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email: ccantu@stmarytx.edu
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Dean and South Texas Professor of Law
B.B.A., 1961, University of Texas
J.D., 1964, St. Mary's University
M.C.L., 1965, Southern Methodist University
LL.M., 1978, University of Michigan

Before St. Mary’s

Dean Cantú traveled extensively in South America before he joined St. Mary’s University in 1966.

Highlights:

• Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de René Gabriel Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1966
• Visiting Faculty, South Texas College of Law
• Visiting Faculty, University of Houston
• Member, Numerous Committees of the American Bar Association that conducted many Inspections of Accredited Law Schools

Specialties:

• Common Law
• Statutory Damages
• Products Liability
• Texas Deceptive Trade and Practices Act

Publications:

Dean Cantú has published numerous articles in law reviews, many of which relate to products liability.  He also contributed a chapter to a leading Texas treatise, Texas Torts and Remedies.  He writes in the areas of common law, statutory damages, products liability and Texas Deceptive Trade and Practices Act.

Dean Cantu's recent articles include:

• Fattening Foods: Under Products Liability Litigation is the Big Mac Defective? 1 Food Law and Policy University of Arkansas 165 (2005).
• A Continuing Whimsical Search For the True Meaning Of the Term “Product” In Products Liability Litigation 35 St. Mary’s Law Journal 341 (2004).
• Distinguishing The Concept Of Strict Liability In Tort From Strict Products Liability: Medusa Unveiled, 33 University of Memphis Law Review 823 (2003).
• An Essay On the Tort Of Negligent Infliction Of Emotional Distress In Texas: Stop Saying It Does Not Exist, 33 St. Mary’s Law Journal 455 (2002).
• Observations On the Evolution Of Minorities In the Law; From Law School To Practice, 4 The Scholar St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues 185 (2002).
• The Useful Life Defense: Embracing The Idea That All Products Eventually Grow Old and Die, 80 Nebraska Law Review 1 (2001).
• Distinguishing The Concept of Strict Liability For Ultra Hazardous Activities From Strict Products Liability Under Section 402A Of The Restatement (Second) Of Torts: Two Parallel Lines Of Reasoning That Should Never Meet, 35 Akron Law Review 31 (2001).

Organizations:

• Chair, St. Mary’s Admissions Committee, 12 years
• Former Member, Law School Admissions Council (Minority Affairs, Test Question and Review Committees, etc.)
• Former Member, Council on Legal Education Opportunities
• Board Member, C.T.R.C.
• Board Member, San Antonio Public Library Foundation
• Chair, Witte Board