Adrian Vermeule

John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law

Office:	Areeda 229
Assistant:	Ellen Keng 617/496-9016
Email:	avermeule@law.harvard.edu

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Bibliography

Books

Breyer, Stephen, Richard Stewart, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule & Michael Herz. Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy: Problems Text, and Cases (Aspen Publishers 7th ed. 2011).
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Posner, Eric & Adrian Vermeule. The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic (Oxford University Press 2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian. The System of the Constitution (Oxford University Press 2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Law and the Limits of Reason (Oxford University Press 2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. Mechanisms of Democracy: Institutional Design Writ Small (Oxford 2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty and the Courts (Oxford 2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Judging Under Uncertainty: An Institutional Theory of Legal Interpretation (Harvard University Press 2006).
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Shorter Works in Collection

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Demystifying Schmitt" in Cambridge Companion to Carl Schmitt (forthcoming 2012).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Glorious Commander-in-Chief" in The Limits of Constitutional Democracy (Jeffrey Tulis & Stephen Macedo eds., 2010).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Sagesse Collective et Construction Des Institutions" in Raison Publique: Sagesse Collective (2010).

Vermeule, Adrian & Elizabeth Garrett. "Transparency in the U.S. Budget Process" in Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy 68 (Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy & Howell E. Jackson eds., Cambridge University Press, 2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Constitutional Amendments and the Constitutional Common Law" in The Least Examined Branch: Legislatures in the Modern State 229 (Richard W. Bauman & Tsvi Kahana eds., 2007).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority" in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Ascertainment Clause" in The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (David Forte ed., 2005).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Accommodating Emergencies" in The Constitution in Wartime: Beyond Alarmism and Complacency (Mark Tushnet ed., 2005).

Vermeule, Adrian & Elizabeth Garrett. "Institutional Design of a Thayerian Congress" in Congress and the Constitution (Neal Devins & Keith Whittington eds., 2005).

Articles in a Periodical

Vermeule, Adrian. "Local Wisdom," The New Republic Online, March 22, 2012 (reviewing David M. Dorsen, Belknap, Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era (2012)).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Same Old, Same Old," The New Republic Online, March 15, 2012 (reviewing Richard A. Epstein, Harvard University Press, Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration and the Rule of Law (2012)).

Lanni, Adriaan & Adrian Vermeule. "Constitutional Design in the Ancient World," Stanford Law Review, (forthcoming 2012).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making," 10 Political Theory 180 (2012) (reviewing Peter Stone, Oxford University Press, The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making (2011)).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Introduction: Political Risk and Public Law," Journal of Legal Analysis, (forthcoming).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Lawfare from the Bench," The New Republic Online, September 5, 2011 (reviewing Brian McGinty, Harvard University Press, The Body of John Merryman: Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus (2011)).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Power to the People," The New Republic Online, August 8, 2011 (reviewing John P. McCormick, Cambridge University Press, Machiavellian Democracy (2011)).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Ideals and Idols," The New Republic Online, June 8, 2011 (reviewing Jack M. Balkin, Harvard University Press, Constitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World (2011)).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The New Fable of the Bees," The New Republic Online, January 26, 2011 (reviewing Thomas D. Seeley, Princeton University Press, Honeybee Democracy (2011)).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Second Opinions and Institutional Design," 97 Virginia Law Review 1435 (2011).

Magill, Elizabeth & Adrian Vermeule. "Allocating Power within Agencies," 120 Yale Law Journal 1032 (2011).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Intermittent Institutions," 10 Politics, Philosophy & Economics 420 (2011).

Gersen, Jacob & Adrian Vermeule. "Delegating to Enemies," Columbia Law Review, (forthcoming).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Small-C Constitution Circa 1925," Classics Jotwell, October 27th, 2010 (reviewing Herbert W. Horwill, The Usages of the American Constitution (1925)).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Superstatutes," The New Republic Online, Oct. 26, 2010 (reviewing William N. Eskridge, Jr. & John Ferejohn, Yale University Press, A Republic of Statutes: The New American Constitution (2010)).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "The Invisible Hand in Legal and Political Theory," 96 Viriginia Law Review 1417 (2010).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Crisis Governance in the Administrative State: 9/11 and the Financial Meltdown of 2008," 76 University of Chicago Law Review 1613 (2010).

Beaumont, Elizabeth & Adrian Vermeule. "Mechanisms of Democracy: Institutional Design Writ Small," 38 Political Theory 282 (2010).

Posner, Eric A., Kathryn E. Spier & Adrian Vermeule. "Divide and Conquer," 2 Journal of Legal Analysis 417 (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "The Limits of Epistemic Legalism: A Reply," 2 Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies 47 (2010).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Many-Minds Arguments in Legal Theory," 1 Journal of Legal Analysis 1 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Congress and the Costs of Information: A Response to Jane Schacter," 89 Boston University Law Review 677 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Parliament of the Experts," 58 Duke Law Journal 2231 (2009).

Stephenson, Matthew & Adrian Vermeule. "Chevron Has Only One Step," 95 Virginia Law Review 597 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Our Schmittian Administrative Law," 122 Harvard Law Review 1095 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Interaction of Democratic Mechanisms," 18 The Good Society 21 (2009).
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(Harvard Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper Series No. 09-22)

Vermeule, Adrian. "Foreword: System Effects and the Constitution," 123 Harvard Law Review 4 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian. "A New Deal for Civil Liberties," 43 Tulsa Law Review 921 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Emergency Lawmaking after 9/11 and 7/7," 75 University Chicago Law Review 1155 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Connecting Positive and Normative Legal Theory," 10 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 387 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Constitutional Showdowns," 156 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 991 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Holmes on Emergencies," 61 Stanford Law Review 163 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian & Cass R. Sunstein. "Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures," 17 Journal of Political Philosophy 202 (2008).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Absolute Majority Rules," 37 British Journal of Political Science 643 (2007).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Common-Law Constitutionalism and the Limits of Reason," 107 Columbia Law Review 1482 (2007).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Should We Have Lay Justices?" 59 Stanford Law Review 1569 (2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Posner on Security and Liberty: Alliance to End Repression v. City of Chicago," 120 Harvard Law Review 1251 (2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian & Jacob E. Gersen. "Chevron as a Voting Rule," 116 Yale Law Journal 676 (2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian & Jacob E. Gersen. "Improving Deference: Chevron as a Voting Rule,," 116 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 235 (2007).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Instrumentalisms," 120 Harvard Law Review 2113 (2007) (reviewing Brian Z. Tamanaha, LAW AS A MEANS TO AN END: THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW ).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Review of Louis Fisher, In the Name of National Security: Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case," 122 Political Science Quarterly 322 (2007) (book review).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Originalism and Emergencies: A Reply to Lawson," 87 Boston University Law Review 313 (2007).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "The Credible Executive," 74 Chicago Law Review 865 (2007).

Vermeule, Adrian & Jody Freeman. "Massachusetts v. EPA: From Politics to Expertise," 2007 Sup. Ct. Rev. 51 (2007).

Gersen, Jacob & Adrian Vermeule. "Chevron as a Voting Rule," 116 Yale Law Journal 676 (2007).

Gersen, Jacob & Adrian Vermeule. "Improving Deference: Chevron as a Voting Rule," 116 Yale Law Journal Pocket Part 235 (2007).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Second-Best Democracy," Harvard Law & Policy Review (Online), Dec. 4, 2006.
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Introductory Essay: Political Constraints on Supreme Court Reform," 90 Minnesota Law Review 1154 (2006).

Vermeule, Adrian & Cass R. Sunstein. "Deterring Murder: A Reply," 58 Stanford Law Review 847 (2006).

Vermeule, Adrian & Cass R. Sunstein. "Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? Acts, Omissions and Life-Life Tradeoffs," 58 Stanford Law Review 703 (2006).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Should Coercive Interrogation Be Legal?" 104 Michigan Law Review 671 (2006).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Self-Defeating Proposals: Ackerman on Emergency Powers," 75 Fordham Law Review 631 (2006).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Emergencies and Democratic Failure," 92 Virginia Law Review 1091 (2006).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "The Delegation Lottery," 119 Harvard Law Review Forum 105 (2006).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Submajority Rules: Forcing Accountability upon Majorities," 13 Journal Of Political Philosophy 74 (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Selection Effects in Constitutional Law," 91 Virginia Law Review (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Judiciary is a They, Not an It: Interpretive Theory and the Fallacy of Division," 14 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 549 (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Three Strategies of Interpretation," 42 San Diego Law Review 607 (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Libertarian Panics," 36 Rutgers Law Journal 871 (2005).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Emergencies and Political Change: A Reply to Tushnet," 56 Stanford Law Review 1593 (2004).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Constitutional Law of Congressional Procedure," 71 University of Chicago Law Review 361 (2004).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Transitional Justice as Ordinary Justice," 117 Harvard Law Review 761 (2004).

Vermeule, Adrian & Cass R. Sunstein. "Interpretive Theory in its Infancy: A Reply to Posner," 101 Michigan Law Review 972 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Mead in the Trenches: Introduction to the Annual D.C. Circuit Review," 71 George Washington Law Review 347 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian & Cass R. Sunstein. "Interpretation and Institutions," 101 Michigan Law Review 885 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Accommodating Emergencies," 56 Stanford Law Review 605 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Hume's Second-Best Constitutionalism," 70 University of Chicago Law Review 421 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Nondelegation: A Post-Mortem," 70 University of Chicago Law Review 1331 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Reparations for Slavery and Other Historical Injustices," 103 Columbia Law Review 689 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Three Commerce Clauses? No Problem," 55 University of Arkansas Law Review 1175 (2003).

Vermeule, Adrian & Jack Landman Goldsmith. "Empirical Methodology and Legal Scholarship," 69 The University of Chicago Law Review 153 (2002).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Interring the Nondelegation Doctrine," 69 University of Chicago Law Review 1729 (2002).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Legislative Entrenchment: A Reappraisal," 111 Yale Law Journal 1665 (2002).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Constitutional Law of Official Compensation," 102 Columbia Law Review 501 (2002).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Facts about Unwritten Constitutionalism: A Response to Professor Rubenfeld," 51 Duke Law Journal 473 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Centralization and the Commerce Clause," 31 Environmental Law Review 11334 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Judicial Review and Institutional Choice," 43 William & Mary Law Review 1557 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Does Commerce Clause Review Have Perverse Effects," 46 Villanova Law Review 1325 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Veil of Ignorance Rules in Constitutional Law," 111 Yale Law Journal 399 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian & Elizabeth Garrett. "Institutional Design of a Thayerian Congress," 50 Duke Law Journal 1277 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Cycles of Statutory Interpretation," 68 University of Chicago Law Review 149 (2001).

Vermeule, Adrian. "The Judicial Power in the State (and Federal) Courts," 2000 Supreme Court Review 357 (2000).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Interpretive Choice," 75 New York University Law Review 74 (2000).

Vermeule, Adrian & Ernest A. Young. "Hercules, Herbert," 113 Harvard Law Review 730 (2000).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Interpretation, Empiricism and the Closure Problem," 66 University of Chicago Law Review 698 (1999).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Judicial History," 108 Yale Law Journal 1311 (1999).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Legislative History and the Limits of Judicial Competence: The Untold Story of Holy Trinity Church," 50 Stanford Law Review 1833 (1998).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Saving Constructions," 85 Georgetown Law Journal 1945 (1997).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Nonprofit Organizations: Charitable Solicitation," 105 Harvard Law Review 1634 (1992).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Confidential Media Sources and the First Amendment: Cohen v. Cowles Media Co," 15 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 266 (1992).

Articles in a Newspaper

Posner, Eric A. & Adrian Vermeule. "Obama Should Raise the Debt Ceiling on His Own," The New York Times, July 22, 2011, Op-Ed.
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Posner, Eric A. & Adrian Vermeule. "Libyan Legal Limbo," Slate, July 5, 2011.
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Vermeule, Adrian & Jack Landman Goldsmith. "How War Can Bring Peace," New York Times, September 10, 2006.

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Judicial Cliches On Terrorism," The Washington Post, August 8, 2005.

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "A 'Torture' Memo and Its Tortuous Critics," The Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2004.

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Crimes and Punishment," The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2003.

Working or Discussion Papers

Vermeule, Adrian. "'Government by Public Opinion': Bryce�s Theory of the Constitution," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 11-13 (2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Contra 'Nemo Iudex in Sua Causa'," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 11-31 (2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Precautionary Principles in Constitutional Law," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 11-20 (2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Security and Liberty: Critiques of the Tradeoff Thesis," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 11-19 (2011).
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Vermeule, Adrian & Christian List. "Independence and Interdependence: Lessons from the Hive," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 10-44 (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Regulating Political Risks," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 10-43 (2010).

Vermeule, Adrian. "Open-Secret Voting," Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper, No. 674 (2010).
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(also in Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 10-37)

Vermeule, Adrian. "Parliament of Experts," Harvard Law School Program on Risk Regulation Research Paper No. 09-1, No. 09-1 (2009).
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Vermeule, Adrian. "Congress and the Costs of Information: A Response to Jane Schacter," Harvard Public Law Working Paper, No. 09-08 (2009).

Vermeule, Adrian & Eric A. Posner. "Tyrannophobia," Univ. of Chicago Public Law & Legal Theory, Research Paper Series, No. 276 (2009).
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Internet Publications

Vermeule, Adrian. The Small-c Constitution, Circa 1925 (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Superstatutes (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. The Supreme Court Needs a Justice Who Isn't a Lawyer (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Living it Up (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. States of Detention (2010).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Eclectic Decision Theory (2009).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Outcomes, Outcomes (2009).
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Vermeule, Adrian. Controlling Agencies through Appointments (2004).
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(Association of American Law Schools 2004 Annual Meeting)

Vermeule, Adrian. Consolidating the Federalism Revolution (2003).
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(American Enterprise Institute Publications)

Vermeule, Adrian. Dynamic Statutory Interpretation and the Institutional Turn (2002).
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(Berkeley Electronic Press Issues in Legal Scholarship Series)

Vermeule, Adrian. Interpretation, Politics and the Fallacy of Division (2001).
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(Association of American Law Schools 2001 Annual Meeting)

Works in Progress

Vermeule, Adrian. The Invisible Hand in Legal Theory (2009).
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