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Submissions from 2013

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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

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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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The End of the Beginning - A Comprehensive Look at the U.N.'s Business and Human Rights Agenda from a Bystander Perspective, Jena Martin

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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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In Praise of Process: Examining the SEC, Rule 14a-8(i)(8), and AFSCME v. AIG, Jena Martin

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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