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 1997

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Piercing Piercing: An Attempt to Lift the Veil of Confusion Surrounding the Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil, Franklin A. Gevurtz

Good for Civil Rights; Good for U.S.A., Brian K. Landsberg

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Organizations, Reorganizations, Amalgamations, Divisions, and Dissolutions: Cross-Border Assets, Double Taxation and Potential Relief Under the U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty, Christine Manolakas and Catherine Brown

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Is Codification in Decline?, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The Coming Fresh Water Crisis: International Legal and Institutional Responses, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Insurance Coverage of Employment Discrimination Claims, Francis J. Mootz III

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Power Outage: Amplifying the Analysis of Power in Legal Relations (With Special Application to Unconscionability and Arbitration), Michael Hunter Schwartz

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"Three Strikes" and the Romero Case: The Supreme Court Restores Democracy, Michael Vitiello

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Three Strikes: Can We Return to Rationality?, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 1996

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California's New Limited Liability Company Act: A Look at the Good, the Bad, and the Ambiguous, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Nonviolent Abortion Clinic Protests: Reevaluating Some Current Assumptions About the Proper Scope of Government Regulations, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Supplementing the Assumed Definitions: A Commentary on Professor Brownstein's Analysis of Abortion Protest Restrictions, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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A Tribute to Retiring Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas, J. Clark Kelso

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Introduction: To Devolve, Or Not to Devolve: The (D)Evolution of Environmental Law, J. Clark Kelso

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The Big Questions of Public Administration in a Democracy, John J. Kirlin

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What government must do well: Creating value for society, John J. Kirlin

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An assessment of the work of the International Law Commission, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The Harmon Doctrine One Hundred Years Later: Buried, Not Praised, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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The International Law Commission's draft articles on international watercourses: an overview and commentary, Stephen C. McCaffrey and R. Rosenstock

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Principles of Insurance Coverage: A Guide for the Employment Lawyer, Francis J. Mootz III

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Symposium Foreword, SYMPOSIUM: INSURANCE COVERAGE OF EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES, Francis J. Mootz III

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A Decade of International Legal Reform Regarding Child Abuse Investigation and Litigation: Steps Toward a Child Witness Code, John E.B. Myers

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Psychological Research on Children as Witnesses: Practical Implications for Forensic Interviews and Courtroom Testimony, John E.B. Myers, Karen J. Saywitz, and Gail S. Goodman

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The Antiwilderness Bias in American Property Law, John G. Sprankling

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Baby Jane Doe: Stating a Cause of Action Against the Officious Intermeddler, Michael Vitiello

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The Firm Revisited: Somebody at The Justice Department Has Been Reading John Grisham, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 1995

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Vindicating the Promise of Brown -- School Desegregation and the Civil Rights Act — Past, Present, and Future - Symposium: The Department of Justice and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Drew Days, Minor Wisdom, Gary Orfield, and Brian K. Landsberg

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Squeeze-Outs and Freeze-Outs in Limited Liability Companies, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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A Passage Through India (and Beyond) or a Case of Love Thy Neighbour?, Christopher Hare and Jarrod Wong

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Adding Complexity to Confusion and Seeing the Light: Feminist Legal Insights and the Jurisprudence of the Religion Clauses, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Even More Honest Than Ever Before: Abandoning Pretense and Recreating Legitimacy in Constitutional Interpretation, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Time, Place, and Manner Restrictions on Extrajudicial Speech by Judges, J. Clark Kelso

Protecting Species and Ecosystems within Planning Processes, John J. Kirlin

The potential to reframe regional policies and institutions in ways that improve governance and address disadvantage, John J. Kirlin

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Balanced Scholarship and Racial Balance, Brian K. Landsberg

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Introduction - Symposium: The Department of Justice and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Brian K. Landsberg

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The Federal Government and the Promise of Brown, Brian K. Landsberg

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

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Desperately Seeking Science, Francis J. Mootz III

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International Environmental Law and World Order (book review), John G. Sprankling

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Has the Supreme Court Really Turned RICO Upside Down? An Examination of NOW v. Scheidler, Michael Vitiello

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More Noise from the Tower of Babel: Making "Sense" Out of Reves v. Ernst & Young, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 1994

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The Business Judgment Rule: Meaningless Verbiage or Misguided Notion?, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Reports: Introduction, J. Clark Kelso

Sixty Years of Torts: Lessons for the Future, J. Clark Kelso

The Repealed Investment Tax Credit: Your 'Life' Depends on It, Christine Manolakas

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Law and Philosophy, Philosophy and Law, Francis J. Mootz III

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Legal Classics: After Deconstructing the Legal Canon, Francis J. Mootz III

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The New Legal Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

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The Paranoid Style in Contemporary Legal Scholarship, Francis J. Mootz III

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From Star to Supernova to Dark, Cold Neutron Star: The Early Life, the Explosion and the Collapse of Arbitration, Michael Hunter Schwartz

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An Environmental Critique of Adverse Possession, John G. Sprankling

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Payne v. Tennessee: A Stunning Ipse Dixit, Michael Vitiello

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The Role of Environmental Law in the California Water Allocation and Use System: An Overview, Gregory S. Weber

Submissions from 1993

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Harmless Error in the Penalty Phase of a Capital Case: A Doctrine Misunderstood and Misapplied, Linda Carter

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Politics, Corruption and the Sherman Act After City of Columbia's Blighted View, Franklin A. Gevurtz

Commercial Torts--1992 Developments, J. Clark Kelso

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Introduction: Psychology and Psychiatry in the Law, J. Clark Kelso

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Review of the Supreme Court's 1992-93 Term for the Transnational Practitioner, J. Clark Kelso

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False Light Privacy: A Requiem, J. Clark Kelso and Todd Brown

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Citistates and Regional Governance, John J. Kirlin

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Equal Educational Opportunity: The Rehnquist Court Revisits Green and Swann, Brian K. Landsberg

The 'racist' caricature of Guinier, Brian K. Landsberg

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The Role of Civil Service Attorneys and Political Appointees in Making Policy in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Brian K. Landsberg

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Can 10b-5 for the Banks? The Effect of an Antifraud Rule N the Regulation of Banks, Michael P. Malloy

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Is the Rule of Law Possible in a Postmodern World?, Francis J. Mootz III

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Rethinking the Rule of Law: A Demonstration That the Obvious Is Plausible, Francis J. Mootz III

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Expert Testimony Describing Psychological Syndromes, John E.B. Myers

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Investigative Interviews of Children: Should They Be Videotaped, John E.B. Myers

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Triangulating the Boundaries of the Pentagon Papers, John Cary Sims

Land Ownership in the CERCLA Era, John G. Sprankling

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Does Culpability Matter?: Statutory Construction Under 42 U.S.C. § 6928, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 1992

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California’s Constitutional Right to Privacy, J. Clark Kelso

Commercial Torts--1991 Developments, J. Clark Kelso

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One Lesson From the Six Monsanto Lectures on Tort Law Reform and Jurisprudence: Recognizing the Limits of Judicial Competence, J. Clark Kelso

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Review of the Supreme Court's 1991-92 Term and Preview of the 1992-93 Term for the Transnational Practitioner, J. Clark Kelso

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Significant Cases Interpreting Proposition 8, J. Clark Kelso and Brigitte A. Bass

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The Victims' Bill of Rights: Where Did It Come From and How Much Did It Do?, J. Clark Kelso and Brigitte A. Bass

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Race and the Rehnquist Court, Brian K. Landsberg

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Bumper Cars: Themes of Convergence in International Regulation, Michael P. Malloy

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Postmodern Constitutionalism as Materialism, Francis J. Mootz III

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Moving Toward Equal Treatment of Homosexuals, John Cary Sims

The Proposed Changes to the California Foreclosure Process: Reform or Retreat?, John G. Sprankling and Mertens

Submissions from 1991

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A Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard in Death Penalty Proceedings: A Neglected Element of Fairness, Linda Carter

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Review of the Supreme Court's 1990-91 Term and Preview of the 1991-92 Term for the Transnational Practitioner, J. Clark Kelso

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Environment-related work of the international law commission at its 1990 session, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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International organizations and the holistic approach to water problems, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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A Limited Role for the Legal System in Responding to Maternal Substance Abuse During Preganacy, John E.B. Myers

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Journal Wars, Michael Vitiello

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Reconsidering Rehabilitation, Michael Vitiello

Submissions from 1990

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Review of the Supreme Court's 1989-90 Term and Preview of the 1990-91 Term for the Transnational Practitioner, J. Clark Kelso

Submissions from 1989

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Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases in California: Retire Kelly-Frye and Return to a Traditional Analysis, Linda Carter

The Impact of the New Uniform Capitalization Rules on Real Estate, Christine Dentino

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Preventing Partnership Freeze-Outs, Franklin A. Gevurtz

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Review of the Supreme Court's 1988-89 Term and Preview of the 1989-90 Term for the Transnational Practitioner, J. Clark Kelso

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Book review: The Tenth Justice. By Lincoln Caplan., Brian K. Landsberg

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Judicial Backpedaling: Putting the Brakes on California's Law of Wrongful Termination, Lawrence C. Levine

1989 session: Environment-related work, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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United nations activies: 1989 session: Environment-related work, Stephen C. McCaffrey

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Restraining the Unruly Horse: The Use of Public Policy in Arbitration, Interstate and International Conflict of Laws in California, Kojo Yelpaala