Scholarship is available for download at Richard C. Ausness' SelectedWorks page.

• Discretionary Trusts: An Update, 43 ACTEC L.J. 231 (2018).
• Gun Control Through Tort Law: A Reply to Professor McClurg, 68 Fla. L. Rev. Forum 89 (2017).
• Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts: Past, Present and Future, 51 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 321 (2016).
• Planned Parenthood: Adult Adoption and the Right of Adoptees to Inherit, 41 ACTEC L.J. 241 (2016).
• Sherlock Holmes and the Problem of the Dead Hand: The Modification and Termination of "Irrevocable" Trusts, 28 Quinnipiac Pro. L.J. 237 (2015).
• "Danger is My Business”: The Right to Manufacture Unsafe Products, 67 Ark. L. Rev. 827 (2014).
• When Is a Trust Protector a Fiduciary?, 27 Quinnipiac Pro. L.J. 277 (2014).
• The Role of Litigation in the Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse, 116 W. Va. L. Rev. 1117 (2014).
• "The Disorderly Conduct of Words": Civil Liability for Injuries Caused by the Dissemination of False or Inaccurate Information, 65 S.C. L. Rev. 131 (2013).
• The Supreme Court and the PPL Montana Case: Examining the Relationship Between Navigability and State Ownership of Submerged Lands, 31 Va. Entvl. L.J. 168 (2013).
• "Fasten Your Seat Belt, Orville!": Exploring the Relationship Between State-of-the-Art, Technological and Commercial Feasibility, and the Restatement's Reasonable Alternative Design Requirement, 45 Ind. L. Rev. 669 (2012).
• Risky Business: Liability of Product Sellers Who Offer Safety Devices as Optional Equipment, 39 Hofstra L. Rev. 807 (2011).
• The Role of Trust Protectors in American Trust Law, 45 Real Prop. Tr. & Est. L.J. 319 (2010).
• The Impact of Wyeth v. Levine on FDA Regulation of Prescription Drugs, 65 Food & Drug L.J. 247 (2010).
• Product Liability’s Parallel Universe: Fault-Based Liability Theories and Modern Products Liability Law, 74 Brook. L. Rev. 635 (2009).
• “There’s Danger Here, Cherie!”: Liability for the Promotion and Marketing of Drugs and Medical Devices for Off-Label Uses, 73 Brook. L. Rev. 1253 (2008).
• Providing a Safe Harbor for Those Who Play by the Rules: The Case for a Strong Regulatory Compliance Defense, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 115 (2008) (with H. Lee Barfield II, David A. King, Joshua R. Denton, & Stephen J. Jasper).
• Conspiracy Theories: Is There a Place for Civil Conspiracy in Products Liability Litigation?, 74 Tenn. L. Rev. 383 (2007).
• The Offshore Asset Protection Trust: A Prudent Financial Planning Device or the Last Refuge of a Scoundrel?, 45 Duq. L. Rev. 147 (2007).
• The Welding Fume Case and the Preemptive Effect of OSHA’s HazCom Standard on Common Law Failure-to-Warn Claims, 54 Buff. L. Rev. 103 (2006).
• “After You, My Dear Alphonse!”: Should the Courts Defer to the FDA’s New Interpretation of § 360k(a) of the Medical Device Amendments?, 80 Tul. L. Rev. 727 (2006).
• Tell Me What You Eat, and I Will Tell Whom to Sue: Big Trouble Ahead for “Big Food?", 39 Ga. L. Rev. 839 (2005).
• Public Tort Litigation: Public Benefit or Public Nuisance?, 77 Temple L. Rev. 825 (2004).
• Preemption of State Tort Law by Federal Safety Statutes: Supreme Court Preemption Jurisprudence Since Cipollone, 92 Ky. L.J. 913 (2003-2004).
• Tort Liability for the Sale of Non-Defective Products: An Analysis and Critique of the Concept of Negligent Marketing, 53 S. C. L. Rev. 907 (2002).
• Will More Aggressive Marketing Practices Lead to Greater Tort Liability for Prescription Drug Manufacturers?, 37 Wake Forest L. Rev. 97 (2002).
• The Application of Product Liability Principles to Publishers of Violent or Sexually Explicit Material, 52 Fla. L. Rev. 603 (2000).
• “Waive” Goodbye to Tort Liability: A Proposal to Remove Paternalism from Product Sales Transactions, 37 San Diego L. Rev. 293 (2000).
• When Warnings Alone Won’t Do: A Reply to Professor Phillips, 26 N. Ky. L. Rev. 627 (1999).
• Toward Justice in Tobacco Policymaking: A Critique of Hanson and Logue and an Alternative Approach to the Costs of Cigarettes, 33 Ga. L. Rev. 693 (1999) (with Paul A. LeBel).
• Replacing Strict Liability with a Contract-Based Products Liability Regime, 71 Temple L. Rev. 171 (1998).
• Paying for the Health Costs of Smoking: Loss Shifting and Loss Bearers, 27 Sw. U. L. Rev. 537 (1998).
• Product Category Liability: A Critical Analysis, 24 N. Ky. L. Rev. 423 (1997).
• An Insurance-Based Compensation System for Product-Related Injuries, 58 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 669 (1997).
• The Case for a "Strong" Regulatory Compliance Defense, 55 Md. L. Rev. 1210 (1996).
• Learned Intermediaries and Sophisticated Users: Encouraging the Use of Intermediaries to Transmit Product Safety Information, 46 Syracuse L. Rev. 1185 (1996).
• Regulatory Takings and Wetland Protection in the Post-Lucas Era, 30 Land & Water L. Rev. 349 (1995).
• Tort Liability for Asbestos Removal Costs, 73 Or. L. Rev. 505 (1994).
• Wild Dunes and Serbonian Bogs: The Impact of the Lucas Decision on State Shoreline Protection Programs, 70 Denv. U. L. Rev. 437 (1993).
• The Impact of the Cipollone Case on Federal Preemption Law, 14 J. Products & Toxics Liability 1 (1993).
• Federal Preemption of State Products Liability Doctrines, 44 S. C. L. Rev. 187 (1993).
• Compensation for Smoking-Related Injuries: An Alternative to Strict Liability in Tort, 36 Wayne L. Rev. 1085 (1990).
• Unavoidably Unsafe Products and Strict Liability: What Liability Rule Should Be Applied to the Sellers of Pharmaceutical Products?, 78 Ky. L.J. 705 (1989-90).
• Cigarette Company Liability: Preemption, Public Policy and Alternative Compensation Systems, 39 Syracuse L. Rev. 897 (1988).
• The Influence of the Model Water Code on Water Resources Management Policy in Florida, 3 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 1 (1987).
• Strict Liability for Chattel Leasing, 48 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 273 (1987).
• Surrogate Immunity: The Government Contract Defense and Products Liability, 47 Ohio St. L.J. 985 (1986).
• Water Rights, The Public Trust Doctrine, and the Protection of Instream Uses, 1986 U. Ill. L. Rev. 407 (1986).
• Retribution and Deterrence: The Role of Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, 74 Ky. L.J. 1 (1985).
• Water Rights Legislation in the East: A Program for Reform, 24 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 547 (1983).
• The Right of Publicity: A "Haystack in a Hurricane", 55 Temple L.Q. 977 (1982).
• Putting the Genie Back into the Bottle: U.S. Controls Over Sensitive Nuclear Technology, 16 Geo. Wash. J. Int'l. L. & Econ. 65 (1981).
• High-Level Radioactive Waste Management: The Nuclear Dilemma, 1979 Wis. L. Rev. 707 (1979).
• Reclaiming Coal Surface Mines in Central Appalachia: A Case Study of the Benefits and Costs, 54 Land Economics 472 (1978) (with Alan Randall, Oren Grunewald, Sue Johnson & Angelos Pagoulatos).
• Water Use Permits in a Riparian State: Problems and Proposals, 66 Ky. L.J. 191 (1978).
• The Use and Significance of the Mean High Water Line in Coastal Boundary Mapping, 53 N.C. L. Rev. 185 (1974) (with Frank Maloney).
• Land Use Controls in Coastal Areas, 9 Cal. W. L. Rev. 391 (1973).
• A Survey of State Regulations of Dredge and Fill Operations in Nonnavigable Waters, 8 Land & Water L. Rev. 65 (1973).
• From Caveat Emptor to Strict Liability: A Review of Products Liability in Florida, 24 U. Fla. L. Rev. 410 (1972).
• The Effect of Sovereign Immunity on Environmental Protection Suits Against Government Officials, 6 Val. U. L. Rev. 1 (1971).
• Administering State Water Resources: The Need for Long-Range Planning, 73 W. Va. L. Rev. 209 (1971) (with Frank E. Maloney).
• A Modern Proposal for State Regulation of Consumptive Uses of Water, 22 Hastings L.J. 523 (1971)  (with Frank E. Maloney).
• Water Quality Control: A Modern Approach to State Regulation, 35 Alb. L. Rev. 28 (1970) (with Frank E. Maloney).
• Libel Per Quod in Florida, 23 U. Fla. L. Rev. 51 (1970).