May 2025 Law Faculty Publications & News

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

Articles, Books, and More

  1. Gerry W. Beyer, Drafting Wills to Prevent and Diminish Contests, Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., Mar. 2025, at 1.
  2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., May/Jun. 2025, at 27.
  3. Gerry W. Beyer, Potpourri, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 4 (2025).
  4. Gerry W. Beyer, Intestacy, Wills, Estate Administration, and Trusts Update, 63-2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep., at 5 (2025).
  5. Geoffrey S. Corn, [Chapter Within] The Law on Nuclear Weapons (2025).
  6. Stephen t. Black, Weaponizing AI, 16 UC L. Sci. & Tech. J. 177 (2025).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

  1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as Life of the Volcano, Spaceships on the Beach, Who gets to legally name it?, and Saved by the (9th Circuit) Bell. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
  2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The Key Word in “Net Operating Loss”. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.

Quotations

  1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Uriel J. Garcia, U.S. Declares Military Zone Around El Paso, Allowing Soldiers to Arrest Migrants, Texas Tribune (May 2, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/02/texas-military-zone-el-paso-immigrants-soldiers-arrest/.
  2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Erin Davis, Legislature Debates How to Fix Texas’ Water Problems, Spectrum News 1 (May 7, 2025; 8:30am), available at: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2025/05/06/legislature-debate-how-to-fix-texas–water-problems.
  3. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Liz Teitz, SAWS will spend nearly $1M to study how to move plant for Project Marvel, San Antonio Express-News (May 6, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/project-marvel-hotel-san-antonio-water-system-20311623.php.
  4. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Jayme Lozano Carver, The one thing Texas won’t do to save its water supply, Texas Tribune (May 29, 2025; 1:00pm), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/29/texas-water-crisis-groundwater-rights/.

Citations

  1. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder, Courting Oblivion Part II: How to Revive American Reconstruction by Feigning Forgetfulness, 73 Clev. St. L. Rev. 515 (2025).
  2. Prof. Black’s article Who Owns Your Data? is cited in the following article: Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Video Analytics and Fourth Amendment Vision, 103 Tex. L. Rev. 1253 (2025).
  3. Prof. Camp’s article The Impact of Jarkesy on Civil Tax Fraud Penalties is cited in the following article: Steve R. Johnson, Jarkesy, The Seventh Amendment, and Tax Penalties, 79 U. Miami L. Rev. 461 (2025).
  4. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Kelly M. Gamble, Breaking Up with the Anti-Hero: How 303(b)(3) Can Help Law Schools Mitigate their Perennial Devices, Prices, Vices, and Crises, 77 Me. L. Rev. 69 (2025).
  5. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice & Procedure is cited in the following article: Rebecca Haw Allensworth & Cathal T. Gallagher, Doctors Playing Lawyers: Lessons for Professional Regulation in Crisis, 51 Am J.L. & Med. 27 (2025).
  6. Prof. Baker’s article 2018 A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Andrew Martineau & Loren Turner, Legal Scholarship Through the Lens of Generative AI, Darkly, 117 Law Libr. J. 232 (2025).
  7. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: Victoria Szymczak & Melanie Knapp, The Continuing Decline of Academic Law Library Director Status and Rank, 117 Law Libr. J. 153 (2025).
  8. Prof. Beyer’s article Sign on the [Electronic] Dotted Line: The Rise of the Electronic Will is cited in the following article: Margaret I. Hall, Tina Cockburn, Bridget J. Crawford, Rosie Harding, & Kelly Purser, Risks, Benefits, Opportunities, and Electronic Formalities in the Law of Wills: A Comparative Approach, 70 McGill L.J 139 (2025).
  9. Prof. Murphy’s article Due Process and the Targeted Killing of Terrorists is cited in the following article: James T. Campbell, The Law of The Territories: Should it Exist?, 134 Yale L.J. Forum 448 (2025).
  10. Prof. Baker’s article The Intersectionality of Law Librarianship & Gender is cited in the following article: Laura J. Ax-Fultz, Why Academic Law Librarians Quit: Results of he Law Librarian Exit Survey, 117 Law Libr. J. 84 (2025).
  11. Prof. Corn’s article War and Detention is cited in the following article: Sandra Hodgkinson, The Geneva Conventions at 75: An Argument that New Legal Authority is Needed to Fill Critical Gaps, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 167 (2025).
  12. Prof. Corn’s article Thinking the Unthinkable: Has the Time Come to Offer Combatant Immunity to Non-State Actors? is cited in the following article: Participants of the Cleveland Experts Meetings, White Paper on the Need to Strengthen International Humanitarian Law to Address the Challenges of 21st Century Warfare, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 7 (2025).
  13. Prof. Corn’s book The Law In War: A Concise Overview is cited in the following article: Laurie R. Blank, New Treaty Law on Autonomous Weapons? An Opportunity to Reframe the Discourse, 57 Case W. Res. J. Int’l L. 223 (2025).
  14. Prof. Corn’s article Military Jury Sentencing Theory and Practice is cited in the following article: Jen Jenkins, Judge v. Jury: Who is Better at Fitting the Punishment to the Crime?, 51 Am. J. Crim. L. 56 (2025).
  15. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in the following article: Samuel D. Brunson, A New Johnson Amendment: Subsidy, Core Political Speech, and Tax-Exempt Organizations, 43 Yale L. & Pol’y Rev. 354 (2025).
  16. Prof. Soonpaa’s article Using Composition Theory and Scholarship to Teach Legal Writing More Effectively is cited in the following article: Jonathan E. Moore, Guided Autonomy: A Research-Based Approach to Improving Students’ Wellbeing and Decision-Making in the Development of Problem-Solving Skills, 29 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 201 (2025).
  17. Prof. Soonpaa’s article From a Gleam to Maturity: The Developmental Stages of a Legal Writing Program is cited in the following article: L. Danielle Tully, Behind the Curve: Rethinking Norm-Referenced Grading in First-Year Legal Writing Courses, 29 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1 (2025).
  18. Prof. Rosen’s article Katcoff V. Marsh at Twenty-Two: The Military Chaplaincy and the Separation of Church and State is cited in multiple areas of §36 of Religious Organizations and the Law (May 2025 Update).
  19. Prof. Camp’s article The Failure of Adversarial Process in the Administrative State is cited in Part I, §2 of Administrative Law and Practice (May 2025 Update).
  20. Prof. James’ article The African-American Church, Political Activity, and Tax Exemption is cited in §32 of Religious Organizations and the Law (May 2025 Update).
  21. Prof. Beyer’s article Pet Animals: What Happens When their Humans Die? is cited in §165 of Bogert’s The Law of Trusts and Trustees (May 2025 Update).

News

  1. Prof. Hardberger is now participating in the 5-year USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems grant, joining with TTU School of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University, and Kansas State University to look at how NASA satellite evapotranspiration data can be used to increase water efficiency in agriculture in select counties across the three states.  
  2. On May 9, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented AI in Practice: Reshaping How Lawyers Research and Work at the Roswell Continuing Legal Education Conference in Roswell, New Mexico.
  3. On May 13, 2025, Prof. Hardberger was interviewed by the ABC affiliate news station in Houston concerning the impacts of SB7, a weighty water bill working its way through the legislature (available here: https://abc13.com/post/texas-bill-sb-7-creates-water-infrastructure-fix-doesnt-go-far-enough-experts-say/16403687/). She was also interviewed over the same topic by Agriculture of America Radio Show (available here: https://www.agricultureofamerica.com/), and Lubbock’s KLBK’s Talking Points (available here: https://www.everythinglubbock.com/talking-points/).
  4. On May 20, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Anchorage, Alaska where he was a co-presenter on the Legal Separation and Divorce panel at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Alaska Seminar: The Intersection of Estate Planning and Marriage.
  5. On May 22, 2025, The National Football Foundation and Texas Tech Athletics jointly honored Prof. Shannon as part of the 2024 NFF Faculty Salutes presented by Fidelity Investments.
  6. On May 27, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke in Dallas for the Probate, Trusts, & Estates Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association. His topic and accompanying article were entitled Recent Estate Planning Developments from the Texas Courts.
  7. On May 29, 2025, Prof. Beyer was in Houston where he spoke to an audience of approximately 150 attorneys, CPAs, trust officers, and other estate planning professionals at a meeting of the Houston Estate & Financial Forum. His topic was entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Estate Planner: Resistance is Futile.

May 2025 New Books

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

ANIMAL LAW

  1. Wacks, Raymond, Animal Lives Matter: The Continuing Question for Justice (2024).

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Arth, Kristi W., Legal Issues for Arts Organizations: A Practical Guide (2024).

BANKING AND FINANCE

  1. Chugani, Sumeet H. and Stephen T. Gannon, Banking on Blockchain: A Legal and Regulatory Primer (2024).
  2. Awrey, Dan, Beyond Banks: Technology, Regulation, and the Future of Money (2024).

BIOGRAPHY

  1. Johnson, Benjamin Heber, Texas: An American History (2025).
  2. Eaton, John, Finding English Law: Quick Access to Key Titles (2024).

CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERALLY

  1. Collins, Mike Steve, The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon (2024).
  2. Fineman, Martha Albertson and Laura Spitz, Law, Vulnerability, and the Responsive State: Beyond Equality and Liberty (2024).

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

  1. Sidorsky, Kaitlin N. and Wendy J. Schiller, Inequality Across State Lines: How Policymakers have Failed Domestic Violence Victims in the United States (2023).

EDUCATION LAW

  1. Polden, Donald J. and Barry Z. Posner, Lawyers as Leaders: Why It Matters and What It Takes (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

  1. Smith, Kimberly K., Making Climate Lawyers: Climate Change in American Law Schools, 1985-2020 (2024).
  2. Quirico, Ottavio and Walter Baber, Implementing Climate Change Policy” Designing and Deploying Net Zero Carbon Governance (2024).

EVIDENCE

  1. Ross, Lewis, The Philosophy of Legal Proof, (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

  1. Onwukwe, Karren Jo Pope, Life if Filled with Swift Transitions: A Guide to Helping Your Clients Manage Catastrophic Health Incidents (2024).

INDIAN AND ABORIGINAL LAW

  1. Novak, Andrew, Criminal Convictions in U.S. Tribal law: Collateral Consequences, Pardons, and Expungements in Indian Country (2025).

JUDGES

  1. Kritzer, Herbert M., Litigation Judicial Selection (2024).

LEGAL HISTORY

  1. Montalvo, Maria R., Enslaved Archives: Slavery, Law and the Production of the Past (2024).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

  1. Coenen, Tracy, Lifestyle Analysis in Divorce Cases: Investigating Spending and Finding Hidden Income and Assets (2024).
  2. Moring, Beatrice, Women and Family Property (2024).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

  1. Muir, Ronda, Beyond Smart: Lawyering with Emotional Intelligence (2025).
  2. Austin, Debra S., The Legal Brain: A Lawyer’s Guide to Well-Being and Better Job Performance (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  1. Kuan, Hon. W., Technology and Security for Lawyers and other Professionals: The Basics and Beyond (2024).
  2. Vicente, Dario Moura, Rui Soares Pereira, and Ana Alves Leal, Legal Aspects of Autonomous Systems: A Comparative Approach (2024).
  3. Pomfret, Kevin D., Geospatial Law, Policy, and Ethics: Where Geospatial Technology is Taking the Law (2025).
  4. Drazewski, Kasper, Copyright as a Constraint on Creating Technological Value (2024).
  5. Van der Sloot, Bart, Regulating the Synthetic Society: Generative AI, Legal Questions and Societal Challenges (2024).

SEX CRIMES

  1. Kelley, Erin L., Law, Literature, and Violence Against Women: Ending the Victim Blame Game (2025).

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.

April 2025 Law Faculty Publications & News

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, 2025.

Articles, Books, & More

  1. Gerry W. Beyer, Don’t Byte Off More Than You Can Chew: Ethical Considerations for the Estate Planner in the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence, 15 St. Mary’s J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics 32 (2025).
  2. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Mar./Apr. 2025, at 28.
  3. Gerry W. Beyer, 13, 14, 15, Real Property (West’s Tex. Forms 2025 Supp.).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

  1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The animal experimentation industry should become our past, The Dire Wolf, The Lab Leaks, and A Guide to Indian Country for Conservatives. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/.
  2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled A Captivating Lesson on Insurance. Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.
  3. Prof. Corn published 1 article alongside co-author John Spencer for Real Clear Defense, titled The Battle for Legitimacy in Urban Warfare. Available at: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/03/15/the_battle_for_legitimacy_in_urban_warfare_1097773.html.

Quotations

  1. Prof. Rob Sherwin is featured and quoted in the following article: Lucy Greenberg, Texas Tech School of Law Becomes First to Win All ABA Champtionship Competitions, Texas Tech Now (April 14, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2025/04/texas-tech-school-of-law-becomes-first-to-win-all-aba-championship-competitions.php.
  2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Jayme Lozano Carver & Alejandra Martinez, Can Texas Lawmakers Agree on How to Spend Billions to Save the State’s Water Supply?, The Texas Tribune (April 28, 2025; 5:00am), available at: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/28/texas-water-crisis-legislation-debate/.
  3. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Pete Hegseth wants a new name for Defense Department: War Department. Why it matters., San Antonio Express News (April 28, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/pete-hegseth-rename-defense-department-war-20242899.php.
  4. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following article: Ben Blatt, Why I.R.S. Audits, Already at Their Lowest Levels, May Fall Further, The New York Times (April 8, 2025; 9:00am), available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/upshot/irs-tax-audits-cuts.html.
  5. Prof. Camp is quoted in the following two-part article: Bruce Brumberg, How the I.R.S. Picks Tax Returns to Audit: A Tax-Law Expert Explains, Forbes (March 26, 2025; 11:16am), available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucebrumberg/2025/03/26/how-the-irs-picks-tax-returns-to-audit-a-tax-law-expert-explains/. Bruce Brumberg, How the I.R.S. Decides to Audit You: A Tax Expert Explains, Forbes (March 31, 2025; 11:17am), available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucebrumberg/2025/03/31/how-the-irs-decides-to-audit-you-a-tax-expert-explains/.
  6. Prof. Camp participated in the following podcast: Trump is Picking Fights He Relishes: Smerconish on CNN, CNN Audio (April 19, 2025), available at: https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/smerconish-on-cnn/episodes/41531e74-2cca-11ef-88f0-ffe0c240b3ae

Citations

  1. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Practice Series: Texas Law of Wills is cited in the following article: Joseph William Padjune III, A Constructive Trust is Not Enough – Enacting a Slayer Statute to Better Protect a Decedent’s Heirs, 11 Tex. A&M J. Prop. L. 411 (2025).
  2. Prof. Beyer’s article Avoid Being a Defendant: Estate Planning Malpractice and Ethical Concerns is cited in §2:4 Texas Practice Series: Handbook of Texas Lawyer and Judicial Ethics (April 2025 Update).
  3. Prof. Murphy’s article Abandon Chevron and Modernize Stare Decisis for the Administrative State is cited in the following article: Jennifer L. Mascott & Eli Nachmany, Answered by Text, 48 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 33 (2025).
  4. Prof. Corn’s articles Ukraine Symposium – Effects-Based Enforcement of Targeting Law and Contemplating the True Nature of the Notion of “Responsibility” in Responsible Command are cited in the following article: Hitoshi Nasu, The Rule of Law in Armed Conflict, 34 Minn. J. Int’l L. 237 (2025).
  5. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Jeffrey Manns, The Case for Contingent Regulatory Sunsets, 100 Ind. L.J. 409 (2025).
  6. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Natalie A. Pierce & Stephanie L. Goutos, Why Lawyers Must Responsibly Embrace Generative AI, 21 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 469 (2025).
  7. Prof. Watts’ article Differences Without Distinctions: Boyle’s Government Contractor Defense Fails to Recognize the Critical Differences Between Civilian and Military Plaintiffs and Between Military and Non-Military Procurement is cited in §352 of Dobbs’ Law of Torts (April 2025 Update).
  8. Prof. Beyer’s article Avoiding the Estate Planning “Blue Screen of Death”- Common Non-Tax Errors and How to Prevent Them is cited in the following article: Mark Glover, The Unconventional Wisdom of Fragmented Wills, 67 Ariz. L. Rev. 61 (2025).
  9. Prof. Beyer’s article Pet Animals – What Happens When Their Humans Die? is cited in multiple sections of Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers (May 2025 Update).
  10. Prof. Nie’s article Advancing Student Learning Experience: Peer Assessment in Advanced Legal Research Classes is cited in the following article: Elissa Jacob, Mistaken About Mistakes: Error Analysis as an Untapped Tool for Law School Success, 45 Pace L. Rev. 445 (2025).
  11. Prof. Christopher’s article Normalizing Struggle is cited in the following article: Elissa Jacob, Mistaken About Mistakes: Error Analysis as an Untapped Tool for Law School Success, 45 Pace L. Rev. 445 (2025).
  12. Prof. Camp’s article “Loving” Return Preparer Regulation is cited in the following article: Linda Galler & Jay A. Soled, AI and the Regulation of Tax Return Preparers, 28 Fla. Tax Rev. 1 (2025).
  13. Prof. Murphy’s article A “New” Counter-Marbury: Reconciling Skidmore Deference and Agency Interpretive Freedom is cited in the following article: Kristin E. Hickman, Anticipating a New Modern Skidmore Standard, 74 Duke L.J. Online 111 (2025).
  14. Prof. Corn’s article Making the Case for Conflict Bifurcation in Afghanistan: Transnational Armed Conflict, al Qaida, and the Limits of Associated Militia Concept is cited in the following article: Joyce Claudia Choo, Unmasking the “Admixture” War Paradigm: An Analysis of “Invisible” Violations of Jus In Bello Within Signature Drone Strikes, 57 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 225 (2025).
  15. Prof. Metze’s article Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel at Trial is cited in the following article: Zamir Ben-Dan, The Pro-Defense Constitution, 2025 Utah L. Rev. 385 (2025).
  16. Prof. Casto’s article The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in an Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates is cited in the following article: Lumen N. Mulligan, Is Federal Question Jurisdiction Arising or Setting?, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 2207 (2025).
  17. Prof. Casto’s article The First Congress’s Understanding of its Authority over the Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction is cited in the following article: Arthur D. Hellman, The Federal Question Jurisdiction Under Article III: “First in the Mind of the Framers,” But Today, Perhaps, Falling Short of the Framers’ Expectations, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 2143 (2025).
  18. Prof. Corn’s article Presidential War Power: Do the Courts Offer Any Answers? is cited in the following article: Dan Maurer, Congress and the Operational Disciplining of the Use of Armed Force, Part II: Rules of Engagement and a “Military-Agency Test” For the Separation of War Powers, 85 Ohio St. L.J. 893 (2025).
  19. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Gwendolyn Savitz, Adjudication Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking Standing in Rulemaking Petition Cases, 32 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 57 (2025).
  20. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Estate Planning Statutes With Commentary is cited in the following article: Garrett Couts & Emily Daniel, Ancillary Probate: “There’s No Place Like Home”, 29 Drake J. Agric. L. 299 (2025).
  21. Prof. Beyer’s article Digital Wills: Has the Time Come for Wills to Join the Digital Revolution? is cited in the following article: James Toomey, Executor Discretion, 110 Iowa L. Rev. 1323 (2025).
  22. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in multiple sections of Massachusetts Practice Series (May 2025 Update).

News

  1. On April 3, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the virtual guest speaker for the St. Mary’s University School of Law’s chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. He gave a presentation entitled Companion Animal Trusts: Providing for Non-Human Family Members.
  2. On April 9, 2025, Prof. Keffer presented in Midland at the annual seminar hosted by the Permian Area Lease Title Analysts and the Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts. His presentation was entitled Energy Bills in the Texas Legislative Session.
  3. On April 11, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented Beyond the Basics: Elevating Legal Research Analysis for the AI and NextGen Bar Era and NextGen 2025: What’s New & What’s Next at the Lone Star Legal Writing Conference at Baylor University School of Law.
  4. On April 12, 2025, Prof. Outenreath was invited to serve on the planning committee for the 43rd annual Tax Law CLE course, presented by TexasBarCLE and co-sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Tax Section
  5. Prof. Beck’s article The Federal War on Guns was cited multiple times in the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Association’s amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
  6. Prof. Beck received the 2025 Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award, an award that recognizes faculty members with four years or less of services who have distinguished themselves through dedicated service to Texas Tech.

April 2025 New Books

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

New Resources

Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship

  • The bibliography encompasses a vast range of articles, including those from various law reviews and journals, covering a wide spectrum of topics within law librarianship. 

New Books

AGRICULTURE LAW

  1. Coppess, Jonathan, Between Soil and Society: Legislative History and Political Development of Farm Bill Conservation Policy (2024).

BANKING AND FINANCE

  1. Swain, Warren and Sagi Peari, Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine and Theory (2023).

BIOGRAPHY

  1. Carucci, Elinor and Sara Bader, The Collars of RBG: A Portrait of Justice (2023).

CIVIL LAW

  1. Bettine, Fabiana, et.al., New Directions in Private Law Theory (2023).

CIVIL RIGHT, GENERALLY

  1. Isin, Engin, Citizenship: New Trajectories in Law (2024).
  2. Babeck, Wolfgang and Albrecht Weber, Writing Constitutions, Volume 2, Fundamentals Rights (2024).
  3. Pevar, Stephen L., The Rights of Indians and Tribes (2012).

COMMUNICATIONS LAW

  1. Henry, Jo, Joe Eshleman, and Richard Moniz, The Dysfunctional Library: Challenges and Solutions to Workplace Relationships (2018).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

  1. Rabban, David M., Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right (2024).
  2. Waldron, Jeremy, Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law (2023).
  3. Hopkins, W. Wat, Hate Speech is not Free: The Case Against First Amendment Protection (2024).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

  1. Jayadev, Raj, Protect Your People: How Ordinary Families are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration (2024).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  1. Schmitz, Amy J., The Arbitration Conversation: Insights and Wisdom from Experts in the Field (2024).

EDUCATION LAW

  1. Ruark, Jennifer, A Librarian’s Toolbox: What You Need to Know (2024).
  2. Rossu, Hedwig van, Teaching for Impact: Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking and ACT Responsibility as Defining Features of Contemporary Buldung in Academic Law Schools (2023).

FIRST AMENDMENT

  1. Strossen, Nadine, Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know (2024).

GENDER

  1. Thornton, Margaret, Advanced Introduction to Feminist Perspectives on Law (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

  1. Blesdale, Lydia Katherine, How to Offer Effective Wellbeing Support to Law Students (2024).
  2. Dias, Elizabeth and Lisa Lerer, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

  1. Enyew, Endalew Lijalem, Indigenous Peoples, Marine Space and Resources, and International Law: The Interactions Between International Human Rights Law and the Law of the Sea (2024).

IMMIGRATION LAW

  1. Kim, Kathleen, Kevin Lapp, and Jennifer J. Lee, Feminist Judgments: Immigration Law Opinions Rewritten (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

  1. Sheehan, Duncan, The Scope and Structure of Unjust Enrichment (2024).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

  1. Slinger, Michael J. and Sarah C. Slinger, Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography (2025).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

  1. Gerstenblith, Patty, Cultural Objects and Reparative Justice: A Legal and Historical Analysis (2023).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

  1. Miller, Monica K., et.al., Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Legal Decision-Making (2024).
  2. Durr, Rob and Cliff Zimmerman, Leading in the Law with Emotional Intelligence: The Path to Becoming a Twenty-First Century Leader (2025).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  1. Zwitter, Andrej and Oskar J. Gstrein, Handbook on the Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (2023).
  2. Lazcano, Israel Cedillo, A Socio-Legal Theory of Money for the Digital Commercial Society: A New Analytical Framework to Understand Cryptoassets (2024).
  3. Walke, Stephen, Digital Mediation (2024).

SECOND AMENDMENT

  1. Blocher, Joseph, Jacob D. Charles, and Darrell A.H. Miller, New Histories of Gun Rights and Regulation: Essays on the Place of Guns in American Law and Society (2023).

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

  1. Fischel Joseph J. and Brenda Cossman, Enticements: Queer Legal Studies (2024).

TORTS

  1. Slavny, Adam, Wrongs, Harms, and Compensation: Paying for Our Mistakes (2023).

WATER LAW

  1. McIntyre, Owen, Advanced Introduction to International Water Law (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.

March 2025 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, 2025.

Articles, Books, & More

  1. Gerry W. Beyer, 38 & 39, Marital Property and Homesteads (Tex. Prac. 2025 Supp.).
  2. Gerry W. Beyer, 12, 12A, & 12B, Administration of Decedents’ Estates and Guardianships (West’s Tex. Forms 2025 Supp.).  
  3. Ashley Arrington, Will the NextGen Bar Truly Test Legal Research? A Critical Evaluation of Sample Questions, 5:2 Proceedings (2025).
  4. Amy Hardberger, Get in the Flow: Policy Changes That Can Increase Texas’s Surface Water Transfers, 12 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 591 (2025).
  5. Amy Hardberger & Samantha Tweet, Expanding Emissions Markets to Reduce Agricultural Nitrogen Run-Off, 49 Wm. & Mary Env’t L. & Pol’y Rev. 1 (2024).
  6. Gerry W. Beyer, 13, 14, & 15, Real Property (West’s Tex. Forms 2025 Supp.).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

  1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The Empathy of Rats, Scientists who are Biopirates, Forging Law and Indigenous Fire Traditions, Reading as Indian Policy, and Indigenous Nations Rise above Submersion. Available at https://profvictoria.substack.com/. 
  2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled After Loper-Bright, Hold the Mayo? Available at https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/bryan-camp/.

Citations

  1. Prof. Murphy’s article Due Process and Targeted Killing of Terrorists is cited in the following article: James T. Cambell, The Law of the Territories: Should it Exist?, 134 Yale L.J. Forum 448 (2025).
  2. Prof. Camp’s article Lesson from the Tax Court: The IRS’s Substantial Justification Defense to §7430 Fee Awards is cited in the following article: Kevin T. White, Tammy W. Cowart, & Roger Lirely, Unveiling Injustice: An Analysis of IRC Section 7430 and the Quest for Fairness in Taxpayer Administrative and Judicial Proceedings with the IRS, 90 Brook. L. Rev. 473 (2025).
  3. Prof. Baker’s article Beyond the Information Age: The Duty of Technology Competence in the Algorithmic Society is cited in the following article: Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging a New Ethical Framework for AI and Technology in the Law, 55 Cumb. L. Rev. 53 (2025).
  4. Prof. Arrington’s article “Purposely Vague” or Problematic? Why Lawyers Must Define the Duty of Tech Competence is cited in the following article: Joe Regalia, Lex Ex Machina: Forging a New Ethical Framework for AI and Technology in the Law, 55 Cumb. L. Rev. 53 (2025).
  5. Prof. Murphy’s article Democracy, Chevron Deference, and Major Questions Anti-Deference is cited in the following article: Dylan T. Silver, Dead in the Water: A Critique of the Fourth Circuit’s Major Questions Analysis in North Carolina Coastal Fisheries Reform Group v. Capt. Gaston LLC, 103 N.C. L. Rev. 619 (2025).
  6. Prof. Beyer’s article What Estate Planners Need to Know about Cryptocurrency is cited in the following article: Eric D. Chason, Crypto and the Fiduciary Investor, 94 Miss. L.J. 193 (2025).
  7. Prof. Corn’s article War, Law, and the Oft Overlooked Value of Process as a Precautionary Measure is cited in the following article: Jens David Ohlin, War’s Rustic Code of Honor, 65 Va. J. Int’l L. 237 (2025).
  8. Prof. Rosen’s article America’s Professional Military Ethic and the Treatment of Captured Enemy Combatants in the Global War on Terror is cited in the following article: Jens David Ohlin, War’s Rustic Code of Honor, 65 Va. J. Int’l L. 237 (2025).
  9. Prof. Corn’s book U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice is cited in the following article: Major Kier M.S. Elmonairy, Hard Cash and Easy Money: Funding Authority for Security Force Assistance Brigades, 15 J. Nat’l Security L. & Pol’y 1 (2025).
  10. Prof. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive is cited in the following article: Tomás Rios, The New Frontier of Guidance Reviewability, 123 Mich. L. Rev. 563 (2025).

News

  1. On March 13, 2025, Prof. Shannon spoke on the subject of Criminal Competency at the Capital Defense College MCLE program sponsored by the Center for American and International Law in Plano, Texas.
  2. On March 13, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the featured presenter for a webinar sponsored by the ABA Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law Section’s Career Development and Wellness Committee. His hour-long presentation was entitled The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence—Part II.
  3. On March 14, 2025, Prof. Arrington presented NextGen 2025: What’s New and What’s Next at the Southeastern Chapter of American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting.
  4. On March 27, 28, & 29 2025, the Law Librarian team presented the following at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL) Annual Conference: 
  • Ashley Arrington, Jamie Baker, Ross Hinojosa, Barbara Moreno, Dajiang Nie, Institutional Strategies for Effectively Responding to ABA Standard 604. 
  • Ashley Arrington & Jamie Baker, Beyond the Basics: Elevating Legal Research Analysis for the AI and NextGen Bar Era.
  • Dajiang Nie and Ashley Arrington also presented Lighting Talks.