Brian C. Murchison

Publications

SSRN Publications

W&L Scholarly Commons (Available PDFs)

Book Chapters

"Anonymous Speech on the Internt," book chapter in Amateur Media: Social, Cultural and Legal Perspectives (D. Hnter, R. Lobato, M. Richardson & J. Thomas, eds.) (Routledge 2013).

Revisiting the American Action for Public Disclosure of Private Facts in New Dimensions in Privacy Law, Andrew Kenyon & Megan Richardson,eds. (Cambridge University Press 2006). 

Law Review Articles and other scholarly publications

Reflections on Breach of Confidence from the U.S. Perspective, 15 Media and Arts Law Review 295 (2010). 

The Fact-Conjecture Framework in U.S. Libel Law: Four Problems Media and Arts Law Review, Vol. 13, 2008. (Available at: SSRN)

Speech and the Self-Governance Value, 14 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 1251 (2006). (Available at: Westlaw)

Brian C. Murchison et al., A Tribute to Frederic L. Kirgis, 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 833 (2005). (Available at: Lexis; Westlaw)

Treating Physicians as Expert Witnesses in Compensation Systems: The Public Health Connection, 90 Ky. L.J. 891 (2002) (Symposium: State Law and Public Health). (reprinted in 25 Workers' Comp. L. Rev. 275 (2003)) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Due Process, Black Lung, and the Shaping of Administrative Justice, 54 Admin. L. Rev. 1025 (2002). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

A Tribute to Andrew W. McThenia, Jr., 58 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 3 (2001). (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Prescription Drugs, Products Liability and Innovation: Notes on the U.S. Experience, 29 Int'l Bus. Law. 111 (March 2001). (short article for panel on "Law and Innovation," International Bar Association Conference, 2001)

A Tribute to Barry Sullivan, 57 Wash. & Lee. L. Rev. 330 (2000).

Law, Belief, and Bildung: The Education of Harry Edwards, 29 Hofstra L. Rev. 127 (2000). (Available at: Hein-Online;Lexis; Westlaw)

Speech and the Self-Realization Value, 33 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 443 (1998). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Interpretation and Independence: How Judges Use the Avoidance Canon in Separation of Powers Cases, 30 Ga. L. Rev. 85 (1995). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

A Tribute to J. Timothy Philipps, 51 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1140 (1994). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Sullivan's Paradox: The Emergence of Judicial Standards of Journalism, 73 N.C. L. Rev. 7 (1994). (with Brian C. Murchison and others) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

A Story of Teaching and Scholarship, 1993 Wash. & Lee U. Sch. L. Dean's Rep. 18.

For the Civil Practitioner: Review of Fourth Circuit Opinions in Civil Cases Decided November 1, 1991 Through December 31, 1992: I - Administrative Law and Procedure, 50 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 211 (1993) (The Fourth Circuit Review). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Resolving Libel Disputes Out of Court: The Libel Dispute Resolution Program, in Reforming Libel Law 286 (John Soloski & Randall P. Bezanson eds., Guilford Press 1992). (with Brian C. Murchison and Roselle L. Wissler et al.)

Resolving Libel Cases Out of Court: How Attorneys View the Libel Dispute Resolution Program, 75 Judicature 329 (1992). (with Brian C. Murchison and Roselle L. Wissler et al.) (Available at: Hein-Online)

The Concept of Independence in Public Law, 41 Emory L.J. 961 (1992). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

The Three Voices of Libel, 47 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 213 (1990) (Offensive and Libelous Speech Symposium). (with Brian C. Murchison and Randall Bezanson) (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

On Ripeness and "Pragmatism" in Administrative Law, 41 Admin. L. Rev. 159 (1989). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Moments of Silence in Administrative Law: Notes on Judicial Method in the Deregulation Cases, 60 Tul. L. Rev. 697 (1986). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Misrepresentation and the FCC, 37 Fed. Comm. L.J. 403 (1985). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis)

Two Years in Africa, 66 Today's Educ.: J. Nat'l Educ. Ass'n 87 (1977).

Newspapers, Website, Magazines, and other general media

Developments in the Public Figure Doctrine, Washington & Lee University, 36th Institute on Ethics of Journalism (March 2004).

War, National Security and the Press; Libel, Public Figures and the Case of Richard Jewell; The Prodigy and the Press: Revisting the Sidis Case; Media Serving Democracy? What the F.C.C. is Doing about Media Ownership and How the Law Affects the Role of Media in Federal Elections, Washington & Lee University Alumni College on Media and Politics Since Watergate (July 2003).

Developments in the Actual Malice Doctrine, Washington & Lee University, 35th Institute on Ethics of Journalism (Oct. 2003).

The Black Lung Disability Program: In Search of Due Process, 28 Admin. & Reg. L. News, Spring 2003, at 8.

Free Speech, Free Press, and Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Law and Literature Weekend (Oct. 2002).

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, Washington & Lee University Alumni College on Great Trials of the Twentieth Century (July 2000).

Evidence and Justice in Administrative Adjudications, Annual Seminar of the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference (FALJC) (Sept. 2000).

Media Coverage of High-Profile Criminal Cases, Capital Defense Workshop, Virginia Bar Association, Richmond, VA (October 2000).