Michael D. Gilbert is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of
Law. His research focuses on direct democracy, voting rules, and judicial
decision-making. He received his J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of California,
Berkeley. 

Articles

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A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (with Robert D. Cooter), 110 Columbia Law Review (2010)

Citizens in many states use direct democracy to make laws on everything from soda bottles...

 

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Less Can Be More: Conflicting Ballot Proposals and the Highest Vote Rule (with Joshua M. Levine), Journal of Legal Studies (2009)
This paper examines conflicting ballot proposals—two or more measures that run contrary to one another...
 

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Single Subject Rules and the Legislative Process, University of Pittsburgh Law Review (2006)
Despite generating thousands of cases on important public issues, the single subject rule remains a...
 

Working Papers

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How Much Does Law Matter? Theory and Evidence from Single Subject Adjudication (2008)
Scholars debate whether law or politics motivates judicial decision-making. The single subject rule, which requires...