Legislation Experts

CRIMINAL & CIVIL JUSTICE • INSURANCE • COMPETENCY • EXECUTIONS

Daniel Shuman, professor of law.

Insanity defense
Mental competency
Executing the mentally retarded
Banning executions of persons under 18

Professor Shuman has written several books on law and psychology, including Psychiatric and Psychological Evidence and Law, Mental Health and Mental Disorders. In addition to teaching law, he teaches in the department of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is the former chair of the Association of American Law Schools' sections on Law and Mental Disability.

Ellen Pryor, professor of law.

Fraud protection for insurers
Asbestos cases
A state funded hurricane insurance fund
Health insurance policies

Professor Pryor is part of a select group of attorneys and judges in America reviewing the current case law on torts and helping to draft the “Restatement of Torts: General Principles,” which attorneys use in citing court cases and are very influential in judicial opinions.