Penny J. White
Director of the Center for Advocacy
and Elvin E. Overton Distinguished
Professor of Law
B.S, East Tennessee State University
J.D., 1981, University of Tennessee
LL.M., 1987, Georgetown University
Penny White
Selected Publications:
Law Review Articles
Relinquished Responsibilities, 123 Harvard L. Rev. 120 (2009). Online Text
Treated Differently in Life but not in Death: The Execution of the Mentally Retarded After
Atkins v. Virginia, 76 Tenn. L. Rev. 685 (2009).
Using Judicial Performance Evaluations to Supplement Inappropriate Voter Cues and Enhance Judicial Legitimacy, 74 U. Mo. L. Rev. 635 (2009). Online Text
The Appeal to the Masses, 86 U. Denver L. Rev. 251 (2008). Online Text
A Response to Professor Fitzpatrick: The Rest of the Story, 75 Tenn. L. Rev. 501 (Spring 2008).
The Aftermath of Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Pound Foundation (Summer 2007).
“He Said, She Said,” and Matters of Life and Death, 19 Regents U. L. Rev. 387 (Fall 2006).
A Matter of Perspective, 3 University of North Carolina First Amendment L. Rev. 5 (Winter 2004).
Some Appeasement for Professor Tushnet, 71 Tenn. L. Rev. 275 (Winter 2004).
Mourning and Celebrating on Gideon's Fortieth, 72 U. Missouri-Kansas City L. Rev. 515 (Winter 2003) .
The Good, The Bad, and The (Very, Very) Ugly, and A Fistful of Dollars, 38 U. Rich. L. Rev. 626 (March 2004).
Symposim: Preserving the Legacy: A Tribute to Chief Justice Harry L. Carrico, One Who Exalted Judicial Independence, 38 U. Rich. L. Rev. 615 (March 2004).
Legal, Political, and Ethical Dilemmas to Applying International Human Rights Laws in State Courts, 71 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 937 (Spring 2003).
Rescuing Confrontation, 54 S.C. L. Rev. 537 (Spring 2003).
Judging Judges: Securing Judicial Independence By Use of Judicial Performance Evaluations, 24 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1053 (February 2002).
Errors and Ethics: Dilemmas in Death, 29 Hofstra L. Rev. 1265 (Summer 2001).
A Response and Retort, 33 Conn. L. Rev. 899 (Spring 2001).
Can Lightning Strike Twice? Obligations of State Courts After Pulley v. Harris, 70 Col. L.
Rev. 813 (Summer 1999).
Newly Available, Not Newly Discovered, 2 J. of App. Prac. and Proc. 7 (Winter 2000).
Master, Justice, Chancellor Kent: His Legacy For Today's Judges, 74 Chi-Kent L. Rev.
(1999).
If Justice Is For All, Who Are Its Constituents?, 64 Tenn. L. Rev. 259 (1997).
"It's a Wonderful Life,” or Is It? America Without Judicial Independence, 27 U. Mem. L.
Rev. 1 (1996), partial reprint in 80 Judicature 174 (Jan. - Feb. 1997).
Yesterday's Vision, Tomorrow's Challenge: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Tennessee,
26 U. Mem. L. Rev. 957 (1996).
A Survey of Tennessee Supreme Court Death Penalty Cases in the 1990s, 61 Tenn. L. Rev. 733 (1994).
A Noble Idea Whose Time Has Come, 18 Mem. State L. Rev. 223 (1988) (master=s thesis).
Books
Tennessee Capital Case Handbook (Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)(2010) .
Chapters in Books
Presiding Over a Capital Case: A Benchbook for Judges, Chapter 1, Capital Cases and Federal Constitutional Issues; Chapter 10, Federal Habeas Corpus (William J. Brunson, et al, eds., National Judicial College) (2009)Introduction to Capital Litigation: Overview and History of Capital Jurisprudence in the United States Supreme Court, Chapter 1, Capital Litigation Improvement Initiative Benchbook for State Trial Judges (2009).
Review of State Death Sentenced by Federal Courts: The Impact of Federal Habeas Corpus on State Death Penalty Cases, Chapter 10, Capital Litigation Improvement Initiative Benchbook for State Trial Judges (2009).
Judicial Independence and Capital Punishment in Tennessee, Chapter 6, Tennessee’s New Abolitionists: The Fight Against the Death Penalty in the Volunteer Statetate (2009).
Several Chapters in Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties and Rights (Otis H. Stephens & John Scheb, eds.)(2006).
The Improvement of the Administration of Justice, Chapter 33, The Continuing Evolution of the Federal Rules of Evidence (7th ed. 2001)