Volume 44

Book 1

Fifth Annual Criminal Law Symposium: Criminal Law and the First Amendment

IS (SHOULD) BRANDENBURG (BE) GOOD LAW IN A POST-9/11 WORLD?

• Burt Newborne, Serving the Syllogism Machine: Reflections on Whether Brandenburg Is Now (Or Ever Was) Good Law, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2011).
• Gene R. Nichol, Clear and Present Dangers: “Don’t Touch My Junk”, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 59 (2012).
• L.A. Powe Jr., Brandenburg: Then and Now, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 69 (2011).
• 2011 Criminal Law Symposium Panel, Remarks of William Van Alstyne on the BrandenburgPanel, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 85 (2011).

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

• Michael Kent Curtis, The Fraying Fabric of Freedom: Crisis and Criminal Law in Struggles for Democracy and Freedom of Expression, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 89 (2011).

THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE INTERNET, AND THE CRIMINAL LAW

• Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, Incendiary Speech and Social Media, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 147 (2011).
• Kevin W. Saunders, Acti Rei: Real and Virtual, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 165 (2011).
• Eric J. Segall, The Internet as a Game Changer: Reevaluating the True Threats Doctrine, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 183 (2011).
• Russell L. Weaver, The Internet, Free Speech, and Criminal law: Is It Time for a New International Treaty on the Internet?, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 197 (2011).
• Jesse H. Choper, In Favor of Restoring the Sherbert Rule¬—With Qualifications, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 221 (2011).

SHOULD FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION EVER BE A DEFENSE TO AN OTHERWISE VALID CRIMINAL LAW, OR DID SMITH GET IT RIGHT?

• Arnold H. Loewy, Rejecting Both Smith and RFRA, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 231 (2011).
• William P. Marshall, Smith, Ballard, and the Religious Inquiry Exception to the Criminal Law , 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 239 (2011).
• Frank S. Ravitch, The Unbearable Lightness of Free Exercise Under Smith: Exemptions, Dasein, and the More Nuanced Approach of the Japanese Supreme Court, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 259 (2011).

Book 2

• The Honorable Craig Smith & Judge Eric V. Moyѐ,Outsourcing American Civil Justice: Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Consumer and Employment Contracts, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 281 (2008).
• The Honorable Jennifer Walker Elrod, Is the Jury Still Out?: A Case for the Continued Viability of the American Jury, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 303 (2012).
• General William K. Suter, Supreme Court Report Walter B. Huffman Distinguished Lecture Series, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 333 (2008).
• Elizabeth G. Hill, Nature’s Harvest or Man’s Profit: Environmental Shortcuts in the Deregulation of Genetically Modified Crops, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 353 (2012).
• Christina Collins, Stuck in the 1960s: Supreme Court Misses an Opportunity in Skilling v. United States to Bring Venue Jurisprudence into the Twenty-First Century, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 391 (2012).
• Caroline L. Nowlin, “Hey! Look at Me!”: A Glance at Texas’s Billboard Regulations and Why All Roads Lead to Compromise, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 429 (2012).
• Benjamin Robertson, Top Lease Vultures: Title Failure, Bad Faith Pooling, and the Validity of Top Leases in the Texas Shale Plays, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 461 (2012).
• Lauren Valastro, Training Wheels Needed: Balancing the Parental Presumption, the Best Interest Standard, and the Need to Protect Children, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 503 (2012).

Book 3

• Basil A. Umari & Blake H. Bailey, Bankruptcy Survey, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 529 (2012).
• Sofia Adroguѐ, Recent Developments in Fifth Circuit Business Torts Jurisprudence, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 565 (2012).
• William H. Stowe & Richard A. Howell, Developments in Fifth Circuit Civil Procedure: 2010-2011, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 623 (2012).
• Lynette Wilson, Recent Developments in Fifth Circuit Employment Law, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 661 (2012).
• Richard A. Howell & Luke Gilman, Developments in Fifth Circuit Evidence Law: 2012-2011 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 685 (2012).
• David N. Strange and Arslan S. Umarov, Immigration Law: 2010-2011 Fifth Circuit Case Law Update 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 701 (2008).
• William D. Elliott, 2011 Review of Income Taxation, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 717 (2012).
• Willy E. Rice, The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: A Selective Review and Analysis of the Panels’ 2010-2011 Insurance-Law Opinions 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 733 (2012).

Book 4

Symposium: Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas

• Carl R. Galant, In Drought, a Storm Brews: DFC’s and the Oil and Gas Exemption 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 817 (2012).
• Bruce M. Kramer, Federal Legislative and Administrative Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Operations, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 837 (2012).
• Christopher Kulander, Environmental Effects of Petroleum Production: 2010-2011 Texas Legislative Developments, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 863 (2012).
• Edmond R. McCarthy, Jr., Mixing Oil and Gas with Texas Water Law, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 883 (2012).
• Mark McPherson, Water Use and Water Law in Texas from an Oil and Gas Perspective, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 939 (2012).
• William Cuddihy, Warrantless House-to-House Searches and Fourth Amendment Originalism: A Reply to Professor Davies, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 997 (2012).
• Lauren E. McDivitt, What Do You Mean There Won’t Be Gifts This Year?: Why Practitioners Cannot Rely upon Gifting Provisions in Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan in the Fifth Circuit, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1019 (2012).
• Brady Paul Behrens, Rule 37 Exceptions and Small Mineral Tracts in Urban Areas: An Argument for Incorporating Compulsory Pooling into Special Field Rules in Texas, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1053 (2012).
• Sherry E. Clegg, Employment Discrimination Class Actions: Why Plaintiffs Must Cover All Their Bases After the Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)(2) in Wal-mart v. Dukes, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1087 (2012).
• Nicholas Parke, How Much Is Fair?: Will Senate Bill 18 Ensure Condemnors Pay Just Compensation for Land Taken Due to the CREZ Transmission Lines?, 44 Tex. Tech. L. Rev. 1121 (2012).

Online Edition

• Nathan White, The FCC Is Not “F-Ing” Around Anymore: A Discussion of the Constitutional Issues Surrounding the FFC’s New Indecency Standard Regarding Fleeting Expletives on Broadcast Media, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 1 (2012).
• Allie J. Hallmark, The Pickett Split: United States v. Pickett and the Circuit Divide on the Border Search Exception to the Fourth Amendment, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Online Ed. 38 (2012).