David A. Super
Professor of Law
A.B., Princeton; J.D., Harvard
A.B., Princeton; J.D., Harvard. David A. Super’s research focuses on administrative law, legislation (including the federal budget), local government law, and public welfare law. He...
Continue ReadingA.B., Princeton; J.D., Harvard. David A. Super’s research focuses on administrative law, legislation (including the federal budget), local government law, and public welfare law. He teaches these subjects as well as Civil Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts. In addition to Georgetown, he has also taught law at Columbia, Harvard, Howard, Maryland, Penn, Washington & Lee, and Yale. Prior to entering the legal academy, he served for several years as the general counsel for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and worked for the National Health Law Program and Community Legal Services in Philadelphia.
Recent Scholarship
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- David A. Super, Against Flexibility, 96 Cornell L. Rev. 1375-1467 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, The Rise and Fall of the Implied Warranty of Habitability, 99 Cal. L. Rev. 389-463 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, From the Greenhouse to the Poorhouse: Carbon-Emissions Control and the Rules of Legislative Joinder, 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1093-1197 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Laboratories of Destitution: Democratic Experimentalism and the Failure of Antipoverty Law, 157 U. Pa. L. Rev. 541-616 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- David A. Super, Federal-State Budgetary Interactions, in Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy 366-392 (Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy & Howell E. Jackson eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2008).
All Scholarship 2000 - Present
Contributions to Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
- David A. Super, Against Flexibility, 96 Cornell L. Rev. 1375-1467 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, The Rise and Fall of the Implied Warranty of Habitability, 99 Cal. L. Rev. 389-463 (2011). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, From the Greenhouse to the Poorhouse: Carbon-Emissions Control and the Rules of Legislative Joinder, 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1093-1197 (2010). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Laboratories of Destitution: Democratic Experimentalism and the Failure of Antipoverty Law, 157 U. Pa. L. Rev. 541-616 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Privatization, Policy Paralysis, and the Poor, 96 Cal. L. Rev. 393-469 (2008). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Are Rights Efficient? Challenging the Managerial Critique of Individual Rights, 93 Cal. L. Rev. 1051-1154 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [SSRN]
- David A. Super, Rethinking Fiscal Federalism, 118 Harv. L. Rev. 2544-2652 (2005). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Offering an Invisible Hand: The Rise of the Personal Choice Model for Rationing Public Benefits, 113 Yale L.J. 815-893 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W] [WWW]
- David A. Super, The Political Economy of Entitlement, 104 Colum. L. Rev. 633-729 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- David A. Super, The Quiet "Welfare" Revolution: Resurrecting the Food Stamp Program in the Wake of the 1996 Welfare Law, 79 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1271-1397 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
- David A. Super, The New Moralizers: Transforming the Conservative Legal Agenda, 104 Colum. L. Rev. 2032-2096 (2004). [HEIN] [L] [W]
Book Chapters and Collected Works
- David A. Super, Federal-State Budgetary Interactions, in Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy 366-392 (Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy & Howell E. Jackson eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2008).
Selected Contributions to Other Publications
- David A. Super, Low-Income College Students' Eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 44 Clearinghouse Rev. 508-517 (2011). [WWW]
- David A. Super, Congress Secures Private Right of Action for Low-Income Households Seeking Food Assistance, 44 Clearinghouse Rev. 379-390 (2010). [WWW]
- David A. Super, Defending Mortgage Foreclosures: Seeking a Role for Equity, 43 Clearinghouse Rev. 104-114 (2009). [WWW]
- David A. Super & Graham G. Martin, Judicial Deference to Administrative Agencies and Its Limits, 40 Clearinghouse Rev. 596-609 (2007). [WWW]
- David A. Super, Encouraging Moderation in State Policies on Collecting Food Stamp Claims, 39 Clearinghouse Rev. 349-358 (2005). [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Improving Fairness and Accuracy in Food Stamp Fraud Investigations: Advocating Reform Under Food Stamp Regulations, 39 Clearinghouse Rev. 73-88 (2005). [SSRN] [WWW]
- David A. Super, Maurice Emsellem, Sherry Leiwant, Rick McHugh & Michael A. O'Connor, Income Supports Can Dramatically Increase Resources Available for Lower-Income Working Families, 34 Clearinghouse Rev. 509-526 (2001). [HEIN] [WWW]
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