Publications
“In Diversity We (Sorta) Trust,” The American Lawyer (December 2007), pp. 83-84
"Bordering on Folly," The American Lawyer (October 2007)
"Safe Harbors," The American Lawyer (July 2007), pp.63-66
"Banish the Bad Apples," The American Lawyer, October 2006, pp. 73-6"Good Cop, Bad Cop," The American Lawyer, August 2006, pp. 69-71
"Rebels No More," The American Lawyer, April 2006, pp. 79-82 (review of Laura Kalman, Yale Law School and the Sixties)
Review of Laura Kalman history of Yale Law School, for The American Lawyer (April 2006)“Leftward Leaning,” The American Lawyer, December 2005, pp. 77-79
“Incivility’s Virtues,” The American Lawyer (June 2005)
“Vital Centrism,” The American Lawyer (January 2005), pp. 61-5
“No Stranger to Rights,” The American Lawyer (November 2004), pp. 59-63. Reprinted in Legal Times, Nov. 22, 2004, p. 60
“Passage to India,” The American Lawyer (November 2004), pp. 100-05
“Special Dispensation,” The American Lawyer (June 2004), pp. 69-71 (on 9/11 Compensation Fund)
“Equal Opportunity Recruiting,” The American Lawyer, January 2004, pp. 57-59. A shorter version is published as “Why Yale should open its interview program to the military,” Yale Alumni Magazine (January/February 2004), pp. 23-4.
“Free to Lie,” The American Lawyer (August 2003), pp. 59-61
“Defensible Discrimination,” The American Lawyer (July 2003), pp. Also published in Legal Times, June 9, 2003, p. 60
“Chartering a New Course,” The American Lawyer (Jan. 2003), pp
“China’s Legal Tea Leaves,” The American Lawyer (November 2002), pp. 73-75.
“The Pledge on the Edge,” The American Lawyer (September 2002), pp. 65-69.
“Diversity Dodge,” The American Lawyer, July 2002, pp. 75-76
“A Case for Profiling,” The American Lawyer, January 2002, pp. 59-61. A shorter version is published in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 26, 2002.
“Smoking Gun Lawsuits,” The American Lawyer, September 2001, pp. 81-5.
“The Classroom Clash,” The American Lawyer, February 2001, pp. 63-4.
“Memo to the President,” The American Lawyer, January 2001, pp. 78-79
“Diversity Demands Exclusivity,” The American Lawyer, September 2000, pp. 67-69
“Class Clarity,” The American Lawyer (January 2000), pp. 41-42
"The Problem with Punitive Damages," The American Lawyer (May 1999), pp. 97-98
"Border Crossing," The American Lawyer (January-February 1999), pp. 78-80
"The Profession and the Professors," The American Lawyer (June-July 1998), pp. 85-86
Published Books
Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples (Brookings Institution Press, 2006, cloth and paperback) (with Richard J. Zeckhauser)
Meditations of a Militant Moderate: Cool Views on Hot Topics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006, cloth and paperback)
Immigration Stories (co-editor, with David A. Martin (Foundation Press, 2005))
Foundations of Administrative Law (editor) (2nd ed.,Foundation Press, 2004, paperback; 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 1994, cloth and paperback)
Diversity in America: Keeping Government at a Safe Distance (Harvard University Press/Belknap, cloth 2003, paperback 2005)
The Limits of Law: Essays on Democratic Governance (Westview Press, 2000, cloth and paperback)
Citizens, Strangers, and In-Betweens: Essays on Immigration and Citizenship (Westview Press, cloth 1998, paperback 2000)
Paths to Inclusion: The Integration of Migrants in the United States and Germany (with Rainer Munz, co-editor) (Berghahn Books, 1998, cloth and paperback)
Tort Law and the Public Interest: Competition, Innovation, and Consumer Welfare (W.W. Norton & Co. 1991, cloth and paperback) (editor)
Agent Orange on Trial: Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts (Belknap/Harvard University Press, 1986 cloth, 1987 enlarged edition in paperback). Awarded the 1987 Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association for outstanding book on law
Citizenship Without Consent: Illegal Aliens in the American Polity (Yale University Press, 1985 cloth and paperback) (with Rogers Smith)
Suing Government: Citizen Remedies for Official Wrongs (Yale University Press, cloth 1983, paperback 1984)
The Judiciary Committees: A Study of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees (Viking Press, 1975 cloth and paperback)













