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The ''Texas Review of Law & Politics'' is a
legal publication A law book is a book about law. It is possible to make a distinction between "law books" on the one hand, and "books about law" on the other. This distinction is "useful". A law book is "a work of legal doctrine". It consists of "law talk", that ...
whose mission is to publish "thoughtful and intellectually rigorous conservative articles--articles that traditional law reviews often fail to publish--that can serve as blueprints for constructive legal reform." Its primary focus is the discussion and debate of contemporary social issues such as
constitutional history Constitutional history is the area of historical study covering both written constitutions and uncodified constitutions, and became an academic discipline during the 19th century. ''The Oxford Companion to Law'' (1980) defined it as the study of the ...
, affirmative action,
crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
, federalism, and religious issues. The ''Review'' publishes manuscripts submitted by legal practitioners, academics and students for its content. It is published twice annually, fall and spring, and is managed and operated exclusively by current law students of the
University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas School of Law (Texas Law) is the law school of the University of Texas at Austin. Texas Law is consistently ranked as one of the top law schools in the United States and is highly selective—registering the 8th lowest ac ...
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Official web site of the Texas Review of Law & Politics
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