Scholarship is a core priority for the Pacific McGeorge faculty. Among their scholarly pursuits, Pacific McGeorge faculty develop and present at scholarly symposia and conferences, author books for the legal profession, students, and the general public, and produce scholarship for top journals around the country and the world.

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Submissions from 2008

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The Illusion of Transformative Conflict Resolution: Mediating Domestic Violence in Nicaragua, Raquel Aldana and Leticia Saucedo

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Boumediene v. Bush, The Great Writ, and the Power to “Say What the Law Is”, Emily Garcia Uhrig

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The Function of "Dysfunctional" Boards, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The Pervasive Method of Introducing International and Comparative Law Issues Into Legal Education, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Retooling Law Enforcement to Investigate and Prosecute Entrenched Corruption: Key Criminal Procedure Reforms for Indonesia and Other Nations, Leslie Gielow Jacobs and Benjamin B. Wagner

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Book review: Documenting Disturbing Trends in Judicial Elections, reviewing Matthew J. Streb, ed., “Running for Judge: The Rising Political, Financing, and Legal Stakes of Judicial Elections", J. Clark Kelso

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State Supreme Court Reinforces Basic Freedoms, J. Clark Kelso

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Assessing experience in articulating species protection policies with land use policies in California, John J. Kirlin

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Lessons from species and habitat protection, John J. Kirlin

Tax Barriers to Trade in Services: Myth or Reality in the NAFTA Block, Christine Manolakas and Catherine Brown

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Tax Discrimination and Trade in Services: The Search for Balance in Canada-U.S. Relations, Christine Manolakas and Catherine Brown

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International organization and the environment, Stephen C. Mccaffrey

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Taking Stock of Sustainable Development at 20: A Principleat Odds with Itself?: Introduction, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The 1997 U.N. Watercourses Convention: Retrospect and Prospect, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals: An Introduction, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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After Natural Law: A Hermeneutic Response to Law’s Quandary, Francis J. Mootz III

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After the Battle of the Forms: Commercial Contracting in the Electronic Age, Francis J. Mootz III

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Perelman in Legal Education: Recalling the Rhetorical Tradition of Isocrates and Vico, Francis J. Mootz III

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Ricoeur's Critical Hermeneutics and the Psychotherapeutic Model of Critical Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

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Symposium Introduction, RECALLING VICO’S LAMENT: THE ROLE OF PRUDENCE AND RHETORIC IN LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION, Francis J. Mootz III

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Vico's "Ingenious Method" and Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz III

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Offshore Federalism and Ocean Industrialization, Rachael E. Salcido

Voluntary Cleanups and CERCLA in a Post-Aviall and Atlantic Research World, Rachael E. Salcido

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Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction to a Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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The Asymmetrical Nature of the U.S. Treaty Processes and the Challenges That Poses for Human Rights, John Cary Sims

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Overlooked temporal issues in statutory interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

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Owning the Center of the Earth, John G. Sprankling

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An Assessment of the Law School Climate for GLBT Students, Kelly Strader, Brietta R. Clark, Robin Ingli, M. Elizabeth Kransberger, Lawrence C. Levine, and William Perez

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Punishing Sex Offenders: When Good Intentions Go Bad, Michael Vitiello

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The Application of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses to Dispute Resolution Provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties, Jarrod Wong

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Legal Consciousness and Contractual Obligations, Kojo Yelpaala

Submissions from 2007

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Introduction: The Subordination and Anti-Subordination Story of the U.S. Immigrant Experience in the 21st Century, Raquel Aldana

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On Rights, Federal Citizenship, and the “Alien”, Raquel Aldana

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Justice and Reconciliation on Trial: Gacaca Proceedings in Rwanda, Linda Carter

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Forty years without resolve: Tracing the influence of security council resolution 242 on the Middle East peace process, Omar M. Dajani

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Shadow or Shade: The Roles of International Law in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks, Omar M. Dajani

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Re-imagining Public Enforcement of Title IX, Julie A. Davies and Lisa M. Bohon

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Disney in a Comparative Light, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Rethinking Corruption: An Introduction to a Symposium and a Few Additional Thoughts, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Limits to the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission Model of Corruption Reform: Lessons from Indonesia, Leslie Gielow Jacobs and Benjamin B. Wagner

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Local focus for State Supreme Court, J. Clark Kelso

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Did We Always Care About Voting Rights?, Brian K. Landsberg

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The Role of Judicial Independence, Brian K. Landsberg

Federal court: The "Roadless Rule" reinstated, Stephen C. McCaffrey and Anna E.J. Frostic

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The Adoption of the Bayh-Dole Act in Developed Countries: Added Pressure for a Broad Research Exemption in the United States?, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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The Bayh-Dole Act and Incentives for the Commercialization of Government-Funded Invention in Developing Countries, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Responding to Nietzsche: The Constructive Power of Destruktion, Francis J. Mootz III

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The Jordan River basin: 1. Clarification of the allocations in the Johnston Plan, David J.H. Phillips, Shaddad Attili, Stephen C. McCaffrey, and John S. Murray

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The Jordan River basin: 2. Potential future allocations to the co-riparians, David J.H. Phillips, Shaddad Attili, Stephen C. McCaffrey, and John S. Murray

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How the Bush Administration's Warrantless Surveillance Program Took the Constitution on an Illegal, Unnecessary, and Unrepentant Joyride, John Cary Sims

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Ten Questions: Responses of John Cary Sims, John Cary Sims

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Courts vs. the Political Branches: Immigration "Reform" and the Battle for the Future of Immigration Law, Brian G. Slocum

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The war on terrorism and the extraterritorial application of the constitution in immigration law, Brian G. Slocum

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Introduction: The Impact of Kelo v. City of New London on Eminent Domain, John G. Sprankling

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Liberal Bias in the Legal Academy: Overstated and Undervalued, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 2006

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Innocent of a Capital Crime: Parallels Between Innocence of a Crime and Innocence of the Death Penalty, Linda Carter

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Preparing for the inevitable negotiation, Omar M. Dajani

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Incorporating Transnational Materials into Traditional Courses, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Vertical Restraints on Competition, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Report Regarding the Pacific McGeorge Workshop on Globalizing the Law School Curriculum, Franklin A. Gevurtz, Linda Carter, Julie A. Davies, Brian K. Landsberg, Thomas O. Main, Michael P. Malloy, and John G. Sprankling

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The Future of the California Courts, J. Clark Kelso

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The Presumption of Undue Influence Resurrected: He Said/She Said is Back, Christine Manolakas

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Trade in Technology Within the Free Trade Zone: The Impact of the WTO Agreement, NAFTA, and Tax Treaties on the NAFTA Signatories, Christine Manolakas and Catherine Brown

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The Shrinking Dead Sea and the Red-Dead Canal: A Sisyphean Tale, Stephen C. McCaffrey

States as Innovation Systems Laboratories: California, Patents and Stem Cell Technology, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Working Together in a Digital World: An Introduction, Viva R. Moffat and Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Argument, Political Friendship and Rhetorical Knowledge: A Review of Garver's for the Sake of Argument, Francis J. Mootz III

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Belief and Interpretation: Meditations on Pelikan's "Interpreting the Bible and the Constitution", Francis J. Mootz III

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Book Review Symposium: Introduction, Francis J. Mootz III

The New Legal Hermeneutics, [reviewing GREGORY LEYH, LEGAL HERMENEUTICS: HISTORY, THEORY AND PRACTICE (1992)], Francis J. Mootz III

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Neglect of Children's Health: Too Many Irons in the Fire, John E.B. Myers

Public Lands Access: Everything Old is New Again, Rachael E. Salcido

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How Will Alito and Roberts Shape the Court?, Joshua I. Schwartz and Brian K. Landsberg

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What NSA Is Doing . . . and Why It's Illegal, John Cary Sims

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Property and Television, John G. Sprankling

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Sentencing Guideline Law and Practice in a Post-Booker World: Introduction, Michael Vitiello

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Teaching Effective Oral Argument Skills: Forget About the Drama Coach, Michael Vitiello

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Initial Steps Towards an Assessment of the Potential for a Collaborative Approach to Colorado Delta Ecosystem Restoration, Gregory S. Weber

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Umbrella Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Of Breaches of Contract, Treaty Violations, and the Divide Between Developing and Developed Countries in Foreign Investment Disputes, Jarrod Wong

Submissions from 2005

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"Aliens" In Our Midst Post-9/11: Legislating Outsiderness within the Borders, Raquel Aldana and Sylvia R. Lazos Vargas

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Lessons from Avena: The Inadequacy of Clemency and Judicial Proceedings for Violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Linda Carter

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A Troubling Equation in Contracts for Government Funded Scientific Research: "Sensitive But Unclassified" = Secret But Unconstitutional, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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California Supreme Court: Staking Out New Ground, J. Clark Kelso

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State Supreme Court wraps up a busy year of significant rulings, J. Clark Kelso

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Why Article VI Needs Work, J. Clark Kelso

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Emerging International Regime of Financial ServicesRegulation, Michael P. Malloy

The Fifty-Sixth Session of the International Law Commission, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The United States Patent Reform Quagmire: A Balanced Proposal, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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The Status of Detainees from the Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, Srividhya Ragavan and Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Enduring Optimism: Examining the Rig-to-Reef Bargain, Rachael E. Salcido

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Professor Kingsfield: The Most Misunderstood Character in Literature, Michael Vitiello

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Court or Arbitrator—Who Decides Whether Res Judicata Bars Subsequent Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act?, Jarrod Wong

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The Issuance of Interim Measures in International Disputes: A Proposal Requiring a Reasonable Possibility of Success on the Underlying Merits, Jarrod Wong

Submissions from 2004

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The September 11 Immigration Detentions and Unconstitutional Executive Legislation, Raquel Aldana

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Learning “the True, the Good and the Beautiful” in Law School: Educating the Twenty-First Century Litigator, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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Understanding barriers to peace: A Palestinian response, Omar M. Dajani

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Earnings Management and the Business Judgment Rule: An Essay on Recent Corporate Scandals, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The European Origins and the Spread of the Corporate Board of Directors, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The Historical and Political Origins of the Corporate Board of Directors, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Tame year for State Supreme Court, J. Clark Kelso