This article provides a descriptive study of charter schools in Texas and some of the legal questions raised. It surveys some issues to be resolved in the future, including the powers and duties of charter schools and the ...

Discusses the types of programs affected by the lack of state court judicial review and Texas’s latest attempt to establish judicial review. The authors seek to demonstrate that due process in Texas is lacking for impoverished, ...

The focus is on understanding the implications of the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA) on state and local government. The fundamental tenet underlying TOMA is that all regular, special, or called meetings of a governmental ...

This article discusses juvenile proceedings in Texas from the perspective of state attorneys. It addresses how the procedures in Lubbock County in ordinary juvenile cases should be changed so that the true facts are reflected ...

With the enactment of the new Uninsured Motorist Statute, Texas joined the ranks of those states requiring their insurance companies to provide protection to their insureds from the uninsured motorist. In order to recover ...

This article the history and development of the juvenile justice system in Texas. It begins with the Pre-Juvenile Court period, specifically covering the infancy defense, capital punishment, and place of confinement. Next, ...

Criminal discovery began changing across the country and Texas provided the procedures necessary to make criminal discovery meaningful. This article discusses the changing environment of criminal procedure and suggests ...

This article discusses how to uphold an oral contract using partial performance and how to take a parole sale of land and an oral contract out of the statute of frauds. It analyzes the elements of partial performance in ...

This article addresses State Bar of Texas Task Force’s recommendation for a new statutory definition of the practice of law. The authors examine the topic of the unauthorized practice of law and how Texas manages and ...

This article discusses the case of Humber v. Morton and whether builder-vendors of new housing impliedly warrant good workmanship and human habitability. The Texas Supreme Court held that builder-vendors do impliedly warrant ...