Publications

A. CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT

Opinion: Dissent, "Supreme Court Reform: Diversion Instead of Division," 11 Pepperdine L.Rev. 5 (1983).

"Death Penalty Laws and the California Supreme Court: A Ten Year Perspective," 25 Crime and Social Justice 78 (1987).

"The Know-Nothing Justices on the California Supreme Court," Western Legal History, Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter/Spring (1989).

"Review of Death Penalty Judgments by the Supreme Courts of California: A Tale of Two Courts," 23 Loy. of L.A. L.Rev. 237 (Nov., 1989).

"Depublication," Los Angeles Lawyer (magazine of L.A. Co. Bar Assoc.) Aug./Sept., 1990.

"Judicial Reform and Insanity in California - A Bridge
Too Far," Prosecutor's Brief (magazine of California District Attorneys Assoc.), May/June, 1979.

"Three-strikes Decision: State Supreme Court shows that
It's tough on legislative sloppiness," San Jose Mercury-News, June 23, 1996.

"Tracking the Splits: Fault Lines on the George Court,"
California Litigation, Winter, 1998.

"Sizing Up Justice Moreno,"
California Litigation, Fall, 2003.

California Lawyer Magazine:
"Lucas Court: First Year Report," June, 1988, p. 30.
"Mainstream Justice: A Review of the Second Year of the Lucas Court," July, 1989, p. 37.
"Losing Steam; California Supreme Court: The Year in Review," June, 1990, p. 33.
"The Disappearing Dissenters," June, 1991, p. 34.
"Plunging Into the Political Thicket," June, 1992, p. 31.
"Waiting for Thunderclaps," June, 1993, p. 29.
"The Lucas Legacy," May, 1996, p. 29.
"Seizing the Center," July, 1997, p. 34.
"Playing Center," July, 1998, p.45.
"Mosk's Top Ten Opinions," April, 1999, p. 46.
"Shifting the Balance," July, 1999, p. 54.
"Taming the Initiative," August, 2000, p.46.
"Friends of the Court," December,2000, p. 21.
"Courtly Manners," July, 2001, p. 37.
"All in the Family," November, 2001, p. 21.
"After Mosk," July, 2002.
"The Seven Year Itch," July, 2003, p. 22.

Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Page:
"A Shift in Style or an Ominous Warning?," December 16, 1985.
"Color Our New Court Bland," January 7, 1987.
"When Law Is in Doubt, Bring out the Canons," March 9, 1988.
"The Lucas Court is Suffocating," May 9, 1988.
"Will 'Judicial Restraint' Court Defer on Minimum Wage?" September 7, 1988.
"Depublication: The Court Makes Un-Cases," September 12, 1989.
"A Cure for the Court's Death Row Burnout" November 29, 1989.
"Does Laming the Legislature Upset the Constitution?," November 13, 1990.
"California, of all States, Needs a Court in Full Color," June 5, 1991.
"At the Highest Level, the Bar Could Use Civility
Lessons," May 10, 1996.
"Bigger Court Won't Be Speedier," July 12, 1998.

Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal:
"The Agony and the Irony: The Political Decisions of
The Lucas Court," Daily Journal Report, June, 1992.
"How the Justices Stack Up," Daily Journal Report,
June 4, 1993.
"Trashing the Chief Justice," Open Forum, Nov. 24, 1993.
"FAX From the Future," Open Forum, Jan.12, 1994.
"The Lucas Court's Seventh Year: Achieving a Balanced
Menu," Daily Journal Report, June 8, 1994.
"The Lucas Court's Eighth Year: Coming Back to Life,"
Daily Journal Report, June 14, 1995.
"Term of Transition: An Analysis of the Ninth and Final
Year of the Lucas Court," May 13, 1996.
"Record Numbers," July 22, 1998.
"Capital Expenditure," July 30, 1998.
"Runs and Hits but No Errors," Sept. 13, 1999.
"He Was No Roger Maris," Oct. 18, 1999.