The Reporter: Law Library News and Information

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, 2024.

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer, Texas Law of Wills (9 & 10 Tex. Prac. 2024-2025 ed.).
2. Gerry W. Beyer & James M. Kosakow, Irrevocable Trusts (4th ed. 2024-2025).
3. Gerry W. Beyer, ed., Keeping Current—Probate, Prob. & Prop., Nov./Dec. 2024, at 26.
4. Gerry W. Beyer, Estate Planning and Probate Law, 87 Tex. B.J. 868 (2024).
5. Brian D. Shannon & Daniel H. Benson, Texas Criminal Procedure and the Offender with Mental Illness (7^th Ed).

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Sig Christenson, Would Trump try to use the armed forces against “the enemy from within’? We asked the generals, San Antonio Express-News (Nov. 1, 2024; 9:00am).

Citations

1. Prof. Beyer’s book Texas Law of Wills is cited in the following article: Elizabeth S. Miller, Is a Will the Only Way? Transfers on Death and Transfer Restrictions in LLC Agreements, 22 Fla. St. U. Bus. Rev 107 (2024).
2. Prof Beyer’s article Estate Planning in the Digital Age is cited in §2:8, §12:5, and §15:12 of Georgia Trusts and Trustees (November 2024 Update).
3. Prof Beyer’s article Estate Planning in the Digital Age is cited in §2:14, §2:3, and §6:25 of Redfearn Wills and Administration in Georgia (November 2024 Update).
4. Prof. Beyer’s book Modern Dictionary for the Legal Profession is cited in §59:20 of Comparative Environmental Law and Regulation (November 2024 Update).
5. Prof. Watts’ article A Confused Sea: Vicarious Liability for Punitive Damages Under Maritime Law is cited in §5:10 of Admiralty and Maritime Law (November 2024 Update).
6. Prof. Casto’s article The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in an Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates is cited in §3:1 of Admiralty and Maritime Law (November 2024 Update).
7. Prof. Murphy’s book Federal Practice and Procedure is cited in the following article: David Hutchison, Standing in Texas: Exploring Standing under the Original Meaning of the Texas Constitution, 103 Tex. L. Rev. 227 (2024).
8. Prof. Pawlowic’s article Letters of Credit: A Framework for Analysis Transfer, Assignment, Negotiation and Transfer by Operation of Law is cited in §5 of Uniform Commercial Code (November 2024 Update).

News

1. On November 2, 2024, Prof. Beyer was in Austin where he was a faculty member at the Rocky Mountain Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Prof. Beyer’s presentations and accompany articles were entitled AI in the Trusts & Estates Field and Estate Planning for Cyber Property.
2. On November 7^, 2024, a four-part documentary series titled The Rain We Keep featuring Prof. Hardberger’s participation began airing on Panhandle PBS. The series intends to educate viewers about the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and describe how affected people are trying to manage, change, and forestall that drawdown.
3. On November 7, 2024, Prof. Beck gave a guest lecture (by Zoom) to Duke University School of Law’s Second Amendment Seminar. The title of the 1-hour lecture was “Federal Crime Policy, Rahimi, and the Supreme Court.”  Brandon’s article, “The Federal War on Guns,” was an assigned reading in the course.
4. On November 8, 2024, Prof. Beyer was in Des Moines, Iowa where he was an invited speaker for the Iowa Academy of Trust & Estate Counsel. To an audience of approximately 100 estate planning attorneys, Prof. Beyer presented his paper entitled Predicting and Preventing Will Contests.
5. On November 12, 2024, Prof. Gerry W. Beyer was an invited co-panelist for a program sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law entitled Professors’ Corner—AI Is My Paralegal: Uses of New Technology in Practice.
6. On November 15, 2024, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 2024 Fall Conference of the National College of Probate Judges in Gulf Shores, Alabama. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Estate Planning for Cyber Property: Electronic Communications, Cryptocurrency, Non-Fungible Tokens, and the Metaverse.
7. On October 18, 2024, Prof. Beck gave a CLE presentation to the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. The title of the 1-hour presentation was “Search and Seizure Issues in the Post-Carpenter Era.”
8. On November 22, 2024, Prof. Henry spoke at the Oklahoma Bar Center on Banking Law Update.

In November 2024, the Law Library added the following new resources to the collection to support the research and curricular needs of our faculty and students.

New Resources

New York Times

• To access The New York Times, Law School users must create a personal account using the following steps: 
• Step 1: Go to The New York Times Activate Access
• Step 2: Search and select Texas Tech University Law School.
• Step 3: On the new page, click icon “Go”.
• Step 4: Activate your law school subscription using your TTU email login.
• Step 5: Create a personal NY Times account.
• Users will use the newly created account to access NYTimes

New Books

BANKRUPTCY LAW

Emilie Ghio, John Wood, and Jennifer Gant, Re-Examining Insolvency Law and Theory: Perspectives for the 21^st Century (2023).

COMMERCIAL LAW

David Collins and Michael Geist, Research Handbook on Digital Trade (2023).

COMPARATIVE AND FOREIGN LAW

Roberto Scarciglia, Methods and Legal Comparison: Challenges for Methodological Pluralism (2023).

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Thomas A. (Tad) DiBiase, No-Body Homicide Cases: A practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim is Missing (2024).

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

 Ignacio Anchustegui Herrera and Tina Soliman Hunter, Offshore Wind Licensing (2024).

HEALTH LAW AND POLICY

Emily Gold Waldman, Bridget J. Crawford, and Naomi R. Cahn, Hot Flash: How the Law Ignores Menopause and What We Can Do About It (2024).

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

Arlette Ingram Willis, Anti-Black Literacy Laws and Policies (2023).

INFORMATION PRIVACY

Ari Ezra Waldman, Advanced Introduction to U.S. Data Privacy Law (2023).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Enrico Bonadio and Chen Wei Zhu, Music Borrowing and Copyright Law: A Genre-by-Genre Analysis (2023).

Shaun M. Van Horn, Antitrust Issues in Intellectual Property Law (2024).

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Andrea Bianchi and Fuad Zarbiyev, Demystifying Treaty Interpretation (2024).

Lang Thai, Corporate Governance and Statutory Derivative Actions: Comparative Approach to Shareholder Litigation (2024).

LAND USE

John J. Infranca and Sarah Schindler, A Research Agenda for US Land Use and Planning Law (2023).

LEGAL PROFESSION

Scott Hershovitz, Law is a Moral Practice (2023).

Travis Hreno, Jury Nullification: The Jurisprudence of Jurors’ Privilege (2024).

MILITARY LAW AND PEACE

Geoffrey S. Corn, Ken Watkins, and Jamie Williamson, The Law in War: A Concise Overview (2023).

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Marco Segatti, Equal Access to Justice: On the Duty to Pause, Cool Down, and Listen (2024).

RACE AND ETHNICITY

Alfredo, Mirande, Ordinary Injustice: Rascuache Lawyering and the Anatomy of a Criminal Case (2023).

All resources 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. 

All electronic databases are available through the Library’s webpage, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law/lawlibrary/index.php.   

Library staff will be able to assist in locating and checking out any of these items or helping you contact the Librarian on call for questions about electronic resources.

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

Articles, Books, and More

1. Gerry W. Beyer & James M. Kosakow, Revocable Trusts (5^th ed. 2024-2025 update).

Quotations

1. Prof. Corn is quoted in the following article: Marc Levy, Pennsylvania Republican in key swing-state Senate race backs using military to fight fentanyl, Associated Press (Oct. 2, 2024; 9:00pm).
2. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Marina Zhang, The Debate Around Fluoride is Changing: What it Means for Your Drinking Water, Epoch Health (Oct. 4, 2024).
3. Prof. Hardberger is quoted in the following article: Lindsey Carnett, Meteorologists say severe drought is over in San Antonio. Local experts beg to differ., San Antonio Report (Oct. 9, 2024).
4. Prof. Williams is quoted in the following article: Terri Langford, As Robert Roberson’s execution neared, Gov. Greg Abbott stuck to silence, The Texas Tribune, (Oct. 19, 2024; 3:00p,).
5. Prof Hardberger is interviewed in the following article: Lucy Greenberg, Texas Tech Law Professor Advocates for a Different Approach to Water, Texas Tech Now, (Oct. 24, 2024).

Citations

1. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Mila Sohoni, The Past and Future of Universal Vacatur, 133 Yale L.J. 2304 (2024).
2. Prof. Casto’s article The Tort Liability of Insane Persons for Negligence: A Critique is cited in §9 and §11 of Restatement 3^rd of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm (October 2024 Update).
3. Prof. Casto’s article The Early Supreme Court Justices’ Most Significant Opinion is cited in the following article: Joshua J. Schroeder,“Improve your Privileges While They Stay”: A Guide to Improve the Privileges of U.S. Citizenship for Everybody, 39 Touro L. Rev. 657 (2024).
4. Prof. Soonpaa’s article Using Composition Theory and Scholarship to Teach Legal Writing More Effectively is cited in the following article: Carolyn V. Williams, Bracing for Impact: Revising Legal Writing Assessments Ahead of the Collision of Generative AI and the NextGen Bar Exam, 28 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 1 (2024).
5. Prof. Murphy’s book Administrative Law and Practice is cited in the following article: Erin Lee, Surviving the Rule of Reason: An Antitrust Analysis of Employment Noncompetes, 93 Fordham L. Rev. 225 (2024).
6. Prof. Corn’s article Imputed Liability for Supervising Prosecutors: Applying Military Doctrine of Command Responsibility to Reduce Prosecutorial Misconduct is cited in the following article: Caitlin Glass, Kat M. Albrecht, & Perry Moriearty, Prosecutorial Data Transparency and Data Justice, 119 Nw. U. L. Rev. 193 (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 the annotations of §5-102, 5-106, 5-111, and 5-116 of Uniform Laws Annotated Uniform Commercial Code (October 2024 Update).
8. Prof. Beyer’s article Enhancing Self-determination Through Guardian Self-Declaration is cited in the annotations of §2-205116 of Uniform Probate Code (October 2024 Update).
9. Prof. Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Jennifer Elisa Chapman, Teaching Critical Use of Legal Research Technology, 28 Legal Writing: J. Legal Writing Inst. 123 (2024).
10. Prof. Baker’s article 2018: A Legal Research Odyssey: Artificial Intelligence as Disruptor is cited in the following article: Dr. Alvin Hoi-Chung Hung, Analyzing the Primary and Attendant Risks of Gai-Based Natural Language Processing Models in Legal Research, 39 Syracuse J. Sci. & Tech. L. 15 (2024).
11. Prof. Christipher’s article The Bridging Model: Exploring the Roles of Trust and Enforcement in Banking, Bitcoin, and the Blockchain is cited in the following article: Ellion Malin, Toke(n)s: The Juncture of Cryptocurrency and Cannabis In A Blooming Ecosystem–Their Joint Utilization As Best Buds To Blunt Legal And Societal Stresses, 39 Syracuse J. Sci. & Tech. L. 73 (2024).
12. Prof. Christopher’s article Eye of the Beholder: How Perception Management Can Counter Stereotype Threat Among Struggling Law Students is cited in the following article: Chelsea M. Baldwin, Bad Therapy: Conceptualizing the Teaching Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer” As Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 55 St. Mary’s L.J. 917 (2024).
13. Prof. Christopher’s article Mobile Banking: The Answer for the Unbanked in America? is cited in the following article: Tiffany Penner, Consumer Financial Inaccessibility, 2024 U. Ill L. Rev. 1227 (2024).

News

1. Prof. Shannon was appointed by the Dean of the Texas Tech School of Medicine as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.
2. Prof. Shannon’s most recent publication, the 7th edition of his guidebook, Texas Criminal Procedure and the Offender with Mental Illness: An Analysis and Guide, is being published in October. The book was supported by a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to NAMI-Texas. An online version was released in late September.
3. The 1A FAR Board of Directors named Prof. Shannon to fill a vacancy on the NCAA Division I governing Council. The slot is designated for a faculty athletics representative. Shannon previously served on the NCAA DI Council from 2015-19.
4. In his role as Chair of the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH) Legislative Drafting Committee, Prof. Shannon presented the JCMH’s 2025 legislative proposals to the Texas Judicial Council; all were approved for submission to the legislature for consideration in the upcoming session.
5. On September 18, 2024, Prof. Stephens was a speaker at the Far West Texas County Judges & Commissioners Association Annual Conference in Terlingua, TX. The focus of his presentation were the recently refined rules around magistration (in light of S.B. 6), writs of habeas corpus, and how to handle discovery disputes.
6. On October 16, 2024, Prof. Beyer was the invited speaker for the October meeting of the South Plains Trust & Estate Council in Lubbock. His presentation and accompanying article were entitled Confidentiality Breach or Note: Revealing Information About a Client’s Testamentary Documents Post-Mortem.
7. On October 19, 2024, Prof. Beyer was an invited speaker at the 72^nd Annual Montana Tax Institute in Missoula, Montana. The topic of both his presentation and accompany article was Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Today’s Estate Planner. Approximately 150 attorneys and other estate planning professionals attended in-person and about another 100 via Zoom.