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A Constitutional Amendment To Reform Kentucky’S Courts, Kurt Metzmeier
A Constitutional Amendment To Reform Kentucky’S Courts, Kurt Metzmeier
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Responding to a confused patchwork of trial courts with overlapping jurisdiction, uneven justice around the state, and a growing backlog of appellate cases, voters in Kentucky went to the polls on November 4, 1975, to approve a sweeping constitutional amendment that radically revised Kentucky’s court system. Although reformers had decried Kentucky’s confusing court system since the 1940s, the real roots of the revision of the judicial article can be found in the failed movement in the late 1960s to replace Kentucky’s 1891 constitution. Unbowed by the defeat, judicial reformers immediately set out to pass a separate amendment reforming the courts, …
My Two Dads: Disaggregating Biological And Social Paternity, Melanie B. Jacobs
My Two Dads: Disaggregating Biological And Social Paternity, Melanie B. Jacobs
Faculty Scholarship
Examines the question of what the basis for establishing fatherhood should be. Explores how legal parentage is determined, examines the two-parent paradigm, and compares biological and social paternity in order to recognize two legal fathers.
History In The Law Library: Using Legal Materials To Explore The Past And Find Lawyers, Felons And Other Scoundrels In Your Family Tree, Kurt Metzmeier
History In The Law Library: Using Legal Materials To Explore The Past And Find Lawyers, Felons And Other Scoundrels In Your Family Tree, Kurt Metzmeier
Faculty Scholarship
The standard law books and databases typically employed in legal research record the foibles and follies of humankind. This article discusses how these resources can be used to research local and family history.
Civil Rights, Latinos, And Immigration : Cybercascades And Other Distortions In The Immigration Reform Debate, Enid Trucios-Haynes
Civil Rights, Latinos, And Immigration : Cybercascades And Other Distortions In The Immigration Reform Debate, Enid Trucios-Haynes
Brandeis School of Law Faculty Scholarship
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Legal History Resources, Kurt Metzmeier
Legal History Resources, Kurt Metzmeier
Faculty Scholarship
A bibliographic essay on resources for the study of Kentucky legal history.