The Judges’ Book features excerpted scholarship from UC Hastings Faculty geared specifically towards judges, judicial business, and issues likely to come before American courts for resolution.
Volume 1 (2017)
Introduction
David Faigman
Foreword
Marsha S. Berzon
Administrative Law: Historical Origins of America’s Administrative Exceptionalism
Reuel Schiller
Administrative Law: The Importance of Regional Administration to Federalism
Dave Owen
Bankruptcy: Activist Investors and Chapter 11
Jared A. Ellias
Civil Procedure: Certifying an Opt-In Class under Rule 23
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: How to Apply Diversity Jurisdiction in a Multiparty Case
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: Class Action Fee and Cost Awards
Morris Ratner
Criminal Law: Clarifying “Wrongfulness” in Insanity Cases
Kate E. Bloch and Jeffrey Gould
Evidence: Admissibility vs. Weight in Scientific Testimony
David Faigman
Federal Law Enforcement: Law Enforcement as Political Question
Zachary S. Price
Patent Law: Finding Space for State Authority to Regulate Patents
Robin Feldman
Patent Law: How Big Pharma Delays Generic Entry
Robin Feldman
Federal Tax Law: The Costs of Cliff Effects in the Internal Revenue Code
Manoj Viswanathan
Appendix: Notable Faculty Publications 2016
Volume 2 (2018)
Introduction
David Faigman
Foreword
Lawrence J. O’Neill Hon.
Children and the Law: Constitutional Decisionmaking and the “Peculiar Vulnerability of Children”
Lois A. Weithorn
Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction and Its Effects
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: Managing Class-Action Conflicts
Morris Ratner
Constitutional Law: Reliance on Nonenforcement
Zachary S. Price
Corporate Law: If It Acts Like a Bank, Regulate It Like a Bank
John Crawford
Employment Law: The Employee vs. Independent Contractor Dichotomy
Veena B. Dubal
Environmental Law: Little Streams and Legal Transformations
Dave Owen
Health Law: Canadian Medical Tourism: Expanding Opportunities and Reducing Legal Risks for American Healthcare Providers
R. Gregory Cochran
Health Law: Protecting Children when Parents Choose Not to Vaccinate
Dorit Rubinstein Reiss
Judging and Mindfulness: How to Use Mindfulness to Improve Judging and Reduce Bias
Clark Freshman
Patent Law: Empirical Evidence of Drug Pricing Games— A Citizen’s Pathway Gone Astray
Robin Feldman
Tax Law: The Ethics of Tax Lawyering
Heather M. Field
Appendix: Notable Faculty Scholarship in 2017
Volume 3 (2019)
Introduction
David Faigman
Foreword
Brad R. Hill The Honorable
Administrative Law: The Trouble with Counting
Jodi L. Short
Bankruptcy Law: Explaining Bankruptcy Forum Shopping
Jared A. Ellias
Civil Procedure: Personal Jurisdiction and Aggregation
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: Personal Jurisdiction and Aliens
Scott Dodson
Constitutional Law: Funding Restrictions and Separation of Powers
Zachary S. Price
Corporate Law: Resolution Triggers for Systematically Important Financial Institutions
John Crawford
Criminal Law: The Institutional Design of Punishment
Aaron Rappaport
Evidence Law: Convictions Based on Circumstantial Evidence
Binyamin Blum
Health Law: SB 17 and State Regulation of Drug Pricing
Jaime S. King and Katherine L. Gudiksen
Immunization Law: Litigating Alternative Facts
Dorit Rubinstein Reiss
International Law: Explaining International Acts
Chimène I. Keitner
Public Lands: Are U.S. Public Lands Unconstitutional?
John D. Leshy
Tax Law: Problems with Abandoning the Full-Deduction Rule
Manoj Viswanathan
Technology Law: Artificial Intelligence: Trust and Distrust
Robin C. Feldman
Appendix: Notable Faculty Scholarship in 2018
Volume 4 (2020)
Introduction
David Faigman
Foreword
Edward J. Davila The Honorable
Bankruptcy Law: The Effect of Banning Key Employee Retention Plans
Jared A. Ellias
Civil Procedure: Beyond Bias in Diversity Jurisdiction
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: Plaintiff Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Transfer
Scott Dodson
Constitutional Law: Should the Power of Presidential Pardon be Revised?
David L. Levine
Constitutional Law: Symmetric Constitutionalism
Zachary S. Price
Copyright Law: Statutory Damages in the Digital Age of Copyright Law
Ben Depoorter
Criminal Law: Progressive Punitivism
Hadar Aviram
Employment Law: Sexual Harassment Law After the Norm Cascade
Joan C. Williams and Jodi Short
Health Law: The Unstoppable Growth of Prescription Drug Prices
Robin C. Feldman
Health Law: Why Anti-Vaccine Claims About NVICP Cases are Wrong
Dorit Reiss
International Law: Immunities of Foreign Officials from Civil Jurisdiction
Chimene I. Keitner
Patent Law: The Sound and Fury of Patent Activity
Robin C. Feldman
Tort Law: Liability for Anti-Vaccine Misinformation
Dorit Reiss and John Diamond
Notable Faculty Publications In 2019
Volume 5 (2021)
Introduction
David Faigman
Foreword
Nicholas G. Garaufis The Honorable
Antitrust Law: Pharmaceutical “Pay for Delay” Reexamined
Robin Feldman
Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy Hardball
Jared Ellias
Civil Procedure: A Critique of Jurisdictionality
Scott Dodson
Civil Procedure: The Zooming of Federal Civil Litigation
Scott Dodson
Constitutional Law: Blockchain’s Challenge for the Fourth Amendment
Paul Belonick
Corporate Law: Does Trados Matter?
Abraham J.B. Cable
Employment Law: Proving Racial and Gender Bias Under Title VII
Joan C. Williams
Evidence: Evidence of Memory from Brain Data
Emily Murphy
Health Law: Physician Aid in Dying and Assessment of Patient Capacity
Lois A. Weithorn
Health Law: Vaccine Mandates: A Primer
Dorit Reiss
Intellectual Property: Naked Price & Pharmaceutical Trade Secret Overreach
Robin Feldman
Tax: Exit Rights Triggered by Tax Law Changes
Heather M. Field
Volume 6 (2022)
Introduction
Scott Dodson
Foreword
Daniel Bress The Honorable
Civil Procedure: Personal Jurisdiction After Ford
Scott Dodson
Constitutional Law: Article III and the Political-Question Doctrine
Scott Dodson
Constitutional Law: Congress’s Power Over Military Offices
Zachary S. Price
Environmental Law: Law, Land Use, and Groundwater Recharge
Dave Owen
Environmental Law: Rivers with Rights
David Takacs
Evidence: A Brief Guide to Differential Etiology
David L. Faigman
Health Law: The Devil in the Tiers
Robin Feldman
Health Law: Vaccine Mandates and Religion
Dorit Reiss
Immigration Law: The Political (Mis)Representation of Immigrants in the Census
Ming Hsu Chen
International Law: Prosecuting Foreign States
Chimène I. Keitner
International Law: A Roadmap for Foreign Official Immunity in U.S. Courts
Chimène I. Keitner
Tort Litigation: Brave New World: Technology and Tort Practice
Richard Marcus