George C. Christie

Books

Jurisprudence: Text and Readings on the Philosophy of Law (West Publishing, 1973, 2d ed. 1995, Thomson/West, 3d ed. 2008) (with Patrick H. Martin); (West Academic Publishing, 4th ed. 2020) (with Patrick H. Martin & Adam J. MacLeod)
Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts (West Publishing, 1st ed. 1983, 2d ed. 1990) (with J. Meeks); (West Publishing, 3d ed. 1997, Thomson/West, 4th ed. 2004, 5th ed. 2012, West Academic Publishing, 6th ed. 2019) (with others)
Advanced Torts: Cases and Materials (West Publishing, 1st ed. 2004, 2nd ed. 2012, West Academic Publishing, 3rd ed. 2018) (with Joseph Sanders)
Philosopher Kings? Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values (Oxford University Press, 2011)
The Notion of an Ideal Audience in Legal Argument (Kluwer Academic, 2000) French translation, L'auditoire universel dans l'argumentation juridique (Guy Haarscher trans., Bruylant 2005)
Outline of the Law of Torts (Casenotes Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1992, 2d ed. 1996) (with Jerry Phillips)
Law, Norms and Authority (Duckworth, 1982)
Sum and Substance of the Law of Torts (1980)

Articles & Essays

The Well-Intentioned Purpose but Weak Epistemological Foundation of Originalism, 51 Connecticut Law Review 451-482 (2019)
Some Reasons Courts Have Become Active Participants in the Search for Ultimate Moral and Political Truth, in Le Droit Comparé et...[Comparative Law and...] 315-321 (Alexis Albanian & Olivier Moreteau eds., 2015)
The Uneasy and Often Unhelpful Interaction of Tort Law and Constitutional Law in First Amendment Litigation, 98 Marquette Law Review 1003-1034 (2015)
Can the Law Meet the Demands Made of It?, in A Revolution in the International Rule of Law: Essays in Honor of Don Wallace, Jr. 37-47 (Borzu Sabahi et al. eds., 2014)
La Interseccion de la Responsabilidad Extracontractual y el Derecho Constitucional y los Derechos Humanos [The Intersection of Extracontractual Liability and Constitutional Law and Human Rights], in La Filosofia de la Responsabilidad Civil: Estudios Sobre los Fundamentos Filosofico-Jurisdicos de la Repsonsabilidad Civil Extracontractual 591-608 (Carlos Bernal Pulido & Jorge Fabra Zamora eds., 2013)
Freedom of Expression and Its Competitors, 31 Civil Justice Quarterly 466-474 (2012)
Judicial Decision Making in a World of Natural Law and Natural Rights, 57 Villlanova Law Review 811-822 (2012)
The Merger of Morality, Politics, and Law in the Adjudicatory Process, in Pensees du Droit Lois de la Philosophie 29-37 (T. Berns & J. Allard eds., 2012)
A Review of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, 37 William Mitchell Law Review 1485-1491 (2011)
In Appreciation: Katharine T. Bartlett, 56 Duke Law Journal i-xii (2007) (with others)
Justice and the Law, in Justice in Particular: Festschrift in Honour of Professor P.J. Kozyris 67 (2007)
The Rational and the Reasonable in Legal and Moral Argument, 8 Isopolitea 11-33 (2007)
The Unwarranted Conclusions Drawn From Vincent v. Lake Erie Transportation Co. Concerning the Defense Of Necessity, Issues in Legal Scholarship art. 7 (2006)
The Adjudication of Human Rights, 13 Jahrbuch fr recht und ethik (Philosophia Practica Universalis) 417-436 (2005)
The Importance of Recognizing the Underlying Assumptions of Legal and Moral Arguments: of Law and Rawls, 28 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 39-52 (2003)
Some Key Jurisprudential Issues of the Twenty-First Century, 8 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 1 (2000)
The Ideal Audience in a World of Different Legal Traditions, 4 Isopoliteia (2000) (written and published in Greek)
Obedience/Disobedience to Constituted Authority, in Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia (1999)
Reason and Will: A Comment, 10 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 249 (1999)
The Defense of Necessity Considered from the Legal and Moral Points of View, 48 Duke Law Journal 975 (1999)
The Uneasy Place of Principle in Tort Law, 49 SMU Law Review 525 (1996)
Afterword, in Criminologie de l'Acte et Philosophie Penale (L. Negrier-Dormont & S. Tzitzis, 1994)
The Universal Audience and the Law, in Chaim Perelman et la Pensée Contemporaine (Guy Haarsher ed., 1994)
Foreword, in The Constitutional Problem of Subversive Advocacy in the United States of America and Greece (I.A. Tassopoulos, 1993)
Ideal Theories of Argument and the Dishonest Judge, 2 EUDIKIA (Revue du Centre Internationale de Philosophie et de Théorie du Droit) 53 (1992)
Judicial Review of Findings of Fact, 87 Northwestern University Law Review 14 (1992)
Current Trends in the American Law of Punitive Damages, 20 Anglo-American Law Review 349 (1991)
On the Moral Obligation to Obey the Law, 1990 Duke Law Journal 1311-1336 (1990)
The Influence of Form on the Nature of Authority, 18 Contemporary Sociology 93 (1989) (reviewing M. Damaska, The Faces of Justice and State Authority (1986))
Book Review, 4 Constitutional Commentary 400-409 (1987) (reviewing Laura Kalman, Legal Realism at Yale, 1927-60 (1986)
Dworkin's Empire, 36 Duke Law Journal 157-189 (1987) (reviewing Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (1986))
The Recruitment of Law Faculty, 1987 Duke Law Journal 306 (1987)
An Essay on Discretion, 1986 Duke Law Journal 747 (1986)
The Universal Audience and Predictive Theories of Law, 5 Law & Philosophy 343 (1986)
Why the First Amendment Should Not Be Interpreted From the Pathological Perspective: A Response to Professor Blasi, 1986 Duke Law Journal 683 (1986)
Due Process of Law--A Confused and Confusing Notion, in Les Notions a Contenu Variable en Droit 157 (C. Perelman & R. Vander Elst eds., 1984)
Mechanical Jurisprudence, in 7 Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia 321 (1984)
Positive Law, in 8 Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia 237 (1984)
Reason and Law, 80 Michigan Law Review 715 (1982) (reviewing Chaim Perelman, Justice, Law and Argument: Essays in Moral and Legal Reasoning (1980))
The Perils of Writing an Intellectual History of Torts, 79 Michigan Law Review 947 (1981) (reviewing G. Edward White, Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History (1980))
Underlying Contradictions in the Supreme Court's Classification of Defamation, 1981 Duke Law Journal 811 (1981)
Legal Aspects of Changing University Investment Strategies, 58 North Carolina Law Review 301 (1980)
Reflections Upon a Recent Trip to China and Possible Changes in the Chinese Legal System, 1 Duke Docket (1979)
Defamatory Opinions and the Restatement (Second) of Torts, 75 Michigan Law Review 1621 (1977)
The Moral Legitimacy of the Minimal State, 19 Arizona Law Review 31 (1977)
Injury to Reputation and the Constitution: Confusion Amidst Conflicting Approaches, 75 Michigan Law Review 43 (1976)
Rhetoric, Consistency, and Human Progress, Legal or Otherwise, 26 Catholic University Law Review 73 (1976)
A Model of Judicial Review of Legislation, 48 Southern California Law Review 1306 (1975)
Book Review (1974) (reviewing William Twining, Karl Llwellyn and the Realist Movement (1974))
Lawful Departure from Legal Rules: "Jury Nullification" and Legitimated Disobedience, 62 California Law Review 1289 (1974)
Book Review, 67 American Political Science Review 1369 (1973) (reviewing Clarence Morris, The Justification of the Law (1972))
Book Review, 58 ABA Journal 494-497 (1972) (reviewing Goebel, Antecedents and Beginnings to 1801 (Volume I of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise Case History of the Supreme Court of the United States)
Government Surveillance and Individual Freedom: A Proposed Statutory Response to Laird v. Tatum and the Broader Problem of Government Surveillance of the Individual, 47 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 871 (1972)
Some Thoughts on the Nature of Institutional Obligations, in Human Rights-- AMINTAPHIL I (1971)
The Right to Privacy and the Freedom to Know: A Comment on Professor Miller's "The Assault on Privacy", 119 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 970 (1971)
Presumptions and Assumptions in the Criminal Law: Another View, 1970 Duke Law Journal 919 (1970) (with A. Kenneth Pye)
Objectivity in the Law, 78 Yale Law Journal 1311 (1969)
Personal and Institutional Rights in Community, 18 Catholic University Law Review 1-22 (1968)
Personal and Institutional Rights in Community, 159 American Ecclesiastical Review 73 (1968)
Some Thoughts on the Legal Problems Raised by the Prospect of Genetic Manipulation, Duke Alumni Register 4 (September 1968)
The Model of Principles, 1968 Duke Law Journal 649 (1968)
Book Review, 1967 Duke Law Journal 223-228 (1967) (reviewing Samuel Enoch Stumpf, Morality and the Law (1966))
Book Review, 41 New York University Law Review 238-240 (1966) (reviewing R.R. Baxter, The Law of International Waterways (Harvard University Press, 1964))
The Notion of Validity in Modern Jurisprudence, 48 Minnesota Law Review 1049 (1964)
Vagueness and Legal Language, 48 Minnesota Law Review 885 (1964)
What Constitutes a Taking of Property Under International Law?, 1962 British Yearbook of International Law 307 (1962)

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