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Robert S. Summers 
William G. McRoberts Research Professor in the Administration of the Law
Books

Law for Society: Nature, Functions, and Limits (with K. Clermont, R. Hillman, and S.L. Johnson), (NY: Aspen Publishers, 2010).

Form and Function in a Legal System: A General Study (Cambridge University Press; 2010) (paperback version of 2006 ed.)
Principles of Sales Law (with James J. White) (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2009) (Concise Hornbook Series)
Principles of Payment Systems (with James J. White) (St.Paul: Thomson/West, 2008) (Concise Hornbook Series).
The Uniform Commercial Code, Vol. 2 (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 2008) (Practitioner Treatise Series).
The Uniform Commercial Code, Vol. 3 (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 2007) (Practitioner Treatise Series).
Principles of Secured Transactions (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 2007) (Concise Hornbook Series).
Supplements to The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White, ed.) (St. Paul, MN: West Group, 5th ed. 2005), (yearly, 2007-).
Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law (with Patrick S. Atiyah) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), Chinese translation from the English (American Law Library of China).
The Uniform Commercial Code, Vol. 1 (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 2006) (Practitioner Treatise Series).
Form and Function in a Legal System: A General Study (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Revised Article One and Amended Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code - Substance and Process (with James J. White) (West Publishing, 2005)

Supplements to The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White, ed.) (St. Paul, MN: West Group, 4th ed. 1995), (yearly, 1996-2006).
The Uniform Commercial Code, Vol. 4 (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 2002) (Practitioner Treatise Series).
The Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions (with James J. White) (West Publishing Company, 2002).
Essays in Legal Theory (New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000).
La Naturaleza Formal del Derecho (Fontamara Press, 2000).
The Reasonable As Rational?: On Legal Argumentation and Justification: Festschrift for Aulis Aarnio (with Werner Krawietz, O. Weinberger, and Georg Henrik von Wright) (Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 2000).
White and Summers' Hornbook on the Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (Eagan, MN: West Group, 5th ed. 2000).
The Law, Politics, and the Constitution: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey Marshall (edited with David Butler, Vernon Bogdanor) (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999).
The Jurisprudence of Law's Form and Substance (Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 1999).
Interpreting Precedents: A Comparative Study (edited with D. Neil MacCormick) (Aldershot [Eng.]: Dartmouth Publishing; Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate Pub. Co., 1997).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 4th ed. 1995) (Student Edition).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 4th ed. 1995). (Practitioner's Edition).
The Uniform Commercial Code: Negotiable Instruments and Funds Transfers: Revised Articles 3 and 4, and Article 4A (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1993) (Practitioner's Edition).
American Legal Theory (editor and contributor) (New York: New York University Press, 1992).
American Legal Theory: Selected Readings (editor and contributor) (Aldershot [Eng.]: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1992).
Essays on the Nature of Law and Legal Reasoning (Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 1992).
Form and Substance In Anglo-American Law (with Patrick S. Atiyah) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).
Interpreting Statutes: A Comparative Study (with D. Neil MacCormick) (Aldershot [Eng]: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1991).
The Uniform Commercial Code: Article 2A, Leases of Goods (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1991) (Practitioner's Edition).
Supplements to The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St. Paul:West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1988), (yearly 1990-1995).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1988) (Practitioner's Edition).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1988) (Student Edition).
Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law (with Patrick S. Atiyah) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987).
Law: Its Nature, Functions, and Limits (with Kevin Clermont, et al.) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1986).
Soziologische Jurisprudenz und Realistische Theorien des Rechts : Sociological Jurisprudence and Realist Theories of Law (with E. Kamenka and W Krawietz) (Dunker & Humblot, 1986).
Lon L. Fuller (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1984) (Paperback edition: London: Edward Arnold Press, 1984).
Pragmatischer Instrumentalismus und Amerikanische Rechtstheorie (Freiburg: Karl Alber, 1983).
Instrumentalism and American Legal Theory (Ithaca: Cornell University Press,1982).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2d ed. 1980).
Het Pragmatisch Instrumentalisme (Amsterdam: Standard Wetenschappelijke Uitgeverij, 1980).
Collective Bargaining and Public Benefit Conferral: A Jurisprudential Critique (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1976).
The American Legal System (with A. B. Campbell and G. Hubbard) (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1974).
Justice and Order Through Law (with A. B. Campbell and G. Hubbard) (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1973).
The Uniform Commercial Code (with James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1972).
Law: Its Nature, Functions, and Limits (with Charles G. Howard) (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2d ed. 1972).
More Essays in Legal Philosophy (editor and contributor) (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971).
Bankruptcy: Problem, Process, Reform (Brookings, D. T. Stanley and Marjorie Girth eds. and coauthors) (1971).
Essays in Legal Philosophy (editor and contributor) (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968).
Law: Its Nature, Functions, and Limits (with Charles G. Howard) (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1st ed. 1965).
Casebooks
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine, and Practice (with Robert A. Hillman) (St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 2006).
Teacher's Manual for Contract and Related Obligation (with Robert A. Hillman) (St. Paul, MN : West, 4th ed. 2001).
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine and Practice (with Robert A. Hillman) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 4th ed. 2001).
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine and Practice (with Robert A. Hillman) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1997).
Secured Transactions: Teaching Materials (with Richard E. Speidel and James J.White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 5th ed. 1993).
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine and Practice (with Robert A.Hillman) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2d ed. 1992).
Contract and Related Obligation: Theory, Doctrine and Practice (with Robert A.Hillman) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1987).
Commercial Law: Teaching Materials (with Richard E. Speidel and James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 4th ed. 1987).
Teaching Materials on Commercial and Consumer Law (with Richard E. Speidel and James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 3d ed. 1981).
Teaching Materials on Commercial and Consumer Law (with Richard E. Speidel and James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 2d ed. 1974).
Teaching Materials on Commercial Transactions (with Richard E. Speidel and James J. White) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1969).
Contributions to Books
"Positivistic Theories About Law, Especially in Contrast to Natural Law Theories--A General Account," in Festschrift for Okko Behrends (Gottingen, Germany: Wallstein, 2008).
"Instrumentalism," in Encyclopedia of Law and Society (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007).
"Choices of Appropriate Form for Legal Phenomena," in De Tous Horizons - Melanges Xavier Blanc-Jouvan (Paris: Societe de Legislation Comparee, 2005).
"The Napoleonic Code, the Common Law, and the Uniform Commercial Code," in Le Code Napoleon 157, (Bruylant Publishers, Brussels; R. Beauthier and I. Rorive eds., 2005).
"Geoffrey Marshall - Life and Work," (with Vernon Bogdanor) Proceedings of the British Academy (2005)
"Forms of Phenomena that Implement State-Made Law," in Perspectives on Jurisprudence,  (Scandinavian Studies in Law, v.48), (Stockholm: Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law; Peter Wahlgren 2005).
"The Form and Content of a Precedent Methodology," in Law and Legal Culture in Comparative Perspective 273 (Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart; Doeker-Mach and Ziegert eds., 2004).

"On Giving Form Its Due: A Study in Legal Theory," in the 2003 Proceedings of the World Congress of Social and Legal Philosophy (Lund, Sweden, August, 2003); and Law and Legal Culture in Comparative Perspective (Stuggart, Germany: Franz Steiner, Verlag, 2004).

"Form and the Theory of Law," in Festschrifts for Professor Werner Krawietz (Berlin, Germany: Duncker and Humblot, 2003).

"Rudolf von Jhering, Ralf Dreier and Non-Positivism," in Essays in Honor of Ralf Dreier (Mohr-Siebeck, Tbingen, 2003).

"Some Basic Ways Good Law, Good Legal Institutions, Good Legal Traditions, and Principles of the Rule of Law Can Augment Markets," in Market-Augmenting Government (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor; O. Azfar and C. Cadwell eds., 2003).
"Contract Law," in The Oxford Companion to American Law (Oxford University Press, 2002).
"My Philosophy of  Law," in The Law in Philosophical Perspectives (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Luc J. Wintgens, ed. 2000).
"The Conceptualization of Good Faith in American Contract Law: A General Account," in Good Faith in European Contract Law (Cambridge University Press, Reinhard Zimmermann and Simon Whittaker, eds. 2000).
"Interpreting Statutes in Great Britain and the United States: Should Courts Consider Materials of Legislative History," in The Law, Politics, and the Constitution (Oxford University Press, editor with David Butler and Vernon Bogdanor, 1999).
"Markets and Freedom," in Risk and Freedom (University of London Press, G. McDowell, ed. 1999).
"Form in the Unifying Features of a System of Law," in Twenty-five Year Commemoration to the Life of Hans Kelsen (Semenenko Foundation, G. O. Mazur, ed. 1999).
"Forma, Imperio de la Ley, Imperio del Buen Derechio," in La Justicia En El Derecho (Autonomous University of Madrid Press, F. La Porta, ed. 1999).
"The Pervasive Formality of Law," in Justice, Morality and Society 383 (Juristfolaget, Lund; A. Aarnio et. al. eds., 1997).
"The Formal Character of Law - Statutory Rules," in III Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of IVR 412, (1997)
"Technology, Law, and Values," in Law, Life, and the Images of Man - Modes of Thought in Modern Legal Theory, (Duncker and Humblot, Berlin; F. Fleeackers et al. eds., 1996).
"Rudolf von Jhering's Influence on American Legal Theory - A Selective Account," in Jhering's Rechtsdenken, (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Gottingen; Okko Behrends ed., 1996).
"Law's Limited Efficacy: A Possible Body of Knowledge," in Rechtsnorm und Rechtswirklichkeit: Festschrift für Werner Krawietz 417-25 (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, Aulis Aarnio et al., eds. 1993).
"Statutes and Contracts as Founts of Formal Reasoning," in Festschrift for Patrick Atiyah 71-83 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, P. Cane and J. Stapelton, eds. 1991).
"Peirce and America's Dominant Philosophy of Law," in Peirce and Law: Issues in Pragmation, Legal Realism, and Semiotics 153-62 (New York: Peter Lang Publishing Co., R. Kevelson, ed. 1991).
"Strict Liability in Tort for Personal Injuries Caused by Dangerously Defective Products: Aspects of the American Experience," in Lectures on Products Liability: U. of Helsinki Jubilee Seminar 23-48 (Helsinki: University of Helsinki, L. Kallioma, ed. 1990).
"The Emergence of the Doctrine of Good Faith in 20th Century American Contract Law," in Rechtsdogmatic und Praktische Vernunft: Symposium zum 80. Geburtstag von Franz Wieacker 127-42 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, R. Dreier und O. Behrends, eds. 1989).
"Why Common Law Courts Seldom Need to Assess Closely the Comparative Force of Conflicting Substantive Reasons," in Reason in Law: Proceedings of the Conference held in Balogna, 12-15 December 1984 207-23 (Milan: Giuffré, E. Pattaro, ed. 1987).
"Form and Substance in Legal Reasoning," in Essays in Honorof Torstein Eckhoff  700-15 (Osl Tano Press, S. Evju ed. 1986), (also included in Rotterdam Lectures in Jurisprudence (Arnhem: Gouda Press, J. Van Dunné, ed. 1989).), translated into Italian: "Form e Sostanza Ragionaimento Guiridico, 110 Studi Senesi 143-67.
"Comment on the Foundations of Constitutional Economics," in Constitutional Economics 157-60 (Lexington: Lexington Books, R. McKenzie, ed. 1984).
"Good Reasons in Common Law Cases: Are They Predictive?" in Theory of Legal Science: Proceedings of the Conference on Legal Theory and Philosophy of Science, Lund, Sweden, December 11-14, 1983 345-55 (Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co., A. Peczenik ed. 1984).
"Roscoe Pound," in Biography of the Common Law 427-31 (London: Butterworths, B. Simpson, ed. 1984).
"Concluding Comments" (the Summers-Mackie exchange), in  Law, Morality and Rights 51-63 (Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co., M. Stewart, ed. 1982).
"Comment on the Adversary System and Justice," in Philosophical Law 122-26 (Westport: Greenwood Press, R. Bronaugh, ed. 1978).
"Naive Instrumentalism and the Law," in Law, Morality and Society: Essays in Honor of H.L.A. Hart 119-3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, P. Hacker and J. Raz, eds. 1977).
"Law, Adjudicative Processes and Civil Justice," in Law, Reason and Justice 169-85 (New York: New York University Press, G. Hughes, ed. 1969).
"General Introduction to the Code," California Commercial Law I (University of California) pp. 1-19 (1966).
Articles
"Good Faith Revisited: Some Brief Remarks Dedicated to the Late Richard E. Speidel-- Friend, Co-Author, and U.C.C. Specialist," 46 San Diego Law Review 723-732 (2009).
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 "Comments on the Comments," 20 Ratio Juris 66-76 (March 2007).
"Oxford - A Sabbatical Haven," Cornell Law Forum 12-17 (2005).
"Form and Function in Discrete Legal Units and in a Legal System as a Whole," 34 Netherlands Journal for Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 8 (2005).
"On Giving Form Its Due- A Study in Legal Theory" 18 Ratio Juris 129 (2005), (revision of essay in Law and Legal Culture)
"Human Rights and Their Protection," 20 Isonomia 73 (2004) (in Spanish).
"Geoffrey Marshall," 16 Ratio Juris 281 (2003).
"On Giving Legal Form its Due- A Sketch," 7 Associations--A Journal for Legal and Social Theory 201 (2003)
"Entrevista A. Robert S. Summers," 23 Doxa 765 (2002).
"Professor Schlesinger's Memories, and a Bit More," 28 Cornell Law Forum 10-17 (2001).
"The Place of Form in the Fundamentals of Law," 14 Ratio Juris 106-29 (March 2001).
"Legal Institutions in Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept of Law," 75 Notre Dame Law Review 1807-27 (2000).
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"Formal Legal Truth and Substantive Truth in Judicial Fact-Finding: Their Justified Divergence in Some Particular Cases," 18 Law & Philosophy (Netherlands) 497-511 (1999).
"Law as More Than a Livelihood," 26 Cornell Law Forum 13-15 (1999).
"The Practical and Theoretical Importance of the Formal Character of Law," 30 Rechtstheorie 287 (1999).
"The Unification of Private Commercial Law in Europe: Possible Relevance of the American Experience," 1999 Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 201 (1999).
"The Principles of the Rule of Law," 74 Notre Dame Law Review 1691-712 (1999).
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"Case Book Review: The Best Law School Subject" (with Robert A. Hillman), 21 Seattle University Law Review 735-40 (1998).
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"The Faculty-Student Research Assistant Relationship," 24 Cornell Law Forum 9-14 (1998).
"The Comparative Precedent Project, 1992-97," 24 Cornell Law Forum 17-20 (1997); 84 ARSP 148
"On Describing the Formal Character of Legal Institutions (With Special Reference to Courts)," 1 Associations 181 (1997).
"Sobre la Interpretacion Legislativa Ideal," 6 Isonomia 107 (1997).
"How Law is Formal and Why It Matters," 82 Cornell Law Review 1165-229 (1997).
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"La Natura Fondamentale di un Sistema di Precedenti Giudiziarie il Suo Carattere Formale," 6 Ragion Practica 45 (1996).
"The Juristic Study of Law's Formal Character," 8 Ratio Juris 237-247 (1995).
"The Formal Character of Law - Criteria of Validity for Contracts," 9 Journal of Contract Law 29 (1995)
"The Formal Character of Law III," 25 Rechtstheorie 125 (1994).
"Der Formale Charakter des Rechts II," 80 Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 66-84 (1994).
"The New Russian Civil Code and the Cornell Law School," 21 Cornell Law Forum 13-14 (1994).
"A Formal Theory of the Rule of Law," 6 Ratio Juris 127-42 (1993).
"The Comparative Statutory Interpretation Project," 51 Archiv für Rechts-und Sozialphilosophie 255-63 (1993).
"An Academic Year in Cambridge," 19 Cornell Law Forum 8-12 (1993).
"Chapin D. Clark - A Personal Tribute," 71 Oregon Law Review 245 (1992).
"The Argument from Ordinary Meaning in Statutory Interpretation" (with G.Marshall), 43 Northern Ireland Law Quarterly 213-36 (1992).
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"The Formal Character of Law," 51 Cambridge Law Journal 242-62 (1992).
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"On Analyzing and Characterizing The General Style of a Legal System as Formal oras Substantive," 23 Rechtstheorie 27-34 (1992).
"Theory, Formality and Practical Legal Criticism," 106 Law Quarterly Review 407-30 (1990).
"The Comparative Statutory Interpretation Project," 17 Cornell Law Forum 7-10 (1990).
"The First Hour of the Course in Commercial Law, Spring 1990," 17 Cornell Law Forum 12-15 (July 1990).
"The Dominant Legal Theory in the U.S.A. in the Twentieth Century," 7 Journal of Soviet State and Law 109-16 (1989) (translated into Russian by Viktor Mozolin).
"The Ideal Socio-Legal Order: Its Rule of Law Dimension," 1 Ratio Juris 156-61 (1988).
"Positivism, Natural Law, and the Theory of Legal Validity," Archiv fürRechts und Sozialphilosophie, Supplementa III, 62-67 (1988).
"Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law," 14 Cornell Law Forum 2-6 (1987).
"Frank Robinson Lacy, Jr.: A Personal Tribute," 65 Oregon Law Review 473-75 (1987).
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"On Identifying and Reconstructing a General Legal Theory: Some Thoughts Prompted by Professor Moore's Critique," 69 Cornell Law Review 1014-46 (1984), translated, in part, into Japanese: in Kansai Gakuin University Law Journal 47 (1987).
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"Economics and the Autonomy of Law, Legal Analysis and Legal Theory,"  10 Rechtstheorie Beiheft 395-408 (1986).
"Summers' Primer on Fuller's Jurisprudence: A Wholly Disinterested Assessment of the Reviews of Professors Wueste and Le Bel," 71 Cornell Law Review 1231-51 (1986).
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"The Virtues and Vices of Conceiving of Law As If It Were a Machine Technology," 17 Rechtstheorie 1-12 (1986).
"Vienna: Spring Semester 1985," 12 Cornell Law Forum 2-5 (1986).
"Some Considerations Which May Lead Lawmakers to Modify a Policy When Adopting It As Law," 141 Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Staatswissenschaft 41-57 (1985)
"Toward a Better General Theory of Legal Validity," 16 Rechtstheorie 65-83 (1985).
"Fuller on Legal Education," 34 Journal of Legal Education 8-21 (1984).
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"Lawyers, Professors of Law, and a Leading Law School," 10 Cornell Law Forum 2-5 (1984).
"Hans A. Linde as Seen by a Junior Colleague: A Personal Tribute," 1984 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 11-13.
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"The Future of Economics in Legal Education," 33 Journal of Legal Education 337-58 (1983).
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"Comments on Alan R. White's Facts in the Law," Beiheft, (Neue Folge) Archiv für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie 120-26 (1983).
"Comments on the Foundations of Legal Reasoning," Metadtheorie juristischer Argumentation, Schriften zur Rechtstheorie, Heft 108, pp. 145-57 (1983).
"Lo strumentalismo pragmatico e la teoria america del diritto," 37 Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto e Procedura Civile 1083 (1983).
"Lon L. Fuller's Jurisprudence and the Possibility It Was Much Influenced by G.W.F. Hegel," 10 Cornell Law Forum 9-13 (1983).
"Lawyers, Professors of Law, And a Leading Law School," 10 Cornell Law Forum 2-5 (1983).
"Pragmatic Instrumentalism and American Legal Theory," 13 Rechtstheorie 257-68 (1982).
"The General Duty of Good Faith: Its Recognition and Conceptualization in the New Restatement of Contracts," 67 Cornell Law Review 810-40 (1982).
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"Reply to Mr. Mackie," 1 Law and Philosophy 303-14 (1982).
"Working Conceptions of the Law," 1 Law and Philosophy 263-89 (1982) (Also appears in Law, Morality and Rights, 3-30 (Reidel Pub. Co., M. Stewart ed. 1983).
"What Factors Explain Our Failure to Progress Toward Efficiency?" 4 Research in Law and Economics 65-74 (1982) (JAI Press, Inc., R. Zerbe ed.).
"Economists' Reasons for Common Law Decisions: A Preliminary Inquiry" (with Leigh B. Kelly), 1 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 213-55 (1981).
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"Pragmatic Instrumentalism in Twentieth Century American Legal Thought: A Synthesis and Critique of Our Dominant Theory About Law and Its Use," 66 Cornell Law Review 861-948 (1981), translated, in part, into Italian: "Lo Instrumento Pragmatico e la teoria America del Diritto," 37 Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto Procedura Civile 1083-93 (1983).
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"Public Employee Collective Bargaining Substantially Diminishes Democracy," 1 Government Union Review 5-22 (1980).
"What is the Area of Greatest Deficiency in Legal Education?" 6 Cornell Law Forum 17-21 (1980).
"Dean Cramton and Cornell Law School," 65 Cornell Law Review 733-36 (1980).
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"Pragmatic Instrumentalism: The Most Influential Philosophy of Law in the United States During the Twentieth Century," 1 Archiv für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie Supplementa 511-24 (1979).
"General Equitable Principles Under Section 1-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code," 72 Northwestern Law Review 906-46 (1978).
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"Professor Fuller's Jurisprudence and America's Dominant Philosophy of Law," 92 Harvard Law Review 433-49 (1978).
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"Two Types of Substantive Reasons: The Core of the Theory of Common Law Justification," 63 Cornell Law Review 707-88 (1978).
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"Two Types of Substantive Reasons in the Common Law," X Beiheft, (NeueFolge) Archiv für Rechts und Sozialphilosophie 217-30 (1978).
"Pragmatic Instrumentalism: America's Leading Theory of Law," 5 Cornell Law Forum 15-20 (1978).
"Free Press, Closed Shops, and the Value of a Bill of Rights," 3 Cornell Law Forum 12-15 (1976).
"The Present State of Legal Theory in the United States," 6 Rechtstheorie 65-82 (1975).
"Evaluating and Improving Legal Processes: A Plea for Process Values," 60 Cornell Law Review 1-52 (1974).
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"The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law," 24 Cornell Law Forum 2-5 (1972).
"The Technique Element in Law," 59 California Law Review 733-51 (1971).
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"A Critique of Professor Fried's Anatomy of Values," 56 Cornell Law Review 598-625 (1971).
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"On Writing and Editing a Law Book: An Interview with Professor Robert S.Summers," 21 Cornell Law Forum 8-9 (1969).
"Good Faith in General Contract Law and the Sales Provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code," 54 Virginia Law Review 195-267 (1968).
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"The New Analytical Jurists," 41 New York University Law Review 861-96 (1966).
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"Legal Philosophy at Oxford," VIII Foreign Exchange Bulletin 9 (1966).
"Professor Fuller on Morality and Law," 18 Journal of Legal Education 1-27 (1965).
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A Rejoinder to Professor Mullock," 1965 Duke Law Journal 76-81 (1965).
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"Security Interests in a Retail Merchant's Inventory: California Amends the Code," 16 Stanford Law Review 149-59 (1963).
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"Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept of Law," 1963 Duke Law Journal 629-70 (1963).
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"Is and Ought in Legal Philosophy," 13 The Philosophical Quarterly 147-59 (1963).
"Logic in the Law," 72 MIND 254-59 (1963).
"Justiciability," 26 Modern Law Review 530-38 (1963).
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"Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code," 42 Oregon Law Review 1-24 (1962).
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"Symbolic Logic and the Law," 15 Journal of Legal Education 60-63 (1962).
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"H.L.A. Hart on Justice," 59 Journal of Philosophy 497-99 (1962).
"Annual Survey of Oregon Law: Commercial Law and Contracts," 41 Oregon Law Review 200-10 (1962).
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"Should Oregon Adopt the Uniform Commercial Code Concept of Floating Lien?" 41 Oregon Law Review 182-88 (1961).
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"A Note on Symbolic Logic and the Law," 13 Journal of Legal Education 486-492 (1961).
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"A Critique of the Business Purpose Doctrine," 41 Oregon Law Review 38-48 (1961).
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"Annual Survey of Oregon Law: Commercial Law and Contracts," 40 Oregon Law Review 197-211 (1961).
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Book Reviews
Review of H.L.A. Hart's The Concept of Law: Estimations, Reflections, and a Personal Memorial," 45 Journal of Legal Education 587-96 (1995).
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"Judge Richard Posner's Jurisprudence," 89 Michigan Law Review 1302-33 (1991). (Review of Posner, The Problems of Jurisprudence)
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"Professor MacCormick on H. L. A. Hart's Legal Theory," 31 American Journal of Comparative Law 481-88 (1983).
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Review of G. Christie, Jurisprudence, 74 Michigan Law Review 178-84 (1975).
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Review of J. Bentham, Of Laws in General, 21 University of Toronto Law Journal 445-48 (1971).
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Review of H.L.A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility, 19 University of Toronto Law Journal 642-53 (1968).
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Review of M. MacGuigan, Jurisprudence: Readings and Cases, 2 Ottawa Law Review 249-52 (1967).
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Review of S. Shuman, Legal Positivism, 16 Philosophical Quarterly 88-91 (1966).
Review of J. Stone, Legal System and Lawyer Reasonings, 53 California Law Review 386-95 (1965).
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Review of H.L.A. Hart, Law, Liberty & Morality, 38 New York University Law Review 1201-13 (1963).
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Review of R. Wasserstrom, The Judicial Decision, 37 New York University Law Review 962-68 (1962).
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Miscellaneous
"Geoffrey Marshall," London Times, Obituary Section, June 26, 2003.