The law does not tolerate police unreasonably shooting across a school yard to stop a fleeing suspect. Why should it tolerate ...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - Perhaps the silliest debate now going on is whether it is appropriate for American court...

The Feb. 14 decision in Yoo v. Robi, 2005 DJDAR 1983, is the latest action in a generations-old practice of compromisin...

The latest U.S. Supreme Court case to address prison violence, Johnson v. California , 2005 DJDAR 2118, concerns an inmate's c...

For many years now, I have had this suspicion that things are not what they seem to be. This troubling suspicion I had stuffed...

Forum Column - By Michael M. Berger - California lawmakers have done a lot of talking about the state's housing shortage witho...

As the debate over Lawrence Summers' remarks keeps building and building, I confess to feeling a strange thrill.

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - A recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, United States v. Afshari , 392 F.3d...

I recently had a birthday. It wasn't a good one. It came at the same time of the year as all the others. I guess it wasn't all...

Applying Islamic law, Saudi Arabian authorities periodically cut off the hands of thieves. To most Americans, the practice is ...

Focus Column - Land Use Law - By Benjamin G. Shatz - Each new year, federal appellate practice changes as the courts adopt new...

What is the state Supreme Court's current big-picture view of torts? In other words, should the law encourage or discourage ce...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson and Neil Siegel - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. B...

Forum Column - By Rory K. Little - Two days ago, a five-justice majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. B...

There are so many instances of federal courts disregarding meritorious prisoner rights claims, especially those brought by inm...

Forum Column - By Paul D. Fogel and David DeJesus - As we face the prospect of a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, the subject of ju...

The reaction to UCLA professor Richard H. Sander's recent study of preferential university admission is freighted with more em...

Forum Column - By David Lash - The Bill of Rights is basically an anti-democratic document. And for that reason, it has done m...

Focus Column - Administrative Law - By Jennifer R. Bush - For the past five years, and arguably longer, the U.S. Court of Appe...

Many people fondly remember Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, though such memories do not concern any significant legislation. ...

Employment Column - By Mark E. Terman - For years, employment lawyers have been advocates for training supervisors as a practi...

Franco Zefferelli's recent movie, "Callas Forever," is primarily about artistic integrity. But it offers deeper insight and le...

All too often, insurers respond to a request for help from their insureds with a knee-jerk denial of coverage. Reasons provide...

Forum Column - By David A. Lash - The now-infamous exit polls from the most recent presidential election tell us that voters v...

Forum Column - By Erwin Chemerinsky - When constitutional historians look back at the Rehnquist court, they will say that it d...

Forum Column - By Franklin R. Garfield - It is widely believed that justice or even fairness is not available in the Los Angel...

In Permanent General Assurance Corp. v. Superior Court , 2004 DJDAR 12515 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Oct. 12, 2004), the insurer app...

Everyone is anxious about today's election because of what happened in 2000. Many believe that the Democrats were out-lawyered...

Forum Column - By William S. Dodge - The State Bar Exam aims to ensure that new lawyers have a basic knowledge of a range of l...

What was a great present for a bright kid in 1953? A Gilbert chemistry set. My name happened to be Gilbert. It still is. When ...