Scholarly publications of West Virginia University College of Law faculty members are frequently cited for their authority in various areas of expertise. The following is a list of works cited this spring between April 1, 2019 and June 30, 2019.
Robert Bastress
West Virginia University College of Law professor Jena Martin is featured in the latest issue of WVU Magazine. The article, "Holding Back the Flood", discusses the issues raised in Professor Martin's book, When the Levees Break: Re- visioning Regulation of the Securities Markets , co-authored with Karen Kunz. The book proposes solutions to resolve how the laws governing the securities market have fallen behind the technological advances that have changed modern securities trading.
West Virginia University College of Law professor Jena Martin recently contributed to the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog. Professor Martin's post appeared on Thursday, May 2, 2019 and is titled "Beyond Disclosure: A New Way of Examining Securities Regulation". In the post, Professor Martin discusses the structure of securities regulation and the need for a model that takes into account all market participants and how they affect the market.
The post is based on Professor Martin's article, “Changing the Rules of the Game: Beyond a Disclosure Framework for Securities Regulation” published in the West Virginia Law Review.
The West Virginia University College of Law Research Paper Series published Volume 7, Issue 2 on April 9, 2019. The following authors were featured for their scholarship recently published to SSRN:
West Virginia University law professor Jena Martin has been appointed to the Morgantown Human Rights Commission as the law school liaison. The City Council appoints members to the commission for two-year terms.
Morgantown City Council established a Human Rights Commission in 2001. The purpose of the Human Rights Commission is "to provide leadership for addressing community interaction and fairness concerns. It works to ensure that the City is not only providing services, but maintaining ways in which a community can live together inclusively, functionally, and justly despite differences, complexities, and conflicts."
