Nina A. Mendelson

Biography & Contact Information

Nina A. Mendelson

Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law
Member of University of Michigan Law School Faculty 1999-

Forthcoming

• "Change, Creation, and Unpredictability in Statutory Interpretation: Interpretive Canon Use in the Roberts Court's First Decade." Mich. L. Rev. 117 (Forthcoming, 2018).
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Book Chapters

• "Supervising Outsourcing: The Need for Better Design of Blended Governance." In Administrative Law from the Inside Out: Essays on Themes in the Work of Jerry L. Mashaw, edited by N. R. Parrillo, 427-50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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• "Midnight Rulemaking and Congress." In Transitions, edited by A. Sarat. Tuscaloosa: University Alabama Press, 2012.
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• "Six Simple Steps to Increase Contractor Accountability." In Government by Contract: Outsourcing and American Democracy, edited by J. Freeman and M. Minow, 241-60. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009.
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• Co-author. "Preemption and Theories of Federalism." R. Verchick, co-author. In Preemption Choice: The Theory, Law, and Reality of Federalism's Core Question, edited by W. Buzbee, 13-32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Journal Articles

• "American Bar Association Resolution 112: Championing Public Access to the Law." Admin. & Regulatory L. News 42, no. 1 (2016): 11-3.
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• "The Uncertain Effects of Senate Confirmation Delays in the Agencies." Duke L.J. 64, no. 8 (2015): 1571-606.
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• "Taking Public Access to the Law Seriously: The Problem of Private Control Over the Availability of Federal Standards." Envtl. L. Reporter 45, no. 8 (2015): 10776-82.
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• Co-author. "Responding To Agency Avoidance of OIRA." J. Weiner, co-author. Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 37, no. 2 (2014): 447-521.
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• "Private Control over Access to Public Law: The Perplexing Federal Regulatory Use of Private Standards." Mich. L. Rev. 112, no. 5 (2014): 737-807.
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• "Joseph L. Sax: The Realm of the Legal Scholar." Mich. J. Envt. & Admin. L. 4, no. 1 (2014): 175-7.
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• "Should Mass Comments Count?" Mich. J. Envt. & Admin. L. 2, no. 1 (2012): 173-83.
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• "Another Word on the President's Statutory Authority Over Agency Action." Fordham L. Rev. 79, no. 6 (2011): 2455-85.
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• "Disclosing 'Political' Oversight of Agency Decision Making." Mich. L. Rev. 108, no. 7 (2010): 1127-78.
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• "Quick Off the Mark? In Favor of Empowering the President-Elect." Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 103 (2009): 464-76.
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• "The California Greenhouse Gas Waiver Decision and Agency Interpretation: A Response to Galle and Seidenfeld." Duke L.J. 57, no. 7 (2008): 2157-75.
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• "A Presumption Against Agency Preemption." Nw. U. L. Rev. 102, no. 2 (2008): 695-725.
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• "Regulatory Beneficiaries and Informal Agency Policymaking." Cornell L. Rev. 92, no. 3 (2007): 397-452.
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• "Guidance Documents and Regulatory Beneficiaries." Admin. & Regulatory L. News 31, no. 4 (2006): 8-10.
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• "Chevron and Preemption." Mich. L. Rev. 102, no. 5 (2004): 737-800.
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• "Agency Burrowing: Entrenching Policies and Personnel before a New President Arrives." N.Y.U. L. Rev. 78, no. 2 (2003): 557-666.
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• "A Control-Based Approach to Shareholder Liability for Corporate Torts." Colum. L. Rev. 102, no. 5 (2002): 1203-303.
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• Co-author. "Natural Resource Damages Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act." W. D. Brighton and J. C. Cruden, co-authors. ALI-ABA SB91 (1997): 1599-622. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• Co-author. "Unions of the Past: Labor Organization Before Collective Bargaining." J. L. Medoff, co-author. AFL-CIO Am. Federationist 92 (1985): 11-2. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Other Publications

• "New ABA Administrative Law Section Resolution to Ensure Public Access to the Law." Yale Journal on Regulation Notice and Comment Blog (January 8, 2016)
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• "Foreword: Rulemaking, Democracy, and Torrents of E-mail." Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 79, no. 5 (2011): 1343-80.
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• The Truth About Torts: Rethinking Regulatory Preemption and Its Impact on Public Health. W.Buzbee et al., co-authors. Washington, DC: Center for Progressive Reform, 2009. (white paper)
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• Limiting Federal Agency Preemption: Recommendations for a New Federalism Executive Order. W.Funk et al., co-authors. Washington, DC: Center for Progressive Reform, 2008. (white paper)
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