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Joseph L. Hoffmann

Faculty bibliography for Professor Hoffmann

Book Chapters

Joseph L. Hoffmann

Harry Pratter Professor of Law 


Some Thoughts on Capital Punishment and Criminal Justice Reform, in ESSAYS IN HONOR OF MASAHITO INOUYE (in Japanese), (Satoshi Sakamaki, et. al., Eds.). Tokyo: Yuhikaku Publishing, 2019.

Building a Federation of Citizens: The American Experience, in L’idée féderale européenne à la lumière du droit compare (C. Denizeau, ed.). Editions Pantheon-Assas, 2019.

Reflections on Judicial Independence and Judicial Legitimacy, in  PENSER LE DROIT Á PARTIR DE L’INDIVIDU: MÉANGES EN L’HONNEUR D’ELISABETH ZOLLER. Paris: Dalloz, 2018.

The Political Economy of Capital Punishmentin THE POLITICAL HEART OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ESSAYS ON THEMES OF WILLIAM J. STUNTZ (Michael Klarman, et.al., Eds.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

House v. Bell and the Death of Innocence, in DEATH PENALTY STORIES (John H. Blume and Jordan M. Steiker, Eds.). New York: Foundation Press, 2009.

The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?, in THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN MODERN AMERICA, Rev. ed. (David J. Bodenhamer and James W. Ely, Eds.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008.

Globalization and Japanese Criminal Law in LAW IN JAPAN: A TURNING POINT (Daniel H. Foote, Ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007.

Narrowing Habeas Corpus, in THE REHNQUIST LEGACY (Craig Bradley, Ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. [SSRN]

How American Juries Decide Death Penalty Cases: The Capital Jury Project, in THE DEATH PENALTY IN AMERICA: CURRENT CONTROVERSIES (Hugo Adam Bedau, Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

On the Death Penalty for Juveniles, in CHILD, PARENT AND STATE: LAW AND POLICY READER (S. Randall Humm et al., Eds.). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.

The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?, in THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN MODERN AMERICA (David J. Bodenhamer and James W. Ely, Eds.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.

Taking Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, in APPELLATE PRACTICE, 1991. Indianapolis: Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1991.

Constitutionality and the U.S. Supreme Court's Positions on Capital Punishment Issues (course material), in HANDLING CAPITAL CASES. Reno: National Judicial College, 1989.

State Capital Punishment Laws and How They Differ (course material), in HANDLING CAPITAL CASES. Reno: National Judicial College, 1989.

What the Supreme Court of the United States Considers When You File a Petition for Certiorari, in APPELLATE PRACTICE 1988. Indianapolis: Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1988.

Brief Introduction to Death Penalty Law, in CRIMINAL LAW: COPING WITH DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. Indianapolis: Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1987.