Scott Dodson - Bibliography

Publications

  • White Paper

  • Theresa Aromin et al., A More Perfect Jury: Jury Selection (2024) (with ABOTA Foundation and Ctr. for Litig. and Cts.). Link

  • Books

  • THE ORANGE BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: A STUDENT GUIDE (KDP 2023)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 7 (UC Law 2023)
  • BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (KDP 2023)
  • THE GRAY BOOK OF CONFLICT OF LAWS (KDP 2023)
  • RED BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (KDP 2023)
  • THE LEGACY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2nd ed. 2022).
  • THE JUDGES BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 6 (UC Hastings 2022)
  • THE RED BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (KDP 2022)
  • THE ORANGE BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: A STUDENT GUIDE (KDP 2022)
  • THE BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (KDP 2022)
  • THE GRAY BOOK OF CONFLICT OF LAWS (KDP 2022)
  • THE BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (KDP 2021)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 5 (UC Hastings 2021)
  • THE RED BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (KDP 2021)
  • THE ORANGE BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: A STUDENT GUIDE (KDP 2021)
  • THE BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (KDP 2020)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 4 (UC Hastings 2020)
  • THE ORANGE BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: A STUDENT GUIDE (KDP 2020)
  • THE RED BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (KDP 2020)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 3 (UC Hastings 2019) (ed.)
  • THE ORANGE BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE: A STUDENT GUIDE (KDP 2019)
  • THE BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (KDP 2019)
  • THE RED BOOK OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (KDP 2019)
  • THE BLACK BOOK OF FEDERAL COURTS (CreateSpace 2018)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 2 (UC Hastings 2018)
  • THE JUDGES’ BOOK: SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE BENCH; VOL. 1 (UC Hastings 2017)
  • THE LEGACY OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG (Cambridge Univ. Press 2015)
  • NEW PLEADING IN THE TWENTY–FIRST CENTURY: SLAMMING THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE DOORS? (Oxford Univ. Press 2013)
  • CIVIL PROCEDURE: MODEL PROBLEMS AND OUTSTANDING ANSWERS (Oxford Univ. Press, 2d ed. 2012)
  • CIVIL PROCEDURE: MODEL PROBLEMS AND OUTSTANDING ANSWERS (Oxford Univ. Press 2011)
  • Scott Dodson, INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CIVIL PROCEDURE – UNITED STATES (forthcoming ___).

  • Journal Articles

  • The U.S. Supreme Court and Public Opinion, __ Revista Italo-Espanola Derecho Procesal __ (forthcoming 2025).
  • Why Do In-State Plaintiffs Invoke Diversity Jurisdiction?, 49 Law & Soc. Inquiry 1283 (2024). Link, SSRN
  • The Culture of Forum Shopping in the United States, 57 Int’l Law. (2024). SSRN
  • Scott Dodson & Joseph A. Grundfest, The Missing Millions: Cy Pres in Federal Securities Class Actions, 74 Emory L.J. 1 (2024). Link, SSRN
  • Rule 4 and Personal Jurisdiction, 99 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1 (2023). Link, SSRN
  • Why Do In-State Plaintiffs Invoke Diversity Jurisdiction?, Law & Soc. Inquiry (2023). SSRN
  • Leading Cases, 12 Int’l J. Proc. L. 397 (2022).
  • The Making of the Supreme Court Rules, 90 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 866 (2022). Link, SSRN
  • Personal Jurisdiction, Comparativism, and Ford, 51 Stetson L. Rev. 187 (2022). Link, SSRN
  • Texas v. Pennsylvania and the Political-Question Doctrine, 2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. Online 141 (2021). Link, SSRN
  • Videoconferencing and Legal Doctrine, 51 Sw. L. Rev. 9 (2021). Link, SSRN
  • A Critique of Jurisdictionality, 39 Rev. Litig. 353 (2020). Link, SSRN
  • Personal Jurisdiction in Comparative Context, 68 Am. J. Comp. L. 701 (2020). Link, SSRN
  • The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation, 104 Judicature 13 (2020) (with Lee H. Rosenthal and Christopher L. Dodson). Link, SSRN
  • The 2016 Presidential Election: The Next Four Years and Beyond, 44 Hastings Const. L.Q. 255 (2017) (with Dahlia Lithwick; Bertrall L. Ross & Joan Williams). SSRN
  • Jurisdiction and Its Effects, 105 Geo. L.J. 619 (2017). SSRN
  • A Negative Retrospective of Rule 23, 92 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 917 (2017). SSRN
  • An Opt-In Option for Class Actions, 115 Mich. L. Rev. 171 (2016). SSRN
  • The Gravitational Force of Federal Law, 164 U. Pa. L. Rev. 703 (2016). SSRN
  • Joint and Several Jurisdiction, 65 Duke L.J. 1323 (2016) (with Phil Pucillo). SSRN
  • Pleading and the Litigation Marketplace, 99 Judicature 11 (2015). SSRN
  • Atlantic Marine and the Future of Party Preference, 66 Hastings L.J. 675 (2015). SSRN
  • Literary Justice, 18 Green Bag 2d 429 (2015) (with Ami Dodson). SSRN
  • The Short Paper, 63 J. Legal Educ. 667 (2014). SSRN
  • Mapping Supreme Court Doctrine: Civil Pleading, 7 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 275 (2014) (with Colin Starger). SSRN
  • Parsing Judicial Activism, 16 Green Bag 2d 457 (2013) . SSRN
  • Presuit Discovery in a Comparative Context, 6 J. Comp. L. 51 (2012). SSRN
  • A New Look at Dismissal Rates in Federal Civil Cases, 96 Judicature 127 (2012). SSRN
  • Structuring Jurisdictional Rules and Standards, 65 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 31 (2012) (with Elizabeth McCuskey). SSRN
  • Rethinking Extraordinary Circumstances, 106 Nw. U. L. Rev. 377 (2012). SSRN
  • The Complexity of Jurisdictional Clarity, 97 Va. L. Rev. 1 (2011). SSRN
  • Global Civil Procedure Trends in the Twenty-First Century, 34 B.C. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 1 (2011) (with James M. Klebba). SSRN
  • Hybridizing Jurisdiction, 99 Cal. L. Rev. 1439 (2011). SSRN
  • Federal Pleading and State Presuit Discovery, 14 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 43 (2010). SSRN
  • Justice Souter and the Civil Rules, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 289 (2010). SSRN
  • New Pleading, New Discovery, 109 Mich. L. Rev. 53 (2010). SSRN
  • Comparative Convergences in Pleading Standards, 158 U. Pa. L. Rev. 441 (2010). SSRN
  • The Failure of Bowles v. Russell, 43 Tulsa L. Rev. 631 (2008). SSRN
  • Mandatory Rules, 61 Stan. L. Rev. 1 (2008). SSRN
  • Appreciating Mandatory Rules: A Reply to Critics, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 228 (2008). SSRN
  • A Darwinist View of the Living Constitution, 61 Vand. L. Rev. 1319 (2008). SSRN
  • In Search of Removal Jurisdiction, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. 55 (2008). SSRN
  • The Forum Defendant Rule in Arkansas, 2007 Ark. L. Notes 73 (2007).
  • Pleading Standards after Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 93 Va. L. Rev. In Brief 135 (2007). SSRN
  • Jurisdictionality and Bowles v. Russell, 102 Nw. U. L. Rev. Colloquy 42 (2007). SSRN
  • Subclassing, 27 Cardozo L. Rev. 2351 (2006). SSRN
  • Constitutional Thematics and the Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment, 20 BYU J. Pub. L. 233 (2006). SSRN
  • The Peculiar Federal Marriage Amendment, 36 Ariz. St. L.J. 783 (2004). SSRN
  • Vectoral Federalism, 20 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 393 (2003). Link
  • Dignity: The New Frontier of State Sovereignty, 56 Okla. L. Rev. 777 (2003). Link
  • Habeas Review of Perfunctory State Court Decisions on the Merits, 29 Am. J. Crim. L. 223 (2002). Link
  • The Metes and Bounds of State Sovereign Immunity, 29 Hastings Const. L.Q. 721 (2002). Link

  • Chapters in Books

  • Supreme Court Rulemaking: The Making of the Supreme Court Rules, in 7 Judges’ Book 95 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Law 2023).
  • Personal Jurisdiction After Ford, in 6 Judges’ Book 5 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2022).
  • Article III and the Political-Question Doctrine, in 6 Judges’ Book 15 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2022).
  • The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation, in 5 The Judges’ Book 29 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2021).
  • A Critique of Jurisdictionality, in 5 The Judges’ Book 21 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2021).
  • Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer, in 4 The Judges’ Book 23 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2020).
  • Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction, in 4 The Judges’ Book 15 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2020).
  • Personal Jurisdiction and Aggregation, in 3 The Judges’ Book 21 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2019).
  • Accountability and Transparency in U.S. Courts, in Accountability and Transparency in Civil Justice 273 (Daniel Mitidiero ed., Thomson Reuters 2019).
  • Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens, in 3 The Judges’ Book 29 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2019).
  • Jurisdiction and Its Effects, in 2 The Judges’ Book 15 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2018).
  • How to Apply Diversity Jurisdiction in a Multiparty Case, in 1 The Judges’ Book 25 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2017).
  • Certifying an Opt-In Class under Rule 23, in 1 The Judges’ Book 21 (Scott Dodson ed., UC Hastings 2017).
  • Jurisdiction, in 3 Encyclopedia of American Governance 153 (Stephen L. Schechter; ed., MacMillan 2016).
  • Preface, in The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg ix (Scott Dodson; ed., Cambridge Univ. Press 2015).
  • Ginsburg, Optimism, and Conflict Management, in The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 233 (Scott Dodson ed., Cambridge Univ. Press 2015).
  • A Revolution in Jurisdiction, in The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 137 (Scott Dodson ed., Cambridge Univ. Press 2015).
  • Temporary Restraining Order, in 2 Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution 726 (David Schultz ed., Facts on File 2009).
  • Adequate and Independent State Grounds, in 1 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States of America 26 (David S. Tanenhaus ed., MacMillan 2008).
  • Appellate Jurisdiction, in 1 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States of America 83 (David S. Tanenhaus ed., MacMillan 2008).
  • Abstention, in 1 Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States of America 11 (David S.Tanenhaus ed., MacMillan 2008).

  • Book Reviews

  • Tempering Class-Action Hyperpartisanship, 54 Law & Soc’y Rev. 522 ( 2020) (reviewing THE CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR CLASS ACTIONS. BY BRIAN T. FITZPATRICK. CHICAGO: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS (2020)). SSRN
  • The Challenge of Comparative Civil Procedure, 60 Ala. L. Rev. 133 (2008) (reviewing OSCARCHASE ET AL; CIVIL LITIGATION IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT). SSRN
  • Book Review, 67 Ark. Hist. Q. 310 (2008) (reviewing JEFFREY BRANDON MORRIS, ESTABLISHING JUSTICE IN MIDDLE AMERICA: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT (2007)).

  • Newspaper & Magazine Articles

  • The Zooming of Federal Civil Practice, 450 Tex. B.J., May 2021 (with Lee Rosenthal & Christopher L. Dodson) .
  • Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer, S.F. Daily J., Aug. 15 2018.
  • California’s View of “Related To” Specific Jurisdiction, 2016 Cal. Lit. Rev. 91, 2017.
  • Forum-Selection Clauses After Atlantic Marine , 78 The Advocate, 2017, at 21.
  • Certifying an Op-In Class under Rule 23, S.F. Daily J., Nov. 8, 2017.
  • The Ackermann Rule in California Federal Courts, The Recorder, Nov. 9, 2012.
  • What Kinds of Appellate Deadlines are Jurisdictional?, 38 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas., 2010, at 107.
  • What Kinds of Statutory Restrictions are Jurisdictional?, 37 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas. 34, 2009, at 34.
  • The Importance of E-Discovery, Ark. Law., Spring, 2008, at 14.
  • Judicial Activism: Reconsider Old Taboo, Nat’l L. J., Nov. 1, 2004, at 19.
  • Extending the Robertson Presumption to Leased Vehicles, 64 Tex. B.J., 2002, at 966.
  • When Does a Legal Malpractice Action “Arise Under” Federal Patent Law?, 40 Preview U.S. Sup. Ct. Cas., 2013, at 135.

  • Student Note/Comment

  • Assessing the Practicality and Constitutionality of Alaska & Split Recovery Punitive Damages Statute, 49 Duke L.J. 1335 (2000).

  • Miscellaneous

  • Preliminary Report on Class-Action Settlement Distributions in the Northern District of California, Center for Litigation and Courts at UC Law SF (May 30, 2023) (with Brandon A. Prince & Vaughn R. Walker).
  • In-State Invocation of Diversity Jurisdiction: Theories, Academia Letters (2021).