Stanford Journal of International Studies

The Stanford Journal of International Studies’ annual publication, a 208-page, paperbound volume dealing with arms control, has been so well received on a national level that the student editorial staff hopes to broaden its staff, its contributors and its audience. The book has already been chosen as the text for Political Science 138-A, “Problems of Arms Control and Disarmament,” an undergraduate course which will be offered at Stanford in the winter quarter by Professors John Lewis of political science and John Barton of the Law School. The volume is also being studied for possible use as a text by other professors across the nation.

The arms control issue contains articles by Stanford historians Gordon Craig and Peter Paret, Nobel laureate geneticist Joshua Lederberg, and political scientist Robert C. North, and students Jonathan E. Medalia, Peter C. Wagstaff and Harold R. Hemingway. Medalia now is at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Wagstaff is doing graduate work at Cornell and Hemingway is a Stanford senior.

Another article in the current issue, “Limited Agreements and Long Term Stability: A Positive View Toward SALT,” was written by Jerome H. Kahan, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. This was reprinted by Brookings as a special booklet and distributed to Congressional committees which considered the SALT treaty this summer.

Similar reprint plans are being considered for the article by Lederberg on the Chemical-Biological Warfare Treaty, which is also soon to be considered by Congress.

The next Journal issue will deal with international control of the environment. Among future topics under consideration are “China” and “The Future of the UN.”

Editor-in-Chief Paul Muther, a third-year J.D.-M.B.A. candidate, says he hopes to build a broad representation of contributors from all related disciplines including the environmental field. He is also seeking a similar diversity for the editorial staff with plans for a staff made up of 50 percent law students and 50 percent graduate or honor undergraduates from other disciplines. The staff now consists of about 30 persons, who are mainly law students.

Five previous volumes of the Journal have been similar in size to the current issue. The 1971 issue dealt with economic development; 1970-telecommunication; 1969-ocean resources; 1968-foreign intervention in civil strife; 1967-developmental law and economics; and 1966-East-West trade.

The most recently published volume has been much in demand among libraries, universities and individual members of Congress as well as the Arms Control Institute. It may be ordered through the Journal office for $5 a copy.

Justice Arthur Goldberg Visits the School

Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg discussed recent decisions by the Supreme Court in a Law Forum sponsored speech on November 13. He sharply criticized the Court’s decision regarding the newsman’s privilege in withholding information at grand jury hearings, describing the decision as having a “chilling effect” on both the press and public. However, he praised recent decisions on wiretapping, parole revocation and busing. Goldberg stressed that Supreme Court justices should not be swayed by presidential or popular whim saying, “the sworn duty of a justice of the Supreme Court is to defend the Constitution. He owes no debt to the president who appointed him except to be a good, independent justice.” He cited three cases in which he thought this standard was not followed: the Dred Scott Case, “one of the important factors bringing on the Civil War”; Plessy v. Ferguson, which established the “separate but equal” doctrine and “helped bring about racial alienation for which we are still paying a heavy price”; and the Japanese relocation during World War II, “a stain on the history of the Court,” which bowed to “war time hysteria.” He added, “the Bill of Rights was specifically designed to protect unpopular individuals and minorities from the government and majority.”

Goldberg served as Secretary of Labor during the Kennedy Administration, prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1962. He resigned from the Court in 1965 to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He now practices law in Washington, D. C.

The Law Forum has invited many other guest speakers to the School during the fall semester. They co-sponsored with Professor William Gould, a visit by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission representatives, Dr. William Enneis and Mr. Philip Skiover. They also featured a series of programs on Alternatives in the Practice of Law. Guests included John B. Hurlbut, Jr. with Rutan & Tucker in Santa Ana; Stephen A. Weiner of Winthrop, Stinson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City; John E. Bryson of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. in Palo Alto; and James D. Kowal of Atlantic Richfield Company in Los Angeles. The purpose of that program is to introduce law students to the practice of law in its various premutations.

The Law Forum also sponsored a discussion of the California Propositions to help explain the backgrounds of the various initiatives.

Law School Makes Cinematic Debut

In the opening scene of the movie “Stanford Lawyer”, a student asks the filmmakers “whether they honestly believe they can do an adequate job of depicting what the Law School is all about within the confines of a 30-minute film.”

That was the basic, very complex problem facing Randall Morgan, a graduate film student at the Department of Communications, when he was first brought in to discuss the project. After consultation with Dean Ehrlich and Assistant to the Dean Nancy Mahoney, and many hours of wandering about the School talking with students, faculty and staff, Morgan prepared a treatment for the film breaking it into various acts and scenes that would hopefully capture the essential and unique qualities of Stanford Law School.

Bringing together feelings, motivations, activities, research, classes, people, buildings, and history into a cinematic story was no easy task and one of Morgan’s chief complaints was that “lawyers never move around.” Despite the problems, filming began in the spring and the 26 minute, 16mm movie was completed in November. It revolves around the daily activities of the Law School showing faculty members and students in classes and offices; reminiscing with Professor George Osborne; and viewing students involved with legal aid work, externships, and extra-curricular activities. An effort is made to illustrate how changes in legal education complement the use of the Socratic method and fundamental courses needed for a balanced legal education.

The movie is designed primarily for alumni audiences and was funded by interested alumni and friends of the School. It has been shown at several law society meetings already and will eventually be shown in every area of the country.

Law School Librarian Publishes Book

Lawrence Estavan, a library specialist at Stanford Law School, well known to post- 4 p.m. library users, recently translated, typeset, printed and bound the book Tales from Terence in his home workshop. Mr. Estavan was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, 1945-48, majoring in English. He did graduate work at San Jose State, Santa Clara and Stanford. He previously worked as a reporter and editor on the San Francisco Chronicle; was a writer for Warner Brothers, Hollywood; editor of Theatre Research, a history of the San Francisco stage in 36 monograph volumes sponsored by the city and county of San Francisco for the Federal Writers Project.

Estavan’s book, Tales from Terence, deals in essay form with the several works of Terence. The first play is “The Andrian Girl,” the struggle between a father and his son over the father’s right to legally arrange the son’s marriage. “Heuton Timorumenos” or “The Self-Tormentor,” is a problem play on how to bring up children. “Enunuchus,” or “The Eunuch,” deals with a celebrated rape of Terence’s time, and was his most popular play. “Phormio” and “The Brothers” are plays that deal with two brothers bringing up two sons with varying degrees of discipline versus permissiveness. This book is directed to students of Roman Law and the classics.

Serjeants-at-Law Hold Mock Trial

Serjeants-at-Law presented a mock trial November 20. In Eccle v. Hyde, U.S. Trustus Tires, Robert Dushman and William Otis acted as counsel for plaintiff Mary O’Hare while Marshall Tanick and Tyrone Holt represented the defendant, John Schwartz. Professor Barbara Babcock presided. Witnesses Pat Pizzo, graduate student in Materials Science; Professor Richard Danzig and Mary Ruth Gross, second year, also provided entertainment with their renditions of an expert, Mack Struck and Ember Hemp.

Russian Law School Dean Visits Stanford

Victor F. Mozolin, dean of the School of Law and Economics at Lumumba University in Moscow spent three weeks at Stanford as part of a three-month visit to the United States.

During his stay in America he talked with teachers, practicing lawyers, and government officials about multinational corporations (a subject in which he is one of the U.S.S.R.’s experts) and also about laws in developing countries. Mozolin became dean of Lumumba University a year ago. The University is unique in the Soviet Union and in the rest of the world as well, in that it has the stated goal of providing legal education for students from the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Students study Soviet law, Western law and the law of developing nations.

After graduation from Moscow State University Law School, Mozolin served as a part-time judge and as a law professor at Moscow State, where he taught civil law prior to becoming Patrice Lumumba University’s dean.

Regional Moot Court Competition

At the Region 12 rounds of the 1972 National Moot Court Competition held at Stanford November 9 and 10, the University of Santa Clara and Stanford shared honors. In the championship round, Santa Clara edged the host school for first-place. Individual top honors went to Stanford’s Marshall Tanick who received an award from the American College of Trial Lawyers for the best individual oral presentation.

Eleven California law schools participated in the two-night, single elimination event. Stanford’s team of third-year students, Tanick, Ron Oster and Bob Dushman, had a first-round bye and then defeated California Western of San Diego and UCLA to advance to the championship round against Santa Clara, which had won all three of its contests. Judges for the final round were John Bryson, an environmental lawyer, Hon. Joseph Rattigan of the California Court of Appeals and Federal District Court Judge Robert Schnake, Northern District of California.

Both Stanford and Santa Clara represented the region .in the national competition in New York City. The argument is a hypothetical appellate case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a class action for violation of the Clean Air Act and a state nuisance law.

Prize Awarded

The Carl Mason Franklin Prize in International Law was awarded this year to Heidi B. Duerbeck ’72 and Andrew W. Lafrenz ’72.