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Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain
Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Lay Participation In Legal Decision Making: Introduction To Law & Policy Special Issue, Valerie P. Hans
Lay Participation In Legal Decision Making: Introduction To Law & Policy Special Issue, Valerie P. Hans
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
United States scholarship on lay participation revolves around one predominant form of lay participation, the jury (Hans & Vidmar forthcoming 2004). However, in the legal systems of many countries, laypeople participate as decision makers in other ways. Laypersons serve as judges (Provine 1986), magistrates (Diamond 1993), and private prosecutors (Perez Gil 2003). Lay and law-trained judges may also decide cases together in mixed tribunals (Kutnjak Ivkovi6 2003; Machura 2003; Vidmar 2002). Although diverse in structure, these methods share with the jury a set of animating ideas about lay involvement in legal decision making.
Many of these ideas appear to be …
Property As A Fundamental Constitutional Right? The German Example, Gregory S. Alexander
Property As A Fundamental Constitutional Right? The German Example, Gregory S. Alexander
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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