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Richard S. Kay - Scholarship

Books

• European Human Rights Law (3d edition 2008, Oxford University Press,) (with Anthony W. Bradley and Mark Janis) (1st edition 1995) (2d ed. 2000) Russian translation, Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Moscow, 1997; Ukrainian translation, Constitutional and Legislative Policy Institute, Kiev, 1997; Macedonian translation, Mi-An Publishing, 2002).
• Standing to Raise Constitutional Issues: Comparative Perspectives (Bruylant 2005)

Book Chapters

• Standing to Raise Constitutional Issues: Comparative Analysis, in Standing to Raise Constitutional Issues: Comparative Perspectives (R. Kay ed., Bruylant 2005)
• Rights, Rules and Democracy, in Protecting Human Rights: Instruments and Institutions (Tom Campbell, Jeffrey Goldsworthy, and Adrienne Stone, eds., Oxford University Press, 2003).
• American Constitutionalism, in Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundations 16 (L. Alexander ed., 1998).
• The Creation of a Legal System: European Human Rights, in Memory, History and Critique. European Identity at the Millennium (CDROM, F. Brinkhuis & S. Talmor eds., 1998).
• Property Tax Exemptions and Alternatives: Constitutional Considerations, in Property Tax Exemptions for Non-Profit Institutions Problems and Proposals 20 (R. Pomp ed., 1978).

Journal Articles

• Judicial Policy Making and the Peculiar Function of Law, 26 U. Queensland L.J. 237-54 (2007) (revised version at 40 Conn. L. Rev. __ (2008)
• Causing Death for Compassionate Reasons in American Law, 54 Am. J. Comp. L. 693-716 (2006) (Supplement) (reprinted in Euthanasia in International and Comparative Perspective (M. Groenhuijsen & F. van Lannen, eds. Wolf Legal Publishers 2006) and in Right to Life and Right to Death: A Study (A. Menon, ed. Icfai University Press-Amicus Books, 2007)).
• Michael Perry's Religious Freedom, 10 Roger Williams University Law Review 427 (2005)
• The European Convention on Human Rights and the Control of Private Law, 2005 European Human Rights Law Review, 466-479 (2005)
• The Secession Reference and the Limits of Law, 10 Otago Law Review 327 (2003).
• The European Human Rights System as a System of Law, 6 Columbia Journal of European Law 55 (2000).
• William III and the Legalist Revolution, 32 Connecticut Law Review 1645 (2000).
• Constitutional Chrononomy, 13 Ratio Juris 31 (2000).
• The Constitutionalization of Law in the United States, 46 American Journal of Comparative Law 437 (Supplement 1998) [with William B. Fisch].
• Sovereignty in the New Hong Kong, 114 Law Quarterly Review 189 (1998).
• Legal Rhetoric and Revolutionary Change, 7 Caribbean Law Review 161 (1997).
• Jus Tertii Standing and Constitutional Review in Canada, 7 National Journal of Constitutional Law (Canada) 129 (1997).
• Originalist Values and Constitutional Interpretation, 19 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 335 (1996).
• The Legitimacy of the Constitutional Judge and Theories of Interpretation in the United States, 42 American Journal of Comparative Law 517 (Supp. 1994) [with William B. Fisch].
• The State Action Doctrine, the Public-Private Distinction, and the Independence of Constitutional Law, 10 Constitutional Commentary 329 (1993).
• The European Convention on Human Rights and the Authority of Law, 8 Connecticut Journal of International Law 217 (1993).
• The Canadian Constitution and the Dangers of Establishment, 42 DePaul Law Review 361 (1992).
• Comparative Constitutional Fundamentals, 6 Connecticut Journal of International Law 445 (1991).
• Substance and Structure As Constitutional Protections: Centennial Comparisons, 1989 Public Law 428 (1989).
• Original Intentions, Standard Meanings and the Legal Character of the Constitution, 6 Constitutional Commentary 39 (1989).
• Adherence to the Original Intentions in Constitutional Adjudication: Three Objectives and Responses, 82 Northwestern University Law Review 226 (1988).
• The Illegality of the Constitution, 4 Constitutional Commentary 57 (1987).
• Fairness and Function in the New York State Tax Appeal System: Proposals for Reform (Issues in New York State Tax Reform), 49 Albany Law Review 352 (1985) [with Richard Pomp & Robert Plattner].
• The Jurisprudence of the Connecticut Constitution, 16 Connecticut Law Review 667 (1984).
• The Creation of Constitutions in Canada and the United States, 7 Canada-United States Law Journal 111 (1984).
• Courts as Constitution-Makers in Canada and the United States, 4 Supreme Court Law Review 23 (1982).
• Preconstitutional Rules, in [Judicial Review Versus Democracy: A Symposium] 42 Ohio State Law Journal 187 (1981).
• The Equal Protection Clause in the Supreme Court 1873-1903, 29 Buffalo Law Review 667 (1980).
• Making Sense of the Prejudgment Seizure Cases, 64 Kentucky Law Journal 705 (1976) [with Harold Lubin].
• The Rule-Making Authority and Separation of Powers in Connecticut, 8 Connecticut Law Review 1 (1974).
• The Role of the Attorney in Juvenile Proceedings, 61 Georgetown Law Journal 1401 (1973) [with Daniel Segal].

News & Other Articles

• Filibuster Flap Exaggerates Threat to Legislative Process, Hartford Courant, May 24, 2005
• High Court Mustn't Be Politicized, Providence Journal, October 15, 2000.
• Procrastination May Be a Virtue, Toronto Star, August 6, 1991.
• A Reverence for the Rule of Law, Hartford Courant, November 1, 1987.
• Letting "We the People" Speak, The New Leader, July 13-27, 1987.
• For a Constitutional Convention, Hartford Courant, November, 1986.
• The Law As A Symbol, Boston Globe, July 27, 1981.
• Constitution-Making in Canada, Worldview, May 1981.
• Benched by Seniority, New York Times, (Connecticut Weekly) May 1, 1977.

Reviews

• Canada's Constitutional Cul-de-Sac (Review Essay of Peter Russell, Canada's Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People? (3rd ed. 2005)) 35 American Review of Canadian Studies 705-14 (2006).
• Book Review, Canada's Constitutional Cul de Sac, 35 American Review of Canadian Studies 705 (2005) (reviewing Peter Russell, Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?)
• Book Review, 7 The European Legacy 247 (2002) (reviewing J. Rawls, The Law of People (1999)).
• Book Review, 5 The European Legacy 305 (2000) (reviewing D. Elazar, Covenant and Constitutionalism: The Great Frontier and the Matrix of Federal Democracy (1998)).
• Book Review, 44 American Journal of Legal History 430-32 (2000) (on McAfee, The Written Constitution and Popular Sovereignity: The Founder's Understanding (2000))
• Book Review, 23 American Review of Canadian Studies 624 (1993) (reviewing C. Manfredi, Judicial Power and the Charter:Canada and the Paradox of Liberal Constitutionalism (1993)).
• Book Review, 59 Journal of Southern History 349 (1993) (reviewing B. Ackerman, We The People: Foundations (1991)).
• Book Review, 22 American Review of Canadian Studies 619 (1992) (reviewing D. Stager, Lawyers in Canada (1990)).
• Book Review, 8 Constitutional Commentary 515 (1991) (reviewing C. Jillson, Constitution-Making: Conflict and Consensus in the Federal Convention of 1787 (1988)).
• Book Review, 7 Constitutional Commentary 434 (1990) (reviewing R. Caplan, Constitutional Brinksmanship: Amending the Constitution by National Convention (1990)).
• Book Review, The Bork Nomination and the Definition of the Constitution, 84 Northwestern University Law Review 1190 (1990) (reviewing R. Bork, The Tempting of America (1990)).
• Book Review, Constitutional Cultures: Constitutional Law, 57 University of Chicago Law Review 311 (1990) (reviewing R. Nagel, Constitutional Cultures: The Mentality and Consequences of Judicial Review (1989)).
• Moral Knowledge and Constitutional Adjudication, 63 Tulane Law Review 1501 (1989) (reviewing M. Perry, Morality, Politics and Law, (1988)).
• Book Review, 4 Connecticut Journal of International Law 239 (1988) (reviewing D. Swinfen, Imperial Appeal: The Debate on the Appeal to the Privy Council: 1833-1986 (1987)).
• Book Review, 18 Connecticut Law Review 207 (1985) (reviewing R.K. Newmyer, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Statesman of the Old Republic (1985)).
• Book Review, 13 Connecticut Law Review 203 (1980) (reviewing J.H. Ely, Democracy and Distrust (1980)).
• Book Review, 10 Connecticut Law Review 801 (1978) (reviewing R. Berger, Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment (1977)).
• Book Review, 12 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 219 (1977) (reviewing R. Cover, Justice Accused (1975)).