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The Jury Trial Reinvented, Christopher Robertson, Michael Elias Shammas
The Jury Trial Reinvented, Christopher Robertson, Michael Elias Shammas
Texas A&M Law Review
The Framers of the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the United States Constitution recognized that jury trials were essential for maintaining democratic legitimacy and avoiding epistemic crises. As an institution, the jury trial is purpose-built to engage citizens in the process of deliberative, participatory democracy with ground rules. The jury trial provides a carefully constructed setting aimed at sorting truth from falsehood.
Despite its value, the jury trial has been under assault for decades. Concededly, jury trials can sometimes be inefficient, unreliable, unpredictable, and impractical. The COVID–19 pandemic rendered most physical jury trials unworkable but spurred some courts to begin …
Crops, Livestock, And Covid-19, Oh My: An Overview Of Potential Covid-19 Liability In Agricultural Operations, Paul Goeringer, Julie Walker
Crops, Livestock, And Covid-19, Oh My: An Overview Of Potential Covid-19 Liability In Agricultural Operations, Paul Goeringer, Julie Walker
Texas A&M Law Review
The year 2020 presented a new potential risk of which many business owners, including agricultural operators, were unaware: a global pandemic related to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as COVID-19. Starting in March 2020, the United States worked to contain this virus, while businesses sought to protect their workers (who had to continue working to work) as well as their customers. At the same time, a number of businesses had concerns about how to limit liability from customers arguing later that the business had spread the virus.
This Article explores the potential liability agricultural operations face and ways to manage …