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Paul B. Miller

@pbaronmiller.bsky.social
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Robert and Marion Short Professor and Associate Dean, Notre Dame Law School. Posts mostly abt goings-on in private law/theory, legal phil, & @ndlaw Papers, etc: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 22/12/2025
CFP: Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, Volume V. We're seeking contributions in contract, property, tort, fiduciary, equity, unjust enrichment, and remedies law. Submissions are 12,000 words, and you get a trip to Cape Town! Deadline August 1, 2026! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, Volume V
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a call for papers for Volume V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, edited by Paul Miller (Notre Dame) and John Oberdiek (Rutgers). Oxford Studi...
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Delighted to announce the CfP for Vol V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory @OUPLaw w/ support fr @notredamelaw.bsky.social and @law.rutgers.edu. Papers to be presented at a workshop at @UctLaw in Cape Town in Jan '27. Pls submit! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, Volume V
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a call for papers for Volume V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory, edited by Paul Miller (Notre Dame) and John Oberdiek (Rutgers). Oxford Studi...
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thanks @maybell.bsky.social! Really looking fwd to this!
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🎉 JUST POSTED 🎉 My latest, "What the Realists Got Right," now on SSRN. Grateful for feedback from many ppl, and especially @brianleiter.bsky.social Also grateful to Thilo Kuntz (HHU) & Andrew Gold (UCI) for organizing & hosting the AJJ symposium on legal realism. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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What the Realists Got Right
<p>For the past several decades, realists and formalists have been deeply at odds. They have, however, mostly been talking past one another, with each side trad
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Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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"From a Realist Point of View" has been delivered to the press and should appear in Spring 2026...
...in the "Oxford Legal Philosophy" series. Here's the official OUP blurb: From A Realist Point of View combines new essays with revised versions of the most important recent work of preeminent legal ...
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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 31/07/2025
Check out this new blog post from the editors of Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law, Marietta Auer (@mpilhlt.bsky.social), @pbaronmiller.bsky.social, Henry E. Smith, & James Toomey #LawSky #Philosophy #PrivateLaw cup.org/4lYu90z
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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 30/07/2025
A rejuvenation & interrogation of the legal philosophy of Adolf Reinach, analyzed alongside contemporary private law theory Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law ed. Marietta Auer (@mpilhlt.bsky.social), @pbaronmiller.bsky.social, Henry E. Smith, & James Toomey #LawSky cup.org/4me5DYZ
Black and white image of Adolf Reinach
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Delighted to be hosting colleagues @notredame.bsky.social as an element of our partnership with @telavivuni.bsky.social. And of course it has been great working with fellow co-organizers. Looking forward to a rich set of discussions over the coming days!
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I had a fantastic day yesterday with colleagues at Catholic U. Milan. Grateful to Giuseppe Portonera and Profs Nicolussi and Benatti for inviting me to speak about the New Private Law and methodology in private law theory. Grazie mille to my hosts for the enriching discussion!
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My colleague here @notredame.bsky.social, Jeff Pojanowski, does a wonderful service for legal phil by editing the Am J Jurisprudence w/ Richard Ekins @ox.ac.uk. Per Jeff, the AJJ has just published a lost essay by the great HLA Hart, which you may find here: academic.oup.com/ajj/advance-...
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Policies, Principles, and Adjudication: (c. 1977-82)
Abstract. A previously unpublished paper by H.L.A. Hart responding to some of the work of Ronald Dworkin and found among Dworkin’s papers. For commentary o
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thanks @lsolum.bsky.social for the “highly recommended” endorsement of my latest paper. Very grateful! And comments via email are welcomed!
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
🚨Just Posted🚨 my latest, "Political Trust, Public Justification, and Judicial Office," for What is Good Government? (workshopped @harvardkennedy.bsky.social). Examines qs of political morality (esp judicial role morality) + gen juris (formalism, realism, legality). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Political Trust, Public Justification, and Judicial Office, in Nikolas Kirby, ed., <i>What is Good Government? </i>(Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
<p><span>This chapter examines the place of the judiciary in good government. It does so at a fraught moment for American democracy: one in which there are high
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Paul B. Miller @pbaronmiller.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨Reminder - Call for Papers - Legal Personhood in Private Law🚨 (Details below). Join us in Rome in Nov '25! Travel costs fully covered. Papers due Jan 31 '25. Excited to be working w/ Eva Micheler and Chris Essert & grateful to ND, LSE and Toronto law schools for support. Pls repost, share.
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