BOOKS
LAW AND POPULAR CULTURE: TEXT, NOTES & QUESTIONS (with Corcos, et al.), LexisNexis, 2007; Second Ed., 2012.
THE PULLMAN CASE; THE CLASH OF LABOR AND CAPITAL IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, University Press of Kansas, 1999.
HERETICS IN THE TEMPLE: AMERICANS WHO REJECT THE NATION’S LEGAL FAITH, New York University Press, 1998.
NARRATIVE AND THE LEGAL DISCOURSE: A READER IN STORYTELLING AND THE LAW, Deborah Charles Publications, 1991.
FRAMING THE CRIMINAL: CRIME, CULTURAL WORK, AND THE LOSS OF CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE, 1830-1900, Archon Books, 1987.
ESSAYS, ARTICLES, AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Skepticism Bordering on Distrust: Family Law in the Hollywood Cinema, 50 FAMILY COURT REVIEW 14 (2012).
Keeping the Underclass in Its Place: Zoning, the Poor, and Residential Segregation, 41 THE URBAN LAWYER 787 (2009).
Family Law for the Underclass: Underscoring Law’s Ideological Function, 42 INDIANA LAW REVIEW 583 (2009).
Crime, Law-Breaking, and Counterhegemonic Humanism in the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, 9 INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERARY STUDIES 95 (2007).
“12 Angry Men” Is Not an Archetype: Reflections on the Jury in Contemporary Popular Culture, 82 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW 735 (2007).
From Flat to Round: Changing Portrayals of the Judge in American Popular Culture, 31 JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION 127 (2007); reprinted at 42 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS’ QUARTERLY 463 (2008).
The Impact of Popular Culture on American Perceptions of the Courts, 82 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 1225 (2007).
Genre, Gender, and Jurisprudence in “Adam’s Rib,” in SCREENING JUSTICE – SIGNIFICANT FILMS OF LAW, ORDER, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE , William S. Hein & Company (2006),
Re-Imagining the Practice of Law: Popular Twentieth-Century Fiction by American Lawyer/Authors, in LAW AND POPULAR CULTURE, Oxford University Press, 2005.
State v. Oakley, Deadbeat Dads, and American Poverty, 26 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND LAW REVIEW 9 (2004).
Mr. District Attorney: The Prosecutor During the Golden Age of Radio, 34 UNIVESITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 781 (2003).
Cautionary Tales: The Woman As Lawyer in Contemporary Hollywood Film, 25 UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW485 (2003).
BOOK REVIEWS
Lincoln As Lawyer (reviewing BILLINGS & WILLIAMS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ESQ. and CARNAHAN, LINCOLN ON TRIAL: SOUTHERN CIVILIANS AND THE LAW OF WAR), 107 INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY 269 (2011).
FREEBERG, DEMOCRACY’S PRISONER: EUGENE V. DEBS, THE GREAT WAR, AND THE RIGHT TO DISSENT, 113 AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 1563 (2008).
CARRINGTON, SPREADING AMERICA’S WORD: STORIES OF LAWYER-MISSIONARIES, 24 LAW AND HISTORY REVIEW 692 (2006).
ASHER, et al., MURDER ON TRIAL, 1620-2002, 111 AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 114 (2006).
CHASE, MOVIES ON TRIAL: THE LEGAL SYSTEM ON THE SILVER SCREEN, 27 LEGAL STUDIES FORUM 439 (2003).
PRESENTATIONS
Paper, The Divorce Lawyer in the Hollywood Cinema, Ray Browne Memorial Popular Culture Conference; Bowling Green, Ohio (February, 2012).
Lecture, Evolutionary Functionalism As an Approach to American Legal History, Stawa University; Kampala, Uganda (August, 2012).
Paper, Alienation of Labor As a Theme in the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, Glory Days Symposium; West Long Branch, New Jersey (September, 2013).
Paper, Muffled Message: Capital Punishment and the Contemporary Hollywood Film, International Society of Family Law North American Conference; Nassau, The Bahamas (March, 2011).
Lecture, Contain, Condemn, and Criminalize: The Functions of Law and Legal Institutions for the Contemporary Underclass, Loyola University Law School; New Orleans, Louisiana (November, 2010).
Paper, Constitutional Deliberations in American Popular Culture, Constitution Day Conference; San Francisco, California (September, 2008).
Paper, Using Family Law to Police the Underclass, Women and the Law Section, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference; New York, New York (January, 2008).
Paper, “Classifying” Adoption: The Relationship of Socio-Economic Class to Adoption Law, Processes, and Presumptions, International Society of Family Law North American Conference; Vancouver, British Columbia (June, 2007).
Lecture, Pop Cultural Courts, National Bar Association Annual Meeting; St. Kitts (January, 2007).
Lecture, The Assumption That Justice Is an Easy Task: The Impact of Popular Culture on Public Perceptions of the Judicial System, Conference of the Chief Justices Annual Meeting; Indianapolis, Indiana (July, 2006).
Paper, The Denigration of Law, Lawyers, and the Legal System As Popular Entertainment, American Society for Law, Culture and the Humanities Conference; Syracuse, New York (March, 2006).
Lecture, Hurrah for Hollywood! The Popular Media’s Portrayal of Judges and Courts, Illinois Advanced Judicial Academy; Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (June, 2005).
Lecture, The American Rule of Law in Global Context, Korean Military Academy; Seoul, South Korea (October, 2004).
Paper, Heroic Crusaders, Demanding Teachers, and Sympathetic Failures: Images of Law Professors in the Hollywood Cinema, Law and Humanities Section, Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference; Atlanta, Georgia (January, 2004).
Lecture, The Twentieth-Century History of American Law-Related Popular Culture, Notre Dame Symposium on Legal Research and Writing; South Bend, Indiana (June, 2003).