Lawrence B. Solum
John Carroll Research Professor of Law
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; J.D., Harvard
Lawrence B. Solum is an internationally recognized legal theorist, who works in constitutional theory, procedure, and the...
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Lawrence B. Solum is an internationally recognized legal theorist, who works in constitutional theory, procedure, and the philosophy of law. Professor Solum received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and received his B.A. with highest departmental honors in philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles. While at Harvard, he served as an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, he worked for the law firm of Cravath, Swaine, and Moore in New York, and then clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
Professor Solum was the John E. Cribbet Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois. He was a member of the law faculty of the University of San Diego, where he received the Thornes Prize as Best Teacher. He also taught at Loyola Marymount University and has been a Visiting Professor of Law at Boston University, at the University of Southern California, and Georgetown Law.
Professor Solum served as a White Paper Author for the Committee on Alternative Court Structures of the Commission on the Future of the California Judiciary, and he has also served the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) twice as Chair of the Jurisprudence Section and as Chair of the Section on Constitutional Law, as Chair of the Section on Law and Interpretation, as Chair of the Committee on Scholarship, and as a Member of the Committee to Review Scholarly Papers.
Solum is co-author of the monograph "Destruction of Evidence," widely acknowledged by courts and commentators as the leading authority on its subject. His volume on prior adjudication and related doctrines in "Moore's Federal Practice" has been cited by the United States Supreme Court and every circuit court of appeal. He has authored scholarly articles in numerous journals including the American Journal of Jurisprudence, Cornell Law Review, Emory Law Journal, the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, the Harvard Law Review, the North Carolina Law Review, Nomos, the Notre Dame Law Review, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Southern California Law Review, Texas Law Review, the University of Chicago Law Review, and the Virginia Law Review.
Professor Solum is also the Editor of Legal Theory Blog, an influential weblog that focuses on developments in contemporary normative and positive legal theory. Professor Solum has testified and/or contributed comments to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the California State Assembly, and the California State Senate. He has spoken to the law faculties at Arizona State University, Boston University, Columbia University, Fordham University, Notre Dame, Ohio State University, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Southern California and participated in conferences, symposia, and programs sponsored by Cardozo Law School, Chicago-Kent Law School, DePaul Law School, Harvard Law School, Loyola Marymount University, the University of San Diego, the University of Southern California, Stanford University, and Tulane Law School. He has also delivered addresses to the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, AMINTAPHIL, the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, the Course on Philosophy and Social Science at Inter-University Centre for Postgraduate Studies of Dubrovnik, Croatia, the Midwest Political Science Association, the Philosophy Programme at the University of London, and the World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
Professor Solum contributes to debates in legal theory, including constitutional theory and the intersection of law and political philosophy. Professor Solum's original theory of the fundamental nature and purpose of law, "Virtue Jurisprudence," has been debated and discussed in Asia, Europe, and North America. He also works on problems of law and technology, including Internet governance, copyright policy, and the constitutional dimension of copyright law.
Recent Scholarship
Forthcoming Works and Works in Progress
- Lawrence B. Solum & Robert Bone, Civil Procedure: Cases and Context (New York: Aspen Publishers forthcoming).
- Lawrence B. Solum & Tun-Jen Chiang, The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law, Yale L.J. (forthcoming). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Legal Effects of NFIB v. Sebelius and the Constitutional Gestalt, (working paper). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
Books
- Lawrence B. Solum, Jamie S. Gorelick & Stephen Marzen, Destruction of Evidence (New York: Aspen Publishers 1989 & Cumulative Supp. 1989-2012). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- Lawrence B. Solum, Faith and Fidelity: Originalism and the Possibility of Constitutional Redemption, 91 Tex. L. Rev. 147-173 (2012) (reviewing Jack M. Balkin, Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World (2011) & Jack M. Balkin, Living Originalism (2011)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Forthcoming Works and Works in Progress
- Lawrence B. Solum & Robert Bone, Civil Procedure: Cases and Context (New York: Aspen Publishers forthcoming).
- Lawrence B. Solum, Civil Procedure: Principles and Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press forthcoming).
- Lawrence B. Solum & Tun-Jen Chiang, The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law, Yale L.J. (forthcoming). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Legal Effects of NFIB v. Sebelius and the Constitutional Gestalt, (working paper). [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
Books
- Lawrence B. Solum, Jamie S. Gorelick & Stephen Marzen, Destruction of Evidence (New York: Aspen Publishers 1989 & Cumulative Supp. 1989-2012). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Robert W. Bennett, Constitutional Originalism: A Debate (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press 2011). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Susan Bandes, 18 Moore's Federal Practice (New York: Matthew Bender 3d ed. 1997 & Semiannual Supp. 1998-2009 (with Tom Rowe)). [BOOK]
- Virtue Jurisprudence (Lawrence B. Solum & Colin Farrelly eds., New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2008). [BOOK]
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- Lawrence B. Solum, Faith and Fidelity: Originalism and the Possibility of Constitutional Redemption, 91 Tex. L. Rev. 147-173 (2012) (reviewing Jack M. Balkin, Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World (2011) & Jack M. Balkin, Living Originalism (2011)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Legal Theory Lexicon: Legal Theory, Jurisprudence, and the Philosophy of Law, 1 J.L. (1 The Post) 417-422 (2011). [HEIN] [W] [Gtown Law] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Narrative, Normativity, and Causation, 2010 Mich. St. L. Rev. 597-622. [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Interpretation-Construction Distinction, 27 Const. Comment. 95-118 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [Gtown Law]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Questioning Cultural Commons, 95 Cornell L. Rev. 817-837 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Unity of Interpretation, 90 B.U. L. Rev. 551-578 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, District of Columbia v. Heller and Originalism, 103 Nw. U. L. Rev. 923-981 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Incorporation and Originalist Theory, 18 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 409-446 (2009). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Constitutional Possibilities, 83 Ind. L.J. 307-337 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Originalism and the Natural Born Citizen Clause, 29 Immigr. & Nationality L. Rev. 593-601 (2008). [HEIN] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Constitutional Texting, 44 San Diego L. Rev. 123-151 (2007). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Blogging and the Transformation of Legal Scholarship, 84 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1071-1088 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Robert W. Bennett, A Dialogue on Originalism Occasioned by Bennett's Electoral College Reform Ain't Easy, 101 Nw. U. L. Rev. (Colloquy) 31-44 (2006). [W] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Download It While It's Hot: Open Access and Legal Scholarship, 10 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 841-867 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum & David S. Law, Judicial Selection, Appointments Gridlock, and the Nuclear Option, 15 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 51-104 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Natural Justice, 51 Am. J. Juris. 65-105 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Pluralism and Public Legal Reason, 15 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 7-23 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Public Legal Reason, 92 Va. L. Rev. 1449-1501 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Supreme Court in Bondage: Constitutional Stare Decisis, Legal Formalism, and the Future of Unenumerated Rights, 9 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 155-208 (2006). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Aretaic Turn in Constitutional Theory, 70 Brook. L. Rev. 475-532 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Future of Copyright, 83 Tex. L. Rev. 1137-1172 (2005) (reviewing Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity (2004)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Judicial Selection: Ideology Versus Character, 26 Cardozo L. Rev. 659-689 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Larry Alexander, Popular? Constitutionalism?, 118 Harv. L. Rev. 1594-1640 (2005) (reviewing Larry D. Kramer, The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review (2004)). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, A Tournament of Virtue, 32 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1365-1400 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Minn Chung, The Layers Principle: Internet Architecture and the Law, 79 Notre Dame L. Rev. 815-948 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Procedural Justice, 78 S. Cal. L. Rev. 181-321 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum & Karl M. Manheim, An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy, 25 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 359-497 (2003). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Virtue Jurisprudence: A Virtue-Centred Theory of Judging, 34 Metaphilosophy 178-213 (2003). [SSRN]
- Lawrence B. Solum (Moderator), Gary L. Bostwick, Clay Calvert, Rex S. Heinke & Neville L. Johnson, The Anthrax Investigation: A Newsgathering and Privacy Panel Discussion, 22 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 267-292 (2002). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Congress's Power to Promote the Progress of Science: Eldred v. Ashcroft, 36 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1-82 (2002). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Divine Commands and Public Reasons: (A Commentary on Audi), 78 Modern Schoolman 219-228 (2001).
- Lawrence B. Solum, To Our Children's Children's Children: The Problems of Intergenerational Ethics, 35 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 163-233 (2001). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Value of Dissent, 85 Cornell L. Rev. 859-881 (2000) (reviewing Steven H. Shiffrin, Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America (1999)). [HEIN] [L] [W]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- Lawrence B. Solum, What Is Originalism? The Evolution of Contemporary Originalist Theory, in The Challenge of Originalism: Theories of Constitutional Interpretation 12-41 (Grant Huscroft & Bradley W. Miller eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2011). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Indeterminacy, in A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory 479-492 (Dennis Patterson ed., Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell 2d ed. 2010). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, The Aretaic Turn in American Philosophy of Law, in On Philosophy in American Law 122-129 (Francis J. Mootz III ed., New York: Cambridge University Press 2009). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Models of Internet Governance, in Internet Governance: Infrastructure and Institutions 48-91 (Lee A. Bygrave & Jon Bing eds., New York: Oxford University Press 2009). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Natural Justice: An Aretaic Account of the Virtue of Lawfulness, in Virtue Jurisprudence 167-192 (Lawrence B. Solum & Colin Farrelly eds., New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2008). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, A Virtue-Centered Account of Equity and the Rule of Law, in Virtue Jurisprudence 142-166 (Lawrence B. Solum & Colin Farrelly eds., New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2008). [BOOK]
- Lawrence B. Solum, Originalism as Transformative Politics, in Gadamer and Law 109-139 (Francis J. Mootz III ed., Aldershot, U.K: Ashgate 2007).
- Lawrence B. Solum, Virtue Jurisprudence: A Virtue-Centered Theory of Judging, in Moral and Epistemic Virtues 163-198 (Michael Brady & Duncan Pritchard eds., Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing 2003).
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