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 2022

Open Forum Discussion on the Ukraine Invasion, Nadia Banteka

Police Brutality as Torture, Nadia Banteka

The Holy Land Confederation, Omar M. Dajani

Progressive Textualism, Brian G. Slocum

Statutory Interpretation from the Outside, Brian G. Slocum

Statutory Interpretation from the Outside & The Presumption of Legal Meaning, Brian G. Slocum

Submissions from 2021

Open Forum Discussion on the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial, Nadia Banteka

Open Forum Discussion on the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Verdict, Nadia Banteka

Police Brutality as Torture, Nadia Banteka

Police Ignorance and (Un)reasonable Fourth Amendment Exclusion, Nadia Banteka

Legal Analysis of the Ongoing Conflict between Israel and Palestine, Omar M. Dajani

Legal Aspects of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Abraham Accords, Omar M. Dajani

Rethinking the Future of Israel and Palestine: Between Two States and One, Omar M. Dajani and Mara Kolesas

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Book Review: Noticing the Government’s Voice and Pondering Its Implications, Reviewing Helen Norton, The Government’s Speech and the Constitution, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

Public Meaning, Brian G. Slocum

Statutory Interpretation from the Outside, Brian G. Slocum

Statutory Interpretation from the Outside, Brian G. Slocum

Statutory Interpretation from the Outside, Brian G. Slocum

The Meaning of Sex: Dynamic Words, Novel Applications, and Original Public Meaning, Brian G. Slocum

Submissions from 2020

Artificially Intelligent Persons, Nadia Banteka

Artificially Intelligent Persons, Nadia Banteka

Artificially Intelligent Persons, Nadia Banteka

Artificially Intelligent Persons, Nadia Banteka

Police Ignorance and (Un)reasonable Fourth Amendment Exclusion, Nadia Banteka

Corpus Linguistics and the Structure of Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

Debate with Professor Ilan Wurman, Brian G. Slocum

Defending the Canon of Constitutional Avoidance, Brian G. Slocum

Dynamic Words and Evolving Statutes, Brian G. Slocum, William N. Eskridge Jr., and Stefan Th. Gries

Submissions from 2019

A Network Theory Approach to Global Legislative Action, Nadia Banteka

Cities and International Law, Nadia Banteka

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Israel has already annexed the West Bank, Omar M. Dajani

Stuck Together: Confederal Models for Israel/Palestine, Omar M. Dajani

Stuck Together: Confederal Models for Israel/Palestine, Omar M. Dajani

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Harmonic Convergence or Cognitive Dissonance? California's Groundwater Law & The Public Trust Doctrine, Jennifer L. Harder

Cannabis Discussion Group, Francis J. Mootz III

Ethical Cannabis Lawyering in California, Francis J. Mootz III

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A Path Forward for California’s Freshwater Ecosystems, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Karrigan Bork, James Cloern, Frank Davis, Ted Grantham, Letitia Grenier, Jennifer L. Harder, Yusuke Kuwayama, Peter Moyle, Mark Schwartz, Alison Whipple, and Sarah Yarnell

Corpus Evidence of the Meaning of "Sex" in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1), Brian G. Slocum

Corpus Linguistics and Legal Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

Judging ‘Judging Ordinary Meaning’, Brian G. Slocum

Judicial Activism and the Canon of Constitutional Avoidance, Brian G. Slocum

Judicial Activism and the Canon of Constitutional Avoidance, Brian G. Slocum

The Ordinary Meaning of International Law, Brian G. Slocum

The Ordinary Meaning of International Law, Brian G. Slocum

Theories of Statutory Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

The Scope and Limits of Corpus Analysis for Legal Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

Ethics in Action, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2018

Advancing the Impact of Victim Participation at the International Criminal Court: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice, Nadia Banteka

Responding to Victimization in Cambodia and the Congo: The Case of the ECCC and ICC, Nadia Banteka

An Emerging Constitutionalism in Israel/Palestine?, Omar M. Dajani

Oslo and the Negation of International Law, Omar M. Dajani

Celebrating Classical Rhetoric and Building Contemporary Law, Francis J. Mootz III

Statutory Interpretation, Francis J. Mootz III

Corpus Linguistics and Statutory Interpretation Panel, Brian G. Slocum

The Generality of Meaning, Brian G. Slocum

Thoughts on Ordinary Meaning and Corpus Linguistics, Brian G. Slocum

Top 10 Real Estate Cases of 2017, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2017

A Network Theory Approach to Global Legislative Action, Nadia Banteka

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Greece’s New “Gender Identity” Law Explained, Nadia Banteka

LGBT Refugees, Nadia Banteka

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The Al-Mahdi Reparations Order at the ICC: A Step towards Justice for Victims of Crimes against Cultural Heritage, Nadia Banteka and Alina Balta

Finding Peace in the Shade of the Law: Roles of International Law in Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks, Omar M. Dajani

Tantamount to De Facto Annexation? Israel's Settlement Enterprise at Fifty, Omar M. Dajani

Touching the Holy: How Palestinians Negotiated Jerusalem, Omar M. Dajani

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Rethinking Oslo: How Europe Can Promote Peace in Israel-Palestine, Omar M. Dajani and Hugh Lovatt

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Michael Malloy (Pacific McGeorge) - KCON Scholarship Spotlight - Contracts in a Digital Age: My Teenaged Tech Advisors Rescue Dad, Michael P. Malloy

Assessing Corpus Linguistics and Legal Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

No Vehicles in the Park, Brian G. Slocum

Ordinary Meaning and Corpus Linguistics, Brian G. Slocum

What Students Should Know About Language, Brian G. Slocum

Commencement Address, John G. Sprankling

The UN’s Successes and Failures in International Property Law, John G. Sprankling

Using Classroom Simulations to Teach Negotiation and Advocacy Skills, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2016

The Inclining Role of Non-State Actors in Global Governance, Nadia Banteka

The Legal Reality of Refugee Minors in Greece, Nadia Banteka

Israel & Palestine: A Dialogue for Peace, Omar M. Dajani and Michael Lerner

Invited Co-Plenary Speaker, Francis J. Mootz III

A Linguistic Analysis of Chevron, Brian G. Slocum

Corpus Linguistics and Legal Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

Language and Judicial Review of Agency Statutory Interpretations, Brian G. Slocum

Linguistics and Judicial Review, Brian G. Slocum

Advising Your Client on Opening a Winery, John G. Sprankling

Ethical Dilemmas, John G. Sprankling

Submissions from 2015

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Local Immigration Regulations after 9/11, Raquel Aldana

Dangerous Liaisons: The Responsibility to Protect and a Reform of the UN Security Council, Nadia Banteka

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No Longer Immune? How Network Theory Decodes Normative Shifts in Personal Immunity for Heads of State, Nadia Banteka

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The ICC Prosecutor as a Political Actor, Nadia Banteka

Devolution or Disintegration? Whither the State in MENA, Omar M. Dajani

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License Plates are Back in Court in Walker v. Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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The Court Decides, 5-4, Specialty License Plates are Government Speech, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

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Larry Levine, Lawrence C. Levine

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Global K Blog - entries by Michael P. Malloy, Michael P. Malloy

Getting Over the Originalist Fixation, Francis J. Mootz III

Workplace Crime, Immigrant Victims and Justice, Francis J. Mootz III

The Contribution of Linguistics to Legal Interpretation, Brian G. Slocum

The Interpretation of Legal Texts in the Administrative State, Brian G. Slocum

Ethical Dilemmas, John G. Sprankling

Practicing Wine Law, John G. Sprankling

The International Law of Property, John G. Sprankling

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Sentencing Policies and Practices in California, Michael Vitiello