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A Look Back And A Look Forward: Legislative And Regulatory Highlights For 2008 And 2009 And A Discussion Of Juvenile Transfer, Andrew K. Block Nov 2009

A Look Back And A Look Forward: Legislative And Regulatory Highlights For 2008 And 2009 And A Discussion Of Juvenile Transfer, Andrew K. Block

University of Richmond Law Review

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In Memoriam: Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., John G. Douglass Nov 2009

In Memoriam: Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., John G. Douglass

University of Richmond Law Review

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Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. September 22, 1937 - December 11, 2008, Hon. Walter S. Felton Jr. Nov 2009

Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. September 22, 1937 - December 11, 2008, Hon. Walter S. Felton Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

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Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr.: Tending To His Flock To Improve Its Lot, John P. Cunningham Nov 2009

Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr.: Tending To His Flock To Improve Its Lot, John P. Cunningham

University of Richmond Law Review

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Unmasking Judicial Extremism, Carl Tobias May 2009

Unmasking Judicial Extremism, Carl Tobias

University of Richmond Law Review

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Issue 4: Table Of Contents May 2009

Issue 4: Table Of Contents

University of Richmond Law Review

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Terrorist Detention: Directions For Reform, Benjamin J. Priester Mar 2009

Terrorist Detention: Directions For Reform, Benjamin J. Priester

University of Richmond Law Review

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Applying Geneva Convention Principles To Guantánamo Bay, Kyndra Rotunda Mar 2009

Applying Geneva Convention Principles To Guantánamo Bay, Kyndra Rotunda

University of Richmond Law Review

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Extraordinary Rendition: A Wrong Without A Right, Robert Johnson Mar 2009

Extraordinary Rendition: A Wrong Without A Right, Robert Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

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Filling Federal Appellate Vacancies, Carl W. Tobias Jan 2009

Filling Federal Appellate Vacancies, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Judicial selection for the United States Courts of Appeals has rarely been so controversial. Delay in nominating and analyzing candidates as well as fractious accusations, recriminations, and "paybacks" between Democrats and Republicans have vexed circuit appointments over two decades. Many judgeships remain empty for long periods, while one position has been vacant since 1994. Certain appellate tribunals have confronted acute difficulties. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently operated absent half its judicial complement across eight months, and numerous courts labored without one in three members at various junctures.

The Senate, which furnishes advice and consent, has …


Unmasking Judicial Extremism, Carl W. Tobias Jan 2009

Unmasking Judicial Extremism, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Review of Cass R. Sunstein, Radicals in Robes: Why Extreme Right-Wing Courts Are Wrong for America (2005)


Resolving Amicus Curiae Motions In The Third Circuit And Beyond, Carl W. Tobias Jan 2009

Resolving Amicus Curiae Motions In The Third Circuit And Beyond, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Amicus curiae briefs are deeply woven into the fabric of modern federal appellate practice. Indeed, amici curiae submit briefs in approximately ninety percent of the cases that the United States Supreme Court entertains, and the Justices deny a minuscule number of amicus requests to participate. Amicus practice is less ubiquitous in the United States Courts of Appeals. Amici seek to file comparatively few briefs, nearly all of which the appellate courts permit, while many tribunals have not developed a comprehensive jurisprudence for resolving amicus motions. Nonetheless, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has articulated rather stringent …


Issue 2: Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Issue 2: Table Of Contents

University of Richmond Law Review

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