St. Mary's Law Journal
Current Issue: Volume 52, Number 4
ARTICLES
The Thirteenth Amendment and One Hundred and Fifty Years of Struggle to Criminalize Slavery: A First Amendment Challenge to the Forced Labor Act (18 U.S.C. § 1589)
Niles Stefan Illich
Justifying the Supreme Court’s Standards of Review
R. Randall Kelso
Police Use of Force Laws in Texas
Gerald S. Reamey
COMMENTS
Municipal Optimization of Short-Term Rental Regulations: The Reality of Airbnb in South Texas Communities
Kenneth M. Culbreth III
Bolstering Juliana: Enforceability of Environmental Claims Through International Treaty Obligations in U.S. Courts
Lindsey Laielli
A "License to Kale"—Free Speech Challenges to Occupational Licensing of Nutrition and Dietetics
Taylor J. Newman
Angela E. Surrett
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Recent Content
Bolstering Juliana: Enforceability of Environmental Claims Through International Treaty Obligations in U.S. Courts
Lindsey Laielli
Municipal Optimization of Short-Term Rental Regulations: The Reality of Airbnb in South Texas Communities
Kenneth M. Culbreth III
Justifying the Supreme Court’s Standards of Review
R. Randall Kelso
The Thirteenth Amendment and One Hundred and Fifty Years of Struggle to Criminalize Slavery: A First Amendment Challenge to the Forced Labor Act (18 U.S.C. § 1589)
Niles Stefan Illich
Judicial Deference of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ Regulatory Interpretations in Light of Kisor v. Wilkie
Melissa Fullmer
Alexa Hears with Her Little Ears—But Does She Have the Privilege?
Lauren Chlouber Howell
There Is Only One Texas Constitution
Joshua Morrow
The Ratio Method: Addressing Complex Tort Liability in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Harrison C. Margolin and Grant H. Frazier
In Honor of Professor Bonita K. Roberts
Linda L. Schlueter and Faye Bracey
Tribute to Professor Bonita K. Roberts
David A. Schlueter
Professor Bonita K. Roberts—A Colleague and a “Conscience”
Victoria Mather
Police Use of Force Laws in Texas
Gerald S. Reamey
A “License to Kale”—Free Speech Challenges to Occupational Licensing of Nutrition and Dietetics
Taylor J. Newman and Angela E. Surrett
With Actual Knowledge Comes Lack of Materiality: Offering a Reasonable Bright-Line Rule for the Escobar Materiality Standard
Nicholas B. Goddard
Appraising Problems, Not Stuff
Chad J. Pomeroy
Campus Free Speech in the Mirror of Rising Anti-Semitism
Harry G. Hutchison
The Error of the Paquete Habana: U.S. Naval Forces in the Safe Harbor of Commander-in-Chief Discretion and the Law of War
T. Nelson Collier
“We” the Jury: The Problem of Peremptory Strikes as Illustrated by Flowers v. Mississippi
Kayley A. Viteo
The Bumble Bill: A Critical Analysis on Texas’s New Law Taking Indecent Exposure Regulations Online
Ashley B. Huron
Bitcoin Searches and Preserving the Third-Party Doctrine
Christine A. Cortez
The Case for the Rodeo: An Analysis of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Inverse Condemnation Case Against the City of Houston
Emilio R. Longoria
The Militia: A Definition and Litmus Test
Marcus Armstrong
Ezra, Rehnquist, and St. Mary’s University
Lance Kimbro
Targeting the Texas Citizen Participation Act: The 2019 Texas Legislature's Amendments to a Most Consequential Law
Amy Bresnen, Lisa Kaufman, and Steve Bresnen
Must a Friend Indeed Reveal a Friend’s Misdeed? Exploring the Merits of a Friendship Privilege
Michael D. Moberly
St. Mary’s University Institute on Chinese Law and Business: Remarkable Success in the First Ten Years
Robert H. Hu
As the Role of the Driver Changes with Autonomous Vehicle Technology, so, Too, Must the Law Change
Nanci K. Carr
The Right Stuff in Geospace: Using Mutual Coercion to Avoid an Inevitable Prison for Humanity
Sarah Louise Vollmer
Wayfair or No Fair: Revisiting Internet Sales Tax Nexus and Consequences in Texas
Jennifer Mendez Lopez
Disappearing Act: Are Free Speech Rights Decreasing?
Michael Conklin
Ethical and Aggressive Appellate Advocacy: The Decision to Petition for Certiorari in Criminal Cases
J. Thomas Sullivan
The Army’s G-RAP Fiasco: How the Lives and Careers of Hundreds of Innocent Soldiers Were Destroyed
Jeffrey F. Addicott
Recognizing the Need for Mental Health Reform in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Kara McHorse
Texas Landfills: The Need for Administrative Reform of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Permitting Process
William Todd Keller Jr.
Book Review
Roberto Rosas
Arthur C. Y. Yao (1906–2004): A Pioneer Chinese Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law
Robert H. Hu
Autonomous Doctrine: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in the Employment of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
Peter C. Combe II
Unlimited Liability for Banks: Deposits as Fraudulent Transfers
Katherine Zampas
Standards of Review in Texas
W. Wendell Hall and Ryan G. Anderson
My Friend—Lee H. Lytton
Leo Womack
City of San Antonio Presents Official Congratulations on the 50th Anniversary of the St. Mary’s Law Journal
Ron Nirenberg
Regulating Retirement: Understanding the Impact of New Best Interest and Fiduciary Standards on Retail Investors
Michael Lichtmacher
Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado: Carving Out a Racial-Bias Exception to the No-Impeachment Rule
John Austin Morales
Federal Jurisdiction for Above-Ground Oil Storage Tanks: A Practical Analysis for Navigating Federal Regulations
Kathryn Hussong
Municipal Annexation Reform in Texas: How a Victory for Property Rights Jeopardizes the State’s Financial Health
Julie Polansky Bell
The Practitioner’s Guide to Properly Responding to Requests for Disclosure Under the Texas Discovery Rules
Robert K. Wise and Kennon L. Wooten
The State of Texas Concurrent Resolution 19R474
José Menéndez and Four Price
Don't Delete That Tweet: Federal and Presidential Records in the Age of Social Media
Gabriel M. A. Elorreaga
St. Mary's Law Journal Fiftieth Anniversary
John Cornyn
Happy Golden Anniversary, St. Mary's Law Journal!
Stephen M. Sheppard
50 Years of Excellence: A History of the St. Mary's Law Journal
Barbara Hanson Nellermoe
Insurance Appraisal in Texas and Its Place in Coverage Litigation
Brendan K. McBride, William J. Chriss, and Matthew R. Pearson
Holding Ridesharing Companies Accountable in Texas
Martha Alejandra Salas
The History, Meaning, and Use of the Words Justice and Judge
Jason Boatright
A Status Update for Texas Voir Dire: Advocating for Pre-Trial Internet Investigation of Prospective Jurors
Luke A. Harle
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
Sourcing Service Receipts for Franchise Tax Apportionment in Texas
Ray Langenberg and Matt Jones
Sky Is the Limit: Protecting Unaccompanied Minors by Not Subjecting Them to Numerical Limitations
Deborah S. Gonzalez Esq.
Plata o Plomo: Effect of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations on the American Criminal Justice System
Mark M. McPherson
Undocumented Citizens of the United States: The Repercussions of Denying Birth Certificates
Anna L. Lichtenberger
Deterrence
David Crump
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.
Network Investigation Techniques: Government Hacking and the Need for Adjustment in the Third-Party Doctrine
Eduardo R. Mendoza
The Amplified Need for Supreme Court Guidance on Student Speech Rights in the Digital Age
William Calve
Hurrah for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Consumer Arbitration as a Poster Child for Regulation
Jean R. Sternlight
Filming the Police: An Interference or a Public Service
Aracely Rodman
KCON XI Essay Introduction: Compulsory Arbitration and Adhesion Contracts in the Age of Donald Trump
Peter Linzer
The Right to Be Forgotten: Comparing U.S. and European Approaches
Samuel W. Royston
Interlocutory Appeals in Texas: A History
Elizabeth Lee Thompson
The Development of Chinese Constitutionalism
Chenglin Liu
Time to Repair the Chain: Void Deeds, Subsequent Purchasers, and the Texas Recording Statutes
Richard E. Flint
X-Factoring: Why the Texas Supreme Court Should Revisit Its Examination of Paid or Incurred Medical Expenses
Zachary J. Lee
Gay Rights Versus Religious Freedom, and the Influence of Obergefell v. Hodges on Distinguishing the Dividing Line
Kathleen Rainey McStravick
In Memory of Thomas Bowman Black (1928–2016), Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law (1974–1988)
David Dittfurth
