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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 3, 2002

Is Borrowing Always Plagiarism?

My column usually appears on the first Monday of each month. But sometimes my day job gets in the way and I miss a month. On occasion, the first day of the cruelest month lands on a Monday. Some of my critics have circulated a petition to prohibit my column from appearing more than once a year, and then only on April Fool's Day. Even I supported the petition.

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.

UNDER SUBMISSION

My column usually appears on the first Monday of each month. But sometimes my day job gets in the way and I miss a month. On occasion, the first day of the cruelest month lands on a Monday. Some of my critics have circulated a petition to prohibit my column from appearing more than once a year, and then only on April Fool's Day. Even I supported the petition. A controversy erupted when the registrar placed the petition at th...

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