The Reporter: Law Library News and Information

In March 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

Kimberly C. Moore, The Case for the Legal Protection of Animals: Humanity’s Shared Destiny with the Animal Kingdom (2023).

Anne M. Wordsworth, Law, Animals and Toxicity Testing: The Case of the Laboratory Mouse (2025).

COMMUNICATIONS LAW

John D. Inazu, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Monica A. Jimenez, Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Marie da Gloria Ferreira Pinto Dias Garcia, Blue Planet Law: The Ecology of Our Economic and Technological World (2023).

GAMING

Dale Mitchell et.al., Law Video Games, Virtual Realities: Playing Law (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

Sara Fovargue et.al., Leading Works in Health Law and Ethics (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Rogelio Perez-Perdomo, Legal Education in the Western World: A Cultural and Comparative History (2024).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Ray Brescia, Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession (2024).

PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Monica K. Miller and Brian H. Bornstein, Stress, Trauma, and Wellbeing in the Legal System (2013).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Julio Carvalho, A Cultural History of Copyright: From Books to Networks (2023).

WATER LAW

Robert W. Adler, Law and the Living Colorado River (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.

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

COMPARATIVE AND FOREIGN LAW

Harold Hongju Koh, The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century (2024).

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, GENERALLY

Michael J.Z. Mannheimer, The Fourth Amendment: Original Understandings and Modern Policing (2023).

COURTS

John O. Newman, “Inferior Courts”: The History of the Existing and Former Federal Trial and Appellate Courts of the United States, 1789-2024 (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Giovanni Antonelli, et.al., Environmental Law Before the Courts: A US-EU Narrative (2023).

ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Simone Degeling, Jessica Hudson, and Irit Samet, Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Express Trusts (2023).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

Kay Wilson, et.al., The Future of Mental Health, Disability and Criminal Law: Essays in Honour of Emeritus Professor Bernadette McSherry (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

Scott Leckie, Housing, Land and Property Rights: Residential Justice, Conflict Zones and Climate Change (2024).

Sheryl Lightfoot and Elsa Stamatopoulou, Indigenous Peoples and Borders (2023).

IMMIGRATION LAW

Ana Raquel Minian, In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States (2024).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Brad Sherman, Intangible Intangibles: Patent Law’s Engagement with Dematerialized Subject Matter (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Richard O. Parry, Internet Law and Business: International Issues (2024).

LEGAL EDUCATION

Jerry H. Robert II, A Daily Reader for 1Ls: Becoming a Better Law Student and Lawyer in Four Minutes a Day (2025).

LEGAL HISTORY

Linda Myrsiades, From Treason to Runaway Slaves: Legal Culture in New Republic Trials, 1783-1808 (2024).

LEGAL RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

Sanne Taekema, and Wibren van der Burg, Contextualising Legal Research: A Methodological Guide (2024).

LEGISLATION

Ruben J. Garcia, Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice is Racial Justice (2024).

NATURAL RESOURCES LAW

Lowell E. Baier, John F. Organ, and Christopher E. Segal, The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, Volume II, The Next Fifty Years (2024).

NONPROFIT ORGANZIATIONS

James Ruell, Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies: 7 Strategies to Consistently Secure Funding and Ensure Your Organization Doesn’t Fail, Using Grants, Gifts, Digital, and more… (2023).

PROPERTY – PERSONAL AND REAL

Julie A. Tappendorf, Cecily Barclay, and Matthew Gray, Development by Agreement: A Tool Kit for Land Developers and Local Governments (2024).

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cynthia H. Cwik, Christopher A. Suarez, and Lucy L. Thomson, Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies (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.

Throughout the month of February, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below is a compilation of those daily alerts for February 1st to February 28th, 2025.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, 17 & 18 Probate and Decedents’ Estates (Tex. Prac. 2025 Supp.).
2. Sally McDonald Henry, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law, 10 SMU ANN. TEX. SURV. 3 (2024).

Blogs, Op-Eds, and Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 4 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as The Laws of Societies, Beware the Fountain of Youth, Biopharming, and Transgenic Animals.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The Difficult Path to Equitable Tolling.
3. Prof. McDonald published a two-part article with Chuck Lanehart in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal titled Caprock Chronicles: Overcoming Early Lubbock’s Shameful Treatment of Black Residents.

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Alejandro Serrano, Texas National Guard to make immigration arrests under agreement with Trump administration, Abbott says, Texas Tribune (5:00 pm; Feb. 3, 2025)
2. Prof. Beyer is quoted in the following article: Lois M. Collins, Lost in the Cloud: What happens to your digital assets when you die?, Deseret News (9:01 pm; Feb. 21, 2025).

Citations

1. Prof. Casto’s article The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in the Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates is cited in the following article: Alexander Gouzoules, Choosing Your Judge, 77 SMU L. Rev. 699 (2024).
2. Prof. Corn’s article Humanitarian Regulation of Hostilities: The Decisive Element of Context is cited in the following article: Zej Moczydłowski, Tipping a Broken Scale: The Legality of U.S. Cluster Munitions in Ukraine, 24 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 110 (2024).
3. Prof. Camp’s blog post Lesson from the Tax Court: § 280E Does Not Violate The Eighth Amendment is cited in the following article: Doron Narotzki & Tamir Shanan, A Comprehensive, And a Joint, Marijuana Tax, 44 Va. Tax Rev. 303 (2025).
4. Prof. Camp’s article The Play’s the Thing: A Theory of Taxing Virtual Worlds is cited in the following article: Charles Delmotte, Beyond the Wealth Tax, 76 Ala. L. Rev. 325 (2024).
5. Prof. Sutton’s article Asynchronous, E-Learning in Legal Education: A Comparative Study with the Traditional Classroom is cited in the following article: Melissa L. Kidder, Fostering A Law Student’s Professional Identity: How Law School Field Placements and Online Programming Can Develop the Next Generation of Rural Lawyers, 69 S.D. L. Rev. 590 (2024).
6. Prof. Murphy’s article Separation of Powers and the Horizontal Force of Precedent is cited in the following article: John O. McGinnis & Michael B. Rappaport, What is Original Public Meaning?, 76 Ala. L. Rev. 223 (2024).
7. Prof. Metze’s article Speaking Truth to Power: The Obligation of the Courts to Enforce the Right to Counsel is cited in the following article: Brooklyn Bollweg & Neil Fulton, The Future of Indigent Defense in South Dakota, 69 S.D. L. Rev. 551 (2024).
8. Prof. Metze’s article Troy Davis, Lawrence Brewer, and Timothy Mcveigh Should Still Be Alive: Certainty, Innocence, and the High Cost of Death and Immorality is cited in the following article: Russell D. Covey, Manufacturing False Convictions: Lies and the Corrupt Use of Jailhouse Informants, 96 U. Colo. L. Rev. 131 (2025).
9. Prof. Murphy’s article Punitive Damages, Explanatory Verdicts, and the Hard Look is cited in § 4:32 of Toxic Torts Litigation Guide (February 2025 Update).
10. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Framework for Analysis of Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in multiple sections within § 5 of Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (2025 Update).
11. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Practice Series: Probate and Decedents’ Estates is cited in the following article: R. Shaun Rainey, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Interstate Multijurisdictional Estate Administration, 17 Est. Plan. & Community Prop. L.J. 57 (2024).
12. Prof. Corn’s article Regulating Hostilities in Non-International Armed Conflicts: Thoughts on Bridging the Divide Between Tadic Aspiration and Conflict Realities is cited in the following article: Charles P. Trumbull IV, Collateral Damage and Individual Rights in Armed Conflict, 48 Fordham Int’l L.J. 521 (2025).
13. Prof. Beck’s article Just Visiting: Health Care Liability Claims and Nonpatient Injuries in a Health Care Setting is cited in the following article: Sydney Dumas, Sharpening the Focus: Rethinking the Safety Prong in Health Care Liability Claims, 57 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 243 (2025).
14. Prof. Corn’s article Deterring Illegal Firearms in the Community: Special Needs, Special Problems, and Special Limitations is cited in the following article: Maureen Johnson, Garland v. Cargill: It’s a Duck! Except at the Supreme Court…, 28 Chap. L. Rev. 77 (2024).
15. Prof. Watts’ article To Tell the Truth: A Qui Tam Action for Perjury in Civil Proceeding is Necessary to Protect the Integrity of the Civil Judicial System is cited in the following article: Doron Menashe & Guy Alon, Do Lies Matter? Underenforcement in Offenses of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice, 46 Hous. J. Int’l L. 271 (2024).

News

1. On February 5, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the invited dinner speaker for the Estate Planning Council of Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware. His presentation was entitled Use of AI in Estate Planning.
2. On February 10, 2025, Prof. Beck gave a guest lecture, by Zoom, to Professor William Baude’s “Litigating Originalism Seminar” at the University of Chicago Law School (1 hour).
3. Prof. Beck won a case titled United States v. Tavarez at the Fifth Circuit. Prof. Beck briefed an argument, on plain error, that his client’s aggregate 248-month sentence, across 3 counts, was technically in excess of the statutory maximum. On February 10, 2025, the government conceded error and filed a motion to remand for resentencing.
4. On February 13, 2025, Prof. Beyer spoke in Waco, Texas at the County Court Assistants Training Conference sponsored by the Texas Association of Counties. To an audience of over 100 county court assistants, Prof. Beyer’s Probate 101 presentation explained the basics of the probate process, how property passes by intestate succession, and the requirements of a valid Texas will.
5. On February 14, 2025, Prof. Beyer was appointed to the Decedents’ Estate Committee of the Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute.
6. On February 15, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a guest on radio station KFYO’s hour-long legal program entitled Shooter and the Law hosted by Tech Law grad, Cole Shooter. The focus of their discussion was on the importance of estate planning.
7. Prof. Beyer was awarded the Judge Isabella Horton Grant Guardianship Award by the president of the National College of Probate Judges, The Honorable Amy W. McCulloch, for his outstanding contributions to the legal profession, and specifically his education and mentorship in the areas of probate, estate planning, and guardianships.
8. On February 18, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the invited speaker for the February meeting of the San Antonio Estate Planners Council. To an audience of over 100 attorneys, CPAs, trust officers, and other estate planning professionals, Prof. Beyer spoke about Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.
9. On February 21, 2025, Prof. Beyer was a speaker at the Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal 2025 Seminar at the Texas Tech University School of Law. To an audience of approximately 100 in-person attendees and over 240 Zoom attendees, Prof. Beyer presented his paper entitled Case Law Update: Intestacy, Wills, Probate, and Trusts.
10. On February 27, 2025, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker for a meeting of the Estate Planning Counsel of Central Texas in Austin, Texas. Prof. Beyer’s presentation was entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Estate Planner: Resistance is Futile.
11. Several faculty members have been honored by the University for their exceptional contributions in student engagement, research, teaching, and service. These prestigious awards recognize faculty who go above and beyond in their commitment to excellence. Award winners include: Prof. Benham (Spencer A. Wells Award for Creativity in Teaching), Prof. Hardberger (Barnie E. Rushing, Jr. Distinguished Research Award), Prof. Brie Sherwin (Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award), and Prof. Rob Sherwin (Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award).

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

Articles, Books, & More

1. Bryan T. Camp, The Impact of SEC v. Jarkesy on Civil Tax Fraud Penalties, 27 Fla. Tax Rev. 478 (2025).
2. Gerry W. Beyer, Wills & Trusts, 10 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 307 (2024).
3. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Jan./Feb. 2025, at 26.
4. Gerry W. Beyer, Ramifications of Retaining a Client’s Original Will (or a Copy), Est. Plan. Dev. for Tex. Prof., Dec. 2024, at 1.
5. Gerry W. Beyer, 19 & 19A, West’s Legal Forms – Residential Real Estate (5^th ed. 2024-25 Supp.).
6. Victoria Sutton, We Can Protect The “Waters of The United States” As Long As They Stay Out of The Hydrological Cycle, 61 Idaho L. Rev. 89 (2025).
7. Amy Hardberger et al., Greening up the City with Native Species: Challenges and Solutions, Diversity 2025, 17(1), 56.
8. Geoffrey S. Corn & Brandon E. Beck, Massey V. Texas: Eroding the Exclusionary Rule and Incentivizing Police Misconduct, 12 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 177 (2024).
9. Barbara Lauriat, Frand Arbitration Will Destroy Frand, 30 Mich. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2024).

Op-Eds, Blogs, & Newsletters

1. Prof. Sutton published 5 articles on her blog unintended consequences, including titles such as When New Year Ceremonies were Crimes, Traditional corn and science, Adapting to the Polar Vortex, Fire is medicine, and The Biopracy of Tobacco.
2. Prof. Camp published 1 article on his blog Lessons from the Tax Court, titled The 150 Day Rule For Filing Tax Court Petitions.

Quotations

1. Prof. Beyer is quoted in the following article: Jeff Sanders, Analysis: Bitter Family Fights Have Torpedoed Sports Ownership Groups Before; Could the Padres Be Next?, San Diego Union-Tribune (3:23pm; Jan. 11, 2025).
2. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Dan Gooding, Trump Wants to Brand Cartels as Terrorist Groups. It Could Backfire, Newsweek, (12:59pm; Jan. 9, 2025).

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s article Pragmatic Administrative Law and Tax Exceptionalism is cited in the following article: Stephanie H. McMahon, Tax Scholars and the Courts: Applying the APA to Tax Since Mayo, 77 Tax Law. 625 (2024).
2. Prof. Camp’s article A History of Tax Regulation Prior to the Administrative Procedure Act Stephanie H. McMahon, Tax Scholars and the Courts: Applying the APA to Tax Since Mayo, 77 Tax Law. 625 (2024).
3. Prof. Lauriat’s article “The Examination of Everything”: Royal Commissions in British Legal History is cited in the following article: Jonathan Green, The Misunderstood History of Interpretation in England, 56 Ariz. St. L.J. 911 (2024).
4. Prof. Beyer’s book Teaching Materials on Estate Planning is cited in the following article: William A. Drennan, Bribing a Survivor to Protect Your Cadaver – Part 1, 39 Prob. & Prop. 30 (2025).
5. Prof. Murphy’s article Punitive Damages, Explanatory Verdict, and the Hard Look is cited in § 8:8 of Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (January 2025 Update).
6. Prof. Casto’s article The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth is cited in the following article: Anthony J Bellia Jr. & Bradford R. Clark, Constitutional Federalism and the Nature of the Union, 66 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 281 (2024).
7. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Letters of Credit: A Framework for Analysis of Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in multiple sections within § 5 of Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (2025 Update).
8. Prof. Corn’s article The Gallagher Case: President Trump Corrupts the Profession of Arms is cited in the following article: Laura A. Dickinson, Protecting The U.S. National Security State From A Rogue President, 16 Harv. Nat’l Sec. J. 1 (2025).
9. Prof. Soonpaa’s article The Continued Vitality of IRAC is cited in the following article: Scott Caron, The Nextgen Bar Exam Meets the Next Generation Law Student: A
10. Revised Approach to Legal Analysis: A Revised Approach to Legal Analysis, 50 U. Dayton L. Rev. 43 (2024).
11. Prof. Murphy’s article The DIY Unitary Executive is cited in the following article: Emily S. Bremer, Presidential Adjudication, 110 Va. L. Rev. 1749 (2024).
12. Prof. Casto’s article Pacificus & Helvidius Reconsidered is cited in the following article: Shalev Gad Roisman, The Limits of Formalism in the Separation of Powers, 16 J. Legal Analysis 178 (2024).
13. Prof. Murphy’s article Democracy, Chevron Deference, And Major Questions Anti-Deference is cited in the following article: Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine’s Presumption in Favor of Agency Interpretation of Ambiguous Statutes, 45 No. 9 Construction Litigation Reporter NL 15 (2024).
14. Prof Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Natalie Hatton, Rights and Redress for Transgender Survivors of Prison Rape: The Failures of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, 66 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 539 (2024).
15. Prof. Beyer’s article Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Planning Your Estate is cited in the following article: Zachary L. Catanzaro, Algorithmic Dead Hands: What Is Dead May Never Die, 35 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 83 (2024).
16. Prof. Black’s article Is the IRS The Solution to Illegal Immigration? is cited in the following article: Shayak Sarkar, Internal Revenue’s External Borders, 112 Calif. L. Rev. 1645 (2024).

News

1. Prof. Hardberger’s groundwater project, the culmination of several years of work between her and Gabriel Eckstein, was cited twice in a report to the White House (Footnotes 24 & 25) written by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology about groundwater resilience. Prof. Hardberger maintains that the content from her project was written by and fully credited to her students, with she and Eckstein contributing as editors.
2. On January 10, 2025, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was an invited speaker for the Collin County Bar Association’s Estate Planning & Probate Section. Because of the winter storm that hit Dallas, his presentation was via Zoom and was entitled Confidentiality Breach or Not: Revealing Information About a Client’s Testamentary Documents Post-Mortem.
3. On January 24, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the featured speaker at Estate Planners Day in Tucson, Arizona sponsored by the Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council. His participation included presenting on three topics: “I Prepared the Decedent’s Will” – To Tell or Not to Tell? That is the Question, Escaping the Estate Planning “Blue Screen of Death” with Competent and Ethical Practices, and Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.
4. On January 26, 2025, Prof. Beyer was the invited virtual guest speaker for the Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled What If Your Parrot Outlives You? Preparing for Your Bird’s Future.
5. Prof. Humphrey has been selected to receive the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award from her undergraduate alma mater, Westminster College (Fulton, MO). She will receive the prestigious award during the college’s Alumni Weekend (and her 30th college reunion) in April.
6. Prof. Outenreath was invited to serve on the planning committee of the 2025 Choice, Governance & Acquisitions of Entities TexasBarCLE program. Additionally, she was admitted as a member of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Federal Tax Institute.
7. Prof. Outenreath continues to serve in multiple leadership positions in the State Bar of Texas Tax Section: Council Member serving as a Law School Representative, Co-Chair of the Law School Outreach and Scholarship Committee, Vice Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, and a member of the Past Chair Advisory Board.
8. On January 17, 2025, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 2025 Ski & CLE program in Big Sky, Montana sponsored by the State Bar of Montana. To a combined audience of approximately 200 in-person and virtual attendees, Prof. Beyer presented on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner.
9. Prof. Beyer’s co-authored article, The Viability of Inserting Descriptive Photos in Wills: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, won the Best Cutting-Edge Trust & Estate Article award when the American Bar Association’s Probate & Property magazine announced the winners of the 2024 Excellent in Writing Awards. Prof. Beyer’s co-author, Scout S. Blosser, is a 2023 Tech Law grad who is an associate attorney at the Lubbock law firm of McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf.
10. Prof. Humphrey was appointed to serve on the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, with her three-year term beginning June 1, 2025. The Texas Bar Foundation solicits charitable contributions and provides significant funding to enhance the rule of law and the system of justice.
11. Prof. Arrington presented AI & the Law Office at the West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association Meeting on Friday, Jan. 31.
12. On January 31, 2024, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 24^th Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics in San Antonio, Texas sponsored by the St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics. His presentation was entitled Don’t Byte Off More Than You Can Chew: Ethical Considerations for the Estate Planner in the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence.