, and Jurisprudence: Robert Bork, Griswold, and the Philosophy of Original Understanding, 24 Ga. L. Rev. 1045 (1990).

Legislative Comment: The Patents in Space Act, 3 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 13 (1990).

Additional articles in Law & Policy in International Business, UCLA Pac. Bas. L. J., Rutgers Comp. & Tech. L. J., High Tech Law J., Jurimetrics and various other journals. Op Ed pieces, etc., in the Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Newsday, and New York Times.

Recent Professional Presentations and Service

"The Future of the Second Amendment," Stanford Law School, April 21, 2001.

"Ethics Reform: A Study in Failure," Yale University Olmstead Symposium on Instilling Ethics, Feb., 1998.

"Why Creationists Always Lose," UT Darwin Day Symposium, Feb., 1998.

"Space Resources, Common Property, and the Collective Action Problem," NYU Law School, April 1997.

"Kids, Guns and the Commerce Clause," Cato Institute, October 1994 (regarding U.S. v. Lopez).

"American Law Governing Commercial Space Launches," 3rd Australian Space Development Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 1994.

Testimony, U.S. House Science Committee, on Commercial Space Issues, October 1993.

Testimony, Senate Finance Committee on "Super 301" Trade Law Provisions, June 1993.

"Is Democracy Like Sex?" University of Cincinnati Law School, April 1993.

Moderator, Tsongas/Sununu Debate, University of Tennessee, October 1992.

"Future Developments in Space Law," Princeton University, October 1991.

Testimony, House Science Subcommittee, on commercial space legislation, July 1991.

"Space Law in the 1990s," Harvard Law School, April 1990.

Guest lecturer, U.S. Air Force Academy, April 1990.

Selected Achievements and Affiliations

W. Allen Separk Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award, 1998.

Appointed to White House Advisory Committee on National Space Policy, 1992.

Amicus Counsel in Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice v. Bush, 1991 (representing NSS re space nuclear issues).

Harold C. Warner Outstanding Faculty Award, 1991.

Space Pioneer Award, National Space Society, 1991.

Co-counsel, Expendable Launch Vehicles and Launch Services from the People's Republic of China (Section 301 action)(1990).

Chair, executive committee, National Space Society, 1994-95.

Advisory Member, Governor's Juvenile Justice Reform Commission, 1997-99.

Produced CDs by bands including the Defenders of the Faith, Hitch, Mobius Dick, and (remastering) Balboa, Afrigo, and the Nebraska Guitar Militia. Member, American Society of Composers and Performers, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Works in Progress

Analyzing Constitutional Incidents

Due Process When Everything is a Crime

Second Amendment Scholarship: A Critical Review

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