Lerner, Renée Lettow

GW Law Faculty Publications

September 26, 2021

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BOOKS

The Jury: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2023).

(With Langbein, John and Bruce Smith.) History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions. New York: Aspen Publishers, 2009.

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Az rendeli a nótát, aki fizeti a muzsikust, in Alkotmányjogi utazás Amerikában (MCC Press Kft. 2021).
     Reprinted in English: He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune, in Constitutional Journey in the United States - An Interview Book 103 (MCC Press Kft., 2023). 

The Resilience of Substantive Rights and the False Hope of Procedural Rights: The Case of the Second Amendment and the Seventh Amendment, 116 Nw. Univ. L. Rev. 275 (2021).

The Surprising Views of Montesquieu and Tocqueville About Juries: Juries Empower Judges, 81 La. L. Rev. 1 (2020).

The Second Amendment and the Spirit of the People, 43 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 319 (2020).

How the Creation of Appellate Courts in England and the United States Limited Judicial Comment on Evidence to the Jury, 40 J. Legal Pro. 215 (2016).

(With Charles F. Lettow, & Kristen Silverberg.)  A Family Tradition: Clerking at the U.S. Supreme Court, in Of Courtiers and Kings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices 360 (Todd C. Peppers and Clare Cushman eds., 2015).

"The Troublesome Inheritance of Americans in Magna Carta and Trial by Jury," in Magna Carta and Its Modern Legacy, p. 77-98. Ed. by Robert Hazell and James Melton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

"The Failure of Originalism in Preserving Constitutional Rights to Civil Jury Trial," 22 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 811-880 (2014).

"The Rise of Directed Verdict: Jury Power in Civil Cases Before the Federal Rules of 1938," 81 The George Washington Law Review 448-525 (2013).

"Enlightenment Economics and the Framing of the U.S. Constitution," 35 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 37-46 (2012).

"Thomas Nast's Crusading Legal Cartoons" 2011 The Green Bag Almanac & Reader 59-67.

"From Popular Control to Independence: Reform of the Elected Judiciary in Boss Tweed's New York." 15 George Mason Law Review 109-160 (2007).

"Unconstitutional Conditions, Germaneness, and Institutional Review Boards," 101 Northwestern University Law Review 775-789 (2007).

"The Worldwide Popular Revolt Against Proportionality in Self-Defense Law," 2 Journal of Law, Economics and Policy 331 (2006).

"International Pressure to Harmonize: The U.S. Civil Justice System in an Era of Global Trade." 2001 Brigham Young University Law Review 229-304 (2001).

"The Intersection of Two Systems: An American on Trial for an American Murder in the French Cour d'Assises." 2001 University of Illinois Law Review791-856 (2001)

"The Transformation of the American Civil Trial: The Silent Judge." 42 William & Mary Law Review 195-264 (2000).

"New Trial for Verdict against Law: Judge-Jury Relations in Early Nineteenth-Century America." 71 Notre Dame Law Review 505-553 (1996).

(with Amar, Akhil Reed). "Fifth Amendment First Principles: The Self-Incrimination Clause." 93 Michigan Law Review 857-928 (1995).

(with Amar, Akhil Reed). "Self-Incrimination and the Constitution: A Brief Rejoinder to Professor Kamisar." 93 Michigan Law Review 1011-1015 (1995).

"Reviving Federal Grand Jury Presentments." 103 Yale Law Journal 1333-1362 (1994).

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review, J. Legal Educ. 888 (2018) (reviewing Amalia D. Kesslar, Inventing American Exceptionalism:  The Origins of American Adversarial Legal Culture, 1800-1877 (2017)).

OTHER

Interpretation & Debate: The Seventh Amendment - The Problem of the Seventh Amendment and Civil Jury Trial, Nat’l Const. Ctr., 2023, https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-vii/interpretations/125.

(With Suja A. Thomas.) Interpretation & Debate: The Seventh Amendment - Common Interpretation, Nat’l Const. Ctr., 2023, https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-vii/interpretations/125.

The Inquisitorial Advantage in Criminal Procedure, Part III: Adjudicating Pleas, GW Law: Int’l L. & Pol’y Brief (Jan. 24, 2022), https://studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/ilpb/2022/01/24/the-inquisitorial-advantage-in-criminal-procedure-part-iii-adjudicating-pleas/.

The Inquisitorial Advantage in Criminal Procedure, Part II: The Defendant as a Source of Information, GW Law: Int’l L. & Pol’y Brief (Nov. 18, 2021), https://studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/ilpb/2021/11/18/the-inquisitorial-advantage-in-criminal-procedure-part-ii-the-defendant-as-a-source-of-information/.

The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: The Terminal Decay of the Seventh Amendment and the Revival of the Second Amendment, Reason: Volokh Conspiracy (Oct. 22, 2021, 8:01 AM), https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/22/the-second-amendment-vs-the-seventh-amendment-the-terminal-decay-of-the-seventh-amendment-and-the-revival-of-the-second-amendment/.

The Inquisitorial Advantage in Criminal Procedure, Part I: The Investigative File, GW Law: Int’l L. & Pol’y Brief (Oct. 21, 2021), https://studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/ilpb/2021/10/21/the-inquisitorial-advantage-in-criminal-procedure/.

The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: Procedural Rights and the Problem of Incorporation, Reason: Volokh Conspiracy (Oct. 21, 2021, 8:01 AM), https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/21/the-second-amendment-vs-the-seventh-amendment-procedural-rights-and-the-problem-of-incorporation/.

The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: The Distinction Between Substantive and Procedural Rights, Reason: Volokh Conspiracy (Oct. 20, 2021, 8:01 AM), https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/20/the-second-amendment-vs-the-seventh-amendment-the-distinction-between-substantive-and-procedural-rights/.

The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: Accountability and Understanding of Gun Owners and Civil Jurors, Reason: Volokh Conspiracy (Oct. 19, 2021, 8:01 AM), https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/19/the-second-amendment-vs-the-seventh-amendment-accountability-and-understanding-of-gun-owners-and-civil-jurors/.

The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: Substantive vs. Procedural Rights; Part 1: Similarities and Differences, Reason: Volokh Conspiracy (Oct. 18, 2021, 8:01 AM), https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/18/the-second-amendment-vs-the-seventh-amendment-substantive-vs-procedural-rights-part-1-similarities-and-differences/.

The Collapse of Civil Jury Trial and What To Do About It, Jury Expert (Aug. 28, 2015), https://www.thejuryexpert.com/2015/08/collapse-of-civil-jury-trial-and-what-to-do-about-it/.

The Uncivil Jury, Part 5: What to Do Now - Repeal and RedesignThe Volokh Conspiracy (May 29, 2015, 8:32 AM), http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/29/the-uncivil-jury-part-5-what-to-do-now-repeal-and-redesign/.

The Uncivil Jury, Part 4: The Collapse of the Civil JuryThe Volokh Conspiracy (May 28, 2015, 10:44 AM), http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/28/the-uncivil-jury-part-4-the-collapse-of-the-civil-jury/.

The Uncivil Jury, Part 3: The Perils of Jury Trial, Efforts to Control Juries, and the Deceptive Allure of NullificationThe Volokh Conspiracy (May 27, 2015), http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/27/the-uncivil-jury-part-3-the-perils-of-jury-trial-efforts-to-control-juries-and-the-deceptive-allure-of-nullification/.

The Uncivil Jury, Part 2: The Unromantic Origins of the Jury and the Continuous Need for an AlternativeThe Volokh Conspiracy (May 27, 2015), http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/27/the-uncivil-jury-part-2-the-unromantic-origins-of-the-jury-and-the-continuous-need-for-an-alternative/.

The Uncivil Jury, Part 1: Americans' Misplaced Sentiment About the Civil JuryThe Volokh Conspiracy (May 26, 2015), http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/26/the-uncivil-jury-part-1-americans-misplaced-sentiment-about-the-civil-jury/.