New Sources for Research
Chapter Nine: Law, Courts, and Justice

*Balli, Cecilia. "Return to Padre." Texas Monthly (January 2001): 98-101, 116, 162-165. How a Mexican-American family won its lawsuit involving land on Padre Island.

Blakeslee, Nate. "Color of Justice." Texas Observer (23 June 2000): 8-16. Drug busts and prosecution in the West Texas town of Tulia.

Blakeslee, Nate. "Just Build It." Texas Observer (216 February 2001): 6-7. Prison construction in Texas.

Checks & Imbalances: How Texas Supreme Court Justices Raised $11 Million. Austin: Texans for Public Justice, 2000.

Collett, Teresa Stanton. "Seeking Solomon's Wisdom: Judicial Bypass of Parental Involvement in a Minor's Abortion." Baylor Law Review 52 (Summer 2000): 513-601.

Council, John. "Victims' Rights Bill Shocks Appellate Justices." Texas Lawyer (4 July 2001): 1, 28.

Davis, Anita. "Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Clay Johnson." Texas Bar Journal 63 (November 2000): 970-973. Profile of a judge.

Kinkeade, Edward. "Appellate Juvenile Justice in Texas - It's a Crime! Or Should Be." Baylor Law Review 51 (Autumn 1999): 17-61.

King, Kelley Jones. "Texas Supreme Court Judge Deborah Hankinson: A Judicial Profile." Texas Bar Journal 64 (May 2001): 470-473.

*Leifker, Lynn. Should Texas Ban Execution of Mentally Retarded Offenders? House Research Organization Focus Report No. 77-8. Austin: Texas House of Representatives, 19 March 2001.

Michalek, Natalie Brown. "Littleton v. Prange: How Voiding Transsexual Marriage Affects the Fundamental Right of Marriage." Baylor Law Review 52 (Summer 2000): 727-752.

Morris, J. Scott. "The Texas Supreme Court and Strict Construction." Texas Bar Journal 63 (December 2000): 1042-1048, 1050-1051.

*Olsson, Karen. "Out at Last." Texas Observer (2 February 2001): 8-9. The wrongful imprisonment of Christopher Ochoa.

Ringel, Jonathan, and Mary Alice Robbins. "Court Upholds Arrest of Texan on Seat Belt Violation." Texas Lawyer (30 April 2001): 5, 31. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision concerning the arrest, handcuffing, and detention of a Lago Vista soccer mom.

Wagner, Pam. "Blackboards Behind Bars." Fiscal Notes (March 2001): 1, 8-9. Educational opportunities for Texas' prison inmates.

Wind, Dori A. "Texas' Big Secret: The Crime Victims' Compensation Fund." Texas Bar Journal 64 (April 2001): 303-369.