Throughout the month of April, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for April 1st to April 30th, 2019.
Books & Treatises
1. GERRY W.BEYER, 13-15 WEST’S TEXAS FORMS – REAL PROPERTY (2019 Supps.).
Articles
1. Brie Sherwin, After the Storm: The Importance of Acknowledging Environmental Justice in Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness, 29-2 DUKE ENV. L. & POL’Y F. 273 (2019).
Op-Ed
1. Arnold Loewy & Charles Moster, It’s debatable: How should Supreme Court rule on large cross in public traffic circle?, LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-J. (April 14, 2019 at 1:01 a.m.), https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190414/its-debatable-how-should-supreme-court-rule-on-large-cross-in-public-traffic-circle.
Quotes
1. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Vidya Kauri, Row Over Trump’s Tax Returns May Hinge On Dems’ Intent, 2019 LAW360 115-174 (2019).
Citations
1. Prof. Beyer’s work on WEST’S TEXAS FORMS, REAL PROPERTY § 16.17 is cited in the following article: Luke Meier, Drafting A Texas Oil and Gas Lease to Ensure Enforceability of A Consent-to-Assign Clause: How to Make an Oil and Gas “Lease” A Lease, 51 TEX. TECH L. REV. 169 (2019).
2. Prof. Shannon’s article The Time is Right to Revise the Texas Insanity Defense: An Essay is cited in the following article: Federica Coppola, Motus Animi in Mente Insana: An Emotion-Oriented Paradigm of Legal Insanity Informed by the Neuroscience of Moral Judgments and Decision-Making, 109 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 1 (2019).
3. Prof. Gonzalez’s article The New Batson: Opening the Door of the Jury Deliberation Room After Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado is cited in the following article: Kyle B. Grigel, Credibility Interrogatories in Criminal Trials, 71 STAN. L. REV. 461 (2019).
4. Prof. Murphy’s article Enhancing the Role of Public Interest Organizations in Rulemaking Via Pre-Notice Transparency is cited in the following article: Daniel E. Walters, Capturing the Regulatory Agenda: An Empirical Study of Agency Responsiveness to Rulemaking Petitions, 43 HARV. ENVTL. L. REV. 175 (2019).
5. Prof. Humphrey’s article ‘‘But I’m Brain-Dead and Pregnant”: Advance Directive Pregnancy Exclusions and End-of-Life Wishes is cited in the following article: Elizabeth Villarreal, Pregnancy and Living Wills: A Behavioral Economic Analysis, 128 YALE L.J. FORUM 1052 (2019).
6. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Stuart Teicher, Tech Tock, Tech Tock: The Countdown to Your Ethical Demise, 31 J. AM. ACAD. MATRIM. LAW. 481 (2019).
7. Prof. Tracy Pearl’s article Fast and Furious: The Misregulation of Driverless Cars is cited in the following article: Bryan H. Choi, Crashworthy Code, 94 WASH. L. REV. 39 (2019).
8. Prof. Baker’s article Teaching Legal Research in the Books: Necessary or Not? is cited in the following article: Genevieve B. Tung, Collaboration Between Legal Writing Faculty and Law Librarians: Two Surveys, 23 LEGAL WRITING: J. LEGAL WRITING INST. 215 (2019).
9. Prof. Chiappinelli’s article The Moral Basis of State Corporate Law Disclosure is cited in the following article: Reza Dibadj, Disclosure as Delaware’s New Frontier, 70 HASTINGS L.J. 690 (2019).
10. Prof. Beyer’s article Ante-Mortem Probate: A Viable Alternative is cited in the following article: Charles E. Cantú, An Oral History of St. Mary’s University School of Law (1961–2018), 50 ST. MARY’S L.J. 309 (2019).
11. Prof. Rob Sherwin’s article #Have We Really Thought This Through?: Why Granting Trademark Protection to Hashtags is Unnecessary, Duplicative, and Downright Dangerous is cited in the following article: Dr. Vicki T. Huang, Empirical Analysis of Australian Trademark Infringement Decisions: Implications for the U.S. Trademark Use Debate, 35 SANTA CLARA HIGH TECH. L.J. 1 (2019).
12. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Kit Johnson, Pereira v. Sessions: A Jurisdictional Surprise for Immigration Courts, 50 COLUM. HUM. RTS. L. REV. 1 (2019).
13. Prof. Metze’s article Death and Texas: The Unevolved Model of Decency is cited in the following article: Andrew Ingram, Pinkerton Short-Circuits the Model Penal Code, 64 VILL. L. REV. 71 (2019).
14. Prof. Christopher’s article Whack-A-Mole: Why Prosecuting Digital Currency Exchanges Won’t Stop Online Money Laundering is cited in the following article: Jason Clark & Margaret Ryznar, Improving Bitcoin Tax Compliance, 2019 U. ILL. L. REV. ONLINE 70 (2019).
15. Prof. Beyer’s unpublished manuscript entitled Controlling Body Disposition: The Law and the Macabre is cited in the following article: Meredith M. Havekost, The Waiting Game: How States Can Solve the Organ-Donation Crisis, 72 VAND. L. REV. 691 (2019).
16. Prof. Chiappinelli’s article The Moral Basis of State Corporate Law Disclosure is cited in the following article: Reza Dibadj, Disclosure as Delaware’s New Frontier, 70 HASTINGS L.J. 689 (2019).
17. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Heather Elliott, Gorsuch v. the Administrative State, 70 ALA. L. REV. 703 (2019).
18. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Kristin E. Hickman, To Repudiate or Merely Curtail? Justice Gorsuch and Chevron Deference, 70 ALA. L. REV. 733 (2019).
19. Prof. Rosen’s article Targeting Enemy Forces in the War on Terror: Preserving Civilian Immunity is cited in the following article; Raphael Bitton, Rethinking The Law and Ethics of Undercover Warfare, 2 CARDOZO J. INT’L & COMP. L. 593 (2019).
News
1. On April 1st, at the request of state Rep. Dustin Burrows (Tech Law Class of ’04), Professor Rob Sherwin testified before the Texas House Judiciary Committee about changes to the controversial Texas Citizens Participation Act—Texas’s “anti-SLAPP” law.
2. On April 12th, Professor Gerry W. Beyer traveled to McKinney, Texas and the Collin County Courthouse where he was invited to speak for the Estate Planning/Probate Section of the Collin County Bar Association. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Morals from the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trust Practice.
3. Professor Brie Sherwin was named “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. In addition to teaching Legal Practice at Tech Law, Prof. Sherwin is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health teaching Environmental Health Sciences every spring at the medical school.
4. On April 15th, Professor Tracy Pearl was the featured guest on the podcast Robotics Through Science Fiction, hosted by Professor Robin Murphy. Listen here.
5. On April 17th, Professor Alex Pearl presented his paper Redsk*ns: The Property Right to Racism to the 2019 meeting of the Pop Culture Association in Washington, DC.
6. On April 17th, Professor Eric Chiappinelli was honored for his outstanding achievements and contributions with a President’s Excellence in Teaching Award at the Texas Tech University Faculty Honors Convocation.
7. On April 17th, Professor Brie Sherwin was presented with TTU’s Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Award for professors who exemplify teaching or research excellence throughout the year.
8. On April 17th, Professor Brian Shannon was honored for excellence in research and scholarship with the Texas Tech Parents Association’s Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award at the Texas Tech University Faculty Honors Convocation.
9. On April 19th, Professor Tracy Pearl presented her paper Hands on the Wheel: A Call for Greater Regulation of Semi-Autonomous Cars to the 2019 meeting of the Pop Culture Association in Washington, DC.
10. Professor Tracy Pearl was awarded a 2019 President’s Excellence in Research Professorship. This professorship lasts for a term of three years.
11. Professor Tracy Pearl was also elected to Texas Tech’s Faculty Grievance Panel. Her inaugural term begins in September.
12. Professor Brie Sherwin was asked to serve as a co-PI for an EPA funded-project titled: Addressing Environmental Concerns in Vieques, Puerto Rico through Community Participatory Research. The project will examine contaminant exposure for the Vieques community in Puerto Rico. Vieques is an island used by the US Navy for target practice for decades and is being returned to the original owners.
13. On April 23rd, Professor Gerry W. Beyer was the guest speaker at the April meeting of the Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section of the Dallas Bar Association. He discussed recent judicial developments relating to the Texas law of intestacy, wills, estate administration, trusts, and other estate planning matters. Prof. Beyer’s article, Morals from the Courthouse: A Study of Recent Texas Cases Impacting the Wills, Probate, and Trusts Practice, accompanied his presentation.
14. On April 26th, Professor Gerry W. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 38th Annual Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium. To a gathering of over 500 attorneys, CPAs, and other estate planning professionals, Prof. Beyer presented his paper entitled State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in It When Your Clients Step Across State Lines.
15. On April 26th, Dean Victoria Sutton gave a presentation entitled Asynchronous and Hybrid E-learning in Legal Education: A Comparative Study to the Online Learning Conference at the Syracuse University College of Law.
16. On April 26th, Professor Wendy Ross addressed Texas Tech’s 35th Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women in Academia
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