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Criminal Justice Act Of 1964; State Malpractice Suit Against Appointed Counsel; Ferri V. Ackerman, Sandra J. Branda Jul 2015

Criminal Justice Act Of 1964; State Malpractice Suit Against Appointed Counsel; Ferri V. Ackerman, Sandra J. Branda

Akron Law Review

The United States Supreme Court in Ferri v. Ackerman reversed the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and held that an attorney appointed by a federal judge to represent an indigent defendant in a federal criminal trial is not, as a matter of federal law, entitled to absolute immunity in a state malpractice suit brought against him by his former client. In a unanimous opinion, the Court decided that the function of appointed counsel is more closely analogous to that of private retained counsel, who enjoy no immunity from malpractice prosecution than to that of judges and prosecutors who have traditionally been accorded …


Franz Kafka’S “Before The Law”: A Parable, Geoffrey L. Brackett Jul 2015

Franz Kafka’S “Before The Law”: A Parable, Geoffrey L. Brackett

Pace Law Review

Despite Francis Bacon’s cautionary note, I have always been a fan of parables, and perhaps the most poignant one to speak for perils of the legal profession is Franz Kafka’s “Vor dem Gesetz” (“Before the Law”), one of the relatively few works to be published in his lifetime. It was seen first in the almanac Vom Jüngsten Tag: Ein Almanach Neuer Dichtung in December 1915 before it was included in his novel Der Prozess (The Trial), which was unpublished in his lifetime. He wrote it at one sitting on December 13, 1914, and in fewer than 650 words, Kafka illustrates …


Navajo Therapeutic Jurisprudence, James W. Zion May 2015

Navajo Therapeutic Jurisprudence, James W. Zion

Touro Law Review

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Control Or Security: A Therapeutic Approach To The Freedom Of Contract, Yuval Feldman May 2015

Control Or Security: A Therapeutic Approach To The Freedom Of Contract, Yuval Feldman

Touro Law Review

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Constructing A Normative Framework For Therapeutic Jurisprudence Using Social Work Principles As A Model, Robert G. Madden, Raymie H. Wayne May 2015

Constructing A Normative Framework For Therapeutic Jurisprudence Using Social Work Principles As A Model, Robert G. Madden, Raymie H. Wayne

Touro Law Review

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Drug Treatment Court: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Applied, Bruce J. Winick, David B. Wexler May 2015

Drug Treatment Court: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Applied, Bruce J. Winick, David B. Wexler

Touro Law Review

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Jurisprudential Countertransference, Marla Kahn May 2015

Jurisprudential Countertransference, Marla Kahn

Touro Law Review

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Rights Are Not Enough: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Lessons For Law Reformers, Nathalie Des Rosiers May 2015

Rights Are Not Enough: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Lessons For Law Reformers, Nathalie Des Rosiers

Touro Law Review

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Introduction Symposium: The Varieties Of Therapeutic Experience, A.J. Stephani May 2015

Introduction Symposium: The Varieties Of Therapeutic Experience, A.J. Stephani

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.