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Lewis Kurlantzick - Scholarship

Books

• Legal Issues in Professional Baseball (Academica Press, 2005)
• Copyright Duration: Term Extension, The European Community, and The Making of the Copyright Policy (1999) [with Robert L Bard].
• Missing Witnesses, Missing Testimony, and Missing Theories: How Much Initiative by Labor Arbitrators? (1987) [with Howard R. Sacks].

Book Chapters

• The Costs of Protection and the Asserted Costlessness of an Increase in Duration, in Extending Mickey's Life: Eldred v. Ashcroft and The Copyright Term Extension Debate (Peter K. Yu, ed., forthcoming 2003).
• The Record Business and the Law, in Understanding the Music Business: A Comprehensive View (Steinberg & Greenblatt, eds., 2d ed., 2002).
• The Record Business and the Law, Ch. XV in Understanding the Music Business: A Comprehensive View (Steinberg & Greenblatt, eds., 1997).

Journal Articles

• Traffic Jam on the Music Highway: Is It a Reproduction or a Performance?, 2 The Review of Network Economics 10 (2003). [with Michael A. Einhorn].
• Knicks-Heat and the Appropriateness of Sanctions in Sport, 20 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 507 (2002).
• Traffic Jam on the Music Highway: Is It a Reproduction or a Performance?, 49 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 417 (2001) [with Michael Einhorn].
• John Rocker and Employee Discipline for Speech, 16 The Labor Lawyer 439 ( 2001).
• Copyright Duration at the Millennium, 47 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 13 (The Millennium Volume 2000) [with Robert L. Bard].
• To the Victor Belongs the Spoiled Game, 38 Challenge: The Magazine of Economic Affairs 63 (March 1995) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Harmonization of Copyright Protection, 11 European Intellectual Property Review 463 (November 1994).
• The Tonya Harding Case: A Comment on the Further Developments, 16 Entertainment Law Reporter (June 1994) [with Robert L. Bard].
• The Tonya Harding Case: A Look at the Law of Amateur Sports Governance, 15 Entertainment Law Reporter (April 1994) [with Robert L. Bard].
• A Needed Change in the Rules of Baseball, 2 Seton Hall Journal of Sports Law 279 (1992).
• The Rules of Baseball: A Needed Change, 10 Entertainment and Sports Lawyer 1 (1992).
• Outside Counsel, International Sports Law Problems, 203 New York Law Journal 1 (April 16, 1990).
• Commentary on Fox's In the Matter of Baby M., 9 Politics and the Life Sciences 130 (1990) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Legal Affairs: International Movement of Basketball Players, 11 Entertainment Law Reporter (1990).
• Surrogate Parenting: The Legislative Response, 4 Connecticut Family Lawyer 27 (1989) [with Robert L. Bard].
• The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 and the Formation of Copyright Policy, 45 Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA 497 (1998).
• Thoughts on Professional Sports and the Antitrust Laws: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission v. National Football League, 15 Connecticut Law Review 183 (1983).
• The Problem of the Missing Witness: Toward an Educator-Facilitator Role for Labor Arbitrators , 5 Industrial Relations Law Journal 87 (1982) [with Howard R. Sacks].
• Racial Preferences and Political Processes, America, June 3, 1978, p. 438 [with Robert L. Bard].
• A View of Sports Business: Knicks, Nets, Big Brother, Journal of Commerce 4, August 29, 1977.
• Law and Society Perspectives in the Basic Law School Curriculum: Critique of an Interdisciplinary Experiment in Contracts, 29 Journal of Legal Education 66 (1977) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Medical Story: Some (Mis?) Conceptions about Law, 17 Medicine, Science and the Law 71 (1977).
• The Prohibition on Communication With an Adverse Party, 51 Connecticut Bar Journal 136 (1977).
• Copying Machines and Copyright, America, February 8, 1975, p. 91.
• A Public Performance Right in Recordings: How to Alter the Copyright System Without Improving It, 43 George Washington Law Review 152 (1974) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Exit Taxes, Other Dilemmas, 2 Columbia Forum 39 (1973) [with Robert L. Bard].
• The Constitutionality of State Law Protection of Sound Recordings, 5 Connecticut Law Review 204 (1972).
• Developments in the Law: Deceptive Advertising, 80 Harvard Law Review 1005 (1967).
• Self-Incrimination: Investigation of Public Employees, 81 Harvard Law Review 200 (1967).

News & Other Articles

• Player Salaries Do Not Drive Ticket Prices, Hartford Courant, August 4, 2002.
• Casey Martin: Vindicating Values, Connecticut Law Tribune, July 23, 2001.
• Why did PGA Tour try to deny Casey Martin his opportunity?, Journal Inquirer, July 9, 2001.
• Now Arbitrator is at Bat, The National Law Journal, February 28, 2000.
• Rocker Case Questions Baseball Authority, 26 Connecticut Law Tribune 11 (February 28, 2000).
• Summer's Gone But the Strike Lingers On, 21 Connecticut Law Tribune 20 (January 9, 1995) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Outside Counsel, Baseball's Antitrust Exemption and Labor Relations, New York Law Journal, October 29, 1994, p. 1.
• Commentary, ABenefits of Life-Plus-70 Don't Match Costs, Billboard, October 29, 1994, p. 8.
• Commentary, AArtists Will Yield Some Taping Royalties, Billboard, January 9, 1993, p. 12 [with Robert L. Bard].
• Can Baseball's Commissioner Be Fired?, 138 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 5 (August 28, 1992) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Firing Not Addressed in Original Agreement, USA Today Baseball Weekly, August 26, 1992, at 29 [with Robert L. Bard].
• Outside Counsel, ACan the Baseball Commissioner Be Fired?, 208 New York Law Journal 1 (August 21, 1992) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Can the Commissioner of Baseball Be Fired?, 18 Connecticut Law Tribune 23 (August 17, 1992) [with Robert L. Bard].
• TV Policy Irks Basketball Fan, New York Times, June 10, 1990.
• The Legal View of NFL Draft Policy, New York Times, January 21, 1990, col. 4, p. 10.
• Baby M Decision Subverts the Customary Rules of Contract Law, Hartford Courant.
• What if Pete Rose Worked for Aetna ...?, Hartford Courant, August 7, 1989, at C15.
• The Courting of Rose Continues, Hartford Courant, July 30, 1989.
• A Different Slant on the Pete Rose Case, 202 New York Law Journal (July 20, 1989).
• Commentary, Protect Surrogate Motherhood Contracts From the Wrath of Detached Condemners, 15
• Connecticut Law Tribune 12 (July 3, 1989) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Outside Counsel, ATotal Ban on Surrogate Parenting, an Unwise Restraint on Choice, 201 New York Law Journal 1 (April 10, 1989) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Contracts After the Baby M Case, 10 National Law Journal 13 (April 25, 1988) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Strike Three on Tax-Deductible Sports Tickets?, 11 Connecticut Law Tribune 5 (October 28, 1985) [with Robert L. Bard].
• Microeconomics and Sports Tickets, New York Times, October 6, 1985, at col. 1, p. 30 [with Robert L. Bard].
• Will Sports Lose Out in Tax Reform Game?, Hartford Courant, September 17, 1985 [with Robert L. Bard].
• Sports and the Law: Franchise >Free Agency,=@ 11 Connecticut Law Tribune 3 (January 7, 1985).
• Baseball Strike Boils Down to Simple Test of Strength, Hartford Courant, July 2, 1981 [with Robert L. Bard].
• [K]Nicking the Nets: Professional Sports and the Antitrust Laws, 3 Connecticut Law Tribune 3 (September 6, 1977) [with Fred Cantor].
• Protecting Human Rights: The Case of Soviet Exit Taxes, Current, 1973, p.53 [with Robert L. Bard].
• An Unfair Tax that Should be Paid, The Christian Century, January 17, 1973, p. 63 [with Robert L. Bard].

Reviews

• Book Review, 33 Journal of Legal Education 727 (1983) (reviewing G. Calabresi, A Common Law for the Age of Statutes (1982)) [with Howard R. Sacks].