Anthony O’Rourke JOS E PH W. B E LLUCK A N D L AU R A L . ASWA D PROFESSOR OF CIVIL JUSTICE DIRECTOR OF THE ADVOCACY INSTITUTE JD, Columbia Law School BA, University of Michigan
(716) 645-3097
aorourke@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW LEGISLATION STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
Much of my research lies at
LEGAL THEORY
the intersection of criminal procedure and structural
ARTICLES
constitutional law. I am
Defunding Police Agencies (with
currently exploring how
Guyora Binder & Rick Su) 71 Emory
political and economic
Law Journal (forthcoming 2022).
conditions affect the capacity of courts to solve difficult
The Ostensible (and, at times, Actual)
doctrinal problems as well
Virtue of Deference, 131 Yale Law
as how these conditions help
Journal Forum (forthcoming 2021).
structure policing and the criminal law system more
Disbanding Police Agencies (with
broadly. Using a methodological
Guyora Binder & Rick Su), 121
approach that integrates
Columbia Law Review 1327 (2021).
doctrinal analysis with legal theory and social science, my
Parallel Enforcement and Agency
work challenges some common
Interdependence, 77 Maryland
assumptions concerning
Law Review 985 (2018).
how institutional pressures shape both constitutional and
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statutory interpretation.”
Pretrial Self-Incrimination, Miranda, and Truth, in Interrogation, Confession and Truth 29 (Lutz Eidam, Michael Lindemann & Andreas Ransiek, eds., Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020).
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