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Some Thoughts Raised By Magna Carta: The Popular Re-Election Of Judges, William Hamilton Bryson
Some Thoughts Raised By Magna Carta: The Popular Re-Election Of Judges, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
This essay, first presented at the Magna Carta anniversary symposium of the Baronial Order of Magna Charta on April 16, 2015, at The Cosmos Club, in Washington, D.C., takes as its inspiration the spirit of the rule of law, as laid down in the Magna Carta. Specifically, the author argues that the popular election and reelection of judges undermines the rule of law, and democracy in general, by exposing judges to the manipulations of financial corruption, political intimidation, and the often irrational shifts in popular opinion. To correct this problem, the author calls for amendment of the thirty-nine state constitutions …
Post-Crisis Reconsideration Of Federal Court Reform, David R. Cleveland
Post-Crisis Reconsideration Of Federal Court Reform, David R. Cleveland
Law Faculty Publications
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Witnesses: A Canonist's View, William Hamilton Bryson
Witnesses: A Canonist's View, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The purpose of this essay is to examine and compare with our present practices a medieval text or summary of canonical procedure, the Summa de Ordine Iudiciario by Ricardus Anglicus-more narrowly, chapter XXX, which is concerned with witnesses. There are several reasons for examining the work of Ricardus Anglicus. This Englishman was a brilliant canonist in an age when the most ingenious and aggressive intellectuals were gravitating to the field of canon and civil law. Also he gives us a rather full summary of the subject.