​published + forthcoming articles

a functionalist theory of legal persons
(under review)

the will to outlive ourselves
(forthcoming in oxford volume on time, meaning, and value: the significance of the past & the future for the present) (honoring samuel scheffler)

property, speech & authorship:
a dilemma for personhood theories of copyright
​(forthcoming in cambridge volume on intellectual property + private law)

understanding intellectual property:
expression, function, and individuation
70 journal of the copyright society of the u.s.a. 57 (2023) 

intellectual property, independent creation, and the lockean commons
12 uc irvine law review 747 (2022) 

lockean copyright vs. lockean property
12 journal of legal analysis 136 (2020)

minds, machines, and the law:
​the case of volition and copyright law 
(with jeanne fromer)
119 columbia law review 1887 (2019)

​conceptual separability as conceivability:
a philosophical analysis of the useful articles doctrine
(note)
93 nyu law review 553 (2018)


in-progress articles

extended personality to extended minds: the body, the self, and the law

extending the legal person

surviving death: personal identity, posthumous life & the puzzle of harming the dead

legal death & the legal afterlife

​fake selves, future selves, and fading selves

the extended self: a framework for information rights

legal minds

expression, expressive liberty, and quasi-expression: a theory of authorship

knowing the story of your life: identity, time, and personal data rights


book projects + manuscripts

the extended self
(in progress)

research handbook on intellectual property and philosophy
(editor) (with shyamkrishna balganesh)

the fruits of authorship: a theory of copyright
PhD dissertation (NYU department of philosophy)