Serrano v. Priest’s Inputs and Outputs

A report on the litigation strategies and cost-quality issues involved in the Serrano V Priest case in which the California Supreme Court ruled that spending for a child\u27s publicly financed education should not be a function of wealth. Also discussed are the relevance of the Supreme Court\u27s Rodriquez decision as well as the response of the California legislature

Latin-American Land Reform: The Uses of Confiscation

This article examines the legislative techniques for taking land, showing their confiscatory operation. For many lawyers, the analysis would then be easily completed: confiscation is wrongful and must be condemned. Rejecting the implicit absolutism of that conclusion, this article inquires into the justifications that can be pleaded on behalf of selective confiscation as an aid in solving some of Latin America\u27s economic and social ills