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Rescuing Maryland Tort Law: A Tribute To Judge Sally Adkins, Donald G. Gifford Jan 2019

Rescuing Maryland Tort Law: A Tribute To Judge Sally Adkins, Donald G. Gifford

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The Coming Constitutional Yo-Yo? Elite Opinion, Polarization, And The Direction Of Judicial Decision Making, Mark A. Graber Jan 2013

The Coming Constitutional Yo-Yo? Elite Opinion, Polarization, And The Direction Of Judicial Decision Making, Mark A. Graber

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This Article offers a more sophisticated account of elite theory that incorporates the crucial insights underlying claims that Justices with life tenure will protect minority rights and claims that the Supreme Court follows the election returns. Put simply, the direction of judicial decision making at a given time reflects the views of the most affluent and highly educated members of the dominant national coalition. The values that animate the elite members of the dominant national coalition help explain the direction of judicial decision making for the last eighty years. During the mid-twentieth century, most Republican and Democratic elites held more …


Touched By Greatness, Shruti Rana Jan 2012

Touched By Greatness, Shruti Rana

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A Public Calling: Lessons From The Lives Of Judges Of Color In Pennsylvania, Phoebe A. Haddon Jan 2010

A Public Calling: Lessons From The Lives Of Judges Of Color In Pennsylvania, Phoebe A. Haddon

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This paper discusses how Judge Clifford Scott Green, Judge William Marutani, and Judge Juanita Kidd Stout spent their lives as leaders in the law to illustrate the ideal of a "public calling."


Here Comes The Judge! Gender Distortion On Tv Reality Court Shows, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 2009

Here Comes The Judge! Gender Distortion On Tv Reality Court Shows, Taunya Lovell Banks

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In the judicial world of television court shows women constitute a majority of the judges and where non-white women and men dominate. In real life most judges are white and male. This essay looks at the gender and racial composition and demeanor of these television reality judges. It asks whether women TV reality judges behave differently from their male counterparts and whether women’s increased visibility as judges on daytime reality court shows reinforces or diminishes traditional negative stereotypes about women, especially non-white women.


An Independent Judiciary: The Life And Writings Of Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Phoebe A. Haddon Jan 2005

An Independent Judiciary: The Life And Writings Of Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Phoebe A. Haddon

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Studying Deck Chairs On The Titanic, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman Jan 1996

Studying Deck Chairs On The Titanic, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman

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Elitism, Expediency, And The New Certiorari: Requiem For The Learned Hand Tradition, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds Jan 1996

Elitism, Expediency, And The New Certiorari: Requiem For The Learned Hand Tradition, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds

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Appellate Justice Bureaucracy And Scholarship, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds Jan 1988

Appellate Justice Bureaucracy And Scholarship, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds

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The Supreme Court Rules For The Reporting Of Opinions: A Critique, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds Jan 1985

The Supreme Court Rules For The Reporting Of Opinions: A Critique, William M. Richman, William L. Reynolds

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Equal Divisions In The Supreme Court: History, Problems, And Proposals, William L. Reynolds, Gordon G. Young Jan 1983

Equal Divisions In The Supreme Court: History, Problems, And Proposals, William L. Reynolds, Gordon G. Young

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The Non-Precedential Precedent - Limited Publication And No-Citation Rules In The United States Courts Of Appeals, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman Jan 1978

The Non-Precedential Precedent - Limited Publication And No-Citation Rules In The United States Courts Of Appeals, William L. Reynolds, William M. Richman

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