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 2016

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Dangerous liaisons: The responsibility to protect and a reform of the U.N. Security Council, Nadia Banteka

Mind the Gap: A Systematic Approach to the International Criminal Court's Arrest Warrants Enforcement Problem, Nadia Banteka

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Mind the Gap: A Systematic Approach to the International Criminal Court’s Enforcement Problem, Nadia Banteka

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The Parthenon marbles revisited: A new strategy for Greece, Nadia Banteka

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Divorce Without Separation: Reimagining the Two-State Solution, Omar M. Dajani

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Building a Wall against Private Actions for Overseas Injuries: The Impact of RJR Nabisco v. European Community, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Unlimited Rights in a Water-Scarce World? Quantification of Dormant Rights to Common Pool Groundwater, Jennifer L. Harder

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California Supreme Court’s 2015-2016 Term: Following the Lead, J. Clark Kelso

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The Animal Welfare Act at Fifty: Problems and Possibilities in Animal Testing Regulation, Courtney G. Lee

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UTOPIA and the Law and Literature Movement, Michael P. Malloy

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Qualified Residence Interest Deduction: A Win for Unmarried Co-Owners, Christine Manolakas

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The Taxation of Thieves and their Victims: Everyone Loses but Uncle Sam, Christine Manolakas

The Tax Treatment of Natural Disasters: Greater and Equitable Relief is Necessary, Christine Manolakas

Implementation and Relationship to the UNECE Water Convention, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The Human Right to Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The Human Right to Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Ditching Our Innocence: The Clean Water Act in the Age of the Anthropocene, Rachael Salcido and Karrigan Bork

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Introduction, Rachael E. Salcido

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Using International Property Law as a Lever to Evolve Toward Integrative Ocean Governance, Rachael E. Salcido

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Reviving the Environmental Justice Agenda, Rachael E. Salcido

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Conversational Implicatures and Legal Texts, Brian G. Slocum

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Property and the Roberts Court, John G. Sprankling

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Justice Scalia’s Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence: An Unabashed Foe of Criminal Defendants, Michael Vitiello

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Legalizing Marijuana and Abating Environmental Harm: An Overblown Promise?, Michael Vitiello

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BG Group v. Argentina: A Supreme Misunderstanding of Investment Treaty Arbitration, Jarrod Wong

Forum non Concurrence in the Resolution of Investment Treaty Disputes, Jarrod Wong

Transparency and Procedural Due Process in International Economic Law, Jarrod Wong

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Establishing a Legal Research Agenda for Ocean Energy, Glen Wright, Anne Marie O'Hagan, Jiska de Groot, Yannick Leroy, Rachael E. Salcido, Montserrat Abad Castelos, Simon Jude, Julien Rochette, and Sandy Kerr

Submissions from 2015

The Middle East's Majority Problems: Minoritarian Regimes and the Threat of Democracy, Omar M. Dajani

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Globalizing Up Corporate Law, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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California Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 Term: Cases Involving the Workplace, J. Clark Kelso

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Public Accommodations and the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Surprising Success?, Brian K. Landsberg

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Changing Gears to Meet the 'New Normal' in Legal Education, Courtney G. Lee

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There are no Bitcoins, Only Bit Payers: Law, Policy and Socio-Economics of Virtual Currencies, Michael P. Malloy

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Trademark Enforcement Issues in the United States: Bullies and Trolls, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Trademark Trolls: A Problem in the United States?, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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The Increasing Weight of Regulation: Countries Combat the Global Obesity Epidemic, Emily Whelan Parento, Allyn L. Taylor, and Laura A. Schmidt

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Big Talk and Little Action on Renewable Energy, Rachael E. Salcido

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Rationing Environmental Law in a Time of Climate Change, Rachael E. Salcido

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Limiting Access to U.S. Courts: The Supreme Court's New Personal Jurisdiction Case Law, Michael Vitiello

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Mass Incarceration: Why are solutions so difficult in California?, Michael Vitiello

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Teaching Oral Advocacy: Creating More Opportunities for an Essential Skill,, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 2014

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Charitable Nonprofits’ Use of Noncompetition Agreements: Having the Best of Both Worlds, Lindsey D. Blanchard

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Examining the Causes and Consequences of Hybridization During Chinook Salmon Reintroductions: Using the San Joaquin River as a Restoration Case Study of Management Options, Karrigan Bork, Katharine Tomalty, Molly Stephens, Melinda Baerwald, Mariah Meek, and Bernie May

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Teaching the Power of Empathy in Domestic and Transnational Experiential Public Defender Courses, Cary Bricker

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Informed Consent in Mediation: Promoting Pro Se Parties’ Informed Settlement Choice While Honoring the Mediator’s Ethical Duties, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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An Introduction to the Symposium and an Examination of Morrison’s Impact on the Presumption against Extraterritoriality, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Determining Extraterritoriality, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The Protection of Minority Investors and Compensation of Their Losses, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Demand Offsets: Water Neutral Development in California, Jennifer L. Harder

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Compelled Commercial Speech as Compelled Consent Speech, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Corrections and Sentencing Reform: The Obstacle Posed by Dehumanization, J. Clark Kelso

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Does Prison Reform Bring Sentencing Reform? The Congress, the Courts, and the Structural Injunction, Brian K. Landsberg

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Enforcing Desegregation: A Case Study of Federal District Court Power and Social Change in Macon County Alabama, Brian K. Landsberg

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The Restatement of Gay(?), Lawrence C. Levine and Courtney G. Joslin

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The Taxation of Artists and the Acquirers of Art: The Many Shades of Grey, Christine Manolakas

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International water cooperation in the 21st century: Recent developments in the law of international watercourses, Stephen C. McCaffrey

The convention enters into force, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The California institute for regenerative medicine intellectual property policy: Stay the course (mostly), Michael S. Mireles

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Protecting Victims from Liability Insurance Companies that Add Gratuitous Insult to Grievous Injury, Francis J. Mootz III

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California's Eavesdropping Law Endangers Victims of Domestic Violence, John E.B. Myers

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“I Won’t Pay Child Support, But I Insist on Visitation.” Should Visitation and Child Support Be Linked?, John E.B. Myers

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"Testilying" in Family Court, John E.B. Myers

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Symposium—Growing, Growing, Gone: Innovative Ideas in Resource Management for a Growing Population: Introduction, Rachael E. Salcido

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The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge: On a Rocky Road To Creating a Community Asset, Rachael E. Salcido

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50 More Years of CLEO Scholars: The Past, the Present and a Vision for the Future, Michael Hunter Schwartz

What Do You Do When Nothing Seems to Work: An Evaluation and Suggested Approach to the Diversity Problem in the Legal Profession, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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The Global Right to Property, John G. Sprankling

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Reflections on an Extraordinary Career: Thoughts about Gerald Caplan's Retirement, Michael Vitiello

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Reforming California Sentencing Practice and Policy: Are We There Yet?, Michael Vitiello

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The Expanding Use of Genetic and Psychological Evidence: Finding Coherence in the Criminal Law?, Michael Vitiello

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The Subversion of State – to State Investment Treaty Arbitration, Jarrod Wong

Uncommon Remedies in International Dispute Resolution, Jarrod Wong

Submissions from 2013

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La Conducta de los Defensores de Ríos Montt, Raquel Aldana

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Goodyear and Hertz: Reconciling Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions, Lindsey D. Blanchard

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Rule 37(a)'s Loser-Pays "Mandate": More Bark Than Bite, Lindsey D. Blanchard

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The Radiating Effects of Torts, Anne Bloom

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Chinese Homicide Law, Irrationality, and Incremental Change, Cary Bricker and Michael Vitiello

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The Evolution of Justice Kennedy’s Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence on Categorical Bars in Capital Cases, Linda Carter

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The Future of the International Criminal Court: Complimentarity as a Strength or a Weakness?, Linda Carter

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Responding to Ethnic and Religious Conflict in the New Arab Order: The Promise and Limits of Rights, Omar M. Dajani

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Sentencias Trascendentales del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos. Pasos Hacia la Igualdad del Matrimonio Para Parejas del Mismo Sexo, Julie A. Davies

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Enabling conditions to support marine protected area network planning: California's Marine Life Protection Act Initiative as a case study, Evan Fox, Melissa Miller-Henson, John Ugoretz, Mike Weber, Mary Gleason, John Kirlin, Meg Caldwell, and Sonke Mastrup

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Removing Revlon, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Report Regarding the 2011 Pacific McGeorge Workshop on Promoting Intercultural Legal Competence (The “Tahoe II” Conference), Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Designing a network of marine protected areas in California: Achievements, costs, lessons learned, and challenges ahead, Mary Gleason, Evan Fox, Susan Ashcraft, Jason Vasques, Elizabeth Whiteman, Paulo Serpa, Emily Saarman, Meg Caldwell, and Adam Frimodig

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Designing a network of marine protected areas in California: Achievements, costs, lessons learned, and challenges ahead, Mary Gleason, Evan Fox, Susan Ashcraft, Jason Vasques, Elizabeth Whiteman, Paulo Serpa, Emily Saarman, Meg Caldwell, Adam Frimodig, Melissa Miller-Henson, John J. Kirlin, Becky Ota, Elizabeth Pope, Mike Weber, and Ken Wiseman

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The California Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 term: Clearing away the underbrush, J. Clark Kelso

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California's Marine Life Protection Act Initiative: Supporting implementation of legislation establishing a statewide network of marine protected areas, John J. Kirlin, Meg Caldwell, Mary Gleason, Mike Weber, John Ugoretz, Evan Fox, and Melissa Miller-Henson

More on desegregation, Brian K. Landsberg

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Justice Kennedy’s “Gay Agenda”: Romer, Lawrence, and the Struggle for Marriage Equality, Lawrence C. Levine

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Où est votre chapeau? Economic Sanctions and Trade Regulation, Michael P. Malloy

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The Mixed Use of a Personal Residence: Integration of Conflicting Holding Purposes Under I.R.C. Sections 121, 280A, and 1031, Christine Manolakas

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Keynote: Sustainability and Sovereignty in the 21st Century, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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There’s a Whole World Out There: Justice Kennedy’s Use of International Sources, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Aesthetic Functionality, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Here to Stay: Universities, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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The Nuclear Option: Aesthetic Functionality to Curb Overreaching Trademark Claims, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Introduction, Symposium: The State and Future of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz III

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Law and Community: Alessandro Giuliani’s Aristotelian Vision, Francis J. Mootz III