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Black And White Attorneys’ Perspectives On Race, The Legal System, And Continuing Legal Education, Lorenzo Bowman J.D., Ph.D.
Black And White Attorneys’ Perspectives On Race, The Legal System, And Continuing Legal Education, Lorenzo Bowman J.D., Ph.D.
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper summarizes the findings of a qualitative study which sought to determine Black and White attorneys’ perspectives on race, the legal system, and their level of support for the inclusion of race-related topics in continuing legal education (CLE). The White attorneys were supportive of the status quo. The Black attorneys agreed that CLE should address the issue of race and that the status quo was not acceptable.
Private Dispute Resolution And Economic Development, Susan D. Franck, Lisa Bingham, Dan Kolkey
Private Dispute Resolution And Economic Development, Susan D. Franck, Lisa Bingham, Dan Kolkey
McGeorge School of Law Global Center for Business and Development Annual Symposium
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Toulmin-Based Computational Modelling Of Judicial Discretion In Sentencing, Andrew Vincent, John Zaleznikow
Toulmin-Based Computational Modelling Of Judicial Discretion In Sentencing, Andrew Vincent, John Zaleznikow
OSSA Conference Archive
A number of increasingly sophisticated technologies are now being used to support complex decision-making in a range of contexts. This paper reports on work undertaken to provide decision support in the discretionary domain of sentencing by referring to a recently created Toulmin argument based model that involves the interplay and weighting of relevant rule-based and discretionary factors used in a decisional process. Judicial discretion, particularly in the sentencing phase, is one of the mainstays of justice systems that favour individualised justice. The study discusses the modelling process in Victorian courts in Australia, where the handing down of an appropriate custodial …