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Glenn Harlan Reynolds

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


Selected Publications:

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       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.