John Denvir

Telephone: (415) 422-5869
Facsimile: (415) 422-6433
E-Mail: denvirj@usfca.edu

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Publications:

"What movies can teach law students," in Law in Popular Culture 183 (Freeman, Michael D. A., ed., Oxford University Press, 2005)

"Democracy's Constitution: Claiming the Privileges of American Citizenship (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c2001)

"Rumpole of the Bailey," in Prime Time Law: Fictional Television As Legal Narrative 145 (Jarvis, Robert M. & Joseph, Paul R., eds., Carolina Academic Press, 1998)

"Legal Reelism: Movies as Legal Texts, editor, Urbana: University of Illinois Press (c1996)

"William Shakespeare and the jurisprudence of comedy," in Narrative and the Legal Discourse 183, Papke, David Ray, ed., Liverpool: Deborah Charles Publication (1991)

"The slotting function: how movies influence political decisions." (Symposium: Law in Film/Film in Law) 4 Vermont Law Review 799 (2004)

"Proudly political." 37 University of San Francisco Law Review 27 (2002)

"Law, lawyers, film and television." 24 Legal Studies Forum 279 (2000)

"Are all lawyers crazy, or just the ones in the movies?" (Review) Los Angeles Daily Journal. p. 8, col. 2 (February 19, 1999)

"One movie no lawyer should miss." 30 University of San Francisco Law Review 1051 (1996)

"The big picture: nominated films—even 'Babe'—contain lessons for lawyers." (Oscars). Los Angeles Daily Journal. p. 6, col. 3 (March 22, 1996)

Denvir, John, "'Deep dialogue'—James Joyce's contribution to American constitutional theory." 3 Cardozo Studies in Law & Literature 1 (1991)

"Frank Capra's First Amendment. ('Mr. Smith Goes to Washington')." 15 Legal Studies Forum 255 (1991)

"Judging Justices: Rehnquist, Brennan, and the question of judicial method." (1991 Symposium: The Rehnquist Court) 22 University of Toledo Law Review 757 (1991)

"Comic relief." (Michael J. Perry's 'Morality, Politics, and Law') 63 Tulane Law Review 1423 (1989)

"'Ronnie and Roberto': a reply to Daniel Williams." 23 University of San Francisco Law Review 409 (1989)

"The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is." 13 Legal Studies Forum 205 (1989)

"William Shakespeare and the jurisprudence of comedy." 39 Stanford Law Review 825 (1987)

"Law's Empire." (book reviews) 22 University of San Francisco Law Review 89 (1987)

"Justice Brennan, Justice Rehnquist, and free speech." 80 Northwestern University Law Review 285 (1985)

"Justice Rehnquist and constitutional interpretation." (Public Interest Law: A Symposium) 34 Hastings Law Journal 1011 (1983)

"…And underneath all the bluster, Rehnquist is a judicial activist too." (Two Myths at the Supreme Court) Los Angeles Daily Journal. p4, col. 3 (September 30, 1983)

"The Constitution, the courts and human rights." (book reviews) 44 Ohio State Law Journal 139 (1983)

"Earl Warren: a public life." (book reviews) 5 Cardozo Law Review 239 (1983)

"Professor Dworkin and an activist theory of constitutional adjudication." 45 Albany Law Review 13 (1980)

"Towards a political theory of public interest litigation." 54 North Carolina Law Review 1133 (1976)

"Controlling welfare bureaucracy: a dynamic approach." 50 Notre Dame Lawyer 457 (1975)