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Jury-Related Errors In Copyright, Zahr K. Said Apr 2023

Jury-Related Errors In Copyright, Zahr K. Said

Indiana Law Journal

Copyright law is surprisingly hard. Copyright does not do what laypeople think it does, nor do its terms mean what laypeople expect. Copyright also possesses systemic indeterminacy about what it protects and the extent of that protection. For laypeople, copyright law is decidedly “user-unfriendly.” Nonetheless, copyright law reserves for lay jurors its most-litigated, most difficult, and most consequential question at trial: whether works are “substantially similar” and thus infringing. Many have criticized this allocation because in the context of copyright law, juries effectively have the power to expand or contract owners’ rights with little oversight or correction. But blaming the …


The Plea Jury, Laura I. Appleman Jul 2010

The Plea Jury, Laura I. Appleman

Indiana Law Journal

This Article argues that it is time to reform the much-criticized plea-bargaining process by restoring the Sixth Amendment jury trial right back to criminal adjudication. My proposal would incorporate the local community into the guilty-plea procedure through the use of a plea jury, thus solving a multitude of problems within the criminal justice system. In a plea jury, a lay panel of citizens would listen to the defendant's allocution and determine the acceptability of the plea and sentence, reinvigorating the community's right to determine punishment for offenders. My goal is to return the Sixth Amendment community-jury right to its proper …


Ethics, Science, And The Law Of Capital Punishment, Fredrick R. Bieber Jan 2005

Ethics, Science, And The Law Of Capital Punishment, Fredrick R. Bieber

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.


Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney Oct 1995

Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


How Juries Decide Death: The Contributions Of The Capital Jury Project, Valerie P. Hans Oct 1995

How Juries Decide Death: The Contributions Of The Capital Jury Project, Valerie P. Hans

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


Should Juries And The Death Penalty Mix?: A Prediction About The Supreme Court's Answer, Christopher Slobogin Oct 1995

Should Juries And The Death Penalty Mix?: A Prediction About The Supreme Court's Answer, Christopher Slobogin

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


The Capital Jury Project: The Role Of Responsibility And How Psychology Can Inform The Law, Steven J. Sherman Oct 1995

The Capital Jury Project: The Role Of Responsibility And How Psychology Can Inform The Law, Steven J. Sherman

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys Oct 1995

Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers Oct 1995

The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


Where's The Buck?: Juror Misperception Of Sentencing Responsibility In Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann Oct 1995

Where's The Buck?: Juror Misperception Of Sentencing Responsibility In Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


Violence, Representation, And Responsibility In Capital Trials: The View From The Jury, Austin Sarat Oct 1995

Violence, Representation, And Responsibility In Capital Trials: The View From The Jury, Austin Sarat

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project


Innovations For Improving Courtroom Communications And Views From Appellate Courts, B. Michael Dann, James D. Heiple, Michael J. Saks, Patricia Mcgowan Wald, Peter David Blanck Oct 1993

Innovations For Improving Courtroom Communications And Views From Appellate Courts, B. Michael Dann, James D. Heiple, Michael J. Saks, Patricia Mcgowan Wald, Peter David Blanck

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Improving Communications In the Courtroom


Keynote Address (Improving Communications In The Courtroom Symposium), Robert N. Saylor Oct 1993

Keynote Address (Improving Communications In The Courtroom Symposium), Robert N. Saylor

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: Improving Communications in the Courtroom


Jurors' Views Of Civil Lawyers: Implications For Courtroom Communication, Valerie P. Hans, Krista Sweigart Oct 1993

Jurors' Views Of Civil Lawyers: Implications For Courtroom Communication, Valerie P. Hans, Krista Sweigart

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Helping Jurors Out: Post-Verdict Debriefing For Jurors In Emotionally Disturbing Trials, Leigh B. Bienen Oct 1993

Helping Jurors Out: Post-Verdict Debriefing For Jurors In Emotionally Disturbing Trials, Leigh B. Bienen

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


"Learning Lessons" And "Speaking Rights": Creating Educated And Democratic Juries, B. Michael Dann Oct 1993

"Learning Lessons" And "Speaking Rights": Creating Educated And Democratic Juries, B. Michael Dann

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Communicating With Juries, Fred H. Cate, Newton N. Minow Oct 1993

Communicating With Juries, Fred H. Cate, Newton N. Minow

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Pay No Attention To The Woman Behind The Bench: Musings Of A Trial Court Judge, Ladoris H. Cordell, Florence O. Keller Oct 1993

Pay No Attention To The Woman Behind The Bench: Musings Of A Trial Court Judge, Ladoris H. Cordell, Florence O. Keller

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of A Scientific Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court And Psychology, J. Alexander Tanford Jan 1990

The Limits Of A Scientific Jurisprudence: The Supreme Court And Psychology, J. Alexander Tanford

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Representing The Community: A Look At The Selection Process In Obscenity Cases And Capital Sentencing, Stanton D. Krauss Jul 1989

Representing The Community: A Look At The Selection Process In Obscenity Cases And Capital Sentencing, Stanton D. Krauss

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Screening Of Prosecutorial Access To Death Qualified Juries: A Missing Constitutional Link, F. Thomas Schornhorst Apr 1987

Preliminary Screening Of Prosecutorial Access To Death Qualified Juries: A Missing Constitutional Link, F. Thomas Schornhorst

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Voir Dire: Questioning Prospective Jurors On Their Willingness To Follow The Law, James H. Gold Jan 1984

Voir Dire: Questioning Prospective Jurors On Their Willingness To Follow The Law, James H. Gold

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Availability Of Written Instructions To The Jury In Indiana Oct 1957

The Availability Of Written Instructions To The Jury In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Equity, Ben F. Small Jr. Apr 1946

Equity, Ben F. Small Jr.

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Motion Pictures In Evidence, Carl M. Gray Jun 1940

Motion Pictures In Evidence, Carl M. Gray

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Jury-Intentional Exclusion Of Women Apr 1936

Jury-Intentional Exclusion Of Women

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Judge Takes The Stand, By Joseph N. Ulman, Bernard C. Gavit Feb 1934

A Judge Takes The Stand, By Joseph N. Ulman, Bernard C. Gavit

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Contributory Negligence-Question Of Fact For Jury-Basis For Conclusion Of Jury Jan 1930

Contributory Negligence-Question Of Fact For Jury-Basis For Conclusion Of Jury

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Invading The Province Of The Jury, Glenn D. Peters Apr 1927

Invading The Province Of The Jury, Glenn D. Peters

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.