Paul B. Miller

@pbaronmiller.bsky.social

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: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=364395

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...

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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🎉 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....

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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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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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-...

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 A previously unpublished paper by H.L.A. Hart responding to some of the work of Ronald Dworkin and found among Dworkin’s papers.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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🚨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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