Canonical Works

TitleAuthorsYearVenuePrimary TopicsSecondary Topics
Why Law Needs a New Entity to Govern AI AgentsYonathan A. Arbel, Simon Goldstein, Peter Salib2026CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Generative Reasonable PersonYonathan A. Arbel2026BYU Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, empirical-legal-studiescontracts
The AI Race Isn’t RealYonathan A. Arbel, Matthew Tokson2026Lawfare
Racing to Safety: Tax Policy for AI Safety-by-DesignYonathan A. Arbel, Mirit Eyal2026SMU Law Reviewai-regulation, artificial-intelligence-and-law
Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Law-Following AIYonathan A. Arbel, multiple authors2026Lawfare
Letter: What Happens Once You Give AI Agents Legal IdentityYonathan A. Arbel, Simon Goldstein, Peter Salib2026Financial Times
How to Count AIs: Individuation and Liability for AI AgentsYonathan A. Arbel, Peter Salib, Simon Goldstein2026Boston College Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, private-lawai-regulation
Generative Gap FillingYonathan A. Arbel, David A. Hoffman2026SSRN
Catalytic Regulation: Incentivizing Safety During a Regulatory DroughtYonathan A. Arbel2026AI Frontiers
Artificial Intelligence and Existential RiskMatthew J. Tokson, Yonathan A. Arbel2026Connecticut Law Reviewai-regulation, artificial-intelligence-and-law
AI Revealed PreferencesSam Wang, Sofiia Lobanova, Yonathan A. Arbel, Simon Goldstein, Peter Salib2026SSRNartificial-intelligence-and-law, empirical-legal-studiesai-regulation
Time and Contract InterpretationYonathan A. Arbel, Samuel Becher2025Research Handbook on Law and Time (Edward Elgar)contractsprivate-law
Judicial Economy in the Age of AIYonathan A. Arbel2025Colorado Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, ai-regulationprivate-law
How Smart Are Smart Readers? LLMs and the Future of the No-Reading ProblemYonathan A. Arbel, Shmuel I. Becher2025Cambridge Handbook on Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technologyartificial-intelligence-and-law, contracts, consumer-lawempirical-legal-studies
Governing AI Beyond the GraveYonathan A. Arbel, Alberto Lopez2025Florida State University Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, private-lawempirical-legal-studies
Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake NewsYonathan A. Arbel, Michael D. Gilbert2024North Carolina Law Reviewdefamation-and-speechprivate-law
Thinking the Unthinkable: AI in the Service of JusticeYonathan A. Arbel2024Capstone Lawyer
The Readability of Contracts: Big Data AnalysisYonathan A. Arbel2024Journal of Empirical Legal Studiescontracts, consumer-law, empirical-legal-studies
The False Choice in the Debate Over Artificial Intelligence RegulationYonathan A. Arbel, Matthew Tokson, Albert Lin2024Lawfare
Systemic Regulation of AIYonathan A. Arbel, Matthew Tokson, Albert Lin2024Arizona State Law Journalai-regulation, artificial-intelligence-and-lawprivate-law
Open Questions in Law and AI Safety: An Emerging Research AgendaYonathan A. Arbel, multiple authors2024Lawfare
Generative InterpretationYonathan A. Arbel, David Hoffman2024NYU Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, contractsempirical-legal-studies
A Status Theory of Defamation LawYonathan A. Arbel2024UC Irvine Law Reviewdefamation-and-speechprivate-law
The Credibility Effect: Defamation Law and AudiencesYonathan A. Arbel2023Journal of Legal Studies
On the Scales of Private Law: Nano ContractsYonathan A. Arbel2023Harvard Journal of Law & Technologycontracts, private-lawartificial-intelligence-and-law
Defamation with Bayesian AudiencesYonathan A. Arbel, Murat C. Mungan2023Journal of Legal Studiesdefamation-and-speechprivate-law
Contracts in the Age of Smart ReadersYonathan A. Arbel, Shmuel I. Becher2021George Washington Law Reviewartificial-intelligence-and-law, contracts, consumer-lawprivate-law
Theory of the Nudnik: The Future of Consumer Activism and What We Can Do to Stop ItYonathan A. Arbel, Roy Shapira2020Vanderbilt Law Reviewconsumer-lawprivate-law
Slicing Defamation by ContractYonathan A. Arbel2020Chicago Law Review Onlinedefamation-and-speechcontracts, private-law
Regulating Information With Bayesian AudiencesYonathan A. Arbel, Murat C. Mungan2020Journal of Legal Studiesdefamation-and-speechprivate-law
PaydayYonathan A. Arbel2020Washington University Law Reviewconsumer-law, private-lawcontracts
Consumer Activism: From the Informed Minority to the Crusading MinorityYonathan A. Arbel, Roy Shapira2020DePaul Law Reviewconsumer-lawprivate-law
ALL-CAPSYonathan A. Arbel, Andrew Toler2020Journal of Empirical Legal Studiescontracts, consumer-law, empirical-legal-studies
The Case Against Expanding Defamation LawsYonathan A. Arbel, Murat Mungan2019Alabama Law Reviewdefamation-and-speechprivate-law
Reputation Failure: The Limits of Market Discipline in Consumer MarketsYonathan A. Arbel2019Wake Forest Law Reviewconsumer-lawprivate-law
Book Review: Reconsidering Civil JusticeYonathan A. Arbel2018Civil Justice Quarterlyprivate-law
Adminization: Gatekeeping Consumer ContractsYonathan A. Arbel2018Vanderbilt Law Reviewcontracts, consumer-lawprivate-law
Tort Reform Through the Backdoor: A Critique of Law and ApologiesYonathan A. Arbel, Yotam Kaplan2017Southern California Law Reviewprivate-law
Shielding of Assets and Lending ContractsYonathan A. Arbel2016International Review of Law & Economicscontracts, private-law
Contract Remedies in Action: Specific PerformanceYonathan A. Arbel2015West Virginia Law Reviewcontracts, empirical-legal-studiesprivate-law