December 2025 Law Faculty Publications & News

Throughout the month of December, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for December 1st to December 31st, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Texas Wills, Trusts, and Estates (2^nd ed. 2026).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Another Weapon of Mass Destruction, #575, Law Should Not Get in the Way when “Manifest-ing Destiny”, and All is Fair in…War. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Inviting Danger, San Antonio Express-News (Dec. 28, 2005).
2. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: United States/Venezuela: Trump’s Oil Sanctions Test Legal Limits with Venezuela Tanker Blockade, Thai News Service (Dec. 22, 2025).
3. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Noah Robertson, GOP Signals End to Probes into Killing of Boat Strike Survivors, Washington Post (Dec. 18, 2025).
4. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Ben Finley, Eric Turner, Kevin Freking, and Joshua Goodman, Trump’s Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Raises New Questions About Legality, Tribune-Review (Dec. 18, 2025).
5. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Noah Robertson, Alex Horton, Ellen Nakashima, An Inside Review of the Order to Kill 2 Survivors, Washington Post (Dec.11, 2025).
6. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: US Accused of Piracy After Footage Shows Armed Troops Storm Tanker Off Venezuela, Sky News (UK)  (Dec. 11, 2025).
7. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Charlie Savage, Julian E. Barnes, Scrutiny of Second Strike Obscures issue of Legality Some Say Military Attacks on Drug Boats are Criminal, Boston Globe (Dec. 7, 2005).
8. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Scott Lemieux, The Non-Fog of Non-War, Lawyers, Guns, and Money (Blog) (Dec. 5, 2005).
9. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Robert Tait, Killing of Survivors Sparks Outrage – but Entire US Drug Boat War is Legally Shaky, Guardian (UK) (Dec. 5, 2005).
10. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Robert Farley, On Legal Justifications, Lawyers, Guns, and Money (Blog) (Dec. 4, 2005).
11. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Charlie Savage, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmidt and John Ismay, Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but not the Killing of Survivors, International New York Times (Dec.4, 2025).
12. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Grace Berry, FBI Opens Probe into Kelly, 5 Others for Video Message to Military Members, Casa Grande Dispatch (Nov. 27, 2005).

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive is cited in the following article: Eli Nachmany, The Original FTC, 77 Ala. L. Rev. 1 (2025).
2. Prof. Cristopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Dawn Young, Applying Education Research to Improve Law School Feedback, 103 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev 1 (2025).
3. Prof. Corn’s article Deterring Illegal Firearms in the Community: Special Needs, Special Problems, and Special Limitations is cited in the following article: Abby Schaefer, The Future of Extreme Risk Laws: Does Enforcement Raise Red Flags that Warrant a Closer Look?, 103 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 77 (2025).
4. Prof. Vaughn’s article No Help for the Helpless: How the Law Has Failed to Serve and Protect Persons Suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease is cited in the following article: Sharona Hoffman & Cassandra Burke Robertson, Patient Autonomy, Public Safety, and Drivers with Cognitive Decline 15 UC Irvine L. Rev. 925 (2025).
5. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Leo Rassieur, Characterizing Agency Determinations After Loper Bright, 18 N.Y.U. J. L. & Liberty 273 (2025).
6. Prof. Bubany’s article Mistakes with the Mistake Defense in Texas Criminal Law is cited in the following article: Samuel Pritchard, Don’t Let an Empire Create an Emperor: The Conundrum of Presidential War Powers, 36 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 1 (2025).
7. Prof. Camp’s articles The Failure of the Adversarial Process in the Administrative State and Tax Administration as Inquisitorial Process and the Partial Paradigm Shift in the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998  are cited in the following article: Bryce Hull, Don’t Treaty Me Like That: Why Taxpayers with Canadian Tax Liabilities Being Collected by the IRS Should be Entitled to CDP Hearings, 59 Ind. L. Rev. 469 (2025).
8. Prof. Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Bakht Munir, Integrating Generative AI in Legal Pedagogy: A Case Study, 53 Int’l J. Legal Info. 272 (2025).
9. Prof. Valastro is cited in the following case: Milano v. Cognizant Tech Solutions, Docket No. 20-cv-17793 2025 WL 3002178 (D. N.J. Oct. 27, 2025), citing her article Misapplying Twombly extensively.
10. Prof. Corn’s article Improving Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in an Era of Maneuver War and Mission Command is cited in the following article: Naz Khatoon Modirzadeh, “Violent, Vicious, and Fast”: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL, 17 Harv. Nat’l Sec. J. 1 (2025).
11. Prof. Beyer’s article Lady Bird and Transfer on Death Deeds is cited in the following article: Alan B. Clements, Funding Revocable Trusts: Law, Strategy, and Execution, 52 Est. Plan. 01 (2025).

News

1. On December 11, 2025, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker in South Dakota for the Sioux Falls Estate Planning Council. His presentation was entitled Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse.