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An Open Courtroom: Should Cameras Be Permitted In New York State Courts?, Jay C. Carlisle
An Open Courtroom: Should Cameras Be Permitted In New York State Courts?, Jay C. Carlisle
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
On June 30, 1997, the State of New York became one of the nation's few states which does not permit audio-visual coverage of court proceedings. There are several potent arguments in the determination of whether cameras should be permitted in courtroom proceedings. This article will briefly summarize the history of the use of cameras in New York State courts, and then, set out the arguments for and against their use in the state's judicial system. The article is prompted by the book entitled “An Open Courtroom: Cameras in New York Courts” which was published in 1997 by the New York …
Supervisory Power Of The New York Courts, Bennett L. Gershman
Supervisory Power Of The New York Courts, Bennett L. Gershman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article discusses the role of supervisory power in the judicial culture of New York. In order to place supervisory power in a context, Part II outlines the emergence and decline of supervisory power in the federal system. Part III then traces the origin of supervisory power in New York to Cardozo's dictum in Lemon. Part IV explains how supervisory power is an aspect of the much broader inherent judicial power, which finds expression in the familiar common law decision-making process. Part V discusses three principal areas in which supervisory power has been exercised by New York courts since Cardozo: …