The latest edition of California Legal History, the Journal of the 
California Supreme Court Historical Society, is out and available here. [Disclosure: I’m on the Society’s board of directors.] It features the first-time publication of the full content of presentations at a 2006 program about California as a laboratory of legal innovation.
The Journal includes the following:
- Special Section: Ten Unpublished Speeches by Justice Carlos R. Moreno
› Address to the Supreme Court of Mexico on the American Judicial System
› Access to Justice
› Law Enforcement and the Courts
› Mendez v. Westminster and School Desegregation
› Standing the Test of Time: Using Diversity as the Foundation for Judicial Decision-Making
› Language Access in Court
› On Self-Esteem and Life’s Opportunities
› Prosecutorial Misconduct
› “Justice for All Seasons”
› The State of the Initiative Process as Seen Through the Lens of Criminal Law
Articles
- › How a California Settler Unsettled the Proslavery Legislature of Antebellum Louisiana
› Right of Publicity in the Era of Celebrity: A Conceptual Exploration of the California Right of Publicity, as Expanded in White v. Samsung Electonics, in Today’s World of Celebrity Glorification and Imitation
› The Right of Free Speech in Privately Owned Premises: Following up with the Robins v. Pruneyard Judgment
› Gems From California’s Legal History at LA Law Library