DSpace at TTU: Recent submissions
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Natural philanthropy: A new evolutionary framework explaining diverse experimental results and informing fundraising practice
(Palgrave Communications, 2017-06-20)Philanthropic decision-making is important both for its potential to provide insight into human behaviour and for its economic significance. In recent years, investigations of charitable-giving behaviour have expanded ... -
A Substantial Conflict of Interest May Prevent an Insurer from Defending an Uninsured Motorist Against Its Own Insured
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Discusses the problems that arise when an insurer tries to provide defense counsel for an uninsured motorist in an insured v. uninsured motorist suit. The article focuses on the conflict of interest issue and how only one ... -
Section 2.401 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code Does not Supersede Conflicting Title Passage Requirements of the Texas Certificate of Title Act
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Examines the issue of whether section 2-401 of the Uniform Commercial Code supersedes the title transfer requirement of each state’s statutes on motor vehicle title transfer. The author comes to several conclusions in ... -
Toward A More Simplified Special Issue System
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Comments on the Texas Supreme Court taking significant steps toward achieving the purpose of making juries aware of inferential rebuttal theories by simplifying the submission of certain inferential theories. The article ... -
The Third Party Beneficiary Concept Is Available as a Theory of Recovery in Pollution Cases
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972)Introduces the idea of considering the 3rd party beneficiary concept as a theory of recovery in environmental cases, specifically pollution. Adding a litigant as a third party beneficiary helps clients who are victims of ... -
The Texas Peace Bond – Can It Withstand Constitutional Attack?
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972)Critiques the Texas Peace Bond Procedure, in which an individual is committed to jail for a period of 1 year upon the individual’s failure to post required bond. The author examines how the peace bond procedure affects ... -
The Spiraling Food Stamp Program
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972)Observes how the Food Stamp Program has greatly expanded from a small program to dispose of agricultural surplus to an extremely large welfare program. The author claims that the program has grown as a result of the Senate’s ... -
The Right to Defend Pro Se
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Critiques the defendant’s pro se right to represent himself in court. The author looks at the nature of the pro se right, the limits on the pro se right, the pro se right after the trial begins, the pro se right as a ... -
The Defense of Entrapment – Definition, Bases and Procedure
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)The defense of entrapment has become an important defense in most of the criminal courts throughout the United States. In this article, the entrapment defense will be examined in respect to (1) its nature and definition, ... -
Swann and School Segregation – The Equitable Powers of Federal Courts to Implement Brown v Board of Education
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education was the first case where the Supreme Court delineated federal powers of the federal courts to implement Brown v. Board of Education when the local government had failed to ... -
Should Texas Courts Impose a Fiduciary Duty on Controlling Shareholder in the Use, Sale, and Transfer of their Shares?
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972)Texas Courts have not discussed the problem of whether shareholders owe a fiduciary duty to the minority. This article thoroughly analyzes the California Supreme Court decision of Jones v. Ahmanson, which recognized such ... -
When All Parts of Patented Machine Are Produced in United States, with Minor Final Assembly in A Foreign Country, That Machine Is “Made” Within Unites States Under Section 271(a)
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Traces the history of the debate on what is considered a “made” product in the United States. The author observes how some courts have defined “made” as being assembled in the country while other courts define “made” as ... -
Accountants Are Liable to Third Parties for Failure to Exercise Reasonable Care
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Analyzes the rules on an accountant’s liability to a third party. Generally, an accountant owes a third party the standard of ordinary care that he owes persons with whom he is in privity of contract. However, the author ... -
Miranda Warnings Are Required in Border Strip- Search Interrogations Under A “Place of Interrogation” Theory
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Analyzes the custodial situations that call for protection under Miranda at the border. For both custom situations and non-custom situations, the Courts use a test of several factors to determine if someone is in custody. ... -
Development of a Low-cost Phasor Measurement Unit
(2018-04-23)ABSTRACT The electric power grid is a very large and complex system that is a necessity in todays society. Traditional grid monitoring systems such as SCADA are being replaced by the Phasor Measurements Units due to their ... -
The United States Court of Military Appeals
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Studies the United States Court of Military Appeals, the court of last resort for any direct appeal in the military justice system. The author examines the court’s history, jurisdiction, the court’s performance, constitutional ... -
Medical Causation Requires A “Reasonable Probability” Standard of Proof Before Negligence Case May Reach A Texas Jury
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)By examining the results of the medical malpractice case Lenger v. Physician’s General Hospital, the article discusses what is considered sufficient evidence for a causal relationship in a medical malpractice case. The ... -
An Owner Must Retain Ten Per Cent of the Cost of the Building Under Article 5469 of the Hardeman Act
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Looks at the amendment to the Hardeman Act and how the changes affect mechanics, artisans, and materialman. The author looks at the landowner liability reduction to 10 percent and how this affects those who work on the ... -
Plaintiff Must Meet New York Times Standard of Proof to Recover if the Alleged Defamatory Misstatement of Fact Concerns a Matter of Public Interest
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1971)Focuses on the Rosenbloom obscenity case and the plaintiff’s status classification used to determine the burden the plaintiff must prove for libel. The article explores the issues that arise from a case where a private ... -
Legal Drafting: How Should a Document Begin?
(Texas Tech Law Review, 1972)Focuses on the importance of clarity in the introduction of legal documents. The author condemns rigid language and boilerplate language that does not reflect the terms of a negotiation. The author urges lawyers to start ...