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Juries, Justice And Multiculturalism, Nancy S. Marder
Juries, Justice And Multiculturalism, Nancy S. Marder
Nancy S. Marder
No abstract provided.
The History Of The Per Curiam Opinion: Consensus And Individual Expression On The Supreme Court, Laura Ray
The History Of The Per Curiam Opinion: Consensus And Individual Expression On The Supreme Court, Laura Ray
Laura K. Ray
No abstract provided.
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura K. Ray
Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura K. Ray
Laura K. Ray
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Between Punitive And Reconstructive Justice: The Gacaca Courts In Rwanda, Erin Daly
Between Punitive And Reconstructive Justice: The Gacaca Courts In Rwanda, Erin Daly
Erin Daly
In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which almost a million people were killed by their fellow citizens within 3 months, the country was faced with the colossal task of bringing to justice hundreds of thousands of perpetrators while at the same time trying to rebuild the communities in which both the victims and the perpetrators had lived. This article argues that the regime of gacaca courts, though flawed in many ways, particularly from a western perspective, does nonetheless offer the potential for helping the communities within Rwanda to transform themselves. The form and structure of gacaca …
Book (Oup): On Law, Politics, And Judicialization: Path Dependence, Precedent, And Judicial Power, Alec Stone Sweet
Book (Oup): On Law, Politics, And Judicialization: Path Dependence, Precedent, And Judicial Power, Alec Stone Sweet
Alec Stone Sweet
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Race, Class, And Legal Ethics In The Early Naacp (1910-1920), Susan D. Carle
Race, Class, And Legal Ethics In The Early Naacp (1910-1920), Susan D. Carle
Susan D. Carle
Has The Supreme Court Sounded The Death Knell For Jury Assessed Punitive Damages? A Critical Re-Examination Of The American Jury, Lisa Litwiller
Has The Supreme Court Sounded The Death Knell For Jury Assessed Punitive Damages? A Critical Re-Examination Of The American Jury, Lisa Litwiller
Lisa Litwiller
LAST TERM, the United States Supreme Court drastically altered the balance of power between judge and jury, and the legal community barely noticed. Although Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. is remarkable for what it does overtly - it changes the standard of review in punitive damages cases from an abuse of discretion review to de novo review; it is even more remarkable for what it does covertly - it arguably takes the right to assess punitive damages in the first instance entirely out of the hands of the jury. According to the Court, [u]nlike the measure of …