Category Archives: Law
EMINENT DOMAIN, A MODEST PROPOSAL
first published in The Argonaut, July 3, 2009 Great Seal of King John attached to Magna Carta, from the British Library A MODEST PROPOSAL TO CONTAIN EMINENT DOMAIN by Matt Gonzalez “[N]or shall private property be taken for public use,
EMINENT DOMAIN, A MODEST PROPOSAL
first published in The Argonaut, July 3, 2009 Great Seal of King John attached to Magna Carta, from the British Library A MODEST PROPOSAL TO CONTAIN EMINENT DOMAIN by Matt Gonzalez “[N]or shall private property be taken for public use,
FREE SPEECH & THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ANONYMOUSLY
first published in the Davis Enterprise, May 14, 2006 Whitney Leigh THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ANONYMOUSLY IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY by G. Whitney Leigh & Matt Gonzalez DAVIS ENTERPRISE COLUMNIST Bob Dunning recently published a polemic against CAROLE’s
FREE SPEECH & THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ANONYMOUSLY
first published in the Davis Enterprise, May 14, 2006 Whitney Leigh THE RIGHT TO SPEAK ANONYMOUSLY IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY by G. Whitney Leigh & Matt Gonzalez DAVIS ENTERPRISE COLUMNIST Bob Dunning recently published a polemic against CAROLE’s
STANLEY TOOKIE WILLIAMS, THE DEATH PENALTY
first published in Mesh Magazine #12, November/December 2005 Stanley “Tookie” Williams, photographer unknown SPARING THE CRIPS FOUNDER by Matt Gonzalez IN 1974 STANLEY “TOOKIE” “WILLIAMS encountered a body builder named Arnold Schwarzenegger outside a Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach who
STANLEY TOOKIE WILLIAMS, THE DEATH PENALTY
first published in Mesh Magazine #12, November/December 2005 Stanley “Tookie” Williams, photographer unknown SPARING THE CRIPS FOUNDER by Matt Gonzalez IN 1974 STANLEY “TOOKIE” “WILLIAMS encountered a body builder named Arnold Schwarzenegger outside a Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach who
CORPUS DELICTI RULE
first published in Mesh Magazine #10, July/August 2005 Rex, SF Chronicle photograph by Deanne Fitzmaurice WHERE IS THE BODY? UNDERSTANDING THE CORPUS DELICTI RULE by Matt Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCANS REACTED WITH shock over the death of Nicholas Faibish, a 12-year-old
CORPUS DELICTI RULE
first published in Mesh Magazine #10, July/August 2005 Rex, SF Chronicle photograph by Deanne Fitzmaurice WHERE IS THE BODY? UNDERSTANDING THE CORPUS DELICTI RULE by Matt Gonzalez SAN FRANCISCANS REACTED WITH shock over the death of Nicholas Faibish, a 12-year-old
DEPLETED URANIUM
first published in Mesh Magazine #9, May/June 2005 EXISTENTIAL WARFARE: OVERWHELMING OUR OPPONENTS BY KILLING OURSELVES by Matt Gonzalez DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) IS A HIGHLY dense material (2.5 times denser than iron and 1.7 times denser than lead) that, if
DEPLETED URANIUM
first published in Mesh Magazine #9, May/June 2005 EXISTENTIAL WARFARE: OVERWHELMING OUR OPPONENTS BY KILLING OURSELVES by Matt Gonzalez DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) IS A HIGHLY dense material (2.5 times denser than iron and 1.7 times denser than lead) that, if
THREE STRIKES LAW
first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 14, 2005 FREE SANTOS REYES! by Matt Gonzalez IN 1994, THE VOTERS AND STATE Legislature both adopted the “Three Strikes” law in California. Fueled by the abduction and murder of 12
THREE STRIKES LAW
first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 14, 2005 FREE SANTOS REYES! by Matt Gonzalez IN 1994, THE VOTERS AND STATE Legislature both adopted the “Three Strikes” law in California. Fueled by the abduction and murder of 12
RAVEN LECTURE, UC BOALT LAW SCHOOL
first published in the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Vol 16, Number 2 (2005) Excerpt of Benjamin Cardozo quotation on the wall at Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley. THE AMERICAN CITY: A TOOL FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY by
RAVEN LECTURE, UC BOALT LAW SCHOOL
first published in the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Vol 16, Number 2 (2005) Excerpt of Benjamin Cardozo quotation on the wall at Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley. THE AMERICAN CITY: A TOOL FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY by
CHAIN STORES
first published in Mesh Magazine #4, April/May 2004 REINING IN THE CHAINS by Matt Gonzalez WE’RE ALL PRETTY USED TO IT by now. A chain store moves into a neighborhood commercial district and starts to sell its product. In some
CHAIN STORES
first published in Mesh Magazine #4, April/May 2004 REINING IN THE CHAINS by Matt Gonzalez WE’RE ALL PRETTY USED TO IT by now. A chain store moves into a neighborhood commercial district and starts to sell its product. In some
JACK BLACK, YOU CAN’T WIN
first published in the The Recorder, August 23, 2000 Jack Black JACK BLACK RIDES THE RAILS AGAIN. A book review by Matt Gonzalez [You Can’t Win by Jack Black. Introduction by William Burroughs. Afterward by Michael Disend. AK Press, 2000,
JACK BLACK, YOU CAN’T WIN
first published in the The Recorder, August 23, 2000 Jack Black JACK BLACK RIDES THE RAILS AGAIN. A book review by Matt Gonzalez [You Can’t Win by Jack Black. Introduction by William Burroughs. Afterward by Michael Disend. AK Press, 2000,
THE DEATH PENALTY
first published in the Stanford Humanities Review (Fall/Winter 1990) Newsweek photograph by Ken Light THE DEMISE OF DUE PROCESS: MURRAY AGAINST GIARRATANO by Matt Gonzalez “Even though a person be the immediate occasion of another’s death, he is not a
THE DEATH PENALTY
first published in the Stanford Humanities Review (Fall/Winter 1990) Newsweek photograph by Ken Light THE DEMISE OF DUE PROCESS: MURRAY AGAINST GIARRATANO by Matt Gonzalez “Even though a person be the immediate occasion of another’s death, he is not a
AMADOU DIALLO
first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 8, 2000 Amadou Diallo, a 23 year old African immigrant who was killed by New York City police in the building in which he lived in the Bronx, February 4, 1999.
AMADOU DIALLO
first published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 8, 2000 Amadou Diallo, a 23 year old African immigrant who was killed by New York City police in the building in which he lived in the Bronx, February 4, 1999.
