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How Courts Govern America, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

How Courts Govern America, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of How Courts Govern America by Richard Neely


Judicial Reform And The Pound Conference Of 1976, J. Clifford Wallace Mar 1982

Judicial Reform And The Pound Conference Of 1976, J. Clifford Wallace

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Pound Conference: Perspectives on Justice in the Future edited by A. Leo Levin and Russell R. Wheeler


Courts Of Appeals In The Federal Judicial System, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

Courts Of Appeals In The Federal Judicial System, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System by J. Woodford Howard, Jr.


Law Clerks And The Judicial Process: Perceptions Of The Qualities And Functions Of Law Clerks In American Courts, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

Law Clerks And The Judicial Process: Perceptions Of The Qualities And Functions Of Law Clerks In American Courts, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law Clerks and the Judicial Process: Perceptions of the Qualities and Functions of Law Clerks in American Courts by John B. Oakley and Robert S. Thompson


American Trial Judges, Michigan Law Review Mar 1982

American Trial Judges, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of American Trial Judges by John Paul Ryan, Allan Ashman, Bruce D. Sales, and Sandra Shane-DuBow


Two Important Books On Res Judicata, Robert C. Casad Mar 1982

Two Important Books On Res Judicata, Robert C. Casad

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Federal Practice and Procedure, Volume 18: Jurisdiction and Related Matters by Charles Alan Wright, Arthur R. Miller, and Edward H. Cooper, and Restatement of the Law Second: Judgments 2d


Legitimacy In Social Reform Litigation: An Empirical Study, Timothy Wilton Jan 1982

Legitimacy In Social Reform Litigation: An Empirical Study, Timothy Wilton

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article undertakes a detailed examination of a single lawsuit, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Children v. Ann Arbor School District Board. This study first explores the diversity of interests present among both the plaintiff and defendant groups in King, and analyzes the performance of the attorneys in representing these interests. The Article then turns to the problems of resistance that arise at the decree stage in social reform litigation, and presents an empirical evaluation of the factors influencing the response to judicially mandated relief.


Legal Rights Of Refugees: Two Case Studies And Some Proposals For A Strategy, Steven M. Schneebaum Jan 1982

Legal Rights Of Refugees: Two Case Studies And Some Proposals For A Strategy, Steven M. Schneebaum

Michigan Journal of International Law

In a recent decision of far-reaching implications, Filartiga v. Pena-Irala, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit not only identified one such right, but provided invaluable guidance as to how the broader question is to be addressed. This essay offers an analysis of the decision in Filarh'a, as well as a case presenting intriguing points of comparison, Tran Qui Than v. Blumenthal. It then proposes several generalizations concerning the identification of legal rights of refugees, suggesting a strategy for their enforcement, the upshot of which is this: creative marshalling and invocation of rights well …