Robert C. Ellickson
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 247
Professor Ellickson responds to David Fagundes’s discussion of the extralegal IP norms used to protect the pseudonyms adopted by roller derby participants.
Charles A. Sullivan
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 157
Professor Charles A. Sullivan responds to Professor Widiss’s article on Congressional override of judicial interpretation of statutory law.
Jessica D. Gabel & Ashley D. Champion
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 19
Professor Gabel and Ms. Champion agree with Mr. Goldstein’s argument that serious validity and reliability problems plague forensic science, but, using the recent Troy Davis case in Georgia as an illustration, they argue for federal rather than state oversight. Gabel and Champion assert that many states lack the funding to construct an adequate system and that the fragmentation caused by different state systems would be a significant impediment to reform. They suggest a federal agency that, like the Environmental Protection Agency, would set minimum standards but allow states to experiment with enhanced regulation.
Tracy A. Thomas
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 295
Professor Thomas responds to John Golden’s argument regarding patent-infringement injunctions.
Michael Karayanni
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 223
Professor Karayanni responds to Sidney Smith’s Note proposing a uniform national forum non conveniens standard.
Paul C. Giannelli
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 29
Professor Giannelli agrees with Mr. Goldstein’s argument that crime laboratories would be better regulated by the states rather than federal government. He uses the recent controversies surrounding the Cameron Todd Willingham investigation in Texas and an investigation following a postconviction finding of innocence in North Carolina.
However, Giannelli argues that states are ill-equipped to tackle one major problem in forensic science: the lack of foundational research. Giannelli points out that many forensic science disciplines have scant research to validate their techniques and contends that states do not have the resources or capability to conduct the necessary research.
James J. Brudney
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 205
Professor Brudney responds to Widiss’s article on Congressional override of judicial statutory interpretation.
Lior Zemer
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 125
Professor Zemer responds to Ms. Mills’s critique of moral rights, including the right of integrity, by arguing that protection of the right of integrity strengthens authorship morality. He observes that the “bundle of sticks” conception of property is not absolute and allows for the division of rights to a particular piece of property. Similarly, copyright law allows for division such that certain rights, including the right of integrity, can be protected. Finally, Professor Zemer argues that there is intrinsic value for artists in the artistic enterprise that is unaddressed by Ms. Mills’s critique of moral rights. The value also extends to the public through the protection of art and its creative message.
Michael D. Green & William C. Powers
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 41
Professor Michael D. Green and President William C. Powers, Jr., the Co-Reporters of Restatement (Third) of Torts, describe the development of indivisible injury jurisprudence and its evolution in the Restatements. Professor Green and President Powers address Mr. Raupp’s arguments regarding the narrowing of the doctrine, but their analysis leads to a different conclusion, namely that “Apportionment in the face of evidential uncertainty is conceptually messy and does not nourish our appetite for logical ordering. Yet our judgment is that the alternative is worse, so the law should make this accommodation, appreciating the trade-offs involved.”
David Fagundes
90 Texas L. Rev. See Also 311
Professor Fagundes responds to Robert Ellickson’s commentary on Fagundes’s research into the extralegal norms of the roller derby community.
