March 2024 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of March, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for March 1st to March 31st, 2024.

Publications

  1. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, The Viability of Inserting Descriptive Photos in Wills: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, 38-APR Prob. & Prop. 26 (2024).
  2. Prof. Brian D. Shannon, A Brief History of the Texas Insanity Defense, 13 J. TEX. S.CT. HIST’L SOC. 27-37 (Winter 2024), https://www.texascourthistory.org/Content/Newsletters/TSCHS%20Winter%202024_2.pdf.
  3. Prof. Victoria Sutton wrote an article on a recent 9th Cir. En banc opinion. You can find the article here: https://profvictoria.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/142532861.
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  4. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer, REAL PROPERTY (13, 14, & 15 West’s Texas Forms 2nd ed. 2024 Supp.).
  5. Prof. Ashley Arrington, “Purposefully Vague” or Problematic? Why Lawyers Must Define the Duty of Tech Competence, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 218 (2024).

Citations

  1. Prof. William R. Casto’s article Robert Jackson’s Critique of Trump v. Hawaii was cited in the following article: Seth Barrett Tillman, What Court (If Any) Decided Ex Parte Merryman?—A Correction for Justice Sotomayer (and Others), 13 Brit. J. Am. Legal Stud. 43 (2024).
  2. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Should the Best Offense Ever Be a Good Defense? The Public Authority to Use Force in Military Operations: Recalibrating the Use of Force Rules in the Standing Rules of Engagement was cited in the following article: Dan Maurer, Congress and the Operational Disciplining of the Use of Armed Force: Are Rules of Engagement within the Preclusive Core of the President’s War Powers?, 84 Ohio St. L.J. 1393 (2024).
  3. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Strengthening American War Crimes Accountability was cited in the following article: Rachel E. VanLandingham, Courtroom as War Crim: Ukraine’s Military Justice Struggle, 84 Ohio St. L.J. 1297 (2024).
  4. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Environmental Law in Military Operations was cited in the following article: Mark Nevitt, Environmental War, Climate Security, and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, 84 Ohio St. L.J. 1359 (2024).
  5. Prof. Dustin Benham’s article Foundational and Contemporary Court Confidentiality was cited in the following article: Kevin Mahoney, Countering Secrecy, 60-APR Trial 28 (2024).
  6. Prof. Bryan T. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act was cited in the following article: Susan C. Morse, Old Regs: The Default Six-Year Time Bar for Administrative Procedure Claims, 31 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 191 (2024).
  7. Prof. Stephen T. Black’s Article Cyberdamages was cited in the following article: Austin L. Hendrick, Redefining the Injury-In-Fact: Treating Personally Identifying Information as Bailed Property, 58 Ga. L. Rev. 871 (2024).
  8. Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Enhancing the Role of Public Interest Organizations in Rulemaking via Pre-Notice Transparency was cited in the following article: Stavros Gadinis & Chris Havasy, The Quest for Legitimacy: A Public Law Blueprint for Corporate Governance, 57 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1581 (2024).
  9. Prof. Geoffrey S. Corn’s article Imputed Liability for Supervising Prosecutors: Applying the Military Doctrine of Command Responsibility to Reduce Prosecutorial Misconduct was cited in the following article: Perry Moriearty, et.al., Race, Racial Bias, and Imputed Liability Murder, 51 Fordham Urb. L.J. 675 (2024).
  10. Prof. Richard D. Rosen’s article Deterring Pre-Viability Abortions in Texas Through Private Lawsuits was cited in the following article: Milan Markovic, Charging Abortion, 92 Fordham L. Rev. 1519 (2024).
  11. Prof. Richard W. Murphy’s article Administrative Law as a Legal Discipline was cited in the following article: Seth W. Berger, Setting Reasonable and Proportional Credit Crad Late Fees: Easier Said Than Done, 28 N.C. Banking Inst. 203 (2024).
  12. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society was cited in the following article: Drew Simshaw, Technology Competence as a Compass for Helping to Close the Justice Gap, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 129 (2024).
  13. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society was cited in the following article: Peter A. Hook, Developing Data Fluent Lawyers by Teaching Litigation Analytics, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 295 (2024).
  14. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society Amy A. Emerson, A Threshold Assessment: Is Technology Among the Competencies Tested by the MPRE?, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 129 (2024).
  15. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society was cited in the following article: Jennifer A. Brobst, The Lawyer’s Duty to Understand the Disparate Impact of Technology in the Legal Profession, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 129 (2024).
  16. Prof. Jamie Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society was cited in the following article: Iantha Haight, A Rubric for Analyzing Legal Technology Using Benefit/Risk Pairs, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 129 (2024).
  17. Prof. Ashley Arrington’s article “Purposefully Vague” or Problematic? Why Lawyers Must Define the Duty of Tech Competence was cited in the following article: Michael Robak, An Introduction to a Roadmap for Law School Modernity: Teaching Technology Competence, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. 129 (2024).

Notes

  1. The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty presented an Appreciation Award to Horn Distinguished Professor Brian Shannon in Fort Worth on March 2 for his assistance in two death penalty cases in which the defendants are seriously mentally ill and incompetent to be executed. See https://tcadp.org/what-we-do/annual-conference/.
  2. On March 8, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was a co-presenter for the Symposium entitled A Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in Phoenix, Arizona. To a crowd of over 400 estate planning attorneys, Prof. Beyer and his co-presenters explained the impact of AI on the estate planning practice. Prof. Beyer’s segment focused on the ethical considerations that arise when using AI.
  3. Prof. Ashley Arrington presented Will the NextGen Bar Truly Test Lawyering Skills? An Evaluation at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference on March 9.
  4. Prof. Gerry W. Beyer’s podcast entitled A Discussion of Ante-Mortem Probate, a process of validating the will of a living person available in some states, was released as the March 19, 2024 issue of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel’s Trust and Estate Talk.

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