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 2013

The Tension Between Transparency and Public Appeasement in the Formulation of Wildfire Management Strategies and the use of Wildfire as a Restoration Tool, Rachael E. Salcido

Lawyer, Know Your Safety Net: A Malpractice Insurance Primer for New and Experienced Lawyers, Michael Hunter Schwartz and Lauren Schulz

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The Property Jurisprudence of Justice Kennedy, John G. Sprankling

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Joints or the Joint: Colorado and Washington Square Off Against the United States, Michael Vitiello

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Personal Reflections on Connick v. Thompson, Michael Vitiello

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Still Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Sentencing Reform in California, Michael Vitiello

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The misapprehension of moral damages in investor-state arbitration, Jarrod Wong

Submissions from 2012

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Raising the Bar: Law Schools and Legal Institutions Leading to Educate Undocumented Students, Raquel Aldana, Beth Lyon, and Karla Mari McKanders

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Medical Marijuana: A Study of Unintended Consequences, Gerald Caplan

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The Global Impact and Implementation of Human Rights Norms: Introduction, Linda Carter

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Torture and the War on Terror: The Need for Consistent Definitions and Legal Remedies, Linda Carter

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The Global Impact and Implementation of Human Rights Norms: Introduction, Linda Carter and Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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A “Lawyer for All Seasons”: The Lawyer as Conflict Manager, Michael T. Colatrella Jr.

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Contractualism in the Law of Treaties, Omar M. Dajani

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The Sacrifice of Unarmed Prisoners to Gladiators: The Post-Aedpa Access-to-the-Courts Demand for A Constitutional Right to Counsel in Federal Habeas Corpus, Emily Garcia Uhrig

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Why Delaware LLCs, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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California Supreme Court: Defining the Boundaries, J. Clark Kelso

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Built to Scale: Small Business Policy and the Meltdown, Michael P. Malloy

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The Exit Tax: A Move in the Right Direction, Christine Manolakas and William L. Dentino

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Even Moe Dalitz Would Blush: Why the District Attorney Has No Business Collecting Unpaid Casino Markers, Francis J. Mootz III

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In Search of the Reasonable Woman: Anti-Discrimination Rhetoric in the United States, Francis J. Mootz III

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Law Among the Sight Lovers, Francis J. Mootz III

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Rhetoric and Dialectic in Legal Argumentation: Realizing Alessandro Giuliani’s Aristotelian Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

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The “Ethical” Surplus of the War on Illegal Immigration, Francis J. Mootz III and Leticia Saucedo

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Health Equity, Healthy People 2020, and Coercive Legal Mechanisms as Necessary for the Achievement of Both, Emily Whelan Parento

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The Success and Continued Challenges of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: A Grassroots Restoration, Rachael E. Salcido

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Linguistics and 'ordinary meaning' determinations, Brian G. Slocum

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The Emergence of International Property Law, John G. Sprankling

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Alternatives to Incarceration: Why is California Lagging Behind?, Michael Vitiello

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Why the Initiative Process Is the Wrong Way to Go: Lessons We Should Have Learned from Proposition 215, Michael Vitiello

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Arbitrating in the Ether of Intent, Jarrod Wong

Submissions from 2011

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Transforming Students, Transforming Self: The Power of Teaching Social Justice Struggles in Context, Raquel Aldana

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Teaching in a Transformative Era: Selected Essays from the Society of American Law Teachers Teaching Conference , Raquel Aldana and Hazel Weiser

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The Importance of the Goldstone Report: The Goldstone Report and the Modern Law of War, Omar M. Dajani

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Local to Global: Rethinking Spheres of Authority After a World Financial Crisis: An Introduction, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The Globalization of Corporate Law: The End of History or A Never-Ending Story?, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Using Comparative and Transitional Corporate Law to Teach Corporate Social Responsibility , Franklin A. Gevurtz

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California Supreme Court Focused on the Familiar, J. Clark Kelso

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Promoting Social Justice Values and Reflective Legal Practice in Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg

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Walking on two legs in Chinese law schools: A Chinese / U.S. Program in Experiential Legal Education, Brian K. Landsberg

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The international law commission's flawed draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers: The way forward, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Introduction—Creative Capital: Intellectual Property Creation and Venture Capital, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Towards Recognizing and Reconciling the Multiplicity of Values and Interests in Trademark Law, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

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Hermenêutica Americana feia / Ugly American hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

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Right Rhetoric: What Lawyers May Learn from the Study of Rhetoric, Francis J. Mootz III

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The Hermeneutical and Rhetorical Nature of Law, Francis J. Mootz III

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Vico, Llewellyn and the Task of Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz III

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Siting Offshore Hydrokinetic Energy Projects: A Comparative Look at Wave Energy Regulation in the Pacific Northwest, Rachael E. Salcido

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The Law Applicable on the Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone: The United States Perspective, Rachael E. Salcido

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Improving Legal Education by Improving Casebooks: Fourteen Things Casebooks Can Do to Produce Better and More Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz

The Little Lies We Tell Ourselves and Our Students: Seven Commonly Held Myths about Law School and Teaching and Learning, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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All About the First Year of Law School, Michael Hunter Schwartz, Chaim Saiman, and Jessica Rubin

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Responses to the Ten Questions, John Cary Sims

Submissions from 2010

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A Kiss Is Just a Kiss, or Is It? A Comparative Look at Italian and American Sex Crimes, Alberto Cadoppi and Michael Vitiello

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The Making of the Attorney General: John Mitchell and the Crimes of Watergate Reconsidered, Gerald Caplan

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The Principle of Complementarity and the International Criminal Court: The Role of Ne Bis in Idem, Linda Carter

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Corporate Governance II – Accountability Rules, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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The Role of Corporate Law in Preventing a Financial Crisis: Reflections on In re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Beyond International Water Law: Successfully Negotiating Mutual Gains Agreements for International Watercourses, Alex Grzybowski, Stephen C. McCaffrey, and Richard K. Paisley

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Bush, Obama and Beyond: Observations on the Prospect for Fact Checking Executive Department Threat Claims Before the Use of Force, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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What the Abortion Disclosure Cases Say About the Constitutionality of Persuasive Government Speech on Product Labels, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Technology Speeds Capital Appeals, J. Clark Kelso

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The California Supreme Court’s 2009-2010 Term: The “George Court” comes to a close, J. Clark Kelso

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A Train the Trainers Program for Building Legal Infrastructure in China, Brian K. Landsberg

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Integrated Legal Education, Brian K. Landsberg

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Symposium--Critical Intersections for Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges and Opportunities: Foreward, Alastair R. Lucas, Gregory S. Weber, and Patricia K. Wouters

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Perelman's Theory of Argumentation and Natural Law, Francis J. Mootz III

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Ugly American Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

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Expert Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Litigation: Consensus and Confusion, John E.B. Myers

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California Judicial Council's "Commission for Impartial Courts", Ronald B. Robie, Richard Fybel, and Mary-Beth Moylan

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Law Applicable on the Outer Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone, Rachael E. Salcido

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The Importance of Being Ambiguous: Substantive Canons, Stare Decisis and the Central Role of Ambiguity Determinations in the Administrative State, Brian G. Slocum

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Addressing the special problems of mentally ill prisoners: A small piece of the solution to our nation's prison crisis, Michael Vitiello

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Defining the Reasonable Person in the Criminal Law: Fighting the Lernaean Hydra, Michael Vitiello

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Reply: Clawback to the Future, Jarrod Wong and Miriam A. Cherry

Submissions from 2009

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Revisiting the Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege: A Proposal to Remedy the Disparity in Protections for Civil and Criminal Privilege Holders, Cary Bricker

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Methods of Experimental Education: Context, Transferability and Resources, Julie A. Davies

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The Role and Future of Customary Tort Law in Ghana: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Julie A. Davies and Dominic N. Dagbanja

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A Case for a Constitutional Right to Counsel in Habeas Corpus, Emily Garcia Uhrig

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Law Upside Down: A Critical Essay on Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Same Sex Marriage Takes Center Stage Again in California Supreme Court term, J. Clark Kelso

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Strategies to Increase the Availability of Skills Education in China, Brian K. Landsberg

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Symposium--Experiential Education in China: Curricular Reform, The Role of the Lawyer and the Rule of Law: Introduction, Brian K. Landsberg

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The international law commission adopts draft articles on transboundary aquifers, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The International Law Commission Adopts Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Small Capacity and Big Responsibilities: Financial and Legal Implications of a Human Right to Water for Developing, Stephen C. McCaffrey and Kate J. Neville

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Faith and Politics in the Post-Secular Age: The Promise of President Obama, Francis J. Mootz III

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Faithful Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

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Responding to Nietzsche: The constructive power of Destruktion, Francis J. Mootz

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Vico and Imagination: An Ingenious Approach to Educating Lawyers with Semiotic Sensibility, Francis J. Mootz III

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Clemency in California Capital Cases, Mary-Beth Moylan and Linda Carter

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Rough Seas Ahead: Confronting Property Doctrines to Jumpstart Wave Energy, Rachael E. Salcido

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Access to Justice: A Broader Perspective, William C. Vickrey, Joseph L. Dunn, and J. Clark Kelso

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Herring v. United States: Mapp's "Artless" Overruling?, Michael Vitiello

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Legalizing Marijuana: California’s Pot of Gold?, Michael Vitiello

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Lies, Damn Lies and Claims of Judicial Activism, Michael Vitiello

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Is The Prodigal Child Coming Home? U.S. Courts, Interim Measures, and the New York Convention, Jarrod Wong

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Reconstructing the Responsibility To Protect in the Wake of Cyclones and Separatism, Jarrod Wong

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Clawbacks: Prospective Contract Measures in an Era of Excessive Executive Compensation and Ponzi Schemes, Jarrod Wong and Miriam A. Cherry

Submissions from 2008

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Of Katz and "Aliens": Privacy Expectations and the Immigration Raids, Raquel Aldana