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Submissions from 2020

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Pirates on the High Seas: An Institutional Response to Expanding U.S. Jurisdiction in Troubled Waters, Marshall B. Lloyd and Robert Summers

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The Case for the Rodeo: An Analysis of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Inverse Condemnation Case against the City of Houston, Emilio R. Longoria

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Public Rights after Oil States Energy, Adam J. MacLeod

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Contract Lore as Heuristic Starting Points, Colin P. Marks

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There Oughta Be a Law: What Corporate Social Responsibility Can Trach Us about Consumer Contract Formation, Colin P. Marks

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Machine Learning and the New Civil Procedure, Zoe Niesel

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Terrible Touhy: Navigating Judicial Review of an Agency's Response to Third-Party Subpoenas, Zoe Niesel

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A Comparative Study of Trademarks: USMCA (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas

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American Military Justice: Retaining the Commander's Authority to Enforce Discipline and Justice, David A. Schlueter and Lisa Schenck

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National, Military, and College Reports on Prosecution of Sexual Assaults and Victims' Rights (white paper), David A. Schlueter and Lisa Schenck

Submissions from 2019

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Reshaping American Jurisprudence in the Trump Era - The Rise of Originalist Judges, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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The Trump Travel Ban: Rhetoric vs Reality, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Slavery and Freedom in Texas: Stories from the Courtroom, 1821-1871 (book review), Michael Ariens

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Beyond the Borders of the Law: Critical Legal Histories of the North American West (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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The Texas Supreme Court's Evolving Mineral-Deed Jurisprudence in the Shale Era: The Implications of Wenske v. Ealy, Laura H. Burney

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Back to the Future: Marriage and Divorce under the 2017 Tax Act, Mark W. Cochran

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Rules to Impeach By - What It Takes to Remove a President, David Dittfurth

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Fraud, Letters of Credit, and the Uniform Commercial Code: It is Time to Untether the Independence Principle, Richard Flint

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A Lesson in Civility, David A. Grenardo

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The Blue Devil's in the Details: How a Free Market Approach to Compensating College Athletes Would Work, David A. Grenardo

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You Are Not Alone: What Law Schools Must Do to Help Law Students with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues, David A. Grenardo

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Developing Countries and International Economic Law: The Case of Burma, Vincent R. Johnson

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Latino Education in Texas: A History of Systematic Recycling Discrimination, Albert H. Kauffman

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Memoir as Witness to Mental Illness, Dora W. Klein

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Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery, Ramona Lampley

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Online Terms as in Terrorem Devices, Colin P. Marks

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It's Complicated: The Challenge of Prosecuting TNCs for Criminal Activity under International Law, Jena Martin

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Population Law and Policy: From Control and Contraception to Equity and Equality, Victoria Mather

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#PersonalJurisdiction: A New Age of Internet Contacts, Zoe Niesel

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Law Schools Harm Genizaros and Other Indigenous People by Misunderstanding ABA Policy, Bill Piatt, Moises Gonzales, and Katja Wolf

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Can God Create a Rock So Heavy That He Cannot Lift It?: Outlawing Pensions under State Constitutions, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Let My Arm Be Broken off at the Elbow, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Lavado de Dinero y Defraudacion Fiscal en el Derecho Positivo Mexicano (Money Laundering and Tax Fraud in the Mexican Legal System) (book review), Roberto Rosas

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Unsung Heroes in SA and Beyond Help Immigrants Find Hope, Erica B. Schommer

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Happy Golden Anniversary, St. Mary's Law Journal!, Stephen M. Sheppard

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Shooting Fish, Michael L. Smith

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The Remarkable First 50 Women Law Graduates of St. Mary's University: Part One, Regina Stone-Harris

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In Code(rs) We Trust: Software Developers as Fiduciaries in Public Blockchains, Angela Walch

Submissions from 2018

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Prosecuting the War on Terror in the Trump Administration: The Trump Doctrine: Is There Really a New Sheriff in Town, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Ethics in the Legal Industry, Michael Ariens

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The Texas Constructive Trust and Its Peculiar Requirements, David Dittfurth

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NFL Policy is about Divide and Conquer, David A. Grenardo

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Milking the Estate, David R. Hague

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SARE Manipulation: The Hurdles in Single-Asset Real Estate Cases, David R. Hague

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The Limited Duties of Lawyers to Protect the Funds and Property of Nonclients, Vincent R. Johnson

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The (Mis)Application of Rule 404(b) Heuristics, Dora W. Klein

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Something Old and Something New: Exploring the Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, Ramona L. Lampley

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Risks Faced by Foreign Lawyers in China, Chenglin Liu

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Socialized Liability in Chinese Tort Law, Chenglin Liu

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Of Brutal Murder and Transcendental Sovereignty: The Meaning of Vested Private Rights, Adam J. MacLeod

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Patent Infringement as Trespass, Adam J. MacLeod

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Online and "As Is", Colin P. Marks

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Entrada: Slavery, Religion and Reconciliation, Bill Piatt

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Constitutional Shapeshifting: Giving the Fourth Amendment Substance in the Technology Driven World of Criminal Investigation, Gerald S. Reamey

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Foreign Patent Decisions and Harmonization: A View of the Presumption against Giving Foreign Patent Decisions Preclusive Effect in United States Proceedings in Light of Patent Law International Harmonization, Roberto Rosas

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After Years of Working with ‘Ritmo’ Detainees, I Know the Inhumane Facility Doesn’t Deserve a Second Chance, Erica B. Schommer

Submissions from 2017

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Impact of Data on Litigation: Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Private Sector by Means of Civil Liability Lawsuits - The Connie Francis Effect, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Enhancing Cybersecurity in the Private Sector by Means of Civil Liability Lawsuits - The Connie Francis Effect, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence: The Hidden Origins of Modern Law (book review), Michael Ariens

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The Other Rights Revolution: Conservative Lawyers and the Remaking of American Government (book review), Michael Ariens

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Political Ripples Ahead for Supreme Court Confirmation, Michael S. Ariens

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Improving the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, Rishi Batra

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Resolving Civil Forfeiture Disputes, Rishi Batra

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Using the Terms Integrative and Distributive Bargaining in the Classroom: Time for Change, Rishi Batra

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Baseball's Conflict of Law, Mark W. Cochran

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The Duke Model: A Performance-Based Solution for Compensating College Athletes, David A. Grenardo

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The Texas Supreme Court Retreats from Protecting Texas Students, Albert H. Kauffman

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Exemplary and Exceptional Confusion under the Federal Rules of Evidence, Dora W. Klein

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The CFPB Proposed Arbitration Ban, the Rule, the Data, and Some Considerations for Change, Ramona L. Lampley

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Invisible, but Not Transparent: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Issues That Could Be Implicated by the Widespread Use of Connected Vehicles, Emilio R. Longoria

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¡Que Viva The Scholar!, Bill Piatt

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State Bar Efforts to Deny Accreditation to Faith-Based CLE Ethics Programs Sponsored by Religiously Affiliated Law Schools, Bill Piatt

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The Real Doctrine & Covenants, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Well Enough Alone: Liability for Wrongful Foreclosure, Chad J. Pomeroy

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The Ecclesiastical Tribunals Field Hospital for Wounded Marriages: The New Matrimonial Processus Brevoir, Roberto Rosas

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Reforming Military Justice: An Analysis of the Military Justice Act of 2016, David A. Schlueter

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Blockchain's Treacherous Vocabulary: One More Challenge for Regulators, Angela Walch

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The Path of the Blockchain Lexicon (and the Law), Angela Walch

Submissions from 2016

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In Memory of Joe E. Anderson (1928-2016), Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law, Michael Ariens

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The Rise and Fall of Social Trustee Professionalism, Michael Ariens

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Sorting: Legal Specialization and the Privatization of the American Legal Profession, Michael S. Ariens

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The Last Hurrah: The Kutak Commission and the End of Optimism, Michael S. Ariens

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The Legacy of the 1/8th Landowner's Royalty and the Texas Supreme Court: Has Hysaw v. Dawkins Resolved the Double Fraction Dilemma, Laura H. Burney

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The Dilemma of Double Fractions: Has Hysaw Resolved the Fixed vs. Floating Non-Participating Royalty Interest Issue?, Laura H. Burney

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In Memory of Thomas Bowman Black (1928-2016) Professor of Law St. Mary's University School of law 1974-1988, David Dittfurth

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Time to Repair the Chain: Void Deeds, Subsequent Purchasers, and the Texas Recording Statutes, Richard E. Flint

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"And Other Duties as Assigned:" Expanding the Boundaries of the E- resource Lifecycle to Get Things Done, Stacy Fowler, Marcella Lesher, and Esta Tovstiadi

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Fraud on the Court and Abusive Discovery, David R. Hague

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Forgetting Nature: The Importance of Including Environmental Flows in International Water Agreements, Amy Hardberger

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Landowners Under Siege in the Big Bend, Amy Hardberger

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Put Your Money Where Your Water Is: Building Resilience Through Rates, Amy Hardberger

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Nanotechnology, Environmental Risks, and Regulatory Options, Vincent R. Johnson

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Comparative Defamation Law: England and the United States, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Magna Carta and the Beginning of Modern Legal Thought, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Freedom to Pursue a Common Calling: Applying Intermediate Scrutiny to Occupational Licensing Statutes (note), Alexandra L. Klein

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The CFPB Anti-Arbitration Proposal: Let’s Just Give Arbitration a Chance, Ramona L. Lampley

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The Development of Chinese Constitutionalism, Chenglin Liu

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Strategic and Tactical Totalization in the Totalitarian Epoch, Adam J. MacLeod

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Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins: The Illusory “No-Injury Class” Reaches the Supreme Court, Patricia W. Moore

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What's Coming for Class Actions,, Zoe Niesel