Michael D. Gilbert is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. His areas of interest include law and economics, voting rules, judicial decision-making, and direct democracy. He received his J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Working Papers
Judicial Independence and Social Welfare (2012)
This paper develops a framework for identifying the socially optimal degree of judicial independence. It...
Articles
Does Law Matter? Theory and Evidence from Single Subject Adjudication, Journal of Legal Studies (2011)
Empirical studies have examined the effects of law and politics on judicial decision-making, but many...
Disclosure, Credibility, and Speech, Journal of Law and Politics (2011)
Conventional wisdom, embraced by judges and scholars alike, holds that mandatory disclosure chills political speech....
Direct Democracy, Courts, and Majority Will, Election Law Journal (2010)
This paper reviews Direct Democracy and the Courts by Ken Miller.
Voters in many states...
Reply to Hasen and Matsusaka (with Robert D. Cooter), Columbia Law Review Sidebar (2010)
The single subject rule, a widespread and oft-litigated state constitutional provision limiting ballot initiatives to...
A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (with Robert D. Cooter), Columbia Law Review (2010)
Citizens in many states use direct democracy to make laws on everything from soda bottles...