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 2009
Heller, High Water(mark)? Lower Courts and the New Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Small is the New Biglaw: Some Thoughts on Technology, Economics, and the Practice of Law, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Strip-Mining and Grassroots Resistance in Appalachia: Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice, Dean Rivkin
Protecting a Business Entity Client from Itself Through Loyal Disclosure, Paula Schaefer
Concentrated Media is Something We Can't Ignore: A Response to Speaker Pelosi, Maurice Stucke
Does the Rule of Reason Violate the Rule of Law?, Maurice Stucke
New Antitrust Realism, Maurice Stucke
Should the Government Prosecute Monopolies?, Maurice Stucke
Toward a Better Competition Policy for the Media: The Challenge of Developing Antitrust Policies that Support the Media Sector's Unique Role in Our Democracy, Maurice Stucke and Allen Grunes
Relinquished Responsibilities, Penny White
Treated Differently in Life but Not in Death: The Execution of the Intellectually Disabled after Atkins v. Virginia, Penny White
Using Judicial Performance Evaluations to Supplement Inappropriate Voter Cues and Enhance Judicial Legitimacy, Penny White
Submissions from 2008
The Abolitionist's Dilemma: Establishing the Standards of Decency for the Evolving Standards of Decency, Dwight Aarons
Doing Policy from Below: Worker Solidarity and the Prospects for Immigration Reform, Fran Ansley
Educating Workers about Labor Rights and Global Wrongs through Documentary Film, Fran Ansley
Second Panel: Labor Markets, Income Inequality and Globalization, Fran Ansley
When Disability Isn't "Just Right": The Entrenchment of the Medical Model of Disability and the Goldilocks Dilemma, Brad Areheart
Welfare Reform, Privatization and Power: Reconfiguring Administrative Law Structures from the Ground Up, Wendy A. Bach
A Tale of Two Case Methods, Benjamin H. Barton
Is There a Correlation between Law Professor Publication Counts, Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations? An Empirical Study, Benjamin H. Barton
Judges, Lawyers, and a Predictive Theory of Legal Complexity, Benjamin H. Barton
Great (and Reasonable) Expectations: Fourth Amendment Protection for Attorney-Client Communications, Teri Baxter
Analysis of the Republic of Tajikistan's Draft Law 'About Freedom of Conscience and Religious Unions', Robert C. Blitt
How to Entrench a De Facto State Church in Russia: A Guide in Progress, Robert C. Blitt
Orphans Adopted Eighty-Nine Years after Conception, or, Cataloging Updating Loose-Leaf Publications, Carol Collins
Congressional Roundtable on College Endowments - Restricted Gifts Testimony, Iris Goodwin
Bills of Sale in Tennessee: An Annotated Model Tennessee Bill of Sale, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Foster the Existence of Ethical Executive Role Models in the Corporation?, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Queer Teens and Legislative Bullies: The Cruel and Invidious Discrimination Behind Heterosexist Statutory Rape Laws, Michael J. Higdon
When Informal Adoption Meets Intestate Succession: The Cultural Myopia of the Equitable Adoption Doctrine, Michael J. Higdon
Bourdieu and American Legal Education: How Law Schools Reproduce Social Stratification and Class Hierarchy, Lucille A. Jewel
Successor Liability in Illinois, George Kuney
Successor Liability in Michigan, George Kuney
Gimme Fiction: Rev. Rul. 99-6, Don Leatherman
Introducing the New and Improved Americans with Disabilities Act: Assessing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Alex B. Long
Retaliatory Discharge and the Ethical Rules Governing Attorneys, Alex B. Long
Toward a RFRA That Works, Nicholas Nugent
Sense and Sensibility in Securitization: A Prudent Legal Structure and a Fanciful Critique, Thomas E. Plank
Answering Now What? How to Find and Interview For Your First Law Library Job, Nathan A. Preuss and Katherine Marsh
Harry Potter and the (Re)Order of the Artists: Are We Muggles or Goblins?, Gary Pulsinelli
Five Takes on District of Columbia v. Heller, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Heller's Future in the Lower Courts, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Is Dick Cheney Unconstitutional?, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
The Year of the Gun: Second Amendment Rights and the Supreme Court, Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Legal Advocacy and Education Reform: Litigating School Exclusion, Dean Rivkin
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Paula Schaefer
Negotiating the Mega-Rebuilding Deal at the World Trade Center: an Introduction, Gregory M. Stein
Better Competition Advocacy, Maurice Stucke
Conceptualizing Intimate Violence and Gender Equality: A Comparative Approach, Valorie K. Vojdik
A Response to Professor Fitzpatrick: The Rest of the Story, Penny White
Judicial Campaign Oversight Committees' Complaint Handling in the 2006 Elections: Survey and Recommendations, Penny White
"The Appeal" to the Masses, Penny White
DNA -- Intimate Information or Trash for Public Consumption?, Melanie Wilson
Finding a Happy and Ethical Medium between a Prosecutor Who Believes the Defendant Didn't Do it and the Boss that Says that He Did, Melanie Wilson
Prosecutors "Doing Justice" through Osmosis - Reminders to Encourage a Culture of Cooperation, Melanie Wilson
The Return of Reasonableness: Saving the Fourth Amendment from the Supreme Court, Melanie Wilson
Submissions from 2007
Studying the Death Penalty in Tennessee, Dwight Aarons
Regulating Cyberbullies Through Notice-Based Liability, Brad Areheart
Do Judges Systematically Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession?, Benjamin H. Barton
Acquisition Licenses in Tennessee: An Annotated Model Tennessee Acquisition License Agreement, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Hell Hath No Fury Like an Investor Scorned: Retribution, Deterrence, Restoration, and the Criminalization of Securities Fraud Under Rule 10b-5, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Personal Facts About Executive Officers: A Proposal for Tailored Disclosures to Encourage Reasonable Investor Behavior, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Sex, Trust, and Corporate Boards, Joan MacLeod Heminway
From Simon Cowell to Tim Gunn: What Reality Television Can Teach Us About How to Critique Our Students' Work Effectively, Michael J. Higdon
The Legal Reader, the Legal Writer and the All-Important Thesis Sentence, Michael J. Higdon
Successor Liability in Maryland, George Kuney
Successor Liability in New York, George Kuney
Successor Liability in Pennsylvania, George Kuney
Successor Liability in Tennessee, George Kuney
Successor Liability in Vermont, George Kuney
[Insert Song Lyrics Here]: The Uses and Misuses of Popular Music Lyrics in Legal Writing, Alex B. Long
The Troublemaker's Friend: Retaliation against Third Parties and the Right of Association in the Workplace, Alex B. Long
Assignment of Receivables under Article 9: Structural Incoherence and Wasteful Filing, Thomas E. Plank
State Sovereignty in Bankruptcy after Katz, Thomas E. Plank
Toward a More Efficient Bankruptcy Law: Mortgage Financing under the 2005 Bankruptcy Amendments, Thomas E. Plank
Freedom to Explore: Using the Eleventh Amendment to Liberate Researchers at State Universities from Liability for Intellectual Property Infringements, Gary Pulsinelli
Guns and Gay Sex: Some Notes on Firearms, the Second Amendment, and 'Reasonable Regulation', Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Overcoming Noneconomic Barriers to Loyal Disclosure, Paula Schaefer
Doomed to Re-Repeat History: The Triangle Fire, the World Trade Center Attack, and the Importance of Strong Building Codes, Gregory M. Stein
Mortgage Law in China: Comparing Theory and Practice, Gregory M. Stein
The Chinese Land Use Right Is It Property, Gregory M. Stein
Behavioral Economists at the Gate: Antitrust in the 21st Century, Maurice Stucke
Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Women and Girls by U.N. Peacekeeping Troops, Valorie K. Vojdik
"He Said," "She Said," and Issues of Life and Death: The Right to Confrontation at Capital Sentencing Proceedings, Penny White
Submissions from 2006
Intersectionality and Identity: Revisiting a Wrinkle in Title VII, Brad Areheart
Harry Potter and the Half-Crazed Bureaucracy, Benjamin H. Barton
Harry Potter and the Law, Benjamin H. Barton
Tort Reform, Innovation, and Playground Design, Benjamin H. Barton
The Detention of Material Witnesses and the Fourth Amendment, Joseph G. Cook
Acquisition Escrows in Tennessee: An Annotated Model Tennessee Acquisition Escrow Agreement, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Caught in (or on) the Web: A Review of Course Management Systems for Legal Education, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Martha Stewart Saved! Insider Violations of Rule 10b-5 for Misrepresented or Undisclosed Personal Facts, Joan MacLeod Heminway
Using DVD Covers to Teach Weight of Authority, Michael J. Higdon
The Post-Apartheid City in the New South Africa: A Constitutional 'Triomf'?, Becky Jacobs
If the Train Should Jump the Track ...: Divergent Interpretations of State and Federal Employment Discrimination Statutes, Alex B. Long
(Whatever Happened to) the ADA'S Record of Disability Prong(?), Alex B. Long
Share and Share Alike: Increasing Access to Government-Funded Inventions Under the Bayh-Dole Act, Gary Pulsinelli