Lawrence Solum
@lsolum

Texas A&M Law. Constitutional theory. Originalism. Philosophy of language and interpretation. Virtue jurisprudence. AI and law. Legal theory blog.

 Fort Worth, TX
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Joined November 2008
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Agiri on Lien, Language, and the Limits of Title: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11402…

Agiri on Lien, Language, and the Limits of Title

Peter Agiri (University of Lagos) has posted LIEN, Language, and the Limits of Title: A Critical Analysis of Afrotec Technical Services (Nig) Ltd v MIA & Sons Ltd vis-à-vis Property-Passing Und…

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Legal Theory Lexicon: Virtue Ethics — legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11445…

Legal Theory Lexicon: Virtue Ethics

Introduction The Legal Theory Lexicon already includes entries on Deontology and Utilitarianism—representing two important families of ethical theory. This entry provides an introduction to virtue …

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Legal Theory Bookworm: “Truth About Natural Law” by Tamanaha: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11416…

Legal Theory Bookworm: “Truth About Natural Law” by Tamanaha

The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends Truth About Natural Law: History, Theory, Consequences by Brian Z. Tamanaha. Here is a description: Long sidelined in legal discourse, natural law is undergoing…

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Download of the Week: "Sanctuary and the Data State" by Marouf & Pham: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11445…

Download of the Week: “Sanctuary and the Data State” by Marouf & Pham

The Download of the Week is Sanctuary and the Data State by Fatma E. Marouf and Huyen Pham.  Here is the abstract: Historically, sanctuary policies focused on protected physical space and…

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Santaolalla on Party Autonomy and the Passage of Time in Long-Term State Contracts: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Santaolalla on Party Autonomy and the Passage of Time in Long-Term State Contracts

Cayetana Santaolalla (Public University of Navarra (UPNA); European Law Institute (ELI); European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL)) has posted A Choice Made Once: Party Autonomy and…

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Okafor on Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11406…

Okafor on Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination

Chika Okafor (Northwestern University – Pritzker School of Law) has posted Seeing Through Color Blindness: Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination (The Journal of Law and Economics)…

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Gilly on Consent to Clinical Artificial Intelligence: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11402…

Gilly on Consent to Clinical Artificial Intelligence

Travis Gilly (Real Safety AI Foundation) has posted Except for a Physician: How Illinois Wrote the Standard for Consent to Clinical Artificial Intelligence and Exempted the Profession Most Patients…

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Sunstein on History and Tribalism in Constitutional Law: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11437…

Sunstein on History and Tribalism in Constitutional Law

Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard Law School) has posted History and Tribalism in Constitutional Law on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: When and why do judges sort themselves into competing “tribes”…

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Silva Urdaneta on Effective Human Oversight and Fault-Based Civil Liability: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11402…

Silva Urdaneta on Effective Human Oversight and Fault-Based Civil Liability

Marnie Morella Silva Urdaneta (Universidad Central Del Este) has posted When Humans Retain the Signature but Lose Control: Effective Human Oversight and Fault-Based Civil Liability in AI-Assisted D…

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Moran on Latinx Immigrant Students in America’s Schools: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11435…

Moran on Latinx Immigrant Students in America’s Schools

Rachel F. Moran (Texas A&M University School of Law) has posted Blind Spots: Choice, Colorblindness, and the Contemporary Experience of Latinx Immigrant Students in America’s Schools (Arizona S…

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Ajakaiye on Bankability by Design: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11402…

Ajakaiye on Bankability by Design

Tosin Ajakaiye (Independent researcher) has posted Bankability by Design: Illusory Risk Transfer, Structural Renegotiation, and a Resilient Framework for Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Inf…

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Ali on Mega-Constellations and Orbital Data Centres: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Ali on Mega-Constellations and Orbital Data Centres

Muhammad Rabeet Ali (University of London) has posted The Cloud Above the Clouds: Mega-Constellations, Transboundary Re-entry Risk and the Law of Orbital Data Centres on SSRN.  Here is th…

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Kuewumi on Informal Commercial Agreements among University Students in Nigeria: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Kuewumi on Informal Commercial Agreements among University Students in Nigeria

Ayomikun Kuewumi (Adekunle Ajasin University) has posted Messages, Receipts and Handshakes: The Formation, Proof and Enforceability of Informal Commercial Agreements among University Students in Ni…

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Liivoja on Predictability in the Governance of Autonomous Weapon Systems: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11406…

Liivoja on Predictability in the Governance of Autonomous Weapon Systems

Rain Liivoja (The University of Queensland – T.C. Beirne School of Law; Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security) has posted Predictability in the Governance of Autonomous Weapon Systems (…

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Fatade on Mental Contingencies: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Fatade on Mental Contingencies

Babafemi Fatade (Stetson University – Stetson University College of Law) has posted Mental Contingencies: Can Supervening Mental Illness Excuse Contractual Performance Obligations? (Kansas La…

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Dagan & Davis on Interpreting Intergovernmental Contracts: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11428…

Dagan & Davis on Interpreting Intergovernmental Contracts

Hanoch Dagan (University of California, Berkeley – School of Law) and Seth Davis (University of California, Berkeley School of Law) have posted Interpreting Intergovernmental Contracts (Liber…

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Tavera on Forum Shopping After Purdue Pharma: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Tavera on Forum Shopping After Purdue Pharma

Daniel Tavera (Mississippi College – School of Law) has posted Forum Shopping After Purdue Pharma (Baylor Law Review) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: In recent years, bankruptcy cou…

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Lunney on the Use and Misuse of Economic Analysis in Copyright: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11436…

Lunney on the Use and Misuse of Economic Analysis in Copyright

Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. (Texas A&M University School of Law) has posted Reflections on the Use and Misuse of Economic Analysis in Copyright (73 J. Copyright Soc’y 183 (2026)) on SSRN.  H…

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Kilborn on Personal Insolvency in Bulgaria and (Not) Malta: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Kilborn on Personal Insolvency in Bulgaria and (Not) Malta

Jason J. Kilborn (University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) has posted A Tale of Two Holdouts: Personal Insolvency in Bulgaria and (Not) Malta on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: Bulgaria…

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Alsughayyir on When Step-In Becomes Substitution: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11401…

Alsughayyir on When Step-In Becomes Substitution

Jubran Alsughayyir (Legal solution) has posted When Step-In Becomes Substitution: The Hidden Contract-Assignment Effects of Saudi PPP Direct Agreements on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: Dir…

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