Garrett West is an Associate Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His subject areas include torts, remedies, federal courts, and administrative law. His scholarship focuses on the uses of private law theory in public law and on the problems of constitutional interpretation and doctrinal coherence through constitutional change.
West received a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an Articles and Essays Editor on the Yale Law Journal, and a B.A. from Hillsdale College in 2015. After graduating from Yale, West practiced appellate litigation in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Judge Thomas Griffith, and Justice Samuel Alito.
Plenary Panel 2: Justice Alito's Jurisprudence
J. Joel Alicea, Stephanos Bibas, Sherif Girgis, Michael H. Park, E. Garrett West
This panel will examine Justice Samuel Alito’s jurisprudence as a whole, with particular attention to...
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The Police Power, Good Governing, and Big Tech: How a Power to Protect Became a Power to Punish
What is the “police power”? Most often, the term is used as a synonym for...
In the Rush to Reform, Prudence Is Among the Highest Duties: How to Responsibly Reform Cash Bail
Craig Trainor
Over the last two decades, the politics of American criminal law has made strange bedfellows....
An Imagined Bloc and Other Figments
Donald A. Daugherty
A review of American Justice 2019: The Roberts Court Arrives, by Mark Joseph Stern (University...
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The Constitution is Not “What the Judges Say It Is”
In a recent article published in The Atlantic, Harvard Law School professor Adrian Vermeule says...
The Rise and Fall of Lead Paint Litigation in Ohio
David J. Owsiany
Over the last four years, Ohio has experienced a significant amount of activity related to...
The Rise and Fall of Lead Paint Litigation in Ohio
David J. Owsiany
Over the last four years, Ohio has experienced a significant amount of activity related to...
Gay Marriage Update: Iowa & Maryland
John Shu
Gay marriage litigation continues throughout the several states. Recently a trial court in Iowa struck...