William W. Bassett
Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law
San Francisco, CA
Areas of Expertise
- Church-State Relations
- Community Property
- Family Law
- Legal History
- Real Property
- Wills and Trusts
Biographical Information
- A.B., MA, and STL St. Mary of the Lake College
- J.C.D., Gregorian University, Rome
- J.D., Catholic University of America
Work Experience
- Scholar in residence at the Monumenta Germaniae Historica in Munich
Representative Memberships
- California Bar Association
- Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Selden Society
- American Society for Legal History
- The Canon Law Society of America
Publications
- California Community Property Law
- Religious Organizations and the Law
Representative Writings
- Religious Organizations and the Law was supported by a major grant from the Lilly Foundation
- Many articles and books on property, legal history, and ecclesiastical law
- Former editor of The Jurist and Concilium
Other
- Co-created the California law governing community property, which is a model for similar legislation throughout the country
Articles available upon request.
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