Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Judges Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Judicial process

Journal

Discipline
Institution
Publication Year
Publication

Articles 31 - 36 of 36

Full-Text Articles in Judges

Brennan V. Scalia, Justice Or Jurisprudence? A Moderate Proposal, Travis A. Knobbe Apr 2008

Brennan V. Scalia, Justice Or Jurisprudence? A Moderate Proposal, Travis A. Knobbe

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does A Judge's Party Of Appointment Or Gender Matter To Case Outcomes?: An Empirical Study Of The Court Of Appeal For Ontario, James Stribopoulos, Moin A. Yahya Apr 2007

Does A Judge's Party Of Appointment Or Gender Matter To Case Outcomes?: An Empirical Study Of The Court Of Appeal For Ontario, James Stribopoulos, Moin A. Yahya

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

A recent study by Cass Sunstein identified ideological differences in the votes cast by judges on the United States Courts of Appeals in certain types of cases. He found that these patterns varied depending on the ideology of an appellate judge's co-panelists. In this study, we undertake a similar examination of the busiest appellate court in Canada, the Court of Appeal for Ontario. This study collects data on the votes cast by individual judges in every reported decision between 1990 and 2003. Each case was cod6d by type, for example "criminal law," "constitutional law," or "private law." In addition, the …


Brown And Lawrence (And Goodridge), Michael J. Klarman Dec 2005

Brown And Lawrence (And Goodridge), Michael J. Klarman

Michigan Law Review

One year shy of the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the Justices issued another equality ruling that is likely to become a historical landmark. In Lawrence v. Texas, the Court invalidated a state law that criminalized same-sex sodomy. This article contrasts these historic rulings along several dimensions, with the aim of shedding light on how Supreme Court Justices decide cases and how Court decisions influence social reform movements. Part I juxtaposes Brown and Lawrence to illustrate how judicial decisionmaking often involves an uneasy reconciliation of traditional legal sources with broader social and political mores and …


Bork Was The Beginning: Constitutional Moralism And The Politics Of Federal Judicial Selection, Gary L. Mcdowell Mar 2005

Bork Was The Beginning: Constitutional Moralism And The Politics Of Federal Judicial Selection, Gary L. Mcdowell

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Discretion In Dispensing With The Service Of Process Requirement In Hong Kong Under Order 45, Rule 7(7), Simon Teng Jan 2004

Judicial Discretion In Dispensing With The Service Of Process Requirement In Hong Kong Under Order 45, Rule 7(7), Simon Teng

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.


The Judicial Process, Lee E. Skeel Jan 1960

The Judicial Process, Lee E. Skeel

Cleveland State Law Review

The judicial process is that technique by which coherent direction of thought on the basic principles of social rights and duties is made available for judicial officers. It is the duty of such officers diligently to seek out the rules which must be used as the bases of judgment. The sources from which they must seek help are as wide and varied as the sum total of past and present human experience.