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The Servant Of All: Humility, Humanity, And Judicial Diversity, Michael Nava
The Servant Of All: Humility, Humanity, And Judicial Diversity, Michael Nava
Golden Gate University Law Review
This article discusses how judicial diversity might increase qualities of humility and humanity on the bench. I close this section with two examples, the first involving two United States Supreme Court justices and the second a judge on the San Francisco Superior Court.
Judicial Independence: A Cornerstone Of Liberty: Golden Gate University School Of Law Jesse Carter Distinguished Speaker Series, Michael Traynor
Judicial Independence: A Cornerstone Of Liberty: Golden Gate University School Of Law Jesse Carter Distinguished Speaker Series, Michael Traynor
Golden Gate University Law Review
Constitution Day Lecture, September 18, 2006
Non Liquet: From Modern Law To Roman Law, Alfredo Mordechai Rabello
Non Liquet: From Modern Law To Roman Law, Alfredo Mordechai Rabello
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
An explanatory note on the structure and limits of the present essay may be useful. In studies which also have a historical character. it is customary to present the subject matter in chronological order, first outlining the more ancient legal system, following then as far as possible its evolutionary steps, finally to end with the analysis of existing legal systems. In this article, however, in order to place the reader in medias res he is presented with modern legal systems with which he is already familiar: in such systems it is practically inconceivable that the judge should refuse to give …