Emerson H. Tiller

Professor of Law
Northwestern University School of Law

Ph.D. 1994 Berkeley × JD 1987, BA 1984 Indiana U

(312) 503-4772 × tiller@law.northwestern.edu
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At Northwestern since 2003 × Previously at U Texas

Dissertation

"The Strategy and Structure of Administrative Law"
Chaired by Pablo Spiller and Oliver Williamson

Research Interests

Law and Positive Political Theory, Judicial Politics, Administrative Law, Contracts, Law and Economics, Intellectual Property, Business Political Strategy.

Selected Publications

"The Strategy of Judging: Evidence From Administrative Law" with Joseph L. Smith × Journal of Legal Studies 31 (2002).

"The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission" with John de Figueiredo × Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (2001).

"Strategic Instruments: Legal Structure and Political Games in Administrative Law" with Pablo Spiller × Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 15 (1999).

"A Modest Proposal for Improving American Justice" with Frank B. Cross × Columbia Law Review (1999).

"Judicial Partisanship and Obedience to Legal Doctrine: Whistleblowing on the Federal Courts of Appeal," with Frank B. Cross × Yale Law Journal 107, 2155-2176 (1998).

"Controlling Policy by Controlling Process: Judicial Influence on Regulatory Decision Making" × Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 14, 114-135 (1998).

"Decision Costs and the Strategic Design of Administrative and Judicial Process" with Pablo Spiller × Journal of Legal Studies 26, 347-370 (1997).

"Congressional Control of the Courts: Analysis of Expansion of the Federal Judiciary" with John de Figueiredo × Journal of Law & Economics 39(2), 435-462 (October 1996).

"Invitations to Override: Congressional Reversals of Supreme Court Decisions" with Pablo Spiller × International Review of Law and Economics 503-521 (December 1996).

Work Experience

Editor, Internet Law and Business - Washington D.C. 1999-present

Attorney, Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, and Tiller & Associates - Indianapolis, 1987-89.