November 2017 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout November, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for November 1 to November 30, 2017.

Books:

Nancy Soonpaa, Rishi Batra, & Jamie Baker, Eight Tips for Effectively and Easily Incorporating Experiential Learning into the Law School Classroom, in Experiential Education in the Law School Curriculum 51-62 (Emily Grant, Sandra Simpson, & Kelly Terry ed., 2018).

Articles:

1. Gerry W. Beyer, The Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act: A Primer for Probate Judges, Nat’l College of Prob. Judges J., Fall 2017, at 1.

2. Gerry W. Beyer, Keeping Current—Probate, 31 Prob. & Prop. 14 (2017).

3. Richard W. Murphy, Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State, 69 Ala. L. Rev. 1 (2017).

4. Eric A. Chiappinelli, Just Like Pulling Teeth: How Dental Education’s Crisis Shows the Way Forward for Law Schools, 48 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1 (2017).

Op-Ed:

Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s Debatable: Are college football coaches overpaid?, LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-J. (Nov. 10, 2017 07:33 pm), http://lubbockonline.com/opinion/opinion-columnists/2017-11-10/it-s-debatable-are-college-football-coaches-overpaid.

Cited:

1. Prof. Weninger’s article The Abolition of Plea Bargaining: A Case Study of El Paso County, Texas is cited in the following article: Richard A. Bierschbach and Stephanos Bibas, Rationing Criminal Justice, 116 Mich. L. Rev. 187 (2017).

2. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Adam Chodorow, Rethinking basis in the age of virtual currencies, 36 Va. Tax Rev. 371 (2017).

3. Prof. Murphy’s article Pragmatic Administrative Law and Tax Exceptionalism is cited in the following article: Stephanie Hunter McMahon, Pre-Enforcement Litigation Needed for Taxing Procedures, 92 Wash. L. Rev. 1317 (2017).

4. Prof. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act is cited in the following article: Stephanie Hunter McMahon, Pre-Enforcement Litigation Needed for Taxing Procedures, 92 Wash. L. Rev. 1317 (2017).

5. Prof. Beyer’s article Statutory Fill-in Will Forms—The First Decade: Theoretical Constructs and Empirical Findings is cited in the following article: Danaya C. Wright & Beth Sterner, Honoring Probable Intent in Intestacy: An Empirical Assessment of the Default Rules and the Modern Family, 42 ACTEC L.J. 341 (2017).

6. Prof Loewy’s article The Fourth Amendment as a Device for Protecting the Innocent is cited in the following article: Richard A. Bierschbach & Stephanos Bibas, Rationing Criminal Justice, 116 Mich. L. Rev. 187 (2017).

7. Prof. Tracy Pearl’s article Fast & Furious: The Misregulation of Driverless Cars is cited in the following article: Mark Fenwick et. al., Regulation Tomorrow: What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law?, 6 Am. U. Bus. L. Rev. 561 (2017).

8. Prof. Baker’s research on artificial intelligence and her article 2017 A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor are recognized in The Internet Guide to AI and Legal Research, 22 No. 11 Internet L. Researcher NL 2 (2017).

9. Prof. Murphy’s article Politics and Policy Change in American Administrative Law is cited in the following article: John B. Meisel, How Might the Supreme Court, If It Reviews the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Open Internet Order, Utilize the Chevron and the Arbitrary and Capricious Tests?, 25 Cath. U.J.L. & Tech. 257 (2017).

10. Prof. Robert Sherwin’s article #HaveWeReallyThoughtThisThrough?: Why Granting Trademark Protection To Hashtags Is Unnecessary, Duplicative, and Downright Dangerous is cited in the following article: Debbie Chu, #cautionbusinesses: Using Competitors’ Hashtags Could Possibly Lead to Trademark Infringement, 25 Cath. U.J.L. & Tech. 387 (2017).

11. Prof. Tracy Pearl’s articles Crowd Crush: How the Law Leaves American Crowds Unprotected and Far from the Madding Crowd: A Statutory Solution to Crowd Crush are cited in Participant and spectator injuries, generally, Fundamentals of Sports Law § 6:1 (2017).

12. Prof. Christopher’s article Whack-A-Mole: Why Prosecuting Digital Currency Exchanges Won’t Stop Online Money Laundering is cited in the following article: Jessica Hoyer, Sex Trafficking in the Digital Age: The Role of Virtual Currency-Specific Legislation in Keeping Pace with Technology, 63 Wayne L. Rev. 83 (2017).

13. Prof. Murphy & Charles Koch’s work on 4 Admin. L. & Prac. § 12:20 (3d ed.) is cited in the following article: Stephen Hylas, Final Agency Action in the Administrative Procedure Act, 92 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 1644 (2017).

14. Prof. Brie Sherwin’s article Chocolate, Coca-Cola, and Fracturing Fluid is cited in Case study: Bisphenol-A, Rodgers Environmental Law, 2d. § 31:6.

15. Prof. Metze’s article Feed Me Seymour: The Never-Ending Hunger of the Criminal Process For Procedural Rights and Removing Children from its Shop of Horrors is cited in the following article: Viviana I. Vasiu, In Good We Trust: The Court’s Strategic Use of the Eighth Amendment to Revise the Criminal Landscape for Juveniles, 53 Crim. L. Bulletin 6 (2017).

News:

On Nov. 7, Elizabeth Sharp, interim vice president of the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Texas Tech, announced that the university’s recently acquired designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution is being met with the development of an HSI Committee. The committee will work closely with administrators to help oversee Tech’s transition to HSI status. The interdisciplinary consists of staff members from across Tech’s campus, including TechLaw’s own Professor Jorge Ramírez.

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