The University of South Carolina School of Law has more than 50 full-time faculty members, including clinical and visiting professors, and approximately 25 adjunct professors who teach advanced courses and trial advocacy. Our law faculty is committed to excellence in teaching and research, and includes many who are nationally prominent in their respective areas of expertise. Among the faculty are authors of leading casebooks, treatises, and law review articles.
Submissions from 2005
The Rehnquist Court: Nineteen Years of Tax Decisions, F. Ladson Boyle
THE NIRVANA FALLACY IN LAW FIRM REGULATION DEBATE, Elizabeth Chambliss
Medicare Should, but Cannot, Consider Cost: Legal Impediments to Sound Policy, Jacqueline R. Fox
Applicants Laid Bare: The Privacy Economics of University Application Files, Martin McWilliams
Information Shields in Tort Law, David Owen
Proof of Product Defect, David G. Owen
Special Defenses in Products Liability Law, David G. Owen
The Constitutional Failing of the Anticybersquatting Act, Ned Snow
Why Annie Gets to Keep Her Gun: An Analysis of Firearm Exemptions in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug
Submissions from 2004
The Chevron Two-Step and the Toyota Sidestep: Dancing Around the EEOC's Disability Regulations under the ADA, Lisa A. Eichhorn
The Ethics of Using Judges to Conceal Wrongdoing, John P. Freeman
Instruct the Jury: Crane's Serious Difficulty Requirement & Due Process, Kenneth Gaines
Reappraising T.L.O.'s Special Needs Doctrine in an Era of School-Law Enforcement Entanglement, Josh Gupta-Kagan
Bringing in the State: Toward a Constitutional Duty to Protect from Mob Violence, Susan S. Kuo
Who Bears the Costs of a Lawyer's Mistakes? -- Against Limited Liability, Martin McWilliams
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Wolf v. Ashcroft and the Constitutionality of Using MPAA Ratings to Censor Films in Prison, Colin Miller
Banishment from Within and Without: Analyzing Indigenous Sentencing Under International Human Rights Standards, Colin Miller
Inadmissible but Material? Resolving the Circuit Split After Wood, Colin Miller
Inherent Product Hazards, David G. Owen
Proving Negligence in Products Liability Litigation, David G. Owen
The Puzzle of Comment j, David G. Owen
Property Rights and Sacred Sites: Federal Regulatory Responses to American Indian Religious Claims on Public Land, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug
The Costs of Post-9/11 National Security Strategy, Marcia A. Yablon-Zug, Heidee Stoller, Tahlia Townsend, and Rashad Hussain
Submissions from 2003
The Power of Small Schools: Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity Through Academic Success and Democratic Citizenship, Derek W. Black and Gregory C. Malhoit
LLC Member and Limited Partner Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims: Direct or Derivative Actions, James R. Burkhard
A New Framework for Law Firm Discipline, Elizabeth Chambliss and David B. Wilkins
Hostile Environment Actions, Title VII, and the ADA: The Limits of the Copy-and-Paste Function, Lisa A. Eichhorn
Forfeiture by Wrongdoing and Those Who Acquiesce in Witness Intimidation: A Reach Exceeding Its Grasp and Other Problems with Federal Rule of Evidence 804(B)(6), James F. Flanagan
Do Owners Have a Fair Chance of Prevailing Under the Ad Hoc Regulatory Takings Test of Penn Central Transportation Company?, F. Patrick Hubbard
A Decade of Daubert, David G. Owen
Federal Preemption of Products Liability Claims, David G. Owen
Submissions from 2002
Negotiating and Analyzing Electronic License Agreements, Duncan E. Alford
Picking Up the Pieces After Alexander v. Sandoval? Resurrecting a Private Cause of Action for Disparate Impact, Derek W. Black
Promoting Effective Ethical Infrastructure in Large Law Firms: A Call for Research and Reporting, Elizabeth Chambliss and David B. Wilkins
The Emerging Role of Ethics Advisors, General Counsel, and Other Compliance Specialists in Large Law Firms, Elizabeth Chambliss and David B. Wilkins
Criminal Speech and the First Amendment, Benjamin Means
Manufacturing Defects, David G. Owen
Submissions from 2001
Reconstruction Corruption and the Redeemers' Prosecution of Francis Lewis Cardozo, W. Lewis Burke
Palazzolo, Lucas, and Penn Central: The Need for Pragmatism, Symbolism, and Ad Hoc Balancing, F. Patrick Hubbard
Duty Rules, David G. Owen
Submissions from 2000
When It's Broke - Fix It: Reforming Irrevocable Trusts to Change Tax Consequences, F. Ladson Boyle
Professional Responsibility: Lawyers, a Case Study, Elizabeth Chambliss
Product Outlaw, David G. Owen
Products Liability: User Misconduct Defenses, David G. Owen
Tort Liability for Medical Experimentation, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1999
South Carolina Legal Resources on the Web, Duncan E. Alford
South Carolina Practice Materials: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography, Duncan E. Alford
South Carolina Practice Materials: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography, Duncan E. Alford
Applying the ADA to Mitigating Measures Cases: A Choice of Statutory Evils, Lisa A. Eichhorn
Major Litigation Activities Regarding Major Life Activities: The Failure of the Disability Definition in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Lisa A. Eichhorn
Submissions from 1998
Writing in the Legal Academy: A Dangerous Supplement, Lisa A. Eichhorn
Prohibiting Conduct, Not Consequences: The Limited Reach of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Benjamin Means
Products Liability Law Restated, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1997
Reasonable Accommodations and Awkward Compromises: Issues concerning Learning Disabled Students and Professional Schools in the Law School Context, Lisa A. Eichhorn
Risk-Utility Balancing in Design Defect Cases, David G. Owen
Toward a Proper Test for Design Defectiveness: "Micro-Balancing" Costs and Benefits, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1996
Defectiveness Restated: Exploding the "Strict" Products Liability Myth, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1995
FOREWARD - Why Philosophy Matters to Tort Law, David G. Owen
Philosophical Foundations of Fault in Tort Law, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1994
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations: A Burden on Financial Institutions, Duncan E. Alford
A Punitive Damages Overview: Functions, Problems and Reform, David G. Owen
The Graying of Products Liability Law: Paths Taken and Untaken in the New Restatement, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1993
A History of the Opening Statement From Barristers to Corporate Lawyers: A Case Study of South Carolina, W. Lewis Burke
The Moral Foundations of Products Liability Law: Toward First Principles, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1992
Basle Committee minimum standards : international regulatory response to the failure of BCCI, Duncan E. Alford
The Fault Pit, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1990
Products Liability: Principles of Justice for the 21st Century, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1989
The Moral Foundations of Punitive Damages, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1987
Musings on Modern Products Liability Law: A Foreward, David Owen
Submissions from 1986
Respect for Law & Man: The Tort Law of Chief Justice Kenison, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1985
Foreward: The Use and Control of Punitive Damages, David Owen
Deterrence and Desert in Tort: A Comment, David G. Owen
The Intellectual Development of Modern Products Liability Law: A Comment on Priest's View of the Cathedral's Foundations, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1982
Civil Punishment and the Public Good, David Owen
Problems in Assessing Punitive Damages Against Manufacturers of Defective Products, David Owen
Submissions from 1981
Countersuits Against Attorneys: A Preface, David Owen
Submissions from 1980
Products Liability: Substantive Developments, David G. Owen
Rethinking the Policies of Strict Products Liability, David G. Owen
Submissions from 1977
Submissions from 1976
Reflections on the Theory and Administration of Strict Tort Liability for Defective Products, John E. Montgomery and David Owen
Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, David Owen