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Refining The Lawmaking Function Of The Supreme Court, Frederick Schauer
Refining The Lawmaking Function Of The Supreme Court, Frederick Schauer
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Retroactivity: A Study In Supreme Court Doctrine As Applied, John Bernard Corr
Retroactivity: A Study In Supreme Court Doctrine As Applied, John Bernard Corr
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The judicial creation of a new rule of law raises the essential question whether that rule is to be applied retroactively orprospectively only. The consistency of the traditionalm andatoryr etroactivityr ule has given way to a more flexible retroactivity ana sis. The change occurred in 1965 when the Supreme Court in Linkletter v. Walker squarelfaced a rule that, if applied retroactively, would have affected thousands of criminal convictions. The Linkletter doctrine has since defined the contours of federal retroactivity ana sis to include three basic considerations: purpose of the rule in question, reliance by theparties on the rule, and effect …