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Targeting the Texas Citizen Participation Act: The 2019 Texas Legislature's Amendments to a Most Consequential Law
Amy Bresnen, Lisa Kaufman, and Steve Bresnen

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21 in the 21st—An Evaluation of the Tobacco Regulation Trend
Casey Kellum

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Restoring the Presumption of Innocence: Protecting a Defendant’s Right to a Fair Trial by Closing the Door on 404(b) Evidence
Aaron Diaz

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Reimagining the Philosophy of Evaluation, Assistance, and Certification (EAC) Project: The IALS Model Reform in Legal Education
Sreejith S.G.

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Must a Friend Indeed Reveal a Friend’s Misdeed? Exploring the Merits of a Friendship Privilege
Michael D. Moberly

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St. Mary’s University Institute on Chinese Law and Business: Remarkable Success in the First Ten Years
Robert H. Hu

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As the Role of the Driver Changes with Autonomous Vehicle Technology, so, Too, Must the Law Change
Nanci K. Carr

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The Right Stuff in Geospace: Using Mutual Coercion to Avoid an Inevitable Prison for Humanity
Sarah Louise Vollmer

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Wayfair or No Fair: Revisiting Internet Sales Tax Nexus and Consequences in Texas
Jennifer Mendez Lopez

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Beat the Heat: Texas’s Need to Reduce Summer Temperatures in Offender Housing
Mary E. Adair

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Disappearing Act: Are Free Speech Rights Decreasing?
Michael Conklin

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Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: The Decision to Petition for Certiorari in Criminal Cases
J. Thomas Sullivan

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The Army’s G-RAP Fiasco: How the Lives and Careers of Hundreds of Innocent Soldiers Were Destroyed
Jeffrey F. Addicott

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Recognizing the Need for Mental Health Reform in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Kara McHorse

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Strict Liability Upon Gunowners (SLUG): A Proposed Balanced Approach
David Louis

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Borrowing American Ideas to Improve Chinese Tort Law
Yongxia Wang

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The Conceptions of Self-Evidence in the Finnis Reconstruction of Natural Law
Kevin P. Lee

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The Drive to Advise: A Study of Law Students at a Pro Bono Brief Advice Project
Linda F. Smith

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Victim v. Victim Restitution: The Commingling Fictions
Andrew Kull

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The Lasting Impacts of Mass Consumerism and the Disposable Culture: A Proposition for the Development of Plastic Shopping Bag Bans in Texas Law
David Brewster

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Saving America’s Privacy Rights: Why Carpenter v. United States Was Wrongly Decided and Why Courts Should Be Promoting Legislative Reform Rather Than Extending Existing Privacy Jurisprudence
David Stone

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Texas Landfills: The Need for Administrative Reform of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Permitting Process
William Todd Keller Jr.

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Book Review
Roberto Rosas

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Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906–2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law
Robert H. Hu

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Superseding Money Judgments in Texas: Four Proposed Reforms to Help the Business Litigant and to Further Improve the Texas Civil Justice System
James Holmes

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Autonomous Doctrine: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in the Employment of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Peter C. Combe II

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Back to the Future: Marriage and Divorce Under the 2017 Tax Act
Mark Cochran

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Unlimited Liability for Banks: Deposits as Fraudulent Transfers
Katherine Zampas

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Combatting the Opioid Epidemic in Texas by Holding Big Pharma Manufacturers Liable
Katherine Spiser

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Standards of Review in Texas
W. Wendell Hall and Ryan G. Anderson

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My Friend—Lee H. Lytton
Leo Womack

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Lee Hargis Lytton III: A Most Extraordinary, Interesting and Instructive Life
Robert Summers

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City of San Antonio Presents Official Congratulations on the 50th Anniversary of the St. Mary’s Law Journal
Ron Nirenberg

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Regulating Retirement: Understanding the Impact of New Best Interest and Fiduciary Standards on Retail Investors
Michael Lichtmacher

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Texas, the Death Penalty, and Intellectual Disability
Megan Green

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

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

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Not Everybody Loves Raymond: How the Case of Raymond v. Raymond Made a Shambles of Interspousal Gift Presumptions and the Parol Evidence Rule in Matters of Texas Community Property
Pamela E. George

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Article III Courts v. Military Commissions: A Comparison of Protection of Classified Information and Admissibility of Evidence in Terrorism Prosecutions
Mohamed Al-Hendy

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The State of Texas Recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the St. Mary’s Law Journal
Greg Abbott

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Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado: Carving Out a Racial-Bias Exception to the No-Impeachment Rule
John Austin Morales

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Federal Jurisdiction for Above-Ground Oil Storage Tanks: A Practical Analysis for Navigating Federal Regulations
Kathryn Hussong

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Municipal Annexation Reform in Texas: How a Victory for Property Rights Jeopardizes the State’s Financial Health
Julie Polansky Bell

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Making the Modern American Legal Profession, 1969–Present
Michael Ariens

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The Practitioner’s Guide to Properly Responding to Requests for Disclosure Under the Texas Discovery Rules
Robert K. Wise and Kennon L. Wooten

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Turning Points in the History of St. Mary’s University School of Law (1980–1988)
Vincent R. Johnson

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The State of Texas Concurrent Resolution 19R474
José Menéndez and Four Price

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Don't Delete That Tweet: Federal and Presidential Records in the Age of Social Media
Gabriel M. A. Elorreaga

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The Impact of H.B. 214: A Critical Analysis of the Texas "Rape Insurance" Bill
Lucie Arvallo

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An Oral History of St. Mary's University School of Law (1961–2018)
Charles E. Cantú

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St. Mary's Law Journal Fiftieth Anniversary
John Cornyn

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

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50 Years of Excellence: A History of the St. Mary's Law Journal
Barbara Hanson Nellermoe

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Insurance Appraisal in Texas and Its Place in Coverage Litigation
Brendan K. McBride, William J. Chriss, and Matthew R. Pearson

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Holding Ridesharing Companies Accountable in Texas
Martha Alejandra Salas

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Avian Jurisprudence and the Protection of Migratory Birds in North America
Marshall A. Bowen

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Too Little Too Late: The Infeasibility of OSHA's Silica Standards in the Oil Industry
Cali M. Franks

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Health Care Referrals out of the Shadows: Recognizing the Looming Threat of the Texas Patient Solicitation Act and Other Illegal Remuneration Statutes
Trenton Brown

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The History, Meaning, and Use of the Words Justice and Judge
Jason Boatright

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Hearsay in the Smiley Face: Analyzing the Use of Emojis as Evidence
Erin Janssen

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A Status Update for Texas Voir Dire: Advocating for Pre-Trial Internet Investigation of Prospective Jurors
Luke A. Harle

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Domestic Asset Tracing and Recovery of Hidden Assets and the Spoils of Financial Crime
Nathan Wadlinger, Carl Pacini, Nicole Stowell, William Hopwood, and Debra Sinclair

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Sourcing Service Receipts for Franchise Tax Apportionment in Texas
Ray Langenberg and Matt Jones

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Sky Is the Limit: Protecting Unaccompanied Minors by Not Subjecting Them to Numerical Limitations
Deborah S. Gonzalez Esq.

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Finality of a Conviction: A Noncitizen's Right to Procedural Due Process
Daniela Mondragon

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Plata o Plomo: Effect of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations on the American Criminal Justice System
Mark M. McPherson

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Undocumented Citizens of the United States: The Repercussions of Denying Birth Certificates
Anna L. Lichtenberger

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Getting Local Governments Where They Need to Go Without Taking Taxpayers for a Ride: "CABs," Why They Are Used, and What Can Be Done to Prevent Their Misuse
Heather G. White

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Deterrence
David Crump

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In Memory of Roderick Glen Ayers, Jr. (1947–2017), Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law
Craig A. Gargotta and William R. "Dick" Davis Jr.