California Legal History

California Legal History (formerly The California Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook), is an annual journal which publishes scholarly articles and the oral histories of prominent figures of the bench and bar of California (member benefit at minimum $50 level). To purchase current or back issues in hard copy, please contact W.S. Hein & Co., Inc. Full text is available online through subscribing libraries at HeinOnline, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text, and LegalTrac.

2018-2017 | 2016-2015 | 2014-2011 | 2010-2006 | 1999-1994

To view the table of contents and excerpts of selected articles from these volumes, please see below:

› California Legal History | 2018: Vol. 13 [PDF]

This volume is Part II of a two-part tribute to Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar on the occasion of her retirement from the California Supreme Court on August 31, 2017. It is a theme volume with articles on topics in Environmental Law, one of Justice Werdegar’s areas of special interest.

›  The California Environmental Quality Act at 40
›  Honoring Justice Kathryn Werdegar For Landmark Decisions Interpreting the California Environmental Quality Act
›  Justice Werdegar, State Police Power and Obstacle Preemption: An Enduring Legacy
›  What Happened to Hispanic Natural Resources Law in California?
›  From Corporatism to Citizen Oversight: The Legal Fight Over California Redwoods, 1969-1999

Environmental Law – Book Section

The Conservation of Local Autonomy: California’s Agricultural Land Policies, 1900-1966

›  Introductory Materials
›  Chapter 1 – “Slurbanizing” the “Valley of the Heart’s Delight
›  Chapter 2 – The Genesis of Home Rule in California
›  Chapter 3 – From Home Rule to Local Autonomy: Rejecting Regional Planning
›  Chapter 4 – From Home Rule to Local Autonomy: Public Finance Reform
›  Chapter 5 – The Tenacity of Parochialism: State Planning, 1929–1959
›  Chapter 6 – Girding Urban Sprawl With a Slender Green Belt
›  Chapter 7 – Preferential Taxation and the Conservation of Local Autonomy
›  Chapter 8 – The Mutability of Federalism: Reshaping the Contours of the Williamson Act
›  Bibliography

Environmental Law – Oral History Section

Excerpts From the Oral Histories of:

›  John Zierold
›  Thomas J. Graff
›  Henry J. Vaux, Sr.
›  David E. Pesonen
›  Bruce S. Howard
›  William W. Wood, Jr.

Articles

›  Sei Fuji: An Alien-American Patriot
›  California – Laboratory of Legal Innovation
›  Criminal Law Principles in California: Balancing a “Right to be Forgotten” with a Right to Remember

The following article was the 2017 winner of the CSCHS Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition in California Legal History

› California’s No-Duty Law and Its Negative Implications

› California Legal History | 2017: Vol. 12 [PDF]

This volume, published in December 2017, is Part I of a two-part tribute to Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar on the occasion of her retirement from the California Supreme Court on August 31, 2017.