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Dissenting Opinions By Supreme Court Justices In Federal Income Tax Controversies, Walter J. Blum Dec 1983

Dissenting Opinions By Supreme Court Justices In Federal Income Tax Controversies, Walter J. Blum

Michigan Law Review

What is to be learned from this review of the various analyses offered in dissenting tax opinions over the past five terms of the Supreme Court? When the Court has decisively interpreted narrow or technical language in the statute, dissenters all too often indulge in lengthy analyses that can only serve to create further confusion. Only when the Court focuses on a judicially made rule or an issue with constitutional implications is a broader dissent appropriate. If dissenters generally adhered to the guidelines set forth at the outset of this Article the tax world would, I believe, be at least …


Sir William R. Meredith C.J.O.: The Search For Authority, R. C.B. Risk Oct 1983

Sir William R. Meredith C.J.O.: The Search For Authority, R. C.B. Risk

Dalhousie Law Journal

This paper is a study of the judicial mind of Sir William R. Meredith, especially his beliefs about the common law and statutes. I offer it as a tribute to John Willis, with respect for his humane and restless mind, and with gratitude for all that he taught me. I am especially grateful for so many long talks on Sundays, when I had just begun to teach and he had been acknowledged for decades to be a great teacher, and we were both worried about Monday's classes. I discovered only slowly how much I learned listening to him struggling to …


Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig Apr 1983

Improving Jury Deliberations: A Reconsideration Of Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael D. Craig

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note approves of efforts to avoid hung juries by giving lesser included offense instructions but opposes those instructions that restrict juror decisions and coerce minority jurors. Rather, this Note offers a lesser included offense instruction that promotes flexibility and jury compromise without undermining the deliberative process. Part I describes the problem of hung juries and how courts have tried to prevent them with restrictive lesser included offense instructions. Part II analyzes the coercive impact of restrictive lesser included offense instructions and concludes that an instruction conditioning deliberations upon individual juror disagreement better promotes compromises on the merits while reducing …


Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer Apr 1983

Habeas Corpus Review Of State Trial Court Failure To Give Lesser Included Offense Instructions, Michael H. Hoffheimer

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note advocates that federal courts review state criminal convictions in habeas corpus proceedings when lesser included offense instructions are available under state law but were not given. Part I demonstrates that granting such review conforms to the modern jurisdictional scope of federal collateral review because failure to give the instructions undermines the fact-finding function of juries and is therefore unconstitutional. Part II analyzes the proper standard of review and determines that the federal interest in protecting the reliability of the fact-finding process should prevail over any conflicting state interest in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions. Part II …


Explaining Judicial Lawgivers, Robert P. Smith, Jr. Apr 1983

Explaining Judicial Lawgivers, Robert P. Smith, Jr.

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hail To The Chief: Earl Warren And The Supreme Court, Dennis J. Hutchinson Mar 1983

Hail To The Chief: Earl Warren And The Supreme Court, Dennis J. Hutchinson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Earl Warren: A Public Life by G. Edward White, and Super Chief: Earl Warren and His Supreme Court--A Judicial Biography by Bernard Schwartz


Justice O'Connor: A First Term Appraisal, Robert E. Riggs Mar 1983

Justice O'Connor: A First Term Appraisal, Robert E. Riggs

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Reform: Setting The Prairies Afire, Monroe G. Mckay Mar 1983

Judicial Reform: Setting The Prairies Afire, Monroe G. Mckay

Michigan Law Review

A Review of A Blueprint for Judicial Reform edited by Patrick B. McGuigan and Randall R. Rader


Reassessing The Role Of The Trial Judge In Verdictless Dispositions Of Criminal Cases, H. Richard Uviller Mar 1983

Reassessing The Role Of The Trial Judge In Verdictless Dispositions Of Criminal Cases, H. Richard Uviller

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Passive Judiciary by Abraham S. Goldstein


The Politics Of Judicial Reform, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

The Politics Of Judicial Reform, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Politics of Judicial Reform edited by Philip L. Dubois


American Court Management: Theories And Practices, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

American Court Management: Theories And Practices, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of American Court Management: Theories and Practices by David J. Saari


Of Standards For Extra-Judicial Behavior, Russell R. Wheeler Mar 1983

Of Standards For Extra-Judicial Behavior, Russell R. Wheeler

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection: The Secret Political Activities of Two Supreme Court Justices by Bruce Allen Murphy


Louis D. Brandeis And The Progressive Tradition, Michigan Law Review Mar 1983

Louis D. Brandeis And The Progressive Tradition, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Louis D. Brandeis and the Progressive Tradition by Melvin I. Urofsky


Article Iii Versus Bankruptcy Judges And Magistrates -- A Partial Triumph Of Principles Of Separation Of Powers Over The Pragmatism Of Docket Congestion, William Vandercreek Jan 1983

Article Iii Versus Bankruptcy Judges And Magistrates -- A Partial Triumph Of Principles Of Separation Of Powers Over The Pragmatism Of Docket Congestion, William Vandercreek

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Appellate Court Dilemma And A Solution Through Subject Matter Organization, Daniel J. Meador Jan 1983

An Appellate Court Dilemma And A Solution Through Subject Matter Organization, Daniel J. Meador

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The recent litigation explosion presents a two-pronged dilemma for American appellate courts. If, on the one hand, the number of appellate judges is not expanded to keep abreast of growing case loads, there is a risk that courts will rely too heavily on professional staff, thereby watering down the decision-making process. If, on the other hand, the number of judges is proportionately increased with the growth in appellate litigation, the number of three-judge decisional units will also increase, thereby threatening predictability and uniformity in the law of the jurisdiction. This Article undertakes to explain that dilemma and to offer a …


Justice Rehnquist, Statutory Interpretation, The Policies Of Clear Statement, And Federal Jurisdiction, William V. Luneburg Jan 1983

Justice Rehnquist, Statutory Interpretation, The Policies Of Clear Statement, And Federal Jurisdiction, William V. Luneburg

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Oral Argument And Expediting Appeals: A Compatible Combination, Joy A. Chapper Jan 1983

Oral Argument And Expediting Appeals: A Compatible Combination, Joy A. Chapper

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The purpose of this Article is to explore these issues in light of Sacramento's experience with the expedited appeal procedure. The data presented here are drawn from an evaluation of the first twelve months of the procedure's operation. This evaluation was based on court records of the more than one hundred cases that followed the expedited procedure to completion, in-person interviews with members of the court and court staff, and telephone interviews with participating attorneys. Part I briefly sets out the new procedure and the context in which this procedure was introduced and integrated. Part II discusses the conclusions that …


The Meaning Of Judicial Self-Restraint, Richard A. Posner Jan 1983

The Meaning Of Judicial Self-Restraint, Richard A. Posner

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Justice, Bureaucracy, Structure, And Simplification, Bernard S. Meyer Jan 1983

Justice, Bureaucracy, Structure, And Simplification, Bernard S. Meyer

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Justice Conundrum, Marshall J. Breger Jan 1983

The Justice Conundrum, Marshall J. Breger

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.