publications, PRESENTATIONS,
BLOGS, editorial boards
publications, PRESENTATIONS,
BLOGS, editorial boards
Books
An International Guide to Law and Literature Studies (Buffalo: William S. Hein Company, 2000). Two volumes.
La Politique du Logement aux Etats-Unis: Aspects Juridiques, Economiques et Sociologiques (1999)(with Levasseur, Grimes, Langlois, and Ward)
Electronic
A Tocqueville Bibliography. Bibliography of secondary works on Alexis de Tocqueville and his influence for the Center of Civil Law Studies, Louisiana State University Law Center. Regularly updated.
An Ortega y Gasset Bibliography.(under construction)
Law Review Articles and Other Scholarly Publications
Admiralty Law Bibliography, 31 J. Maritime L. & Comm 505 (2000).
A.U.S.A.: Another Useless Stereotyped Attorney, for Picturing Justice, posted February 20, 2003.
Biological Warfare and Law in Film and TV: Some Thoughts on the Links Between Real Life and Reel Life, for Picturing Justice, posted January 30, 2003.
.A Blonde Leading the Blondes, for Picturing Justice
Book Review, 14 Legal Info. Alert 8 (April 1995)(reviewing Essentials of Environmental Law (1994)).
The Child in International Law: A Pathfinder and Selected Bibliography, 23 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 171-196 (1991)(solicited article). Excerpted in International Law Anthology (Anthony D'Amato, ed., Anderson Publishing Company, 1995), at 327-328.
Columbo Goes to Law School, Or, Some Thoughts on the Uses of Television in the Teaching of Law, 13 Loy. L.A. Ent. L.J. 499-544 (1993).
Computers in the Law: Some Views From Cyberspace, 1995 In Brief 1 (alumni magazine of the CWRU Law School).
"The Court"' roundtable discussion contribution to Picturing Justice; Introduction to "The Court" roundtable.
The Detective Who Walks By Himself, for Picturing Justice, March 27, 2006
Double Take: A Second Look at Law, Science Fiction and Cloning. (with Corcos and Stockhoff), 59 La. L. Rev. 1041-1099 (1999). Symposium issue. Cited in Littlejohn v. Littlejohn, C/A No. 6:07-0007-RBH-WMC (Report and Recommendation)(http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/south-carolina/scdce/6:2007cv00007/146059/7/0.pdf).
EEC Law: A Practical Research Guide, 22 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 195 (1990). Cited in Duke University Law Library Guides: European Union
Evidence of Things Not Seen, at Picturing Justice
"First Monday", roundtable discussion contribution to Picturing Justice at http://www.usfca.edu/pj/firstmonday_corcos.htm
For the People, at Picturing Justice
George Carlin, Constitutional Law Scholar, -- Stetson L. Rev. -- (2007)(forthcoming). Symposium issue.
girls club roundtable discussion contribution to Picturing Justice
"I Am Not a Number! I Am a Free Man!" Physical and Psychological Imprisonment in Science Fiction, 25 Legal Stud. F. 471-483 (2001)(solicited article).
"I Sleuth Dead People": NBC's Medium,, at Picturing Justice, posted March 10, 2005
Just Cause, for Picturing Justice, posted December 5, 2002
Just Legal, for Picturing Justice, posted October 13, 2005
Single WIth Children: Kevin Hill, at Picturing Justice, posted March 10, 2005
Law and Silence in the Legal Drama: Rumpole of the Bailey, -- Compara(i)sons -- (2005).
Lawyers for Marianne: An Essay on the Nature of Discourse on the Entry of Frenchwomen into the Legal Profession, 12 Geo. St. U. L. Rev. 435-475 (1996)(solicited article). Symposium issue.
Legal Fictions: Media Re-creations and Interpretations of Law and Justice , 25 U. Ark. L. Rev. 503 (2003).
Madame Restell, for Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Female Reproductive Rights in the U.S. (Judith Baer ed.; Greenwood Press, 2002).
Magic, Consumer Advocacy and Law: Penn and Teller's Bullshit! Picturing Justice (posted December 18, 2003)
The Magical World of Jonathan Creek Picturing Justice (posted April 27, 2004)
The People Next Door Picturing Justice (posted May 19, 2004)
Play It Again, Sam: Election Politics Has Nothing on the Movies, Picturing Justice (posted December 15, 2000).
Portia and Her Partners in Popular Culture: A Bibliography, 22 Legal Stud. F. 269 (January 1998)(solicited article).
Portia Goes to Parliament: Women and Their Admission to the English Legal Profession, 75 Denver University Law Review 307-379 (1998)(75th anniversary issue). Lead article.
Power of Attorney (on SSRN)
Presuming Innocence: Alan J. Pakula and Scott Turow Take On the Great American Legal Fiction, 22 Okla C. U. L. Rev. 129-166 (1997)(solicited article). Symposium issue.
Prosecutors, Prejudices and Justice: Observations on Presuming Innocence in Law and Popular Culture, 34 U. Tol. L. Rev. 793 (2003).
Queens Supreme, for Picturing Justice, posted February 7, 2003
Roundtable on Minority Lawyers: Introduction, at Picturing Justice (posted January 2003).
Sea TV: Admiralty Law on Television, 31 J. Maritime L. & Comm. 545 (2000).
Small Curses, Big Problems, Legal Times, July 16, 2007.
Teaching a "Mega" Course: Adventures in Environmental Policy, Co-Teaching, and Group Grading, 47 J. Legal Educ. 224-239 (1997).
Tom Paxton Was Right: Fall Season Promises Many, Many Lawyers, at Picturing Justice (posted August 19, 2003)
"We Don't WANT Advantages": The Woman Lawyer and Her Quest for Power in Popular Culture, 53 Syracuse L. Rev.1225-1271 (2003).
What Happened in Greenwich, at Picturing Justice (posted October 27, 2002)
`Who Ya Gonna C(S)ite?' Ghostbusters and the Environmental Regulation Debate, 13 J. Land Use & Envt'l L. 231 (1998).
Review, For the People, "Women Are People, Too", at Picturing Justice (posted October 1, 2002).
Essays in Books
The Council of Europe, in Proceedings of the American Association of Law Libraries International Organizations Institute at Harvard Law School, July 1993 (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Press, 1995).
The European Community: Research in Commercially Published Sources, in Proceedings of the American Association of Law Libraries International Organizations Institute at Harvard Law School, July 1993 (Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Press, 1995).
Legal Research, Benedict on Admiralty Deskbook (John Edginton, editor)(NY: Matthew Bender, 2003).
2004/2005 update.
2006/2007 update.
A Man for All Reasons: The Uses of Alexis de Tocqueville's Writings in U.S. Judicial Opinions, in Liber Amicorum 481 (ed. Olivier Moréteau, Claitors, 2008).
Le "right of privacy" aux Etats-unis: Histoire et problèmes, in Droits de la personne: Solidarité et bonne foi: Actes des journées strasbourgeoises 306-319 (Cowansville, Quebec: Les Editions Yvon Blais, 2000).
Women Lawyers, in Prime Time Law 219 (Paul Joseph and Robert Jarvis, eds., Carolina Academic Press, 1998).
Chapters in Casebooks
Critics, in Theater Law (Robert Jarvis, ed., Carolina Academic Press, 2004).
Legal Education, the Legal Profession and the Judiciary in Canada, the US, England, France and Germany: Chapter on common law and civil law judicial systems for casebook (with Levasseur)
Law Students, Witnesses, and International Law, in Law and Popular Culture (David Ray Papke, ed., LEXIS Publishing, 2007).
Book Reviews
Book Review, 14 Legal Info. Alert 8 (April 1995)(reviewing Essentials of Environmental Law (1994)).
Book review, Reel Justice, by Michael Asimow and Paul Bergmann, in the Baton Rouge Advocate
Index to Periodical Articles Related to Law: Thirty Year Cumulation Volumes 1-30 (1958-1988), 12 Legal Serv. Q. 243 (1992).
Review, Peggy Orenstein, Flux (2001), for BOOKS-ON-LAW (JURIST)
Interviews
Interviewed by Michael Smith for The Reveille, Forum Explores Law and the Arts
Interviewed by Michael Smith for The Reveille, "Women and the Law: Professor's Work Examines Cultural Biases"
Interviewed by Kristin Tillotson for article, Pop Stand: Women make strides in law; but not in la-la land, Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 26, 1997, at 1F.
- Interviewed by Juan Tamayo, Miami Herald, for article Could Castro be Brought To Trial? Pinochet Arrest Sparks Calls for Legal Action Against Cuban, October 22, 1998
- Interviewed by Gil Smart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, reporter, for article on obscene bumper stickers, November 20, 1999
- Interviewed by Peter Marshall, Channel 2 News (Baton Rouge’s ABC affiliate) on sodomy cases pending before the Louisiana Supreme Court
- Interviewed by Lisa Healy for Appeal, Boston, Massachusetts, July 2002
Interviewed by Brian Zabcik for Corporate Counsel, October 2002
Interviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for RebeccasReads.com
Interviewed by Elka Jones, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, for Occupational Outlook Quarterly, July 2003
Interviewed by Mary Swerczek, Times Picayune, July 29, 2004, Sex site replaces Laque web page
Working Papers and Projects
Bibliography: Law and the Visual Arts, included in printed materials for The Artist as Self-Employed Person, CLE Program presented by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Section of the Cleveland Bar Association and NOVA, October 23, 1993.
Computer Assisted Legal Instruction
Database of primary and secondary citations on Alexis de Tocqueville (registered with the National Center for Bibliography, Georgetown University)
Other Electronic Publications
Websites Currently Updated
Buried on the Bayou: The Louisiana Mystery and Detective page
Introduction to U. S. Law and Legal Methods for Foreign Lawyers
The Judge as Gatekeeper: Daubert and the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence
Law and the Humanities Website
Sisters in Law: Popular Culture Featuring Women Attorneys: Selected Resources for Research
What Else You Can Do With That Law Degree. Cited in Steven Poss, Tips to Avoid & Recognize Burnout, Baton Rouge Bar Association Journal, January 1, 2003.
Other Webpages (primarily bibliographies and pathfinders)
Date and Acquaintance Rape. Cited in Research Resources and Bibliographies
Internet Privacy and Freedom of the Press
Liability of the Public Defender for Malpractice
Raising Arizonans: Surrogacy Contracts, Motherhood and the Soos Case. Cited in SocioSite: Feminism and Women's Issues
Souls on Ice: Or, Honey, I Defrosted the Kids
Who Gets the Blue Dog? The Rodrigue Divorce Case
Women's Rights and Women's Issues in Law and Literature. Cited in SocioSite: Feminism and Women's Issues
Women's Rights and Women's Issues in Science Fiction and Film; also at http://www.law.indiana.edu/webinit/fcrc/bibliographies/corcos.html. Cited in Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia; SocioSite: Feminism and Women's Issues
The Client as Trickster, paper presented at the 3rd Annual Law and the Humanities Conference, Georgetown University Law Center, March 11, 2002
Close Encounters of the Legal Kind: Alien Rights and Human Responsibilities in Popular Culture, American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, April 2001, Washington DC
Panelist, program on computers and ethics, sponsored by the College of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, February 23, 1995
The Council of Europe, AALL Pre-Conference Institute, July 1993, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge MA
The European Community: Research in Commercially Published Sources, AALL Pre-Conference Institute, July 1993, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge MA
From Frankenstein to Jurassic Park: The Science of Science Fiction, June 12, 2003, Main Library, East Baton Rouge Public Library System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (with Robin Roberts, Dept. of English, LSU)
Heroic Women Lawyers, for the Section on Law and the Humanities, AALS, January 2003, Washington DC
The Lawyer as Judge, ABA Law Day Presentation, May 1, 2002, Washington DC
Legal Fictions: Media Re-creations and Interpretations of Law and Justice, Imagining the Law: Symposium on the 75th Anniversary of the University of Arkansas Law School, Little Rock, AK, October 31, 2002
Invited commentator, Political Economy Research Center (PERC) symposium on environmental law and federalism, Big Sky, Montana, October 1998
Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Witnesses, Conference on Law and Popular Culture, Marquette University Law School, November 1, 2007
Presumed Innocent as Novel, Movie and Cultural Phenomenon: Section on Law and the Humanities, AALS, New Orleans, January 2002
"The Public Defender in the Media," Panel discussion moderated by Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School, for the Criminal Defense Institute, November 19, 1999, Washington DC (with Elayne Rapping, Richard Sherwin, Bill Moffitt, Roger Cossack).
Le "right of privacy" aux Etats-unis, paper presented to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies Conference, Strasbourg, France, July 5, 2000
September 11th and the Law's Dirty Little Secret, LSU English Department Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, February 5, 2002
"The Top Ten Reasons Why No One Likes You Now That You're a Judge," Ethics and Professionalism CLE for the Louisiana Judicial College, October 3, 1999 (with Paul Joseph, Nova Law School).
Speaker, Three Case Studies of Computer-Based Instructional Learning, CALI-LEAP Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 1995
Participant, Virtual Conference on Law and Cyberspace, October 1994 (sponsored by West Publishing, moderated by Ethan Katsh)
"War Crimes in Popular Culture," American Association of Law Libraries, Section on Foreign, Comparative and International Law, Anaheim, California, July 13, 1998.
Women Lawyers in Popular Culture, National Association of Women Lawyers 100th Anniversary Conference, Los Angeles, October 1998
EDITORIAL BOARDS and BLOGS
Law & Magic Blog. Selected as one of the ABA Blawg 100.
Last updated 04/02/2008