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McGowan, David
Books
- Developing Judgment About Practicing Law (4th ed., West Academic Publishing 2023)
- Developing Judgment About Practicing Law (3rd ed., West Academic Publishing 2019)
Journal Articles
- Juror Number Six: Implicit Bias and the Future of Jury Trials, 61 San Diego Law Review 497 (2024)
- Who’s Suing You?, 25 Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology 73 (2023)
- A Bipartisan Case Against New York Times v. Sullivan, 1 Journal of Free Speech Law 509 (2022)
- Two Ironies of UPL Laws, 20 Chapman Law Review 225 (2017)
- Lawyering Within the Domain of Expertise, 84 Fordham Law Review 1929 (2016)
- The Unfallen Sky, 51 Houston Law Review 337 (2013)
- Lawspeech, 2012 Journal of the Professional Lawyer 1 (2012)
- Big But Brittle: Economic Perspectives of the Law Firm in the New Economy, 2011 Columbia Business Law Review (2011) (with Burk)
- The Tory Anarchism of F/OSS Licensing, 78 Chicago Law Review 207 (2011)
- Inequitable Conduct, 43 Loyola Law Review 945 (2010)
- Irreparable Harm, 14 Lewis and Clark Law Review 577 (2010)
- Things Are Bad Enough Already, 96 Iowa Law Review Bulletin 23 (2010)
- Civility Traffic School: A Loony Idea from a Pointy-Headed Academic, 19 Professional Lawyer 26 (2009)
- Innovation and Liability for Contributory Copyright Infringement, 8 Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 38 (2009)
- The Perils of the Partial Spectator, 35 Queens Law Journal 165 (2009)
- Google's Book Project, 9 Engage 68 (2008)
- Politics, Office Politics, and Legal Ethics: A Case Study in the Strategy of Judgment, 20 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 1057 (2007)
- There Is Nothing Pragmatic About Originalism, 102 Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy 86 (2007)
- What Tool Works Tells Us About Tailoring Patent Misuse Remedies, 101 Northwestern University Law Review 208 (2007)
- Approximately Speech, 89 Minnesota Law Review 1416 (2005)
- Between Logic and Experience: Error Costs and United States v. Microsoft Corp, 20 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1185 (2005)
- Some Realism About Parochialism: The Economic Analysis of Legal Ethics, 8 Legal Ethics 117 (2005)
- Some Realism About the Free Speech Critique of Copyright, 74 Fordham Law Review 101 (2005)
- The Trespass Trouble and the Metaphor Muddle, 1 George Mason Journal of Law and Economic Policy 109 (2005)
- (So) What If It's All Just Rhetoric?, 21 Constitutional Commentary 861 (2004)
- Copyright Nonconsequentialism, 69 Missouri Law Review 1 (2004)
- In Re Hundred Acre Wood, 20 Constitutional Commentary 437 (2004)
- Telling Stories for Liberty, 20 Constitutional Commentary 651 (2004)
- Why Not Try the Carrot? A Modest Proposal to Grant Immunity to Lawyers Who Disclose Client Financial Misconduct, 92 California Law Review 1825 (2004)
- Why The First Amendment Cannot Dictate Copyright Policy, 65 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 281 (2004)
- From Social Friction to Social Meaning: What Expressive Uses of Code Tell Us About Free Speech, 64 Ohio State Law Journal 1515 (2003)
- Has Java Changed Anything? The Sound and Fury of Innovation Litigation, 87 Minnesota Law Review 2039 (2003)
- The Last Man Off Standard, 20 Constitutional Commentary 1 (2003)
- Website Access: The Case for Consent, 35 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 341 (2003)
- Recognizing Usages of Trade: A Case Study from Electronic Commerce, 8 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 167 (2002)
- Innovation, Uncertainty, and Stability in Antitrust Law, 16 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 729 (2001)
- Judicial Writing and the Ethics of the Judicial Office, 14 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 509 (2001)
- Legal Implications of Open-Source Software, 2001 University of Illinois Law Review 241 (2001)
- Making Sense of Dale, 18 Constitutional Commentary 121 (2001)
- Ethos in Law and History: Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, and the Supreme Court, 85 Minnesota Law Review 755 (2000)
- A Microsoft Dialog, 44 Antitrust Bulletin 619 (1999) (with Gifford)
- In re J.S., 16 Constitutional Commentary 477 (1999)
- Networks and Intention in Antitrust and Intellectual Property, 24 Journal of Corporation Law 485 (1999)
- Could Java Change Everything? The Competitive Propriety of a Proprietary Standard, 43 Antitrust Bulletin 715 (1998) (with Lemley)
- Free Contracting, Fair Competition, and Draft Article 2B: Some Reflections on Federal Competition Policy, Information Transactions, and Aggressive Neutrality, 13 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1173 (1998)
- Legal Implications of Network Economic Effects, 86 California Law Review 479 (1998) (with Lemley)
- Regulating Competition in the Information Age: Computer Software as an Essential Facility Under the Sherman Act, 18 Hastings Community and Entertainment Law Journal 771 (1996)
- Antitrust Immunity: State Action and Federalism, Petitioning and the First Amendment, 17 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 293 (1994) (with Lemley)
- A Libertarian Critique of University Restrictions of Offensive Speech, 79 California Law Review 825 (1991) (with Tangri)
- A Critical Analysis of Commercial Speech, 78 California Law Review 359 (1990)
Chapters of Books or Articles within Books
- Copyright and Convergence: A Pragmatic Perspective, in Intellectual Property Protection of Fact Based Works: Copyright and its Alternatives (Robert Brauneis ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2009)
- Some Copyright Consumer Conundrums, in Consumer Protection in the Age of the Information Economy (Jane Winn ed., Ashgate Publishing 2006)
- Vaporware, the Internet, and Consumer Behavior, in The Commodification of Information (Niva Elkin-Koren & Neil Netanel eds., Kluwer Law International 2002)
- The Problems With the Third Way; A Java Case Study, in Regulating the Global Information Society (Christopher Marsden ed., Routledge 2000)