Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (Thomson/West 6th ed. 2010).
Cases and Materials on Insurance Law (Thomson/West 5th ed.
2006) (with John W. Whelan).
Cases and Materials on General Practice Insurance Law (West Group 4th ed.
2001) (with John W. Whelan).
Cases, Materials, and Problems on General Insurance Law (West Pub. Co. 3d ed.
1994) (with Ken H. York & John W. Whelan).
Estate Planning for the Owners of Closely Held Corporations (California Continuing Education of the Bar
1984) (with James A. Barringer).
Journal Articles
You’ve Got to Speak Out Against the Madness: The Myth of Tax Neutrality, 21 Pitt. Tax Rev. 11 (2023). URL
The New EU Rules on Insurance Customer/Policyholder Protection Viewed against the NAIC Model Acts, 20 Global Jurist 20190039 (2020) (with Pierpaolo Marano). URL
A Critique of Critical Tax Policy Critiques (Or, You've Got to Speak Out Against the Madness), 28 Berkeley La Raza L.J. 49 (2017). FULLTEXTURL
Latinos and the Internal Revenue Code: Tax Policy Primer for the New Administration, 20 Harv. Latinx L. Rev. 101 (2017). FULLTEXT
Legal Education in a Modern World: Evolution at Work, 9 Charleston L. Rev. 267 (2015). FULLTEXT
Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance and the Duty to Settle, 68 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 155 (2015). FULLTEXT
Toward A More Perfect Union?: The Dangers of Conflating Progress and Equality, 45 Sw. L. Rev. 101 (2015). FULLTEXT
A Unified Theory of Insurance Risk, 74 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 713 (2014). FULLTEXT
Curriculum Developments in American Law Schools in the Twenty–First Century, 3 China-EU L.J. 43 (2014). FULLTEXT
Structural Impediments to Tax Reform: The Environment as Case Study, 14 Fla. Tax Rev. 45 (2013). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Allocation of Costs in Multi-Insurer Cases Spanning Multiple Years: The Deceptively Simple Problem of Defense Costs, New Appleman on Ins.: Current Critical Issues in Ins. Law 53 (Fall 2012).
The Internal Revenue Code and Latino Realities: A Critical Perspective, 22 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 377 (2011) (with Jennifer M. Martinez). FULLTEXT
Tax Policy, Rational Acts, and Other Myths, 40 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 297 (2009). FULLTEXT
The Uneasy Relationship Between the CISG and U.S. Contract Law, 2009 Nihon Univ. Comp. L. 11 (2009) (invited lecture at Nihon University, Tokyo).
Coverage Advice: The Missing Piece of the Cumis Puzzle, 44 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 63 (Fall 2008) (invited presentation). FULLTEXT
Insurance, The State, and Aging: An American Perspective, 7 Die Versicherung des Alterns 13 (2008) (invited paper presented at the Kompetenzzentrum Versicherungwisssenschaften, a European Insurance Institute in Goettingen, Germany).
Tax Legislation and Democratic Discourse: The Rhetoric of Revenue and Politics, 4 Nev. L.J. 510 (2004) (invited paper presented at University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law). FULLTEXT
The Trouble with Taxes: Fairness, Tax Policy, and the Constitution, 31 Hastings Const. L.Q. 413 (2004) (invited paper presented at Tulane University School of Law). FULLTEXT
Classic Insurance Law in a Postmodern World, 2 Nev. L.J. 403 (2002) (invited paper). FULLTEXT
Toward A Statistical Profile of Latina/os in the Legal Profession, 13 Berkeley La Raza L.J. 59 (2002) (with Miguel A. Méndez). FULLTEXT
Dedication to Professor Ray Forrester, 28 Hastings Const. L.Q. at xxix (2001). FULLTEXT
The Marriage of Intellectual Property and Insurance Law: An Introduction, 8 Conn. Ins. L.J. 1 (2001) (symposium introduction). FULLTEXT
"To Lay and Collect Taxes": The Constitutional Case for Progressive Taxation, 18 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 111 (1999). FULLTEXTSSRN
The Summons Power and the Limits of Theory: A Reply to Professor Hyman, 71 Tul. L. Rev. 1705 (1997). FULLTEXTSSRN
Julian Levi Memorial, 48 Hastings L.J. 3 (1996) (speech). FULLTEXT
Of Fairness and Might: The Limits of Sovereign Power to Tax After Winstar, 28 Ariz. St. L.J. 1193 (1996). FULLTEXT
Babies, Bathwater, and Law Reviews, 47 Stan. L. Rev. 1139 (1995). FULLTEXT
In Memoriam: Professor Warren Shattuck, 47 Hastings L.J. 1 (1995). FULLTEXT
Of Michelangelo and Roscoe Barrow, 16 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 426 (1994). FULLTEXT
Taxes, Morals, and Legitimacy, 1994 BYU L. Rev. 521 (1994). FULLTEXT
The Summons Power and Tax Court Discovery: A Different Perspective, 13 Va. Tax Rev. 731 (1994). FULLTEXT
Federal Tax Amnesty: Crime and Punishment Revisited, 10 Va. Tax Rev. 535 (1991). FULLTEXT
Tax Collection and Populist Rhetoric: Shifting the Burden of Proof in Tax Cases, 39 Hastings L.J. 239 (1988) (reprinted inMonthly Dig. Tax Articles, Dec. 1988, at 12). FULLTEXT
Estate Planning for the Owners of Closely Held Businesses—Valuation Considerations, 6 Est. Plan. & Calif. Prob. Rep. 121 (1985).
Chapters In Books
Cyber Risks: Three Basic Structural Issues to ResolveInsurTech: A Legal and Regulatory View 211 (Pierpaolo Marano & Kyriaki Noussia, Springer 2020).
Taxation and Latinos, inOXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN LATINO STUDIES 0 (Ilan Stavans ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2017).
The Inscrutability of U.S. Tax Policy and Environmental Tax Reform, inMarket Instruments and Sustainable Economy ___ (Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Ambientales 2011).
Inter Vivos and Testamentary Trusts, in1 Estate Planning Practice 127 (California Continuing Education of the Bar 1987).
Short Term Shifts of Income: Clifford Trusts and Crown Loans, inPlanning and Drafting Irrevocable Trusts ___ (California Continuing Education of the Bar 1983).
Book Reviews
Toward Tax Reform That Mirrors Our Better Selves, 47 Hastings Const. L.Q. 467 (2020) (reviewing Anthony C. Infanti, Our Selfish Tax Laws (2018)). URL
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
KQED and the Mondavi Controversy, S. F. Chron., Dec. 27, 1996, at A23. CATALOG
If No One Reads Law Reviews, Why are They So Important?, L.A. Daily J., Dec. 22, 1995, at 6. CATALOG