In their thoughtful and important article, Beyond the Witness: Bringing A Process Perspective to Modern Evidence Law, Ed Cheng and Alex Nunn make a convincing case that existing evidence law’s focus on witnesses is antiquated and wrongheaded.[1] As they explain, modern proof consists increasingly of evidence that involves standardized processes rather than what the authors […] Continue Reading >
The Development and Evolution of The Greenbook: The First Fifty Years
The Development and Evolution of The Greenbook: The First Fifty Years
Since its founding over 50 years ago, Texas Rules of Form, more commonly known as The Greenbook,[1] has gone through 14 editions and expanded from a diminutive 17 pages to its current 132 pages.[2] Today’s Greenbook provides not only Texas-specific citation information but also serves as a guide to general Texas practice, Texas court structure, […] Continue Reading >
Toward Restoring Rule-of-Law Norms
Beyond Cross-Examination: A Response to Cheng and Nunn
President Donald Trump’s flagrant and frequent violations of fundamental norms of presidential behavior undermine our constitutional democracy. They test the ability of long-standing existing systems and institutions to sustain the rule of law, to protect fundamental rights and values, and to check presidential wrongdoing. This Article is part of a symposium that addresses the pressing […] Continue Reading >
The Development and Evolution of The Greenbook: The First Fifty Years