McGeorge Law Review | Volume 42

Volume 42 – Issue 3

Review of Selected 2010 California Legislation

Civil (pdf)

• Extending Social Host Liability: Chapter 154 Seeks to Hold Adults Accountable for Serving Alcohol to Minors — Joseph Fabel
• Chapter 20: The Shirt Heard 'Round the World' — Colin Sullivan

Civil Procedure (pdf)

• The Expedited Jury Trials Act: Enhancing Access, Reducing Costs, and Increasing Efficiency — Jeremy P. Ehrlich
• Chapter 156: A Surgical Procedure to Revive California's Crippled Electronic Service of Process — Allan Woodworth
• Chapter 64: Assisting Victims of Elder Financial Abuse in Recovering Their Judgment Awards — Ekaterina Deaver

Education (pdf)

• Taking Advantage of Federal Money: Chapter 11 Allows California Schools to Unambiguously Issue Qualified School Construction Bonds — Carissa Bouwer
• Chapter 3: Empowering Parents to Win the Race to the Top — Ashley Bonnett

Evidence (pdf)

• Chapter 106: In Hearsay We "Trust" — Abigail Maurer

Fish and Game (pdf)

• Expediting the Permitting Process for Desert Solar Projects — Kevin A. James

Government (pdf)

• Chapter 13: More Money to Players, Brighter Future for Schools — Megan Cosgrove
• Chapter 18: Enhancing Government Transparency — Julia DeVos
• Chapter 167: Taking Court Records Management from the Stone Age to the Digital Age — Brian E. Hamilton
• Chapter 25: One More Step Toward Cityhood for East Los Angeles — Brian E. Hamilton
• Chapter 22: Another Step Toward Curing Constitutional Deficiencies in California's Prisons — Kirk Wilbur

Health and Safety (pdf)

• Chapter 521: Overexposed: Radiology Errors Lead to Harm from CT Scans — Christopher Braniff
• Chapter 19: Requiring a Carbon Monoxide Detector in Every Home — Will Melehani
• Giving Life: Increasing Organ Donation and Creating an Altruistic Organ Donation Registry — Rebekah Morrissey

Penal (pdf)

• Chapter 405: The Time No Longer Needs to Fit the Crime for Dying Inmates — Kendra Bertschy
• No Body Armor for Violent Felons: Chapter 21 Reinstates the James Guelff Act — Scott Walker
• Chapter 219: Chelsea's Law — Kevin Walkow

Probate (pdf)

• Chapter 48: Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Predatory Power of Attorney Practices — Ekaterina Deaver

Public Resources (pdf)

• Chapter 5: The Bottle Bill Budget Band-Aid — Clayton S. McCarl, III
• Chapter 10: Manufacturing Incentives and Green T echnology — Rebekah Morrissey

Revenue and Taxation (pdf)

• California's Expansion of the Homebuyers' Tax Credit Program: Economic Stimulus or $200 Million Giveaway? — Daniel S. Cucchi

Vehicle (pdf)

• Chapter 30: Correcting a Drafting Error in California's Latest DUI Law — Michael Malone

Welfare & Institutions (pdf)

• Chapter 66: Making Small Steps Towards Permanency for Dependent Children — Kendra Bertschy
• Ending the "Gay Cure": Chapter 379 Deletes Discriminatory Language from the Law — Ashley Porter

Volume 42 – Issue 4

Articles

• Unveiling the Mystery, History, and Problems Associated with the Jurisdictional Limitations of Bankruptcy Courts over Personal Injury Tort and Wrongful Death Claims (pdf) — Ishaq Kundawala
• The Viability of Multi-Party Litigation as a Tool for Social Engineering Six Decades After the Restrictive Covenant Cases (pdf) — José Felipé Anderson
• What Can We Learn from the 2010 BP Oil Spill?: Five Important Corporate Law and Life Lessons (pdf) — Joseph Karl Grant
• The Challenges and Opportunities of Importing and Exporting Experiential Education to China (pdf) — Eleanor W. Myers and Jianmin Chen

Comments

• Reproductive Organs and Differences of Sex Development: The Constitutional Issues Created by the Surgical Treatment of Intersex Children (pdf) — Skylar Curtis
• Barber v. Thomas: The Supreme Court's Interpretation of the Federal "Good Time Credits" Statute is Undermining Sentencing Reform (pdf) — Max Hellman
• Lock the Closet Door: Does Private Mean Secret? (pdf) — Whitney Kirsten McBride
• Computer Hacking as a "Deceptive Device": Why the Courts Must Give Computers Legal Consciousness to Hold Hackers Liable for Insider Trading (pdf) — Farid Sharaby