Publications by Professor Sinclair
Professor Michael Sinclair
Publications
BOOKS
A Guide to Statutory Interpretation. New York, NY: Lexis Publishing, 2000.
LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Precedent, Super-Precedent, 14 George Mason Law Review 363-411 (2007).
“Only a Sith Thinks Like That”: Llewellyn’s “Dueling Canons,” Eight to Twelve (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day III), 51 New York Law School Law Review 1003-1054 (2006-2007).
The Cherry Valley Case: How Wrong Can Economists Be About Salvage?, 31 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 57-94 (2006).
“Only a Sith Thinks Like That”: Llewellyn’s “Dueling Canons,” One to Seven (New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day II), 50 New York Law School Law Review 919-992 (2005-2006).
Anastasoff versus Hart: The Constitutionality and Wisdom of Denying Precedential Authority to Circuit Court Decisions, 64 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 695–743 (2003).
Hercules, Omniscience, Omnipotence, and the Right Answer Thesis (Special Issue: Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times. New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day), 46 New York Law School Law Review 447–456 (2002–2003).
“What is the ‘R’ in
‘IRAC’?” (Special Issue: Reflecting on
the Legal Issues of Our Time. New York Law School Faculty Presentation
Day), 46 New York Law School Law
Review 457-498(2002-03).
The Proper Treatment of “Interpretative Choice” in Statutory
Decision-Making, 45 New York Law School Law Review 389–461
(2002).
“Postmodern Argumentation: Deconstructing the Presidential
Age Limitation.” 43 New York Law School Law Review
451-521 (1999).
“Legislative Intent: Fact or Fabrication?” Book Review Essay
of Dynamic Statutory Interpretation, by William N. Eskridge. 41
New York Law School Law Review 1329–1389 (1997).
“Statutory Reasoning.” 46 Drake Law Review 299–382 (1997). “Plugs, Holes, Filters, and Goals: An Analysis of Legislative Attitudes.” 41 New York Law School Law Review 237–284 (1996).
“Retroactive Civil Legislation.” 27 University of Toledo Law Review 301–379 (1996) (with L. Ricciardi).
“Evolution in Law: Second Thoughts.” 71 University of Detroit Mercy Law Review 31–58 (1993).
“Autopoiesis: Who Needs It?” 16 Legal Studies Forum 81–102 (1992).
“Employment at Pleasure: An Idea Whose Time Has Passed (The Sixth Circuit Review).” 23 University of Toledo Law Review 531–554 (1992).
“The Case of the Air-Conditioned Allonge.” 9 Annual Review of Banking Law 143–228 (1990).
“Codification of Negotiable Instruments Law: A Tale of Reiterated Anachronism (Symposium: Uniform Commercial Code).” 21 University of Toledo Law Review 625–684 (1990).
“Seduction and the Myth of the Ideal Woman.” 5 Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 33–102 (1987).
“The Use of Evolution Theory in Law.” 64 University of Detroit Law Review 451–477 (1987).
“Notes Toward a Formal Model of Common Law (Faculty Symposium: In Commemoration of the Indiana University School of Law Library Building).” 62 Indiana Law Journal 355–363 (1987).
“The Semantics of Common Law Predicates (Symposium: Semiotics, Dialectic, and the Law).” 61 Indiana Law Journal 373–399 (1986).
“Law and Language: The Role of Pragmatics in Statutory Interpretation.” 46 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 373–420 (1985).
“Fair Use Old and New: The Betamax Case and Its Forebears.” 33 Buffalo Law Review 269–332 (1984).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Book Review of Group Dynamic Law: Exposition and Practice, by D.A. Fink. 15 Legal Studies Forum 179–184 (1991).
Book Review of Women’s Silence, Men’s Violence: Sexual Assault in England, 1770–1845, by Anna Clark. 94 The American Historical Review 135 (1989).
