Lawrence Solum
@lsolum
University of Virginia Law. Constitutional theory. Originalism. Philosophy of language and interpretation. Virtue jurisprudence. AI and law. Legal theory blog.
Neibart on the All Writs Act Class Action Injunction, buff.ly/DZQYfvH - Elias Neibart has posted The Rise of the All-Writs-Act-Putative-Class-Injunction? on SSRN.
Smith on Judicial Duty to Decide and Complicity in Constitutional Violations, buff.ly/4VxH85L - Fred O. Smith, Jr. (Stanford Law School) has posted Judicial Bystanding (72 UCLA L. Rev. __ (2025)) on SSRN.
The Splintered Mind: The Argument from Existential Debt buff.ly/t2n5RcT
Lawson on Originalism and History, buff.ly/nD9z9tx - Gary Lawson (University of Florida Levin College of Law) has posted Does Good Originalism Need Good History? (77 Fla. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.
Laskor, Owen, & Charlesworth on Governing the Digital Afterlife, buff.ly/bWws0mD - Khadiza Laskor (University of Bristol), Richard Owen (University of Bristol), & Andrew Charlesworth (University of Bristol) have posted Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Governing…
Lunn on the Guarantee Clause and a Federal Right to Education, buff.ly/mITMtCF - Bennett Lunn (Columbia Law Review) has posted Guaranteed: The Federal Education Duty (125 Colum. L. Rev. 1 (2025)) on SSRN.
Frye on the Harvard Law Review Memos, buff.ly/8sPiduc - Brian L. Frye (University of Kentucky - J. David Rosenberg College of Law) has posted HLR Agonistes on SSRN.
This is incredibly sad news. Richard Fallon was my constitutional law professor, taught me fed courts, and taught the best class I've ever taken on constitutional philosophy. He was kind to his students, and helped instill in me a love for constitutional law. Rest In Peace.
Dorf, Remembering Richard Fallon dorfonlaw.org/2025/07/rememb…
Paulsen on Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, buff.ly/NxzvTjG - Michael S. Paulsen (The University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)) has posted Disaster: The Worst Religous Freedom Case in 50 Years on SSRN.
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76 theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…
Balkin on Constitutional Pluralism and Constitutional Rot, buff.ly/KGevHXg - Jack M. Balkin (Yale University - Law School) has posted How the Modalities Work: Constitutional Interpretation as Problem Solving on SSRN.
Criddle on a Republican Theory of Self-Determination, buff.ly/4ZhOQwM - Evan J. Criddle (William & Mary Law School) has posted THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION: A REPUBLICAN THEORY (Philosophy and International Law: Contestations and Extensions (Andreas Follesdal & David…
Tillman on Recent Citations to Bellesiles, buff.ly/efeJk1K - Seth Barrett Tillman (National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth) - Faculty of Law) has posted A Phenomenon in Search of a Theory / Recent Citations to Michael Bellesiles' Publications on SSRN.
Mahajan on Human-AI Integration, buff.ly/heoW9My - Prashant Mahajan (R. C. Patel Institute of Technology) has posted The Soul of the AI: Governance, Ethics, and the Future of Human–AI Integration on SSRN.
Dorfman & Harel on Constitutionalism and Majoritarianism, buff.ly/mdnan09 - Avihay Dorfman (Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law) & Alon Harel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law) have posted Constitutionalism and Majoritarianism Reconciled on SSRN.
"Yes, The Founders Were Originalists" reason.com/volokh/2025/07…
Devlin on User Responsibility for AI, buff.ly/7CgFx3c - Emer Devlin has posted There is No 'Ethics of AI': An Argument for User Responsibility on SSRN.
Shah on Judicial Administration, buff.ly/Lj4rDQ2 - Bijal Shah (Boston College Law School) has posted Judicial Administration (UC Irvine Law Review (forthcoming)) on SSRN.
Ryan on Generative AI and Section 230, buff.ly/XvqqEeJ - Graham Ryan (Jones Walker, LLP) has posted Generative AI Will Break the Internet: Beyond Section 230 (Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 37, Digest Spring 2024) on SSRN.
Kresak on Praxeocybernetics, buff.ly/vfWYcng - Martin Kresak has posted Limits and Praxeological Analysis of Advanced General Artificial Intelligence (AGI): A Framework for Understanding Non-Biological Agents on SSRN.