James Lindgren
James Lindgren (born 1952) is a professor of law at
After two years of private practice in estate planning and litigation in Chicago, Lindgren became a Project Director at the
Lindgren's work spans a broad range of fields, though the majority of his recent work involves empirical research, public opinion, viewpoint diversity, estates, probate, aging, or retirement. His articles, Counting Guns in Early America and Fall from Grace, both of which involve detailed analyses of the physical culture of early America as revealed in probate records, are among the most downloaded law review articles ever published. His historical and doctrinal work on extortion was adopted by the Supreme Court in United States v. Evans (1992), which held that bribery behavior could be punished as extortion under the federal Hobbs Act. Lindgren is a cofounder of the Section on Scholarship of the Association of American Law Schools and a former chair of its Section on Social Science and the Law.
Lindgren was a leading critic and investigator of charges of scholarly impropriety against pro-gun-control scholar
Lindgren blogs at the weblog The Volokh Conspiracy, where he primarily blogs about politics from a libertarian perspective.[4]
Lindgren has long supported abortion rights and legally recognizing same-sex marriages.[5][citation needed]
James Lindgren's work on extortion laws was cited by the United States Supreme Court in Evans v. United States, 504 U.S. 255 [6] where the Court said "[a]s we explained above, our construction of the statute is informed by the common law tradition from which the term of art was drawn and understood. We hold today that the Government need only show that a public official has obtained a payment to which he was not entitled, knowing that the payment was made in return for official acts."
References
- ^ "Michael Bellesiles Resigns from Emory Faculty" (Press release). Emory University. October 25, 2002. Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ "The Bancroft and Bellesiles". History News Network. December 14, 2002. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ James Lindgren, Comments on John R. Lott, 2003
- ^ Volokh Conspiracy
- ^ "Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why We Must Have Both". RealClearPolitics. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ Evans v. United States, 504 U.S. 255
External links
- Northwestern website
- Fall From Grace: Arming America and the Bellesiles Scandal, Yale Law Journal (2002) − the final version of the 56-page review documenting problems with Arming America, at SSRN
- Counting Guns in Early America, Wm. & Mary Law Review (2002) at SSRN
- The Volokh Conspiracy, a group weblog to which Lindgren contributes