This series collects the completed works of the University of Tennessee College of Law faculty published in print or electronic formats. View more scholarship at the University of Tennessee College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
.Submissions from 2011
Russia’s 'Orthodox' Foreign Policy: The Growing Influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in Shaping Russia’s Policies Abroad, Robert C. Blitt
The Bottom Up Journey of 'Defamation of Religion' from Muslim States to the United Nations: A Case Study of the Migration of Anti-Constitutional Ideas, Robert C. Blitt
Whither Secular Bear: The Russian Orthodox Church’s Strengthening Influence on Russia's Domestic and Foreign Policy, Robert C. Blitt
Deep Irony - The Law of the Gift, Iris Goodwin
A More Critical Use of Fairness Opinions as a Practical Approach to the Behavioral Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Innovative Transactional Pedagogies, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Proceed at Your Peril: Crowdfunding and the Securities Act of 1933, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Sustaining Reform Efforts at the SEC: A Progress Report, Joan MacLeod Heminway
The Last Male Bastion: In Search of a Trojan Horse, Joan MacLeod Heminway
To Lynch a Child: Bullying and Gender Non-Conformity in Our Nation's Schools, Michael J. Higdon
I Can Has Lawyer? The Conflict Between the Participatory Culture of the Internet and the Legal Profession, Lucille A. Jewel
The Bramble Bush of Forking Paths: Digital Narrative, Procedural Rhetoric, and the Law, Lucille A. Jewel
You're Doing it Wrong: How the Anti-Law School Scam Blogging Movement Can Shape the Legal Profession, Lucille A. Jewel
Teaching Contract Drafting Using Real Contracts, Brian Krumm, Sharon Pocock, and Shelley Dunck
Bamboozled? Anatomy of a Bankruptcy: Baystate v. Bowers and its Aftermath, George W. Kuney
The Tax Man's Ethics: Four of the Hardest Ethical Questions for an IRS Lawyer, Michelle M. Kwon
Employment Retaliation and the Accident of Text, Alex B. Long
Rethinking the Giant Mess That is Employment Discrimination Law, Alex B. Long
The Freewheelin' Judiciary: A Bob Dylan Anthology, Alex B. Long
Crisis in the Mortgage Finance Market: The Nature of the Mortgage Loan and Regulatory Reform, Thomas E. Plank
Foreword: Divine Operating System?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
How IDEA Fails Families Without Means: Causes and Corrections from the Frontlines of Special Education Lawyering, Dean Rivkin
Truancy Prosecutions of Students and the Right [To] Education, Dean Rivkin
Righting the Historical Record: A Case for Appellate Jurisdiction Over Appeals of Sentences for Reasonableness Under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, Briana Lynn Rosenbaum
Harming Business Clients with Zealous Advocacy: Rethinking the Attorney Advisor's Touchstone, Paula Schaefer
Transactional Lawyers and Inadvertent Disclosure, Paula Schaefer
Crony Capitalism and Antitrust, Maurice Stucke
Reconsidering Competition, Maurice Stucke
Antitrust Review of the AT&T/T-Mobile Transaction, Maurice Stucke and Allen Grunes
Why More Antitrust Immunity for the Media is a Bad Idea, Maurice Stucke and Allen Grunes
Behavioral Antitrust, Maurice Stucke and Amanda P. Reeves
Quieting Cognitive Bias with Standards for Witness Communications, Melanie Wilson
Submissions from 2010
How to Avoid the Constraints of Rule 10b-5(b): A First Circuit Guide for Underwriters, Eric Franklin Amarante
Governance, Accountability and the New Poverty Agenda, Wendy A. Bach
Against Civil Gideon (and for Pro Se Court Reform), Benjamin H. Barton
The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis, Benjamin H. Barton
Private Oppression: How Laws That Protect Privacy Can Lead to Oppression, Teri Dobbins Baxter
One New President, One New Patriarch and a Generous Disregard for the Constitution: A Recipe for the Continuing Decline of Secular Russia, Robert C. Blitt
Should New Bills of Rights Address Emerging International Human Rights Norms? The Challenge of 'Defamation of Religion', Robert C. Blitt
Atticus Finch: Christian or Civic Hero - A Response to Professor McMillian, Judy Cornett
Trick or Treat - Summary Judgment in Tennessee after Hannan v. Alltel Publishing Co., Judy Cornett
Book Review - Richard Hyland's Gifts: A Study in Comparative Law, Iris Goodwin
How the Rich Stay Rich: Using a Family Trust Company to Secure a Family Fortune, Iris Goodwin
Federal Interventions in Private Enterprise in the United States: Their Genesis in and Effects on Corporate Finance Instruments and Transactions, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Reframing and Reforming the Securities and Exchange Commission: Lessons from Literature on Change Leadership, Joan MacLeod Heminway
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Securities Regulation Scholarship and Teaching in the Global Financial Crisis, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS, Jennifer S. Hendricks
Estate Planning for the Baby Boomer, Amy Morris Hess
Something Judicious this Way Comes... The Use of Foreshadowing as a Persuasive Device in Judicial Narrative, Michael J. Higdon
When the Case Gives You Lemons ... Using Negative Authority in Persuasive Legal Writing, Michael J. Higdon
The Girl from Ipanema at Risk: Women's Health and the Physical Environment, Becky Jacobs
Through a Glass Darkly: Using Brain Science and Visual Rhetoric to Gain a Professional Perspective on Visual Advocacy, Lucille A. Jewel
Don't Mistake the Proxy for the Rule: Alter Ego Liability in Tennessee, George Kuney
Non-Debtor Releases and Travelers V. Bailey: A Circuit Split that is Likely to Remain, George Kuney
Vacating Chrysler, George Kuney
Whistling Dixie About the IRS Whistleblower Program Thanks to the IRC Confidentiality Restrictions, Michelle M. Kwon
Attorney Deceit Statutes: Promoting Professionalism Through Criminal Prosecutions and Treble Damages, Alex B. Long
Is There an Unreasonable Accommodation? Is There a Due Hardship?, Alex B. Long
Viva State Employment Law - State Law Retaliation Claims in a Post-Crawford/Burlington Northern World, Alex B. Long
Clinical Legal Education at a Generational Crossroads, Dean Rivkin
Decriminalizing Students with Disabilities, Dean Rivkin
The Future of Inadvertent Disclosure: The Lingering Need to Revise Professional Conduct Rules, Paula Schaefer
Commercial Leasing in China: An Overview, Gregory M. Stein
Private and Public Construction in Modern China, Gregory M. Stein
Antitrust 2025, Maurice Stucke
How Do (and Should) Competition Authorities Treat a Dominant Firm's Deception?, Maurice Stucke
Lessons from the Financial Crisis, Maurice Stucke
Money, Is That What I Want?: Competition Policy & the Role of Behavioral Economics, Maurice Stucke
When a Monopolist Deceives, Maurice Stucke
Politics of the Headscarf in Turkey: Masculinities, Feminism, and the Construction of Collective Identities, Valorie K. Vojdik
An Exclusionary Rule for Police Lies, Melanie Wilson
Improbable Cause: A Case for Judging Police by a More Majestic Standard, Melanie Wilson
"You Crossed the Fog Line!" - Kansas, Pretext, and the Fourth Amendment, Melanie Wilson
Submissions from 2009
Adjudicating Claims of Innocence for the Capitally Condemned in Tennessee: Embracing a Truth Forum, Dwight Aarons
A Nuts and Bolts Approach to Teaching for Social Change: A Blueprint and a Plan of Action, Dwight Aarons
Saving Law Reviews from Political Scientists: A Defense of Lawyers, Law Professors, and Law Reviews, Benjamin H. Barton
The Ethics of Blawging: A Genre Analysis, Judy Cornett
Ask Not What Your Charity Can Do for You: Robertson v. Princeton Provides Liberal-Democratic Insights into Cy Pres Reform, Iris Goodwin
The World's Richest Indian: The Scandal over Jackson Barnett's Oil Fortune, Iris Goodwin
Common Roots, Divergent Evolution: Insider Trading Doctrine in the United States, Japan, and Germany, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Female Investors and Securities Fraud: Is the Reasonable Investor a Woman?, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Martha’s (and Steve’s) Good Faith: An Officer’s Duty of Loyalty at the Intersection of Good Faith and Candor, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Martha Stewart and the Forbidden Fruit: A New Story of Eve, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Executive Employment Agreements in Tennessee: An Annotated Model Tennessee Executive Employment Agreement, Joan MacLeod Heminway and Trace Blankenship
WANTED: Female Corporate Directors (A Review of Professor Douglas M. Branson's No Seat at the Table), Joan MacLeod Heminway and Sarah A. Walters
It's a Small World: Using the Classic Disney Ride to Teach Document Coherence, Michael J. Higdon
Oral Argument and Impression Management: Harnessing the Power of Nonverbal Persuasion for a Judicial Audience, Michael J. Higdon
Introduction to the Special Report, George Kuney
Pedagogic Techniques: Multi-Disciplinary Courses, Annotated Document Review, Collaborative Work & Large Groups, George Kuney
Student Discussion About Money and the Middle Class, George Kuney
Transactional Skills Training: Contract Drafting — The Basics, George Kuney
Unethical Protection? Model Rule 1.8(h) and Plan Releases of Professional Liability, George Kuney
A Proposal for Chapter 10: Reorganization for 'Too Big to Fail' Companies, George W. Kuney and Michael St. James
Attorney-Client Fee Agreements that Offend Public Policy, Alex B. Long
Focusing Your Firm on Ethics, Alex B. Long
Whistleblowing Attorneys and Ethical Infrastructures, Alex B. Long
Regulation and Reform of the Mortgage Market and the Nature of Mortgage Loans: Lessons from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Thomas E. Plank