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FACULTY WRITINGS

Lynn Baker & Charles Silver, Introduction: Civil Justice Fact and Fiction [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1537 (2002).

Steven Goode & Guy Wellborn, Courtroom Evidence Handbook (St. Paul: West, 5th student ed. 2002).

Lynn Baker, Commentary: Facts About Fees: Lessons for Legal Ethics [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1985 (2002).

Lynn Blais, Commentary: Counting Costs and Calculating Benefits [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2059 (2002).

Antonio Benjamin, Meio ambiente e constituição: uma primeira abordagém, in Ten Years After Rio 92: Sustainable Development and Law 89 (Antonio Benjamin ed.; São Paulo: IMESP, 2002).

Frank Cross, Law and Economic Growth [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1737 (2002).

Lino Graglia, Michigan Race Ruling Debated, United Press International, May 27, 2002.

Lino Graglia, Rigged Justice in Federal Court, American Enterprise, July/Aug. 2002, at 9.

Brian Leiter, Naturalism in Legal Philosophy, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (E.N. Zalta ed.; July 15, 2002; <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lawphil-naturalism/>).

Thomas McGarity, Counting the Cost of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1997 (2002) (with Ruth Ruttenberg).

Thomas McGarity, Seeds of Distrust: Federal Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods, 35 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 403 (2002).

John Robertson, Ooplasm Transfers [Letter], 347 New England Journal of Medicine 147 (2002).

John Robertson, Pharmacogenetics: Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Research and Clinical Practice: Report of the Consortium on Pharmacogenetics, Findings and Recommendations, Spring 2002 (with others).

Charles Silver, Does Civil Justice Cost Too Much? [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2073 (2002).

Wendy Wagner, Commentary: What’s It All About, Cardozo? [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1577 (2002).

Jay Westbrook, Empirical Research in Consumer Bankruptcy [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2123 (2002).

FACULTY ACTIVITIES

The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000), by Jay Westbrook, Elizabeth Warren, & Teresa Sullivan, has been licensed for publication in Chinese by Xinhua Publishing House.

Philip Bobbitt’s The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History (2002) was reviewed in The Economist, July 13, 2002, and in the Austin American-Statesman, July 14, 2002.

Henry Hu appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on May 7, 2002, discussing a number of corporate governance matters during an interview with Bill Griffith. Hu was quoted in the Washington Post, May 14, 2002, on the possible impact on investors of Standard & Poor’s revising how it would calculate corporate earnings in some of its statistics. Hu was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2002, and Asian Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2002, on how various Federal Energy Regulatory Commission disclosures may affect UBS (Switzerland’s largest bank) with respect to the UBS acquisition of certain Enron trading operations. Hu was quoted in the Washington Post, May 4, 2002, and Newsday, May 2, 2002, on the regulatory response to perceived securities analyst conflicts of interest at Merrill Lynch.

Roy Mersky has been appointed chair of the Book Publishing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Senior Lawyers Division for 2002-2003; as a vice-chair of the Division’s Legal Education/Mentoring, Resource Development, and Finance Committees; and as a member of Experience magazine’s Editorial Board.

Christy Nisbett was a member of the Scribes Brief Writing Committee that recently selected the best of 44 briefs that had won best-brief honors in national interscholastic moot court competitions.

Jay Westbrook was quoted on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition,”, July 22, 2002, on the WorldCom bankruptcy filing.

LAW LIBRARY NEWS

Kumar Percy, So You Want to Be a Writer, AALL Spectrum, July 2002, at 32 (with Ted Potter & Miriam Murphy).

Mike Widener spoke on U.S. laws and regulations concerning judicial papers at the 2nd Conference on Archives of the U.S.-Mexico Frontier, sponsored by the National Archives of Mexico, July 19, 2002, in Monterrey, Mexico.

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 Lynn Baker & Charles Silver, Introduction: Civil Justice Fact and Fiction [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1537 (2002). Steven Goode & Guy Wellborn, Courtroom Evidence Handbook (St. Paul: West, 5th student ed. 2002). Lynn Baker, Commentary: Facts About Fees: Lessons for Legal Ethics [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1985 (2002). Lynn Blais, Commentary: Counting Costs and Calculating Benefits [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2059 (2002). Antonio Benjamin, Meio ambiente e constituição: uma primeira abordagém, in Ten Years After Rio 92: Sustainable Development and Law 89 (Antonio Benjamin ed.; São Paulo: IMESP, 2002). Frank Cross, Law and Economic Growth [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1737 (2002). Lino Graglia, Michigan Race Ruling Debated, United Press International, May 27, 2002. Lino Graglia, Rigged Justice in Federal Court, American Enterprise, July/Aug. 2002, at 9. Brian Leiter, Naturalism in Legal Philosophy, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (E.N. Zalta ed.; July 15, 2002; <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lawphil-naturalism/>). Thomas McGarity, Counting the Cost of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1997 (2002) (with Ruth Ruttenberg). Thomas McGarity, Seeds of Distrust: Federal Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods, 35 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 403 (2002). John Robertson, Ooplasm Transfers [Letter], 347 New England Journal of Medicine 147 (2002). John Robertson, Pharmacogenetics: Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Research and Clinical Practice: Report of the Consortium on Pharmacogenetics, Findings and Recommendations, Spring 2002 (with others). Charles Silver, Does Civil Justice Cost Too Much? [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2073 (2002). Wendy Wagner, Commentary: What’s It All About, Cardozo? [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 1577 (2002). Jay Westbrook, Empirical Research in Consumer Bankruptcy [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 Texas Law Review 2123 (2002). FACULTY ACTIVITIES The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000), by Jay Westbrook, Elizabeth Warren, & Teresa Sullivan, has been licensed for publication in Chinese by Xinhua Publishing House. Philip Bobbitt’s The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History (2002) was reviewed in The Economist, July 13, 2002, and in the Austin American-Statesman, July 14, 2002. Henry Hu appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on May 7, 2002, discussing a number of corporate governance matters during an interview with Bill Griffith. Hu was quoted in the Washington Post, May 14, 2002, on the possible impact on investors of Standard & Poor’s revising how it would calculate corporate earnings in some of its statistics. Hu was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2002, and Asian Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2002, on how various Federal Energy Regulatory Commission disclosures may affect UBS (Switzerland’s largest bank) with respect to the UBS acquisition of certain Enron trading operations. Hu was quoted in the Washington Post, May 4, 2002, and Newsday, May 2, 2002, on the regulatory response to perceived securities analyst conflicts of interest at Merrill Lynch. Roy Mersky has been appointed chair of the Book Publishing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Senior Lawyers Division for 2002-2003; as a vice-chair of the Division’s Legal Education/Mentoring, Resource Development, and Finance Committees; and as a member of Experience magazine’s Editorial Board. Christy Nisbett was a member of the Scribes Brief Writing Committee that recently selected the best of 44 briefs that had won best-brief honors in national interscholastic moot court competitions. Jay Westbrook was quoted on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition,”, July 22, 2002, on the WorldCom bankruptcy filing. LAW LIBRARY NEWS Kumar Percy, So You Want to Be a Writer, AALL Spectrum, July 2002, at 32 (with Ted Potter & Miriam Murphy). Mike Widener spoke on U.S. laws and regulations concerning judicial papers at the 2nd Conference on Archives of the U.S.-Mexico Frontier, sponsored by the National Archives of Mexico, July 19, 2002, in Monterrey, Mexico. 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.