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Submissions from 2016

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The Knottiest Problem: Unraveling Arising under Jurisdiction in Copyright Cases, Zoe Niesel and Bethany A. Corbin

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Opting Out in the Name of God: Will Lawyers Be Compelled to Handle Same-Sex Divorces?, Bill Piatt

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O estado atual dos e-books em bibliotecas jurídicas dos Estados Unidos: uma pesquisa, Wilhelmina Randtke and Stacy Fowler

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The Current State of E-Books in U.S. Law Libraries: A Survey, Wilhelmina Randtke and Stacy Fowler

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Deadly Misunderstandings About Police Use of Deadly Force, Gerald S. Reamey

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The Truth Might Set You Free: How the Michael Morton Act Could Fundamentally Change Texas Criminal Discovery, Or Not, Gerald S. Reamey

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What’s Fear Got To Do With It?: The “Armed And Dangerous” Requirement Of Terry, Gerald S. Reamey

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Unconscionable Judicial Disdain for Unsophisticated Consumers and Employees' Contractual Rights? Legal and Empirical Analyses of Courts' Mandatory Arbitration Rulings and the Systematic Erosion of Procedural and Substantive Unconscionability Defenses under the Federal Arbitration Act 1800-2015, Willy E. Rice

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An All-Volunteer Force: Law Students and Pro Bono Lawyers Helping Veterans, Patricia E. Roberts

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PTSD, TBI, and OTH Discharges: A Case Study of a Young Service Member, Patricia E. Roberts

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The Dilemma of Interpreting Rules of Civil Procedure: A Proposal for Elastic Formalism, L Wayne Scott

Submissions from 2015

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Game of Bombs: President Barack Obama’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Brougham’s Ghost, Michael S. Ariens

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Glass Half Full: The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Judicial Participation in Plea Bargaining: A Dispute Resolution Perspective, Rishi Batra

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Convergence: A Meeting Responds to Cries of Desperation, David Bristol, Lee J. Teran, and Gretchen Haynes

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The High Costs of Incivility, David A. Grenardo

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Improving The Law School Classroom And Experience Through Prayer: An Empirical Study, David A. Grenardo

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Long Live Bohatch: Why a Law Firm Partner Can be Expelled for Following the Rules of Professional Conduct, David A. Grenardo

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Expanding the Ponzi Scheme Presumption, David R. Hague

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Governmental Power Versus Individual Liberty, Vincent R. Johnson

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International Financial Law: The Case Against Close-Out Netting, Vincent R. Johnson

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Legal Malpractice in International Business Transactions, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Ancient Magna Carta and the Modern Rule of Law: 1215 to 2015, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Great Charter, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Magna Carta and the Expectations It Set for Anglo-American Law, Vincent R. Johnson

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Is Felony Murder the New Depraved Heart Murder: Considering the Appropriate Punishment for Drunken Drivers Who Kill, Dora W. Klein

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Case Watch: Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams LLP v. Lopez, Ramona L. Lampley

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Contracting away your right to sue: What you need to know about arbitration, Ramona L. Lampley

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The Fine Print, Ramona L. Lampley

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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