Fall 1983 – Issue 30 - Stanford Lawyer - Stanford University

Faculty NotesProfessor John H. Barton,Sweitzer ProfessorJohn Henry Merryman,Anthropology ProfessorJames Lowell Gibbs,Jr., and former ConsultingProfessor Victor HaoLi (now president of theEast-West Center inHonolulu) are surprisedand delighted that theirnew casebook, Law inRadically Different Cultures,is being used inChina. The book developedout of their pioneeringLaw Schoolcourse of the samename.Professor Mario Cappellettijourneyed to Bogotain April to deliver keynotelectures for threesessions of an internationalconference oflawyers, judges, and lawprofessors. While there,he was named an honoraryprofessor of theUniversidad Externadode Colombia. Cappellettiis currently based inFlorence, Italy, where heis serving as professorof law at the EuropeanUniversity Institute.Professor WilliamCohen helped plan andlead a workshop onteaching constitutionallaw sponsored by theAssociation of AmericanLaw Schools. The event,which was attended bynearly 100 con lawteachers, took placeJune 20-22 in LosAngeles. Three of thefourteen speakers werefrom Stanford. DeanJohn Ely and ProfessorCohen were speakers ona panel, moderated byCohen, which dealt withcourse coverage of individualrights and liberties.And Paul Brest, thenew Kenneth and HarleMontgomery Professor ofClinical Legal Education,participated in a paneldiscussion of "history,process, and other nondoctrinalalternatives."Professor Cohen alsomoderated a panel onwhether the concept ofequality under the EqualProtection Clause hadany intrinsic content.Professor Robert Ellicksontraveled to the OddFellows Hall in Millville,California, on January 8,to serve as featuredspeaker at the ShastaCounty Cattlemen'sAssociation annual meeting.This invitation resultedfrom Ellickson'sfieldwork last summer ondispute resolutionamong neighbors in therural county. Ellicksonand fellow professorThomas Grey (see below)participated in apanel discussion, February18, on "CurrentIssues in PropertyTheory," held in Los Angelesby the SouthernCalifornia Law Review.Mark A. Franklin, FrederickI. Richman Professorof Law, was oneof four organizers of aweek-long AALS conferenceon the Teachingof Torts, which tookplace June 6-10 in Boston.He also participatedas a panel member and/or chair in sessions onwhat the content of thebasic Torts courseshould be, and on advancedofferings in thefield.Lawrence Friedman,Marion Rice KirkwoodProfessor of Law, gave atalk on "The State ofAmerican Legal History"at the annual meetinglast December of theAmerican HistoricalAssociation, in Washington,DC. He also spoke,in February, at a conferenceon SouthernLegal History, in GulfPark, Mississippi. Andlater that month, he deliveredthe DonahueLecture at Suffolk UniversitySchool of Law, inBoston, on the subject ofthe changing Americanlegal culture.Professor William B.Gould is cochairman ofthe California state bar'sAd Hoc Legislative Committeeon the "Terminationat Will" Doctrine.The Committee, whichwas recently establishedby the bar's Labor andEmployment Section,will, in Gould's words,"write a report on thequestion of what legislation,if any, should beenacted in California todeal with so-calledwrongful dismissals."Professor Thomas Greyis one of six Stanfordfaculty members (andthe first lawyer) to beawarded a fellowship byFall 1983 Stanford Lawyer59