Jed Stiglitz

Welcome! I am a professor at Cornell Law School. I received a JD from Stanford Law School, a PhD from Stanford University, and a BA from Pomona College. My research and teaching focus on public law and the intersection of law and artificial intelligence. I write about some of these topics on reasonablemachines.io.

Curriculum Vitae

Research

Jurisprudence and Language Models

• Tasks and Roles in Legal AI: Data Curation, Annotation, and Verification, arixiv working paper. With Allison Koenecke, David Mimno, Matthew Wilkens
• Modeling Legal Reasoning: LM Annotation at the Edge of Human Agreement, EMNLP 2023. With Roz Thalken, David Mimno, Matthew Wilkens
• Historical Trends in Macro-Jurisprudence: A Language Model Assessment, 1870-2023, Maryland Law Review. With Roz Thalken
• Understanding Change in Jurisprudence, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization (forthcoming). With Roz Thalken
• Measuring Jurisprudence, Journal of Law and Courts (forthcoming). With Roz Thalken
• Learning How to Use Large Language Models for Empirical Legal Research, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Administrative Procedures

• New Book: The Reasoning State, Cambridge University Press
• Public Law Litigation: Legal Standards, Observables, and Inferences
• Empty Reasons? Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming)
• Online Appendix
• Nationwide Injunctions and Federal Regulatory Programs, Administrative Conference of the United States. With Zach Clopton and Mila Sohoni.
• Reason-Giving and Rent-Seeking, Law and Economic Development (eds., Ajit Mishra & Kaushik Basu)
• Observability and Reasoned Discourse. With Aviv Caspi
• Measuring Discourse by Algorithm, International Review of Law and Economics. With Aviv Caspi
• Regulatory Bundling,Yale Law Journal. With Jennifer Nou
• Delegating for Trust, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
• Cost-Benefit Analysis and Public Trust, Supreme Court Economic Review
• Forces of Federalism, Safety Nets, and Waivers, Theoretical Inquiries in Law
• Strategic Rulemaking Disclosure, Southern California Law Review. With Jennifer Nou
• Democratic Rulemaking, Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. With John de Figueiredo

Constitutional Law and Separation of Powers

• The Limits of Judicial Control and the Non-delegation Doctrine, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization
• Online Appendix
• Constitutional Folk Theories as a Guide to Constitutional Values?, Journal of Legal Studies
• Unaccountable Midnight Rulemaking?, NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
• Unitary Innovations and Political Accountability, Cornell Law Review
• Executive Opportunism, Presidential Signing Statements, and the Separation of Powers, Journal of Legal Analysis. With Barry Weingast and Dan Rodriguez
• Signing Statements and Presidentializing Legislative History, Administrative Law Review. With John de Figueiredo

Legislation and Elections

• A Defense of Mechanical Democracy, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy (forthcoming).
• Appointment Politics and the Ideological Composition of the Judiciary, Legislative Studies Quarterly
• Agenda Control in Congress: Evidence from Cutpoint Estimates and Ideal Point Uncertainty, Legislative Studies Quarterly. With Barry Weingast
• The Reputational Premium, Princeton University Press. With Paul Sniderman

Misc. & Inactive Papers

• Untitled
• The Reformation of Administrative Law and Agency Ossification