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FACULTY WRITINGS

Philip Bobbitt, The Shield of Achilles: The Long War and the Market State (New York: Knopf, 2002).

Louise Weinberg, Conflict of Laws: Cases, Materials, Problems (Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2nd ed. 2002) (with David Vernon, William Reynolds & William Richman).

FACULTY ACTIVITIES

Anthony Reese and Ernest Young were awarded the Robert Murff Excellence Award by the Texas Campus Career Council “in recognition of outstanding support of career services at The University of Texas at Austin.”

Teresa Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Westbrook’s The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000) was reviewed at 87 Cornell Law Review 1078 (2002).

Sarah Buel gave the keynote address, “Policy and Proof in Domestic Violence Litigation: Current Norms Examined,” at UNLV Boyd School of Law’s Judicial Conference on Apr. 5, 2002. Buel presented a paper-in-progress, “Situating Domestic Violence Work in the Academy,” on Apr. 20, 2002, at Washington College of Law, American University’s symposium, “Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking.”

Norma Cantú delivered the 16th Annual Américo Paredes Distinguished Lecture, entitled “Protecting Our Right to Read: Implications of the No Child Left Behind Act,” on Apr. 29, 2002, at UT’s Bass Lecture Hall.

John Dzienkowski gave a faculty colloquium at the University of California Hastings College of Law on Apr. 12, 2002, on “Judges as Ethics Manager: Judicial Regulation of Lawyer Conduct in Litigation.” Dzienkowski was the moderator of a panel discussion on “Legal Ethics in the News” at a meeting of the Asian Pacific Interests Section of the State Bar of Texas, Apr. 26, 2002, in Austin.

Henry Hu was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Apr. 9, 2002, on Merrill Lynch and Enron disclosure matters. Hu was quoted in the Independent (London), Apr. 9, 2002, on the plaintiffs adding various banks and law firms as defendants in a lawsuit relating to Enron. Hu discussed certain securities regulation in the Enron context in the Austin American-Statesman, Apr. 9, 2002. Hu’s comments to Reuters on a secular change in stock analyst ratings was selected as a “quote of the day” by PR Newswire, Apr. 9, 2002. Hu was quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Apr. 8, 2002, on securities analyst ratings. Hu was quoted by the Associated Press on Apr. 8, 2002, on the Enron litigation. Hu was quoted on certain insurance companies’ disputes with Arthur Andersen in the Apr. 6, 2002, issues of the Miami Herald, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hu was quoted on securities analysts in L’Echo (Brussels), Apr. 6, 2002.

Owen Jones has been named Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at Arizona State University College of Law. On Apr. 19, 2002, in Tallahassee, Jones gave the President’s Address at the 4th Annual Scholarship Conference of the 220-member Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL), at which MIT brain scientist Steven Pinker was keynote speaker. On April 20, 2002, at the SEAL conference, Jones spoke on how patterns in cross-cultural legal history reflect shared neural architecture. Jones spoke on the subject, “Evolutionary Analysis in Law,” in the UT Program in the History and Philosophy of Science on Mar. 28, 2002. Jones was recently named an Associate of the science journal Behavior and Brain Sciences.

Anthony Reese presented a draft of his paper “Strict Liability for Copyright Infringement” as part of Cardozo Law School’s Intellectual Property Speakers Series on Apr. 8, 2002, and as part of the Boalt Hall IP Scholarship Seminar on Apr. 16, 2002. Reese was a guest teacher in two seminars at Stanford Law School, Apr. 29-30, 2002: “High Technology Property and Contract,” taught by Margaret Jane Radin, and “Advanced Copyright,” taught by Paul Goldstein. Reese provided background information on trademark law for the “Explainer” column in the the Feb. 27, 2002, issue of the online magazine Slate, entitled “Can You Trademark the Phrase ‘Let’s Roll’?”.

Michael Sturley attended the Ninth Session of Working Group III (Transport Law) of the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Apr. 15-26, 2002, at U.N. Headquarters in New York, as the Senior Adviser on the U.S. delegation. The meetings were attended by representatives from 33 governments, other U.N. organizations (UNCTAD, UNECE), intergovernmental organizations (the Andean Community), and a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) representing various segments of industry. As a member of the U.S. delegation, Sturley was the principal spokesman on issues involving substantive transport law. Prior to the session, Sturley attended a meeting of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law, held in Washington, D.C., on Apr. 15, 2002, to discuss the U.S. government’s negotiating strategy at the UNCITRAL meeting.

LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Michael Sean Quinn, Terrorism and Insurance: Some Tentative Thoughts, 14 Environmental Claims Journal 19 (2002).

LAW LIBRARY NEWS

At the annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries in Fort Worth, Apr. 19, 2002, Jonathan Pratter was a panelist for a session on “Acquisition of International & Foreign Legal Materials,” and Beth Youngdale chaired her last meeting as president of the association.

LAW SCHOOL NEWS is produced by the Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin, and is edited by Michael Widener, Head of Special Collections. Its contents may be used freely, provided that source credit is given to LAW SCHOOL NEWS. If you wish to receive LAW SCHOOL NEWS by email, contact Michael Widener at mwidener@mail.law.utexas.edu.


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FACULTY WRITINGS Philip Bobbitt, The Shield of Achilles: The Long War and the Market State (New York: Knopf, 2002). Louise Weinberg, Conflict of Laws: Cases, Materials, Problems (Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2nd ed. 2002) (with David Vernon, William Reynolds & William Richman). FACULTY ACTIVITIES Anthony Reese and Ernest Young were awarded the Robert Murff Excellence Award by the Texas Campus Career Council “in recognition of outstanding support of career services at The University of Texas at Austin.” Teresa Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Westbrook’s The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000) was reviewed at 87 Cornell Law Review 1078 (2002). Sarah Buel gave the keynote address, “Policy and Proof in Domestic Violence Litigation: Current Norms Examined,” at UNLV Boyd School of Law’s Judicial Conference on Apr. 5, 2002. Buel presented a paper-in-progress, “Situating Domestic Violence Work in the Academy,” on Apr. 20, 2002, at Washington College of Law, American University’s symposium, “Confronting Domestic Violence and Achieving Gender Equality: Evaluating Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking.” Norma Cantú delivered the 16th Annual Américo Paredes Distinguished Lecture, entitled “Protecting Our Right to Read: Implications of the No Child Left Behind Act,” on Apr. 29, 2002, at UT’s Bass Lecture Hall. John Dzienkowski gave a faculty colloquium at the University of California Hastings College of Law on Apr. 12, 2002, on “Judges as Ethics Manager: Judicial Regulation of Lawyer Conduct in Litigation.” Dzienkowski was the moderator of a panel discussion on “Legal Ethics in the News” at a meeting of the Asian Pacific Interests Section of the State Bar of Texas, Apr. 26, 2002, in Austin. Henry Hu was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Apr. 9, 2002, on Merrill Lynch and Enron disclosure matters. Hu was quoted in the Independent (London), Apr. 9, 2002, on the plaintiffs adding various banks and law firms as defendants in a lawsuit relating to Enron. Hu discussed certain securities regulation in the Enron context in the Austin American-Statesman, Apr. 9, 2002. Hu’s comments to Reuters on a secular change in stock analyst ratings was selected as a “quote of the day” by PR Newswire, Apr. 9, 2002. Hu was quoted in the Chicago Tribune, Apr. 8, 2002, on securities analyst ratings. Hu was quoted by the Associated Press on Apr. 8, 2002, on the Enron litigation. Hu was quoted on certain insurance companies’ disputes with Arthur Andersen in the Apr. 6, 2002, issues of the Miami Herald, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hu was quoted on securities analysts in L’Echo (Brussels), Apr. 6, 2002. Owen Jones has been named Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at Arizona State University College of Law. On Apr. 19, 2002, in Tallahassee, Jones gave the President’s Address at the 4th Annual Scholarship Conference of the 220-member Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law (SEAL), at which MIT brain scientist Steven Pinker was keynote speaker. On April 20, 2002, at the SEAL conference, Jones spoke on how patterns in cross-cultural legal history reflect shared neural architecture. Jones spoke on the subject, “Evolutionary Analysis in Law,” in the UT Program in the History and Philosophy of Science on Mar. 28, 2002. Jones was recently named an Associate of the science journal Behavior and Brain Sciences. Anthony Reese presented a draft of his paper “Strict Liability for Copyright Infringement” as part of Cardozo Law School’s Intellectual Property Speakers Series on Apr. 8, 2002, and as part of the Boalt Hall IP Scholarship Seminar on Apr. 16, 2002. Reese was a guest teacher in two seminars at Stanford Law School, Apr. 29-30, 2002: “High Technology Property and Contract,” taught by Margaret Jane Radin, and “Advanced Copyright,” taught by Paul Goldstein. Reese provided background information on trademark law for the “Explainer” column in the the Feb. 27, 2002, issue of the online magazine Slate, entitled “Can You Trademark the Phrase ‘Let’s Roll’?”. Michael Sturley attended the Ninth Session of Working Group III (Transport Law) of the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Apr. 15-26, 2002, at U.N. Headquarters in New York, as the Senior Adviser on the U.S. delegation. The meetings were attended by representatives from 33 governments, other U.N. organizations (UNCTAD, UNECE), intergovernmental organizations (the Andean Community), and a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) representing various segments of industry. As a member of the U.S. delegation, Sturley was the principal spokesman on issues involving substantive transport law. Prior to the session, Sturley attended a meeting of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law, held in Washington, D.C., on Apr. 15, 2002, to discuss the U.S. government’s negotiating strategy at the UNCITRAL meeting. LAW SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Michael Sean Quinn, Terrorism and Insurance: Some Tentative Thoughts, 14 Environmental Claims Journal 19 (2002). LAW LIBRARY NEWS At the annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries in Fort Worth, Apr. 19, 2002, Jonathan Pratter was a panelist for a session on “Acquisition of International & Foreign Legal Materials,” and Beth Youngdale chaired her last meeting as president of the association. LAW SCHOOL NEWS is produced by the Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin, and is edited by Michael Widener, Head of Special Collections. Its contents may be used freely, provided that source credit is given to LAW SCHOOL NEWS. If you wish to receive LAW SCHOOL NEWS by email, contact Michael Widener at mwidener@mail.law.utexas.edu.