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Submissions from 2015

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“Underdog” Arbitration: A Plan for Transparency, Ramona L. Lampley

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Piercing the Fiduciary Veil, Colin P. Marks

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The Anti-Plaintiff Pending Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Pro-Defendant Composition of the Federal Rulemaking Committees, Patricia W. Moore

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The Civil Caseload of the Federal District Courts, Patricia W. Moore

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Developing Environmental Law for All Citizens, Patricia W. Moore, Eliana S. Pereira, and Gillian Duggin

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Daimler and the Jurisdictional Triskelion, Zoe Niesel

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Standards of Legitimacy in Criminal Negotiations, Wesley MacNeil Oliver and Rishi Batra

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If the Pope Is Infallible, Why Does He Need Lawyers?, Bill Piatt

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All Your Air Right Are Belong to Us, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Our Court Masters, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Courts Gone “Irrationally Biased” in Favor of the Federal Arbitrations Act?—Enforcing Arbitration Provisions in Standardized Applications and Marginalizing Consumer-Protection, Antidiscrimination, and States’ Contract Laws: A 1925–2014 Legal and Empirical Analysis, Willy E. Rice

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Internprofessional Education, Patricia E. Roberts

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Post-9/11 Veterans: Welcoming Them Home as Colleagues and Clients, Patricia E. Roberts

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The ABA Got It Right: Veterans Need Our Help, Patricia E. Roberts

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Vets Just Want Fair Benefits, Patricia E. Roberts

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American Military Justice: Responding to the Siren Songs for Reform, David A. Schlueter

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The Texas Rules of Evidence: Something Old, Something New, and Something Changed, David A. Schlueter

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A Case for the Electoral College and for Its Faithless Elector, Stephen M. Sheppard

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Prior Sexual Misconduct Evidence in State Courts: Constitutional and Common Law Challenges, Michael L. Smith

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Regulating Law Enforcement's Use of Drones: The Need for State Legislation, Michael L. Smith

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The Bitcoin Blockchain as Financial Market Infrastructure: A Consideration of Operational Risk, Angela Walch

Submissions from 2014

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Using a Civil Suit to Punish/Deter Sponsors of Terrorism: Connecting Arafat & the PLO to the Terror Attacks in the Second Intifada, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Tocqueville's Nightmare: The Administrative State Emerges in America, 1900-1940 (book review), Michael Ariens

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A Death at Crooked Creek: The Case of the Cowboy, the Cigarmaker, and the Love Letter, by Marianne Wesson (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780–1940 (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Lost and Found: David Hoffman and the History of American Legal Ethics, Michael S. Ariens

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Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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The Agony of Modern Legal Ethics, 1970–1985, Michael S. Ariens

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The Collini Case: A Novel (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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The Texas Supreme Court: A Narrative History, 1836–1986 (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Foundations for Texas Water Law., Gabriel Eckstein and Amy Hardberger

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Mandamus Review of the Granting of the Motion for New Trial: Lost in the Thicket, Richard E. Flint

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Spine Bending: The Favorite Novels of Law Librarians, Stacy Fowler

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An Uprising of Civility in Texas, David A. Grenardo

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Why Should I Become An Associate At A Large Law Firm? And If I Do, Then What Should I Expect And How Do I Succeed?, David A. Grenardo

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Water is a Girl’s Best Friend: Examining the Water Valuation Dilemma, Amy Hardberger

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Father, Son, and Constitution: How Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark Shaped American Democracy, by Alexander Wohl (book review), Vincent R. Johnson

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Minimizing the Costs of Patent Trolling, Vincent R. Johnson

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Punitive Damages, Chinese Tort Law, and the American Experience, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Dignity of the Human Person: Catholic Social Teaching and the Practice of Criminal Punishment, Dora W. Klein

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Escaping Liability via Forum Non Conveniens: ConocoPhillips's Oil Spill in China, Chenglin Liu

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The Possibility of Private Rights and Duties, Adam J. MacLeod

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Universities as Constitutional Law Makers (and Other Hidden Actors in Our Constitutional Orders), Adam J. MacLeod

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Collateral Damage: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, Zoe Niesel

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King Tut and Tahrir Square: The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and the Advantage of Viewing Cultural Heritage Destruction through a Right to Culture Lens, Zoe Niesel

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The Shape of Property, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Think Twice: Charging Orders and Creditor Property Rights, Chad J. Pomeroy

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From the War on Poverty to Pro Bono: Access to Justice Remains Elusive for Too Many, including Our Veterans, Patricia E. Roberts

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Canon 1095 and the Dignitas Connubii: The Role of Consent, Incapacity, and Psychic Anomalies in Cases of Matrimonial Nullity, Roberto Rosas

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The Law of the Church in the Nullity of Marriage due to Causes of Psychic Nature, Roberto Rosas

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Trademarks under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with References to the Current Mexican Law, Roberto Rosas

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The American Legal Profession in the Twenty-First Century, Stephen M. Sheppard

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The Second Amendment Implications of Regulating 3D Printed Firearms, Michael L. Smith

Submissions from 2013

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Targeted Killing - Death by Drone, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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The Strange Case of Lieutenant Waddell: How Overly Restrictive Rules of Engagement Adversely Impact the American War Fighter and Undermine Military Victory, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Inside the Castle: Law and Family in 20th Century America, by Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Teaching American Legal History Through Storytelling, Michael S. Ariens

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The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis, by Stephen J. Harper (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Lafler and Frye: A New Constitutional Standard for Negotiation, Rishi Batra

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Providing Dispute Resolution Expertise to the Community, Rishi Batra

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Oil, Gas, and Mineral Titles: Resolving Perennial Problems in the Shale Era, Laura H. Burney

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“Owner Finance! No Banks Needed!” Consumer Protection Analysis of Seller-Financed Home Sales: A Texas Case Study, Genevieve Hebert Fajardo

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Secured Transaction History: Protecting Holmes’ Notes Through the Conditional Sales Acts, George Lee Flint Jr

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Texas Annual Survey: Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr

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Enforcing Civility: Holding Attorneys to a Higher Standard of Conduct, David A. Grenardo

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How Low Can You Go? Analyzing Deposition Misconduct and Avoiding Common Deposition Mistakes, David A. Grenardo

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Making Civility Mandatory: Moving from Aspired to Required, David A. Grenardo

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Turnover Actions and the “Floating Check” Controversy, David R. Hague

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Powering the Tap Dry: Regulatory Alternatives for the Energy-Water Nexus, Amy Hardberger

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World’s Worst Game of Telephone: Attempting to Understand the Conversation Between Texas’s Legislature and Courts on Groundwater, Amy Hardberger

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What is the Matter with Antigone?, Emily A. Hartigan

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Legal Malpractice in a Changing Profession: The Role of Contract Principles, Vincent R. Johnson

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The CISG After a Generation (book review), Vincent R. Johnson

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The Rule of Law in China and the Prosecution of Li Zhuang, Vincent R. Johnson and Stephen C. Loomis

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The Barriers and Route to Texas School Finance Equity, Albert H. Kauffman

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The Costs of Delay: Incompetent Criminal Defendants, Involuntary Antipsychotic Medications, and the Question of Who Decides, Dora W. Klein

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The Price of Justice: An Analysis of the Costs that are Appropriately Considered in a Cost-based Vindication of Statutory Rights Defense to an Arbitration Agreement, Ramona L. Lampley

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Economic Justice and the Internal Point of View, Adam J. MacLeod

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Not What, but When is an Offer — Rehabilitating the Rolling Contract, Colin P. Marks

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Confronting the Myth of State Court Class Action Abuses through an Understanding of Heuristics and a Plea for More Statistics, Patricia W. Moore

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Border Wars & The New Texas Navy: International Treaties, Waterways, And State Sovereignty After Arizona v. United States, Bill Piatt and Rachel Ambler

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Why is Property so Hard?, Chad J. Pomeroy

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The Promise of Things to Come: Anticipatory Warrants in Texas, Gerald S. Reamey

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The Co-Author Prenup, David A. Schlueter

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The Military Justice Conundrum: Justice or Discipline?, David A. Schlueter

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Prosecuting the Undead: Federal Criminal Law in a World of Zombies, Michael L. Smith

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Search Engine Liability for Autocomplete Defamation: Combating the Power of Suggestion, Michael L. Smith

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Second Amendment Challenges to Student Housing Firearms Bans: The Strength of the Home Analogy, Michael L. Smith

Submissions from 2012

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Cyber Security and the Government/ Private Sector Connection, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Labeling Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Rightly Dividing the Domestic Jihadist from the Enemy Combatant in the “War Against Al-Qaeda” – Why it Matters in Rendition and Targeted Killings, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Resolving Disputed Elections through Negotiation, Rishi Batra

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Restitution in Texas: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment, David A. Dittfurth

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Consumer Bankruptcy Policy: Ability to Pay and Catholic Social Teaching, Richard E. Flint

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Tales From the Abyss: What Does It Take To Get Disbarred These Days?, David A. Grenardo

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What Every Guarantor Should Know About the One-Action Rule and Deficiency Actions, David R. Hague

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Higher Education, Corruption, and Reform, Vincent R. Johnson

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Judge Bernard S. Meyer: First Merit Appointee to the New York Court of Appeals, Vincent R. Johnson

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On the Abuse and Limits of Lawyer Discipline, Vincent R. Johnson