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McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Books

 
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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  • Artificially Intelligent Personhood on a Sliding Scale by Nadia Banteka

    Artificially Intelligent Personhood on a Sliding Scale

    Nadia Banteka

  • FEDERALISM AND DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST by Omar M. Dajani and Asli Bäli

    FEDERALISM AND DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST

    Omar M. Dajani and Asli Bäli

  • Revolution by Law: The Federal Government and the Desegregation of Alabama Schools by Brian K. Landsberg

    Revolution by Law: The Federal Government and the Desegregation of Alabama Schools

    Brian K. Landsberg

  • Gadamer and Jurisprudence by Francis J. Mootz

    Gadamer and Jurisprudence

    Francis J. Mootz

  • Property: A Contemporary Approach by John G. Sprankling and Raymond Coletta

    Property: A Contemporary Approach

    John G. Sprankling and Raymond Coletta

  • Teacher's Manual for Property: A Contemporary Approach by John G. Sprankling and Raymond Coletta

    Teacher's Manual for Property: A Contemporary Approach

    John G. Sprankling and Raymond Coletta

  • The Unbearable In-Betweeness of Law by Francis J. Mootz III

    The Unbearable In-Betweeness of Law

    Francis J. Mootz III

  • “True enough” by Michael T. Colatrella

    “True enough”

    Michael T. Colatrella

    Of the many contributions that Professor Leonard Riskin introduced in his landmark article Understanding Mediators’ Orientations, none is more profound than the educational value of the original Riskin Grid (the “Grid”) as a mental model to aid in understanding the mediation process. Describing a phenomenon through use of a simple model so that it can be systematically studied is a well-established and valuable scientific method. To be effective, however, good models must be calibrated to an appropriate level of sophistication for the student. The Grid is an effective model to help students new to mediation to conceptualize what mediators do and how they do it. Indeed, Riskin states that clarifying the mediation process is the Grid’s primary purpose. Along these lines, Riskin emphasizes one of the article’s primary aims is “to facilitate discussions and help to clarify arguments by providing a system for categorizing and understanding approaches to mediation.” Although some have criticized the Grid as being too simple, incomplete, and even misleading, it is the Grid’s simplicity that enables Riskin to illuminate the mediation process so brightly. Riskin himself, in a later article, attempted to address the Grid’s so-called weaknesses and limitations by suggesting a more dynamic Grid system (Riskin). The Grid persists magnificently as a fundamental model of understanding of what mediators do. It remains a central feature of mediation education because it is a clear and simple conceptual framework of the mediation process that a mediation novice, whether a law student, an attorney, or a professional interested in mediation from any number of other disciplines, can understand. The Grid endures, in other words, not because it is perfect, but because it is “true enough.”….

  • US-litigated government-funded patents in Europe and Japan: A first look by Teo Firpo and Michael S. Mireles

    US-litigated government-funded patents in Europe and Japan: A first look

    Teo Firpo and Michael S. Mireles

  • Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook by Michael Hunter Schwartz and Adrian Walters

    Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook

    Michael Hunter Schwartz and Adrian Walters

  • Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook Teacher's Manual by Michael Hunter Schwartz and Adrian Walters

    Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook Teacher's Manual

    Michael Hunter Schwartz and Adrian Walters

  • Currents and Crosscurrents in Litigation of University and Nonprofit-related Patents: Is there a Coming Wave of Patent Litigation Involving those Patents? by Teo Firpo and Michael S. Mireles Jr.

    Currents and Crosscurrents in Litigation of University and Nonprofit-related Patents: Is there a Coming Wave of Patent Litigation Involving those Patents?

    Teo Firpo and Michael S. Mireles Jr.

  • Layperson’s Guide to Water Rights by Water Education Foundation, Tom Hicks, and Jennifer L. Harder

    Layperson’s Guide to Water Rights

    Water Education Foundation, Tom Hicks, and Jennifer L. Harder

    The 28-page Layperson’s Guide to Water Rights Law, recognized as the most thorough explanation of California water rights law available to non-lawyers, traces the authority for water flowing in a stream or reservoir, from a faucet or into an irrigation ditch through the complex web of California water rights.

    It includes historical information on the development of water rights law, sections on surface water rights and groundwater rights, a description of the different agencies involve in water rights, and a section on the issues not only shaped by water rights decisions but that are also driving changes in water rights. Includes chronology of landmark cases and legislation and an extensive glossary. Added for 2020 is an extensive section on the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

  • Understanding International Law by Stephen C. McCaffrey

    Understanding International Law

    Stephen C. McCaffrey

    This clearly written Understanding treatise is designed to explain what international law is, why it exists, and the basic subjects it covers. The law of treaties is given particular attention, chiefly because of the increasing importance of the treaty in international life. The number of treaties has mushroomed since the Second World War and many of these agreements include over 100 states as parties. Because of their number and the breadth of their coverage, treaties are thus the main form of international legislation.

  • Understanding Trade Secret Law by John G. Sprankling and Thomas Sprankling

    Understanding Trade Secret Law

    John G. Sprankling and Thomas Sprankling

    Today the acquisition, control, and use of information drive both our economy and society in general. Trade secret law is the main tool for protecting valuable information. This treatise explains trade secret law clearly and succinctly, while being mindful of the evolving policies and tensions that underlie the field. It examines state law under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and federal law under the 2016 Defend Trade Secrets Act, together with common law doctrine.

  • Alternatives to city departments by John J. Kirlin, John C. Ries, and Sidney Sonenblum

    Alternatives to city departments

    John J. Kirlin, John C. Ries, and Sidney Sonenblum

    This chapter explores the alternatives to city departments for providing municipal services. City officials have a strong bias toward service provision via city departments as the arrangement which gives them greatest control over service delivery. Identifying service provision as the rationale of local government easily leads to the presumption that municipal services should be provided by a city's own employees, through "city departments." Provision of any municipal service includes three activities: planning, finance, and production. Elected officials, city managers, and senior municipal administrators appear to be the primary participants in discussions to alter service delivery arrangements. At the level of national policy, some incentives for the development of cooperative intermunicipal arrangements already exist. The prevalent attitude concerning municipal service delivery–among municipal officials, citizens, and academics alike–identifies city departments as the sole, most likely, or preferred provider. Lower expenditures for municipal services should result from greater use of alternatives to city departments.

  • Intertwined general principles by Stephen C. McCaffrey

    Intertwined general principles

    Stephen C. McCaffrey

  • Introduction by Brian G. Slocum

    Introduction

    Brian G. Slocum

  • JUSTICE SCALIA: RHETORIC AND THE RULE OF LAW by Francis J. Mootz III and Brian G. Slocum

    JUSTICE SCALIA: RHETORIC AND THE RULE OF LAW

    Francis J. Mootz III and Brian G. Slocum

    Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) was the single most important figure in the emergence of the “new originalist” interpretation of the US Constitution, which sought to anchor the court’s interpretation of the Constitution to the ordinary meaning of the words at the time of drafting. For Scalia, the meaning of constitutional provisions and statutes was rigidly fixed by their original meanings with little concern for extratextual considerations. While some lauded his uncompromising principles, others argued that such a rigid view of the Constitution both denies and attempts to limit the discretion of judges in ways that damage and distort our system of law.

    In this edited collection, leading scholars from law, political science, philosophy, rhetoric, and linguistics look at the ways Scalia framed and stated his arguments. Focusing on rhetorical strategies rather than the logic or validity of Scalia’s legal arguments, the contributors collectively reveal that Scalia enacted his rigidly conservative vision of the law through his rhetorical framing.

  • Justice Scalia: Rhetoric and the Rule of Law by Brian G. Slocum and Francis J. Mootz

    Justice Scalia: Rhetoric and the Rule of Law

    Brian G. Slocum and Francis J. Mootz

    Justice Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) was the single most important figure in the emergence of the “new originalist” interpretation of the US Constitution, which sought to anchor the court’s interpretation of the Constitution to the ordinary meaning of the words at the time of drafting. For Scalia, the meaning of constitutional provisions and statutes was rigidly fixed by their original meanings with little concern for extratextual considerations. While some lauded his uncompromising principles, others argued that such a rigid view of the Constitution both denies and attempts to limit the discretion of judges in ways that damage and distort our system of law.

    In this edited collection, leading scholars from law, political science, philosophy, rhetoric, and linguistics look at the ways Scalia framed and stated his arguments. Focusing on rhetorical strategies rather than the logic or validity of Scalia’s legal arguments, the contributors collectively reveal that Scalia enacted his rigidly conservative vision of the law through his rhetorical framing.

  • LEARNING EMPLOYMENT LAW by Francis J. Mootz III, Michael Maslanka, and Leticia M. Saucedo

    LEARNING EMPLOYMENT LAW

    Francis J. Mootz III, Michael Maslanka, and Leticia M. Saucedo

    Provides concise and clear text, examples, and case excerpts that empower students to engage in sophisticated problem-solving regarding the most pressing issues in contemporary workplace law. Students will gain a sophisticated understanding of the challenges facing lawyers in this rapidly developing area of the law.

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law by Franklin A. Gevurtz and Christina M. Sautter

    Mergers and Acquisitions Law

    Franklin A. Gevurtz and Christina M. Sautter

  • No Vehicles on Mars by Brian G. Slocum

    No Vehicles on Mars

    Brian G. Slocum

  • Party Like It’s 1989: Justice Scalia’s Rhetoric of Certainty by Francis J. Mootz III

    Party Like It’s 1989: Justice Scalia’s Rhetoric of Certainty

    Francis J. Mootz III

    Francis J. Mootz, III, Party Like It’s 1989: Justice Scalia’s Rhetoric of Certainty in Justice Scalia: Rhetoric and the Rule of Law (eds., Brian G. Slocum and Francis J. Mootz III, University of Chicago Press 2019).

  • Patent Eligible Subject Matter in the United States: An Evolving Landscape by Michael S. Mireles Jr.

    Patent Eligible Subject Matter in the United States: An Evolving Landscape

    Michael S. Mireles Jr.

 

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