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Colorado Denies Privilege For Guardian Ad Litem, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Colorado Denies Privilege For Guardian Ad Litem, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
No abstract provided.
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
No abstract provided.
Minding The Specter Of Csr-Reporting Liability, David L. Wallace, Stephane Brabant
Minding The Specter Of Csr-Reporting Liability, David L. Wallace, Stephane Brabant
David L Wallace
With CSR programs the new normal, consumers and investors increasingly factoring CSR performance into their decision-making, and companies eager to display "good corporate citizenship," strict CSR due diligence is required to proactively manage legal risks. More than ever, words must match deeds.
Sec On Track With New Insider Cases, Anne M. Tucker
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
No abstract provided.
Class Action Challenge To N.Y. Public Defender System Moves Forward, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Class Action Challenge To N.Y. Public Defender System Moves Forward, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
No abstract provided.
Hiding The Elephant (How The Psychological Techniques Of Magicians Can Be Used To Manipulate Witnesses At Trial), Sydney A. Beckman
Hiding The Elephant (How The Psychological Techniques Of Magicians Can Be Used To Manipulate Witnesses At Trial), Sydney A. Beckman
Sydney A. Beckman
In 1917 Harry Houdini performed a single, yet incredible, illusion; “[u]nder the bright spotlights of New York’s Theatre Hippodrome, he made a live elephant disappear.” In 1983 David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty Disappear in front of both a live and a national television audience. To be sure, neither the elephant nor Lady Liberty actually disappeared. But from the perspective of the audience they did, indeed, disappear. So which is correct? Did they, or didn’t they?
Trial Lawyers and Magicians share many of the same talents and skills. Misdirection, misinformation, selective-attention, ambiguity, verbal manipulation, body language interpretation, and physical …
The Dignity, Rights, And Responsibilities Of The Jury: On The Structure Of Normative Argument, Robert P. Burns
The Dignity, Rights, And Responsibilities Of The Jury: On The Structure Of Normative Argument, Robert P. Burns
Faculty Working Papers
Many theorists follow an inevitably circular method in evaluating legal institutions and practices. "Considered judgments of justice" embedded in practices and institutions in which we have a high level of confidence can serve as partial evidence for the principles with which they are consistent, principles that can then have broader implications. Conversely, principles that we have good reason to embrace can serve as partial justification for institutions and practices with which they are consistent. This is the heart of Rawls' notion of "reflective equilibrium," where we "work at both ends" to justify institutions, practices, and principles. This method is applicable …
Presumptions--Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane
Presumptions--Burden Of Proof, Victor H. Lane
Articles
The case of Gillett v. Michigan United Traction Co. (Michigan, April 3rd, 1919), 171 N. W. 536, arose out of the following facts: Plaintiff, driving a Ford car with the curtains down, turned from the curb at the side of the street where he had stopped, to cross the interurban car tracks which ran through the center of the street in the city of Marshall, and as he drove his machine upon the track was struck by an interurban car and seriously injured. The evidence established beyond question, negligence of the defendant, by showing that the car was, at the …