Emeriti Faculty
James A. McLaughlin
Robert L. Shuman Professor of Law Emeritus
Courses Taught
- Appellate Advocacy
- American Legal History
- Conflict of Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Jurisprudence
Publications and Research
- “Majoritarian Theft in the Regulatory State: Mahon, Lucas, and the Taking of Property,” 19 Will. & Mary Envtl L. & Pol’y Rev. 161 (1995)
- “Conflict of Laws: The New Approach to the Choice of Law: Justice in Search of Certainty, Part Two,” 94 W. Va. L. Rev.73-110 (Fall 1991)
- “Conflict of Laws: The Choice of Law LEX LOCI Doctrine, The Beguiling Appeal of a Dead Tradition, Part One,” 93 W. Va. L. Rev. 957-999 (Summer 1991)
- Distribution of Maritally Acquired Education on Divorce, Current Perspectives in Psychological, Legal and Ethical Issues, Vol 1B: Children and Families: Creation and Conflict, 121-136 (1991)
- “In Celebration of Constitutional Kindness: Soft Symbolism in a Hard Shell,” 90 W. Va. L. Rev. 67-89 (Fall 1987)
Education
- B.A., Ohio State University, 1962
- J.D., Ohio State University, 1965