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The Jury Trial Reinvented, Christopher Robertson, Michael Shammas
The Jury Trial Reinvented, Christopher Robertson, Michael Shammas
Faculty Scholarship
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 …
Brief For Amici Curiae Andrea K. Bjorklund, Diane Desierto, And Franco Ferrari In Support Of Petitioners-Appellants And Reversal, James E. Berger, Charlene C. Sun, Diane Desierto, Anread K. Bjorklund, Franco Ferrari
Brief For Amici Curiae Andrea K. Bjorklund, Diane Desierto, And Franco Ferrari In Support Of Petitioners-Appellants And Reversal, James E. Berger, Charlene C. Sun, Diane Desierto, Anread K. Bjorklund, Franco Ferrari
Court Briefs
No Date for Oral Argument Has Been Set
No. 20-7113
Hulley Enterprises Ltd. v. Russian Federation
On appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 14-1996 (BAH)
From the Summary of the Argument
Staying enforcement of an arbitral award pending a decision by a court in the place of arbitration is unusual; staying enforcement of an arbitral award for more than six years is almost unheard-of.6 The continued stay of proceedings in this case ignores the fact that arbitral awards are presumptively enforceable; non-enforcement is the exception rather than the rule.
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Getting Real About Procedure: Changing How We Think, Write And Teach About American Civil Procedure, Suzette M. Malveaux
Getting Real About Procedure: Changing How We Think, Write And Teach About American Civil Procedure, Suzette M. Malveaux
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