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Select Bibliography of Publications by Shirley S. Abrahamson

(Publications appear in chronological order.)

Shirley S. Abrahamson and Gordon Sinykin, “Management Contracts in the Insurance Industry: A Wisconsin Study,” 1969 Wis. L. Rev. 693 (1969).

Shirley S. Abrahamson, “How Tootsie the Goldfish is Teaching People to Think Like a Judge,” 21 Judges J. 12 (1982).

_____, ”Are Judges Too Lenient?” 22 Judges J. 40 (1983).

_____, “Reincarnation of State Courts,” (Roy R. Ray Lecture), 36 Sw. L. J. 951 (1982-1983).

_____ ,“Paradoxes of the 80’s,” (Commencement Address), 60 Chi-Kent L. Rev. 219 (1984).

_____, “The LSAT for the 21st Century,” J. Legal Educ., Vol. 34, No. 3, (Sept. 1984).

_____, “The Woman Has Robes: Four Questions,” 14 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 489 (1984).

_____, “Some Enlightenment on Crime,” 83 Mich. L. Rev. 1157 (1984-1985).

_____, “Criminal Law and State Constitutions: The Emergence of State Constitutional Law,” 63 Tex. L. Rev. 1141 (1984-1985).

_____, Foreword, 1 Wis. Women’s L. J. 1 (1985).

_____, “Redefining Roles: The Victims’ Rights Movement,” (William H. Leary Lecture), 1985 Utah L. Rev. 517 (1985).

_____, “Justice and Juror,” (Edith House Lecture), “20 Ga. L. Rev. 257 (1985-1986).

_____, “A View from the Other Side of the Bench,” 69 Marq. L. Rev. 463 (1985-1986).

_____ and Diane S. Gutmann, “The New Judicial Federalism: State Constitutions,” 71 Judicature 88 (1987-1988).

_____, “The Living Constitution: A View from the Bench,” in The United States Constitution: Its Birth, Growth, and Influence in Asia, edited by Joseph Barton Starr, [Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press for the American Studies Association of Hong Kong, 1988].

_____, “The Consumer and the Courts,” 74 Judicature 93 (1990-1991).

_____, “Divided We Stand: State Constitutions in a More Perfect Union,” (Mathew Tobriner Memorial Lecture), 18 Hastings Const. L. Q. 723 (1990-1991).

_____ and Robert L. Hughes, “Shall We Dance? Steps for Legislators and Judges in Statutory Interpretation,” 75 Minn. L. Rev. 1045 (1990-1991).

_____, “Long Forgotten by Civil Libertarians, State Courts are Now Getting the Respect They Deserve,” 19 Hum. Rts. 26 (1992).

_____, Susan M. Fieber, and Gabrielle Lessard, “Judges on Judging: A Bibliography,” 24 St. Mary’s L. J. 995 (1992-1993).

_____, “Judging in the Quiet of the Storm,” 24 St. Mary’s L. J. 965 (1992-1993).

_____, “The Justice Who Never Graduates: Law Schools and the Judicial Endeavor,” 68 Ind. L. J. 621 (1992-1993).

_____, “Toward a Courtroom of One’s Own: An Appellate Judge Looks at Gender Bias,” 61 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1209 (1992-1993).

_____, Susan Craighead, and Daniel N. Abrahamson, ”Words and Sentences: Penalty Enhancement for Hate Crimes,” 16 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 515 (1994).

_____, “Refreshing Institutional Memories: Wisconsin and the American Law Institute,” (Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture), 1995 Wis. L. Rev. 1 (1995).

_____, “Commentary on Jeffrey M. Shaman’s The Impartial Judge: Detachment or Passion?,” 45 DePaul L. Rev. 633 (1995-1996).

_____, “Remarks of the Hon. Shirley S. Abrahamson before the American Bar Association Commission on Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence, Washington D.C., December 13, 1996,” 12 St. John’s J. Legal Comment. 69 (1996-1997).

_____, “Introduction to the Report of the Commission on the Delivery of Legal Services,” 80 Marq. L. Rev. 699 (1996-1997).

_____, “A True Partnership for Justice,” 80 Judicature 6, (1996-1997).

_____, Ken Bode, Randall T. Shepard, Robert Benham, Perry O. Hooper, and E. Norman Veasey, “Roundtable Supreme Courts as Sources of Legal Change,” 72 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1193 (1996-1997).

_____, “In Memoriam: Willard Hurst,” 1997 Wis. L. Rev. 1125 (1997).

_____and Michael J. Fischer, “All the World’s a Courtroom: Judging in the New Millennium,” 26 Hofstra L. Rev. 273 (1997-1998).

_____, “Do Women Judges Really Make a Difference? The American Experience,” in Women in Law, edited by Shimon Shetreet, [London: Kluwer, 1998] 195-216.

_____, foreword to Trusting Nothing to Providence, by Joseph A. Ranney, [Madison: University of Wisconsin Law School Continuing Education and Outreach, 1999], xv.

_____, “A Courtroom with a View: Building Judicial Independence with Public Participation,” 8 Williamette J. Int’l L. & Dis. Res. 13 (2000).

_____, “The Appeal of Therapeutic Jurisprudence,” 24 Seattle U. L. Rev. 223 (2000-2001).

_____, “The Ballot and the Bench,” (Apeech), 76 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 973 (2001).

_____, “Howard Eisenberg: My Colleague and Friend,” 86 Marq. L. Rev. 304 (2002).

_____, introduction to Portraits of Justice, edited by Trina E. Gray, Karen Leon de Nie, Jennifer Miller, and Amanda k. Todd, [Madison: Wisconsin Historical society Press, 2003], vii.

_____, “Thorny Issues and Slippery Slopes: Perspectives on Judicial Independence,” (Keynote Address) 64 Ohio St. L. J. 3 (2003).

_____, “State Constitutional Law, New Judicial Federalism, and the Rehnquist Court,” 51 Clev. St. L. Rev. 339 (2004).

_____, “The Pennsylvania Constitution: A Treatise on Rights and Liberties,” 68 Albany L. Rev. 403 (2005).

_____, “Judicial Independence as Campaign Platform,” 19 Ohio Law. 16 (2005).

_____, “The Old Order Changes,” (Keynote Address), 8 J. App. Prac. & Process 77 (2006).

_____ and Michael E. Ahrens, “The Legacy of Hans Linde  in the Statutory and Administrative Age,” 43 Willamette L. Rev. 175 (2007).

_____, “Access to Justice: The Wisconsin Way,” 47 Judges J. 36 (2008).

_____, “The Dedication of Eckstein Hall,” 94 Marq. L. Rev. 451 (2010-2011).

_____, Jonathan Lippman, Christine M. Durham, and Chase T. Rogers, “Discussion on the State of State Courts”, 75 Albany L. Rev. 1703 (2011-2012).

_____, “The Kastenmeier Influence on Wisconsin Courts, 2015 Wis. L. Rev. 559 (2015).