Denis J. Brion

Publications

SSRN Publications

W&L Scholarly Commons (Available PDFs)

Books, including monographs and treatises

Essential Industry and the NIMBY Phenomenon (Quorum Books 1991).

Institutional Constraints on Alternative Water for Energy: A Guidebook for Regional Assessments (U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Assessments 1980). (with Denis J. Brion and Gary Weatherford et al.)

Book Chapters

Norms and Values in Law and Economics, in 1 Encyclopedia of Law and Economics 1041 (Boudewijn Bouckaert & Gerrit De Geest eds., Edward Elgar 2000).

Saying the Law: The Power of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of Power, in States, Citizens, and Questions of Significance: Tenth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 19 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 11, John Brigham & Roberta Kevelson eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1997).

The Ritual of the Judicial Opinion, in Ritual and Semiotics 1 (Critic of Institutions, Vol. 14, J. Ralph Lindgren & Jay Knaak eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1997).

Richard Posner's Sex and Reason: Meaning and the Ghost in the Machine, in The Eyes of Justice: Seventh Round Table on Law and Semiotics 33 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 7, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1994).

The Ineffable: Metaphor and the Prisonhouse of Language, in Flux, Complexity, and Illusion: Sixth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 123 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 6, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1993).

The Legal Crisis in Land Use Regulation, in The Virginia Assembly on Land Use Policies: Issues for the Commonwealth 45 (Robert de Voursney eds., Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 1982).

Law Review Articles and other scholarly publications

Trial Argumentation: The Creation of Meaning, 22 Int'l J. Semiotics L. 23 (2009). (Available at: Springer)

The Semiosis of the Clinton Impeachment Debate, 8 Interdisc. J. for Germanic Linguistics & Semiotic Analysis 97 (2003).

Pragmatism and Judicial Choice (Critic of Institutions, Vol. 11, Peter Lang 2003).

The Word: An Essay on Seeing, Owning, and the Sacred, 14 Int'l J. for Semiotics L. 179 (2001).

Torts and Gods: Idolatry in the Law, in Taking Responsibility: Comparative Perspectives 63 (Winston Davis ed., University Press of Virginia 2001).

Boundaries: The Balkans, the Law, and the Sacred, 14 Int'l J. for Semiotics L. 367 (2001).

The Ethics of Property: A Semiotic Inquiry Into Ownership, 12 Int'l J. for Semiotics L. 247 (2000).

The Endless Universe of the Law, in Semiotics 1999, at 169 (Scott Simpkins et al. eds., Peter Lang Pub. 2000).

The Architectonics of Narrative, 5 Interdisc. J. for Germanic Linguistics & Semiotic Analysis 1 (2000).

Utilitarian Reasoning in Judicial Decisionmaking, 23 Legal Stud. F. 93 (1999). (Available at: Lexis)

The Arrow of Time: The Past and Future of Law, in Semiosis, Evolution, Energy: Towards a Reconceptualization of the Sign 29 (Edwina Taborsky ed., Shaker Verlag 1999).

The Semiosis of Ownership, in Semiotics 1997, at 195 (C.W. Spinks & John Deely eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1998).

The Semiosis of Liberty, in Revolutions, Institutions, Law: Eleventh Round Table on Law and Semiotics 37 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 12, Joel Levin & Roberta Kevelson eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1998).

Chaos--What Judges and Juries Do, in New Approaches to Semiotics and the Human Sciences: Essays in Honor of Roberta Kevelson 31 (William Pencak & J. Ralph Lindgren eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1998).

The Louise Woodward Jury and the Genesis of Truth, in Semiotics 1998, at 225 (C.W. Spinks & John Deely eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1999).

The Pragmatic Genesis of Constitutional Meaning, 10 Int'l J. for Semiotics L. 159 (1997).

Naming and Forgetting, in Semiotics 1996, at 219 (C.W. Spinks & John Deely eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1997).

The Semiotics of Constitutional Meaning, in Semiotics 1995, at 137 (C.W. Spinks & John Deely eds., Peter Lang Pub. 1996).

The Paradox of Principles and the Critique of Pragmatism, in Law and the Conflict of Ideologies: Ninth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 35 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 10, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1996).

Making Differences and Making All the Difference: Community and the Dilemma of Difference, in Conscience, Consensus, & Crossroads in Law: Eighth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 81 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 8, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1995).

The Chaotic Indeterminacy of Tort Law: Between Formalism and Nihilism, in Radical Philosophy of Law: Contemporary Challenges to Mainstream Legal Theory and Practice 179 (David S. Caudill & Steven Jay Gold eds., Humanities Press International 1995).

A Tribute to J. Timothy Philipps, 51 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1125 (1994). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Postmodern Law: The Judicial Function of Principled Pastiche, in Codes and Customs: Millennial Perspectives 19 (Critic of Institutions, Vol. 1, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1994).

The Hidden Persistence of Witchcraft, 5 Law & Critique 227 (1993).

Rhetoric and the Law of Enterprise, in Law and the Human Sciences: Fifth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 61 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 3, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1992). (An expanded version of this essay was published in 42 Syracuse L. Rev. 117 (1991).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Portrait of the Artist, in Law & Aesthetics 95 (New Studies in Aesthetics, Vol. 11, Roberta Kevelson ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1992).

Performing the Constitution, 49 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 293 (1992) (Contemporary Challenges to Judging: History, Politics, Values (Symposium Part 2)). (Available at: Hein-Online)

The Meaning of the City: Urban Redevelopment and the Loss of Community, 25 Ind. L. Rev. 685 (1992). (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Rhetoric and the Law of Enterprise, 42 Syracuse L. Rev. 117 (1991) (Symposium: Law and Economics and the Semiotic Process). (Available at: Hein-Online; Westlaw)

Modern Witchcraft: The Semiotic Power of Community Cosmology, in Action and Agency: Fourth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 65 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 2, Roberta Kevelson, ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1991).

The "Chaotic" Law of Tort: Legal Formalism and the Problem of Indeterminancy, in Pierce and Law: Issues in Pragmatism, Legal Realism, and Semiotics 45 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 1, R. Kevelson, ed., Peter Lang Pub. 1991).

Making the Appalachian World: The Judicial Conception of the Land, 3 Law & Semiotics 73 (1989).

What is a Hay Baler? The Semiotic Answer From Contract Law, 2 Law & Semiotics 61 (1988).

An Essay on LULU, NIMBY, and the Problem of Distributive Justice, 15 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 437 (1988). (An earlier version of this article was delivered on October 5, 1984 at the Conference on Siting Locally Unwanted Land Uses sponsored by the Institute for Environmental Negotiation of the University of Virginia and published by the Institute as Private Property and Social Property, in Not-In-My-Backyard!: Community Reaction to Locally Unwanted Land Use 43 (Institute for Envt'l Negotiation, University of Virginia 1985).) (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis)

The Shopping Mall: Signs of Power, 1 Law & Semiotics 65 (1987).

Private Property and Social Property, in Not-In-My-Backyard!: Community Reaction to Locally Unwanted Land Use 43 (Institute for Envt'l Negotiation, University of Virginia 1985).

The Unresolved Structure of Property Rights in the Virginia Shore, 24 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 727 (1983) (Water Rights Symposium). (Available at: Hein-Online; Lexis; Westlaw)

Judicial Review of Local Land Use Decisions in Virginia: A Report to the Joint Land Use Task Force of the Virginia Association of Counties and the Virginia Municipal League (Institute of Government, University of Virginia 1981). (with Denis J.Brion and Lillian R. BeVier)

Federal Regulation of Surface Mining in Virginia, 67 Va. L. Rev. 329 (1981) (Twenty-Fifth Annual Survey of Developments in Virginia Law, 1979-1980),

The Common Law of Waterpower in New England, 5 Vt. L. Rev. 201 (1980) (Symposium: Hydroelectric Power in New England).

A Compendium of Water Allocation Law in the Eastern United States (U.S. Dept. of Energy 1979).

The Administrative System for Water Resources in Virginia, in Legal and Administrative Systems for Water Allocation and Management 338 (William E. Cox ed., Virginia Water Resources Research Center 1978).

Water Rights in the Virginia Portion of the Potomac River Basin, in Legal Rights in Potomac Waters 188 (Garrett Power ed., Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin 1976).

Virginia Natural Resources Law and the New Virginia Wetlands Act, 30 Wash. & L. Rev. 19 (1973). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Case Comment, Act of State Doctrine: Tabacalera Severiano Jorge, S.A. v. Standard Cigar Co., 9 Va. J. Int'l L. 184 (1969). (Available at: Hein-Online)

Book Reviews

Book Review, 15 Int'l J. for Semiotics L. 217 (2002) (reviewing Robin Paul Malloy, Law and Market Economy: Reinterpreting the Values of Law and Economics (2000)).

Newspapers, Website, Magazines, and other general media

Semiotic Blindness in the Film "Class Action," in "The Law" vs. "The People": Twelfth Round Table on Law and Semiotics 313 (Semiotics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 14, William Pencak et al. eds., Peter Lang Pub. 2000).

Constraints on Acquiring Water for Energy Development (John Muir Institute 1982).