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Submissions from 2012

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Malpractice Liability Related to Foreign Outsourcing of Legal Services, Vincent R. Johnson and Stephen C. Loomis

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The Mentally Disordered Criminal Defendant at the Supreme Court: A Decade in Review, Dora W. Klein

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When Coercion Lacks Care: Competency to Make Medical Treatment Decisions and Parens Patriae Civil Commitments, Dora W. Klein

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Leaving the FDA Behind: Pharmaceutical Outsourcing and Drug Safety, Chenglin Liu

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The Irony of AT&T v. Concepcion, Colin P. Marks

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An Updated Quantitative Study of Iqbal's Impact on 12(B)(6) Motions, Patricia W. Moore

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Reinventing the Wheel: Constructing Ethical Approaches to State Indigent Legal Defense Systems, Bill Piatt

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A Theoretical Case for Standardized Vesting Documents, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Allegedly “Biased,” “Intimidating,” and “Incompetent” State Court Judges and the Questionable Removal of State Law Class Actions to Purportedly “Impartial” and “Competent” Federal Courts—A Historical Perspective and an Empirical Analysis of Class Action Dispositions in Federal and State Courts, 1925-2011, Willy E. Rice

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Fire Losses and Conflicting Judicial Rulings over Whether Property Insurers Must Indemnify Insureds and Pay Third-Party Claims - Some Implications for Wildfire Litigation in Texas's Courts, Willy E. Rice

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The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: A Selective Review and Analysis of the Panels' 2010-2011 Insurance-Law Opinions, Willy E. Rice

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Perils and Pontifications: Reflections on the Failures and Joys of a Law Teacher, John W. Teeter Jr

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Mexican Children of U.S. Citizens: “Viges Prin” and Other Tales of Challenges to Asserting Acquired U.S. Citizenship, Lee J. Teran

Submissions from 2011

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A Judge in Full: Wallace Jefferson of Texas, Michael S. Ariens

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Texas Annual Survey: Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr

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Take One Step Forward: Federal Courts Continue To Find That Volunteers Are Shielded From Retaliation Based On Protected Speech Under The First Amendment, David A. Grenardo

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The Energy-Water Nexus in Texas, Amy Hardberger, Ashlynn Stillwell, Carey King, Michael Webber, and Ian Duncan

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Credit-Monitoring Damages in Cybersecurity Tort Litigation, Vincent R. Johnson

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Legal Malpractice Litigation and the Duty to Report Misconduct, Vincent R. Johnson

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On Race, Gender, and Radical Tort Reform: A Review of Martha Chamallas & Jennifer B. Wriggins, The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law, Vincent R. Johnson

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The Rule of Law and Enforcement of Chinese Tort Law, Vincent R. Johnson

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Malpractice Liability Related to Foreign Outsourcing of Legal Services, Vincent R. Johnson and STephen C. Loomis

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False Security: How Courts Have Improperly Rendered the Protections of the Protective Order Illusory, Ramona L. Lampley

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Is USDA Organic a Seal of Deceit: The Pitfalls of USDA Certified Organics Produced in the United States, China and Beyond, Chenglin Liu

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Empathy's White Elephant: Responding to the Subprime Mortgage Crisis without Denigrating the Poor, Adam J. MacLeod

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The Mystery of Life in the Laboratory of Democracy: Personal Autonomy in State Law, Adam J. MacLeod

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Limited Partnership Status and the Imposition of Fiduciary Duties in Texas, Colin P. Marks

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The Anticipation Misconception, Colin P. Marks

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Cost Effective Legal Research, Mike Martinez Jr and Katy Stein

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Better Late than Never? The Effect of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Acts' 2010 Regulations (comment), Zoe Niesel

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The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: A Review of Selected 2009-2010 Insurance Decisions, Willy E. Rice

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Empowering Special Education Clients through Gross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Lessons Learned for Current Clients and Future Professionals, Patricia E. Roberts and Kelly Whalon

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Federal Rules Pending Public Comment, David A. Schlueter

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Federal Rules Update: Rules Amended as of December 2010, David A. Schlueter

Submissions from 2010

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American Punitive Damages vs. Compensatory Damages in Promoting Enforcement in Democratic Nations of Civil Judgments to Deter State-Sponsors of Terrorism, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Calls for National Identity Card to Halt Illegal Immigration, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Efficacy of the Obama Policies to Combat Al-Qa’eda, the Taliban, and Associated Forces—The First Year, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Texas Annual Survey: Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr

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Four Critical Tips for Taking Your First Witness, David A. Grenardo

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Ten-Step Guide to Oral Argument for Junior Attorneys, David A. Grenardo

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Just Talking with the Furniture, Emily A. Hartigan

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L'OZ, Emily A. Hartigan

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Education and Minorities in the Modern Era: Working Civil Rights into Practice, Policy and Procedure, Albert H. Kauffman

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Rehabilitating Mental Disorder Evidence After Clark c. Arizona: Of Burdens, Presumptions, and the Rights to Raise Reasonable Doubt, Dora W. Klein

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The Obstacles of Outsourcing Imported Food Safety To China, Chenglin Liu

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“Save the Land from Uncle Sam”: Using Life Insurance Premium Financing in Estate Planning, Lee Lytton

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A Non-Fatal Collision: Interpreting RLUIPA Where Religious Land Uses and Community Interests Meet, Adam J. MacLeod

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The (Contingent) Value of Autonomy and the Reflexivity of (Some) Basic Goods, Adam J. MacLeod

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Plato, THE PRINCE, and Corporate Virtue: Philosophical Approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility, Colin P. Marks and Paul S. Miller

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The Tao of Pleading: Do Twombly and Iqbal Matter Empirically, Patricia W. Moore

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Finding and Incorporating Spirituality in the Work of the Clinic, Ana M. Novoa

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Catholicism and Constitutional Law: More Than Privacy in the Penumbras, Bill Piatt

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Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, Chad J. Pomeroy

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Innovation or Renovation in Criminal Procedure: Is the World Moving Toward a New Model of Adjudication?, Gerald S. Reamey

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Federal Rules Update: How Rules Are Made: A Brief Review, David A. Schlueter

Submissions from 2009

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“Playing Chicken": An Instant History of the Battle over Exceptions to Client Confidentiality, Michael S. Ariens

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The Texas Supreme Court and Oil and Gas Jurisprudence: What Hath Wagner & Brown v. Sheppard Wrought?, Laura H. Burney

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Texas Annual Survey: Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr

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Managing the Risks of CO2 Sequestration, Amy Hardberger

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International Legal Protection of Trademarks in China, Robert H. Hu

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Protecting Intellectual Property in China: A Selective Bibliography and Resource for Research, Robert H. Hu

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The Boundary-Line Fuction of the Economic Loss Rule, Vincent R. Johnson

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Judge Wayne Justice: A Life of Human Dignity and Refractory Mules, Albert H. Kauffman

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The Texas School Finance Litigation Saga: Great Progress, then Near Death by a Thousand Cuts, Albert H. Kauffman

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Unreasonable: Involuntary Medications, Incompetent Criminal Defendants, and the Fourth Amendment, Dora W. Klein

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In Memoriam: The Honorable Judge Philip S. Figa (1951-2008), Ramona L. Lampley

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Is Arbitration Under Attack?: Exploring the Recent Judicial Skepticism of the Class Arbitration Waiver and Innovative Solutions to the Unsettled Legal Landscape, Ramona L. Lampley

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Profits Above the Law: China’s Melamine Tainted Milk Incident, Chenglin Liu

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Jiminy Cricket for the Corporation: Understanding the Corporate 'Conscience', Colin P. Marks

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The Corporate Lawyer's Role in a Contemporary Democracy, Colin P. Marks and Nancy B. Rapoport

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The Effect of Tort Reform on Tort Case Filings, Patricia W. Moore

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Gender Segregation In The Public Schools; Opportunity, Inequality, Or Both?, Bill Piatt

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Destroyed Community Property, Damaged Persons, and Insurers’ Duty to Indemnify Innocent Spouses and Other Co-Insured Fiduciaries: An Attempt to Harmonize Conflicting Federal and State Courts’ Declaratory Judgments, Willy E. Rice

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The Court of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit: A Review of 2007-2008 Insurance Decisions, Willy E. Rice

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Matrimonial Consent in Canon Law Juridical Aspects, Roberto Rosas

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New Legal Rights in the Legal System of the United States of America, Roberto Rosas and Bill Piatt

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Federal Rules Update: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Procedure and Evidence, David A. Schlueter

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Federal Rules Update: Technology-Related Rules, David A. Schlueter

Submissions from 2008

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The Political Question Doctrine and Civil Liability for Contracting Companies on the “Battlefield”, Jeffrey F. Addicott

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The Protect America Act of 2007: A Framework for Improving Intelligence Collection in the War on Terror, Jeffrey F. Addicott and Michael T. McCaul

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American Legal Ethics in an Age of Anxiety, Michael S. Ariens

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What Hath Faith Wrought? (book review), Michael S. Ariens

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Texas Annual Survey: Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr

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From Policy to Reality: Maximizing Urban Water Conservation in Texas, Amy Hardberger

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Panel: Ethics-Based Decision-Making in Societal Water Management, Amy Hardberger

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Why We Do the Things We Do? The Role of Ethics in Water Resource Planning, Amy Hardberger

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When Borders Cross People: Whose [Who’s] Poor, or The Spirit of Immigration, Emily A. Hartigan

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Corruption in Education: A Global Legal Challenge, Vincent R. Johnson

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Data Security and Tort Liability, Vincent R. Johnson

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Autonomy and Acute Psychosis: When Choices Collide, Dora W. Klein

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A Tribute to Ernest A. Raba, Dean (1946 – 1978), St. Mary’s University School of Law, Aloysius A. Leopold

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The Chinese Takings Law from a Comparative Perspective, Chenglin Liu

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A Gift Worth Dying For?: Debating the Volitional Nature of Suicide in the Law of Personal Property, Adam J. MacLeod

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All for One: A Review of Victim-Centric Justifications for Criminal Punishment, Adam J. MacLeod

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The Law as Bard: Extolling a Culture's Virtues, Exposing Its Vices, and Telling Its Story, Adam J. MacLeod

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Updated Lessons in Conducting Basics Legal Research by Pro Se Litigants Who Cannot Afford an Attorney, Mike Martinez Jr, Michael P. Forrest, and Paul S. Miller

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Immigration Reform from the Outside In, Bill Piatt

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The Glass Half-Full: A Rational/Radical Approach to Immigration Reform, Bill Piatt

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Loose Lips Sink Attorney-Client Ships: Unintended Technological Disclosure Of Confidential Communications, Bill Piatt and Paula DeWitte

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Henry F. Johnson, Professor of Law (1981-2008), St. Mary’s University School of Law, Bonita K. Roberts