Scholarship from Nebraska law professors had a large impact this summer. In addition to the Congressional testimonies of Professors Bradford and Sheppard, other law faculty saw their scholarship gain recognition for making the difference in publications, through presentations, and with grants.
PUBLICATIONS
Berger Article Accepted for Publication by Iowa Law Review
Professor Eric Berger’s article, “Deference Determinations and Stealth Constitutional Decision Making,” will be published by the Iowa Law Review. The article argues that courts make a wide variety of deference determinations in constitutional cases, but they have failed to offer a unified approach to thinking about deference or about the political branches’ institutional strengths and weaknesses. Courts’ difficulties with deference determinations mirror broader failures to resolve carefully and consistently a number of stealth determinations that recur in constitutional cases but fall outside the black-letter doctrinal framework.
Professor Richard Moberly’s article, Sarbanes-Oxley’s Whistleblower Provisions – Ten Years Later will be the Lead Article in the latest volume of the South Carolina Law Review this fall.
The Article examines the successes and failures of Sarbanes-Oxley’s whistleblower provisions ten years after their enactment. Sarbanes-Oxley has had a substantial impact on whistleblower law, but perhaps in some counterintuitive and maybe even contradictory ways. As an initial matter, Sarbanes-Oxley was enormously successful as a model for subsequent legal measures that encourage and protect whistleblowers. However, despite these successes, the Act’s failures in other respects demonstrate that these traditional strategies may not be sufficient to encourage effective whistleblowing. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2064061
Burkstrand-Reid’s Work Featured in Family Law Textbook
Professor Beth Burkstrand-Reid's work on fatherhood is featured in the new edition of family law textbook, Family Law Cases and Materials. The textbook excerpts her article "Trophy Husbands" and "Opt-Out" Moms, which was published in the Seattle University Law Review earlier this year. The excerpt appears in the book's section on challenges to the traditional model of marriage. Professor Burkstrand-Reid’s follow-up to "Trophy Husbands" and "Opt-Out" Moms, a study on fathers as primary caretakers, will appear in the Texas Journal of Women & the Law in Fall 2012.
Duncan Article Published by Christian Lawyer
Professor Rick Duncan's article, Why I Am a Libertarian in Secular America, was published in The Christian Lawyer (Spring 2012). The article addresses religious liberty in a modern secular state. Professor Duncan argues that the best way to protect religious liberty in secular America is to protect liberty generally by shrinking the size of government. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2010131
PRESENTATIONS
Bradford Spoke at State Science and Technology Institute
Professor Steve Bradford spoke on Thursday, June 21, on “Crowdfunding, Small Business, and the New Federal Securities Law Examption,” for a webinar sponsored by the State Science and Technology Institute. Professor Bradford will discuss the promise and potential pitfalls of business crowdfunding, the regulatory issues under federal securities law, and the new securities law exemption.
Burkstrand-Reid's Work Featured at Work-Family Research Network's Inaugural Conference
Professor Beth Burkstrand-Reid's research on at-home fatherhood and male caregiving in the family was featured at the Work-Family Research Network's inaugural conference held last week in New York City. At the conference, Professor Burkstrand-Reid spoke on two of her articles. The first, "Dirty Harry Meets Dirty Diapers: Masculinity, At-Home-Fathers & Making the Law Work for Families," will be published this fall by the University of Texas Law School's Texas Journal of Women and the Law. The Texas Journal of Women & the Law has been has been identified as one of the nation's top specialized law reviews based on the prominence of the authors it publishes. The second, "Trophy Husbands" and "Opt-Out" Moms, was published in the Seattle University Law Review earlier this year. An excerpt of this article appears in the new edition of family law textbook, Family Law Cases and Materials in the book's section on challenges to the traditional model of marriage.
Shavers Participates in Microsoft Faculty Summit
Professor Anna Shavers participated in the Microsoft Faculty Summit, Research in Focus: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Role of Technology in Human Trafficking, and in a streamed interview regarding technology and child trafficking as part of that summit on Monday, July 15.
GRANTS
Shavers Principal Investigator In Human Trafficking Study
A team of UNL faculty received one of 6 grants from Microsoft to study the role of technology in human trafficking. The UNL project will focus on identifying the role of online advertising in child sex trafficking in the United States. The goal is to take a crucial step forward in combating domestic minor sex trafficking by identifying the role of the Internet in child sex trafficking and the clandestine language used in web advertising to facilitate child sex trafficking, and conceptualizing intelligent software to identify online advertising of child sex for sale. College of Law Professor Anna Shavers is the principal investigator for the project. She is joined by team members: Dwayne Ball, Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration; Matt Waite, Professor of Practice, College of Journalism and Mass Communications; Sriyani Tidball, Advertising and Public Relations Lecturer, College of Journalism and Mass Communications; and David Keck, Director of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, Professor of Business Administration, and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.