2005-2006 Faculty Colloquia Series

Lawrence A. Alexander, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"Scalar Properties, Binary Judgments," August 26, 2005

Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School:
"Patenting Nanotechnology," September 2, 2005

Julian Ku, Associate Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law:
"International Delegations and the New World Court Order," September 8, 2005

Justice Richard Goldstone, Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence and Eminent Leader in Residence at the Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, University of San Diego:
“Constitutional Court of South Africa,” September 9, 2005

Jason Kilborn, Assistant Professor, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University:
"The Hidden Life of Consumer Bankruptcy Reform: Danger Signs for the New U.S. Law From Unexpected Parallels in the Netherlands," September 16, 2005

Lisa P. Ramsey, Assistant Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"Intellectual Property Rights in Advertising," September 23, 2005

Lior Strahilevitz, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago:
"Exclusionary Amenities" (including zoning/land use and race discrimination), September 30, 2005.

Rex Ahdar, Associate Professor, Otago University Law Faculty, New Zealand:
"The Idea of Religious Markets," October 6, 2005

Saikrishna B. Prakash, Herzog Research Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"How to Remove A Federal Judge: Understanding Good Behavior Tenure," October 14, 2005

Richard Redding, Professor of Law and Director of Law & Psychology Program, Villanova University School of Law:
"The Brain-Disordered Defendant: Developing A Neurojurisprudence for the 21st Century," October 21, 2005

Jim Lindgren, Professor of Law, Director of Demography of Diversity Project, Northwestern University School of Law:
"Testing Social Dominance: Is Support for Capitalism and Opposition to Income Distribution Driven by Racism and Intolerance?" October 26, 2005

Kathy Zeiler, Associate Professor of Law, Co-director of Law and Economics Workshop Series, Georgetown University Law Center:
"Healthcare Policy," December 2, 2005

Stephen F. Smith, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law:
"'Innocence' and the Guilty Mind," December 16, 2005

Bradley Wendel, Associate Professor of Law, Stanford Law School:
"Lawyers, Citizens, and the External/Internal Distinction," January 20, 2006

Barbara H. Fried, William W. and Gertrude H. Saunders Professor of Law, Stanford Law School:
"Risk and Rights," January 27, 2006

Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Curriculum, and Director of Law and Economics Program, The University of Chicago Law School:
"ProCD v. Zeidenberg: Do Doctrine and Function Mix?" February 3, 2006

Carl Auerbach, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"Legislative Facts in Grutter v. Bollinger," February 10, 2006

Neil Siegel, Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University School of Law:
February 17, 2006

Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law and Director of Environmental Law Program, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law:
"The Rule of Law and the Law of Precedents," February 24, 2006

Adam J. Kolber, Assistant Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"Therapeutic Forgetting," March 2, 2006

Kathryn Zeiler, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center:
"Asymmetries in Exchange Behavior Incorrectly Interpreted as Evidence of Prospect Theory," March 10, 2006

Kristin E. Hickman, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School:
"The Need for Mead: Rejecting Tax Exceptionalism in Judicial Deference," March 24, 2006

Darren Schreiber, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Unversity of California, San Diego:
"Evaluating Political Questions: Evidence from Functional Brain Imaging," April 7, 2006

Mary Coombs, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law:
"How Not to do Medical Malpractice Reform: Florida As A Case Study," April 10, 2006

Thomas Smith, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"Web of Law," May 5, 2006

Antonio Tomarchio, Graduate Student in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano:
"Dynamics of Legal Citation Networks (Selected Exerpts)," May 5, 2006

Matthew D. McCubbins, Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego and
Daniel B. Rodriguez, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law:
"When Does Deliberation Improve Decisionmaking?," May 12, 2006