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 2009

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Obama off to good start in Middle East, Omar M. Dajani

Palestinian Struggles for Nationhood in Middle East, Omar M. Dajani

Redrawing the Middle East Roadmap: Lessons for President Obama, Omar M. Dajani

The Middle East Regional Crises: Israel-Palestine & Iran, Omar M. Dajani

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The Use of International and Comparative Sources in a Domestic Constitutional Law Course, Brian K. Landsberg

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Find Them on Facebook: Using Facebook to Reach Students Where They Already Go, Courtney G. Lee

Author Meets Readers [On my book, RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE IN LEGAL PRACTICE AND CRITICAL LEGAL THEORY], Francis J. Mootz III

Faithful Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

Humanistic Approaches to Legal Education, Francis J. Mootz III

Law and Rhetoric, Francis J. Mootz III

Law and Rhetoric Workshop, Francis J. Mootz III

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The Proposition 8 Sausage Factory: Overview and Analysis of Prop 8 Hearings in March 2009, Jeffrey E. Proske

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

Challenges in Legal Ethics, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2008

Enhancing the Accountability of Palestinian Public Institutions, Omar M. Dajani

Strategies for Facilitating Palestinian Agricultural Exports: Legal Framework, Omar M. Dajani

The Legal and Institutional Structure of the State of Palestine: The Case for a Hybrid Legal System, Omar M. Dajani

A Comprehensive Agenda: Adopting a framework for comprehensive peace in the Middle East is the change that Obama really needs to herald, Omar M. Dajani and Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere

A Palestinian State First, Omar M. Dajani and Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere

U.S. should take lead in Middle East peace process, Omar M. Dajani and Ezzedine Choukri-Fishere

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Teaching Skills in Chinese Law Schools, Brian K. Landsberg

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

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

Antidiscrimination Discourse and Practices, Francis J. Mootz III

Is the United States a Secular Nation? Reflections on the Upcoming Presidential Election, Francis J. Mootz III

Legal Education: Isocrates, Vico and Perelman, Francis J. Mootz III

Ontology and Law, Francis J. Mootz III

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

Rhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice and Critical Legal Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

The New Legal Realism, Francis J. Mootz III

Vico on Justice: A Roundtable, Francis J. Mootz III

Work Smart: Excel in Law School by Becoming an Expert Learner, Michael Hunter Schwartz

Foreclosure in California: Past, Present, and Future, John G. Sprankling

New Directions in Chinese Contract Law, John G. Sprankling

Rethinking Subsurface Property Rights, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2007

At the Shadow’s Edge: The Role of Law in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks, 1999-2001, Omar M. Dajani

Defaults or Dictates: Negotiating Rights and Obligations under the Law of Occupation, Omar M. Dajani

Finding Peace in the Shade of the Law: The Plural Roles of Law in Palestinian Diplomacy, Omar M. Dajani

Forty Years Without Resolve: Assessing the Influence of UN Security Council Resolution 242 on Middle East Peacemaking, Omar M. Dajani

After Natural Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Critical Hermeneutics: Philosophy or Rhetoric?, Francis J. Mootz III

Good Faith in American Contract Law: History and Prospects, Francis J. Mootz III

Have Commercial Parties Stopped Fighting the Battle of the Forms?, Francis J. Mootz III

Litigation Norms for Insurers, Francis J. Mootz III

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My Turn to Sing Along, Francis J. Mootz III

Rhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice and Critical Legal Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

Overlooked Temporal Issues in Statutory Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

The War On Terrorism and the Extraterritorial Application of the Constitution in Immigration Law, Brian G. Slocum

Ethical Dilemmas for the Transactional Attorney, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2006

At the Shadow’s Edge: The Role of Law in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks, 1999-2001, Omar M. Dajani

Buckle Up the One You Love: Reconciling Peace and Democracy in the Middle East, Omar M. Dajani

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Conflict in Lebanon: In Middle East Problems Lie the Solutions, Omar M. Dajani

Developing a Palestinian Roadmap for Legislative Reform in the Business Sector: Analysis and Recommendations, Omar M. Dajani

Finding Rights in Palestinian-Israeli Security Discourse, Omar M. Dajani

Legal Responses to Ethnic Difference: Rwanda & Burundi, Omar M. Dajani

Getting Beyond Legal Orientalism: The Hermeneutical Significance of Foreign Constitutional Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Legal Orientalism, Francis J. Mootz III

Litigation Norms for Insurers, Francis J. Mootz III

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

The Crimmification Crisis, Brian G. Slocum

Submissions from 2005

At the Shadow’s Edge: The Role of Law in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks, 1999-2001, Omar M. Dajani

How Palestinians Negotiate, Omar M. Dajani

Getting Beyond Orientalism, Francis J. Mootz III

Jaroslav Pelikan’s INTERPRETING THE BIBLE AND THE CONSTITUTION, Francis J. Mootz III

Globalizing Property Law, John G. Sprankling

Implementing the Global Approach to Legal Education, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2004

“End of Conflict” and Other Fictions: Competing Visions of Peace and Justice in the Middle East, Omar M. Dajani

Lost Without a Context: The Failure to Apply International Law to the Palestinian-Israeli Dispute, Omar M. Dajani

The Middle East after the Election: Lessons for Our Next President, Omar M. Dajani

The Minimum Requirements for Peace in the Middle East, Omar M. Dajani and Mark Rosenblum

Critical Legal Hermeneutics: Between Gadamer and Nietzsche, Francis J. Mootz III

Statutory Interpretation after Lamie, Cybergenics and Price, Francis J. Mootz III

The Rhetoric and Law Initiative, Francis J. Mootz III

Choosing Materials and Methodologies, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2003

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On a Better Road This Time in the MidEast?, Omar M. Dajani

Deconstruction and Construction of Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Responses to Nietzsche’s Destruction of Legal Argumentation, Francis J. Mootz III

Terminal Legality, Francis J. Mootz III

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Book Review: Man in His Original Dignity: Legal Ethics in France, John Cary Sims

Legal Ethics in Real Estate Transactions, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2002

Insurer Liability to Third Party Claimants for Bad Faith Settlement Practices, Francis J. Mootz III

The Postmodern Aristotle, Francis J. Mootz III

Professional Responsibility: What Works—and Why?, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2001

Gay Science as Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Insurer Liability to Third Party Claimants for Bad Faith Settlement Practices, Francis J. Mootz III

Nietzsche, Aesthetics and Radical Hermeneutics, Francis J. Mootz III

Social Theory and Legal Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

Sovereignty in Legal Practice and Legal Theory, Francis J. Mootz III

Transnational Business Law in the Twenty-First Century, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 1999

Is Justice Transcendental?, Francis J. Mootz III

Submissions from 1998

Due Process in Consumer Arbitration, J. Clark Kelso

Hermeneutics and the Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Submissions from 1997

Psychoanalytic Jurisprudence Redux, Francis J. Mootz III

Submissions from 1996

Interpreting the Rhetorical Turn, Francis J. Mootz III

Submissions from 1995

Improving Accountability--Thoughts on Unfunded Mandates, J. Clark Kelso

Proposition 13, the Search for Revenues, and Unintended Consequences, J. Clark Kelso

Submissions from 1994

Most Courtrooms in California Can’t Match Judge Ito’s, J. Clark Kelso

Keep Politics Off the Bench--County-Wide Judicial Elections Preserve Judicial Independence, J. Clark Kelso and Cruz Reynoso

Submissions from 1993

In Defense of Victims’ Rights Movement, J. Clark Kelso

Submissions from 1990

Good ratings, bad history—Marshall’s comments aren’t unique, J. Clark Kelso