The Reporter

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.

In December 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

AGRICULTURE LAW

1. Eisenberg, Ann M., Reviving Rural America: Toward Policies for Resilience (2024).

ANIMAL LAW

1. Kotzman, Jane and M.B. Rodriguez Ferrere, The Legal Recognition of Animal Sentience: Principles, Approaches, and Application (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

1. Jackson, Brown Ketanji, Lovely One: A Memoir (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

1. Breyer, Stephen, Reading the Constitution: Why I chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1. Stephens, Susan L., Kim D. Connolly, and Sarah P. Jarboe, Wetlands Law and Policy: Understanding Section 404 (2024).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

1. The Rights of Groups: Understanding Community in the Eyes of the Law (2024).

LEGAL EDUCATION

1. Dear 1L: Notes to Nurture a New Legal Writer (2024).

OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LAW

1. Predictability in Oil and Gas Investment Agreements: Balancing Interests for a Stable Investment Environment (2024).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1. Flannery, Raymond B. Jr., Preventing Youth Violence Before It Begins (2022).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

Throughout the month of 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 1st to November 30th, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Richard W. Murphy, Ultra Vires Review of Federal Agency Action Made Simple(r), 2025 Utah L. Rev. 1201 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Summary of Changes to Estate Planning Law Made by the 2025 Texas Legislature, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 43 (2025).
3. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025).
4. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025).
5. Jamie J. Baker, Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today’s Academic Library Review, 117 Law Libr. J. 435 (2025).
6. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Nov/Dec. 2025, at 28.

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Halloween and Free Speech, North Korea and its Nuclear Weapons, Foul Farming, The Magnificent Flying Machine – the Bat, and The Lightness of Nuisance. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
2. Prof. Corn authored the article Trump’s Latest Military Campaign Tests the Limits of Presidential War Powers, The Cipher Brief (Nov. 4, 2025), available at: https://thecipherbrief.com/war-powers-caribbean-counternarcotics.
3. Prof. Lux published an article to the Law School Academic Support Blog titled “But I Have Always Gotten Good Grades”: Twice Exceptionality in Law Students?.
4. Prof. Stephens authored the article Detecting AI Misconduct by Opposing Counsel is a Lawyer’s Duty, Bloomberg Tax (Nov. 18, 2025), available at: https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-labor-report/detecting-ai-misconduct-by-opposing-counsel-is-a-lawyers-duty.  

Quotations

1. Prof. Rosen is quoted in the following article: Tim Graham, PolitiFact Carefully Selects ‘Legal Experts’ to Defend Democrats on ‘Illegal Orders’, Newsbusters (Nov. 24, 2025; 4:02pm), available at: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/11/24/politifact-carefully-selects-legal-experts-defend-democrats-illegal
2. Prof. Valastro was interviewed for and quoted in the following article: James Van Bramer, Digital Assets Might Fit Differently in DC Plans Than Other Alternative Assets, Plan Sponsor (Nov. 4,  2025), available at: https://plansponsor.com/digital-assets-might-fit-differently-in-dc-plans-than-other-alternative-assets/.
3. Prof. Corn remains a leading voice on law and national security, with recent commentary featured in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Swedish National Television, the BBC, and more. Much of his current analysis centers on the War Powers Resolution and its application to military action against groups designated as narco-terrorist organizations.

Citations

1. 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).
2. Prof. Casto’s article The Federal Courts’ Protective Jurisdiction over Torts Committed in Violation of the Law of Nations is cited in the following article: Curtis A. Bradley, 92 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1807 (2025).
3. Prof. Brie Sherwin’s article After the Storm: The Importance of Acknowledging Environmental Justice in Sustainable Development and Disaster Preparedness is cited in the following article: Sydney Hoffman, Disaster Strikes Again: The Unfair Treatment of Marginalized Communities in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters, 55 Tex. Envtl. L.J. 95 (2025).
4. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Tamir Shanan, Doron Narotzki, & Lior Zaks, Developing a Novel Conceptual Tax Regulatory Framework for Crypto Tokens, 58 Akron L. Rev. 105 (2025).
5. Prof. Lauriat’s book Improving Intellectual Property: A Global Project is cited in the following article: Peter K. Yu, WIPO Negotiations on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, 57 Akron L. Rev. 277 (2025).
6. Prof. Murphy’s article Arbitrariness Review Made Reasonable: Structural and Conceptual Reform of the “Hard Look” is cited in the following article: David A. Weisbach, An APA for Tax, 2024 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1165 (2025).
7. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder, Pure//Evil Part One: How Evil is Popularized as Truth in the Marketplace of Ideas, 59 UIC L. Rev. 137 (2025).

News

1. On Oct. 11, 2025, Prof. Gonzalez presented his article entitled The WARN Act and Common Law Successor Liability at the Central States Law Schools Association Annual Scholarship conference, hosted by the University of Kansas School of Law in Lawrence, Kansas.
2. Prof. Shannon presented a webinar entitled, “ADR and Mental Health Legislative Update,” for the Lubbock Dispute Resolution Center on Oct. 17, 2025.
3. Prof. Shannon delivered the inaugural talk in the Signature 12 Law School Lecture Series, “Overlapping Fields: A Law Professor’s Service in Intercollegiate Athletics Governance,” on Oct. 29, 2025.
4. Prof. Shannon was a panelist on the National Center for State Courts webinar: “Competency & Restoration Reimagined from Practice to Possibility: Competency Alternatives,” on Nov. 5, 2025.
5. On November 4, 2025, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was in Las Vegas, Nevada where he was invited to speak at a meeting of the Southern Nevada Estate Planning Council. His presentation was entitled AI for the Estate Planner.
6. On November 7, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke at the 2025 Tax & Legal Seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona. To an audience of over 350 estate planning professionals, Prof. Beyer gave two presentations: Estate Planning for Cyber Property – Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse and State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in It when Your Client Steps Across State Lines.
7. On November 11, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Little Rock, Arkansas where he spoke at a meeting of the Estate Planning Council of Arkansas. His presentation was entitled Anticipating Will Contests and How to Avoid Them.
8. On November 13, 2025, the National College of Probate Judges presented Prof. Beyer with the Isabella Award for his years of dedicated work in the probate field at its Fall Conference in Galveston, Texas. See https://www.ncpj.org/awards/isabella-award/.
9. On November 14, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Galveston, Texas where he served as a speaker at the Fall Conference of the National College of Probate Judges. His presentation was entitled I Drafted the Will, So What’s Next? To Tell or Not to Tell? That Is the Question.
10. On November 21, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in New Orleans where he spoke at Loyola University’s 2025 Estate Planning Conference. His presentation was entitled AI Meets Estate Planning: Leveraging Interactive Technology in Planning.
11. The Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Council of the State Bar of Texas recently appointed Prof. Beyer to the Texas Title Examination Standards Editorial Board.

In November 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW

1. Staszah, Sarah, Privatizing Justice: Arbitration and the Decline of Public Governance in the U.S. (2024).

COURTS

1. Hinkle, Rachael K., Selective Publication in the U.S. Courts of Appeals: the Invisible Norm that Perpetuates Inequality (2024).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1. Kelley, Elizabeth, Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2024).

EVIDENCE

1. Ball, David, et.al., The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense (2024).

JUDGES

1. Oldfather, Chad M., Judges, Judging, and Judgment: Character, Wisdom, and Humility in a Polarized World (2024).

LEGAL PROFESSION

1. Miller, Sterling L., The Productive In-House Lawyer: Tips, Hacks, and the Art of Getting Things Done (2024).
2. Cooper, Sarah L. and Scarlett McArdle, Preparing to Moot: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mooting (2025).
3. McDonald, James J. Jr., How to be a Star Associate: A Guide to Excelling in your Early Legal Career (2024).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

1. McConville, Mike and Wing Hong Chui, Research Methods for Law (2024).

POLITICS

1. Fritz, Christian G., Monitoring American Federalism: The History of State Legislative Resistance (2023).

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

1. Stephens, Neal J. and Amanda Stephens James, Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (2024).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

1. Golden, Paul, Litigating Adverse Possession Cases: Pirates v. Zombies (2024).

REPRODUCTION

1. Howard, Grace E., The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Laidler, Pawel, The U.S. Supreme Court and the Legitimization of Surveillance (2024).
2. Caruso, Gregg D., Neurolaw (2024).

SPORTS

1. Wood, Amy, Lawyer like an Athlete: How to Up Your Game at Work and in Life (2024).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.

In October 2025, the Law Library added the following new titles to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

COMMUNICATIONS LAW

1.  Loury, Glenn C., Self-Censorship (2025).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – GENERALLY

1. Gienapp, Jonathan, Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique (2024).
2. Siegel, Neil S., The Collective-Action Constitution (2024).
3. Johnson, Kevin A. and Craig R. Smith, Fear and the First Amendment: Controversial Cases of the Roberts Court (2024).

COURTS

1. Holding, Reynolds, Better Judgment: How Three Judges are bringing Justice back to the Courts (2025).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

1. Lackey, Jennifer, Criminal Testimonial Injustice (2023).

DISABILITY LAW

1. Danforth, Scot, An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights (2025).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

1. Laufer-Ukeles, Pamela, Families, Relational Attachments, and the Law of Collaborative Family-Making (2025).

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE

1. Griffith, Kati L., et.al., Legalized Inequalities: Immigration and Race in the Low-Wage Workplace (2025).

EVIDENCE

1. Collins, William, The Case for Eyewitness Identification Reform, (2024).

FIRST AMENDMENT

1. Neier, Aryeh, Defending My Enemy: Skokie and the Legacy of Free Speech in America (2025).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

1. Ogolla, Christopher, COVID-19 Public Health Laws: A Legal Research Guide (2025).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Reglitz, Merten, Free Internet Access as a Human Right (2024).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

1. Lombardi, Ettore M., Digitization, Copyright, and the Law: Copyleft and the Future of Intellectual Property (2025).

LEGAL ANALYSIS AND WRITING

1. Portwood-Stacy, Laura, Make Your Manuscript Work: A Guide to Developmental Editing for Scholarly Writers (2025).

LEGAL EDUCATION

1. Shadel, Molly Bishop, Finding Your Voice in Law School: Mastering Classroom Cold Calls, Job Interviews, and Other Verbal Challenges (2025).

LEGAL HISTORY

1. Dabhoiwala, Fara, What is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea (2025).

LEGAL PROFESSION

1. Reilly, John W., The Brand-New Lawyer’s Guide (2025).

LEGISLATION

1. Fissell, Mary, Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion (2025).
2. Cohen, David S. and Carole Joffe, After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court ended Roe but not Abortion (2025).
3. Ziegler, Mary, Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025).
4. Williams, Daniel K., Abortion and America’s Churches: A Religious History of Roe v. Wade (2025).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

1. Fishman, Joel and Matthew Regentin, Arson and Fire Investigation: A Legal Research Guide (2025).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

1. Cantrell, Deborah J., Emotions, Activism, and Social Change (2025).
2. Kiser, Randall, Well-Being in the Legal Profession: Altruism, Justice, and Legal Reform (2025).

RACE AND ETHNICITY

1. Bahadur, Rory, A Critical Race Approach to Systemic Inequity (2025).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Bonadio, Enrico and Caterina Sganga, NFTs, Creativity and the Law: Within and Beyond Copyright (2024).
2. Barfield, Woodrow, et.al., The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human-Robot Interaction (2024).
3. Rasmussen, Mark W., et.al., Blockchain for Business Lawyers (2024).
4. Weiser, Joshua, Embryonic Stem Cells and the Law: Crafting a Humane System of Regulation (2024).

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

1. Cameron, Charles M. and Jonathan P. Kastellec, Making the Supreme Court: The Politics of Appointments, 1930-2020 (2023).

All of these books are available from the Law Library.  If you would like to check out any of these titles, please contact the circulation desk at either 806-742-3957 or circulation.law@ttu.edu.  Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items.