Category: New Faculty Books

  • Photo of David Rabban in a suit standing outside with his new book, "Academic Freedom". #TexasLawFaculty
    In his new book, David Rabban examines the theory, history, and necessity of academic freedom as a constitutional First Amendment right.
  • David Spence outside CCJ with his book
    In his new book, ‘Climate of Contempt,’ David Spence recommends bringing coolheaded conversation to the heated debate around the energy transition.
  • Collage of Susan Arenella ’98, Nadia Bettac, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch ’08, Amy Mitchell ’04.
    Alumnae author new book on the challenges of career advancement and parenting a young family.
  • Mullenix Teaching Featured Image
    In “Public Nuisance,” Prof. Linda Mullenix considers a novel legal theory on community health and safety. 
  • Portrait of Steve Vladeck and book cover of The Shadow Docket
    Prof. Stephen Vladeck discusses his new book on the nation’s highest court, current work, and future plans.
  • A professor at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded one of the most prestigious book awards in the social sciences. Ran Hirschl, a professor of government and the Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair in Law, was recognized with the 2021 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research for his book, City, State: […]
  • The Constitutional Studies Program is pleased to announce the publication of its first book at The University of Texas, The 2020 International Review of Constitutional Reform. This is a first-of-its-kind global scholarly collaboration to map and evaluate all forms of constitutional revision around the world over the past year. The book features 70 reports written […]
  • Portrait of Dean Ward Farnsworth on the right with the cover of his book, "Farnsworth's Classical English Style" written in green with a graphic of an eagle
    A number of Texas Law faculty members have recently published new books covering a broad range of topics. Read on to get a glimpse of the new books written by our world-class faculty.  The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions  The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions by Richard Albert can be found here. The Oxford Handbook […]
  • Professor Mechele Dickerson’s book on homeownership points to unfavorable facts in the housing industry In her latest book, Professor Mechele Dickerson analyzes a pillar of the American Dream: homeownership. Published this summer by Cambridge University Press, “Homeownership and America’s Financial Underclass: Flawed Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions” outlines misconceptions of homeownership and the modern realities […]
  • Assistant Professor Joseph Fishkin’s newly published book, “Bottlenecks: A New Theory of Equal Opportunity,” proposes ways of changing the opportunity structure to make it less constraining and less unequal. In the book, published in February by Oxford University Press, “bottlenecks” refer to narrow places through which one has to pass in order to reach many […]
  • The American Society of International Law (ASIL) selected a new book co-authored by Professor Derek Jinks for its 2014 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship award. The award is one of three given annually to international law books by the ASIL, a scholarly society. “Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights through International […]
  • To help prepare students and new lawyers for these forms of writing, Law School writing lecturers Kamela Bridges and Wayne Schiess have written a book, Writing for Litigation, organized around the types of documents a trial lawyer writes, from an engagement letter at the beginning of a case to jury instructions at the end.