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Editors' Note, Michigan Law Review
Editors' Note, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A reflection on the origins of the Michigan Law Review book review issue.
On Lawyers And Copy Editors, Jonathan I. Tietz
On Lawyers And Copy Editors, Jonathan I. Tietz
Michigan Law Review
Review of Benjamin Dreyer's Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style.
"Downright Indifference": Examining Unpublished Decisions In The Federal Courts Of Appeals, Merritt E. Mcalister
"Downright Indifference": Examining Unpublished Decisions In The Federal Courts Of Appeals, Merritt E. Mcalister
Michigan Law Review
Nearly 90 percent of the work of the federal courts of appeals looks nothing like the opinions law students read in casebooks. Over the last fifty years, the so-called “unpublished decision” has overtaken the federal appellate courts in response to a caseload volume “crisis.” These are often short, perfunctory decisions that make no law; they are, one federal judge said, “not safe for human consumption.”
The creation of the inferior unpublished decision also has created an inferior track of appellate justice for a class of appellants: indigent litigants. The federal appellate courts routinely shunt indigent appeals to a second-tier appellate …
Regarding Narrative Justice, Womxn, Geeta Tewari
Regarding Narrative Justice, Womxn, Geeta Tewari
Michigan Journal of Race and Law
The story within this article explores how narrative justice can be applied as a form of advocacy for persons seeking access to justice. The questions—what is narrative justice? How do we define it?—deserve a separate space, which will be shared in a forthcoming article. Meanwhile, in short, narrative justice is the power of the word—written, spoken, articulated with the emotion or experience of an individual or collective, to shape or express reaction to law and policy.