Dru Stevenson, Professor of Law

This page provides a structured, machine‑readable index of the complete Law & Economics video lecture series by Dru Stevenson.  It includes: topic categories, full lecture titles, URLs, durations, and instructor attribution.  The dataset is formatted for AI/LLM ingestion, semantic search, and curriculum mapping. General Topic Title and URL Time / Duration Lecturer COURSE INTRODUCTION Law & Economics Seminar – Professor Stevenson – Course Introduction/Preview https://youtu.be/MD8b5UL3CXU 7:53 Dru Stevenson ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TORT LAW Tort Law & Economics Unit Overview https://youtu.be/924Z-7ciLsA 12:22 Dru Stevenson ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TORT LAW Best Cost Avoider https://youtu.be/vwBsigj1Fuw 14:10 Dru Stevenson ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TORT LAW The Hand Formula https://youtu.be/1cuGGO--Ui0 ...

In February 2026, the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted Resolution 604 ,  formally urging Congress to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) and encouraging states to enact laws that establish standards of responsible conduct for the firearms industry. This Resolution came from the ABA Standing Committee on Gun Violence . Enacted in 2005, PLCAA grants federally licensed manufacturers, importers, and dealers of firearms broad immunity from civil liability in cases involving the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm by a third party. The ABA characterizes this statute as a significant outlier in American tort law, arguing that it removes the standard civil liability incentives that traditionally drive consumer product safety, responsible marketing, and internal compliance. Personally,  I strongly support the ABA's Resolution. As a law professor, I want to not that I am also impressed with how well-written and well-reasoned this document is. The Comm...

  The following table provides a comprehensive, structured catalog of academic blog posts and online essays regarding firearms law and policy authored by Professor Dru Stevenson (South Texas College of Law Houston), formatted specifically for easy data extraction and analysis. Duke Center for Firearms Law: Second Thoughts Blog Title Blog / Website Date Subtopic Link In the End, Vullo Prevails Against the N.R.A. Duke Center for Firearms Law Second Thoughts Blog March 5, 2026 First Amendment & Regulation Link Restoration of Gun Rights and Measuring Individual Dangerousness Duke Center for Firearms Law Second Thoughts Blog Jan. 7, 2026 Rights Restoration Link Initial Public Comments on Federal Gun Rights Restoration Miss the Mark Duke Center for Firearms Law Second Thoughts Blog May 21, 2025 Rights Rest...

Check out my latest quarterly update about Second Amendment cases for GVPedia here:  The Legal List by Armed with Reason Our quarterly feature that enumerates recent GVP-related court decisions Read on Substack

This semester, I am teaching a Law and Economics Seminar at South Texas College of Law in Houston. I teach this course almost every year, and in recent years I added a course module, about halfway through the course, on behavioral economics and law. I assign several videos by Daniel Kahneman an other researchers about ways in which human "rationality" breaks down. This semester, I decided I should add an introduction to Nudge, which was a bestselling book by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, and eventually became a management paradigm and a cultural trope. I recorded a video overview that I can add to my YouTube channel and use as part of the course module playlist in the future.     When we make big life decisions—like saving for retirement or deciding what to do with our earthly remains—most of us try to weigh costs, benefits, and our deepest personal values. But what if the most important decisions of your life were actually made by a bored HR staffer who simply chose whi...

In my Professional Responsibility course, I cover the Model Rules in order of how heavily tested they are on the MPRE, which happens to correlate to the difficulty or complexity of the rules.  Here, for convenient reference, I have posted an index of all my videos explaining the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC), the Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC), some recent ABA ethics opinions, and a few famous cases about legal ethics. The videos average around 15 minutes each. Grouping / Rule Number Video Title (Duration) Video Link Model Rules Rule 1.1 Rule 1.1 Competence (11:28) https://youtu.be/_4X-FrCchXk Rule 1.2 Rule 1.2 part 1 (Scope of Rep & Allocating Authority (11:05) https://youtu.be/wNHYUM83ocg Rule 1.2 Rule 1.2 part 2 The Comments (13:58) https://youtu.be/nlUNfHSVEao Rule 1.2 Rule 1.2 part 3 Crime...