"Downright Indifference": Examining Unpublished Decisions In The Federal Courts Of Appeals, 2020 University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
"Downright Indifference": Examining Unpublished Decisions In The Federal Courts Of Appeals, Merritt E. Mcalister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 Over the last fifty years, the so-called “unpublished decision” has overtaken the federal appellate courts in response to a caseload volume “crisis.”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The creation of the inferior unpublished decision also has created an inferior track of appellate justice for a class of appellants: indigent litigants.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 …
Blatantly Biased: Expanding Pena-Rodriguez To Cases Of Bias Against Sexual Orientation, Religion, And Sex, 2020 William & Mary Law School
Blatantly Biased: Expanding Pena-Rodriguez To Cases Of Bias Against Sexual Orientation, Religion, And Sex, Tressa Bussio
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
No abstract provided.
Law School News: 'Injustice Dehumanizes Everyone It Touches' 1-31-2020, 2020 Roger Williams University School of Law
Law School News: 'Injustice Dehumanizes Everyone It Touches' 1-31-2020, Michael M. Bowden
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
The Specific Consumer Expectations Test For Product Defects, 2020 University at Buffalo School of Law
The Specific Consumer Expectations Test For Product Defects, Clayton J. Masterman, W. Kip Viscusi
Journal Articles
In this Article, we propose that courts adopt an amended version of the consumer expectations test that we call the “specific consumer expectations test.” The specific consumer expectations test would apply to any product or product component for which consumers have clear, articulable ex ante expectations about the function of the product. Under the specific consumer expectations test, a defendant is liable if consumers expected such a product to reduce a particular risk, and the product in fact increased that risk. Similarly, if a product was intended to convey a particular benefit, but in fact harmed consumers along the same …
Filling The Illinois Federal District Court Vacancies, 2020 Pepperdine University
Filling The Illinois Federal District Court Vacancies, Carl Tobias
Pepperdine Law Review
President Donald Trump repeatedly argues that appellate court appointments constitute his major success. The President and the United States Senate Republican Party majority have established records by approving fifty very conservative, young, and capable appellate court jurists. However, their confirmations have exacted a toll, particularly from the many federal district courts which address seventy-nine unfilled positions in 677 judicial posts. One constructive illustration has been the three Illinois tribunals which confront five pressing openings. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts classifies three as “emergencies,” because the vacant seats have been protracted and involve substantial caseloads. Despite this circumstance, …
The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber Ruling In Ntaganda: An Opportunity To Improve Accountability For Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Against Men And Boys, 2020 University of Georgia School of Law
The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber Ruling In Ntaganda: An Opportunity To Improve Accountability For Sexual And Gender-Based Crimes Against Men And Boys, Elizabeth Modzeleski
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Looking Forward And Looking Back: How Can The International Criminal Court (Icc) Navigate In A Complicated And Largely Hostile World?, 2020 Ford Foundation Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Duke University
Looking Forward And Looking Back: How Can The International Criminal Court (Icc) Navigate In A Complicated And Largely Hostile World?, David Tolbert
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The United States And The International Criminal Court: Why Undermining The Icc Undercuts U.S. Interests, 2020 Georgetown University Law Center
The United States And The International Criminal Court: Why Undermining The Icc Undercuts U.S. Interests, Jane Stromseth
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
States Parties, Non-States Parties, And The Idea Of International Community, 2020 University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
States Parties, Non-States Parties, And The Idea Of International Community, Saira Mohamed
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Icc And Non-Party States: Consistency And Consensus Revisited, 2020 UC Hastings College of Law
The Icc And Non-Party States: Consistency And Consensus Revisited, Chimène I. Keitner
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Defense Issues At The International Criminal Court, 2020 Florida International University College of Law
Defense Issues At The International Criminal Court, Megan A. Fairlie
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
The Icc In Latin America: An Old Friend With New Challenges, 2020 UC Hastings College of Law
The Icc In Latin America: An Old Friend With New Challenges, Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Mandatory, Fast, And Fair: Case Outcomes And Procedural Justice In A Family Drug Court, 2020 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mandatory, Fast, And Fair: Case Outcomes And Procedural Justice In A Family Drug Court, Melanie Fessinger, Katherine Hazen, Jamie Bahm, Jennie Cole-Mossman, Roger Heideman, Eve Brank
Center on Children, Families, and the Law: Faculty Publications
Objectives: Problem-solving courts are traditionally voluntary in nature to promote procedural justice and to advance therapeutic jurisprudence. The Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC) in Lancaster County, Nebraska, is a mandatory dependency court for families with allegations of child abuse or neglect related to substance use. We conducted a program evaluation examining parents’ case outcomes and perceptions of procedural justice to examine whether a mandatory problem-solving court could replicate the positive outcomes of problem-solving courts. Methods: We employed a quasi-experimental design that compared FTDC parents to traditional dependency court parents (control parents). We examined court records to gather court orders, compliance …
Pretrial Detention Of Indigents: A Standard Analysis Of Due Process And Equal Protection Claims, 2020 University of Georgia School of Law
Pretrial Detention Of Indigents: A Standard Analysis Of Due Process And Equal Protection Claims, Robert William G. Wright
Georgia Law Review
Over the past several years, criminal justice activists
have sought to reform misdemeanor bail policies that
condition pretrial release on an arrestee’s ability to pay
a predetermined cash bond. Activists have challenged
such bail polices by filing lawsuits on behalf on indigent
persons who have been exposed to such policies. Often,
these lawsuits allege that bail policies violate both the
Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the
Fourteenth Amendment. While due process and equal
protection analyses are generally well-defined, U.S.
Supreme Court precedent does not offer a clear analysis
for courts to apply to due process and equal protection …
Halliburton Ii At Four: Has It Changed The Outcome Of Class Certification Decisions?, 2020 Loeb & Loeb LLP
Halliburton Ii At Four: Has It Changed The Outcome Of Class Certification Decisions?, Noah Weingarten
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 573 U.S. 258 (2014) (Halliburton II) appeared to give corporate defendants a new tool to defeat class certification in the context of securities fraud class action litigation: rebutting the requisite presumption of reliance by showing a lack of "price impact"-a term that Halliburton II used to describe whether the price of an allegedly affected company's stock went up or down. However, based on an empirical study of pre- versus post-Halliburton II class certification decisions, it appears that the outcomes of class certification decisions have become even …
Confession Obsession: How To Protect Minors In Interrogations, 2020 Touro Law Center
Confession Obsession: How To Protect Minors In Interrogations, Cindy Chau
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
The Future Of Pretrial Detention In A Criminal System Looking For Justice, 2020 Touro Law Center
The Future Of Pretrial Detention In A Criminal System Looking For Justice, Gabrielle Costa
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
Remorse, Not Race: Essence Of Parole Release?, 2020 Touro Law Center
Remorse, Not Race: Essence Of Parole Release?, Lovashni Khalikaprasad
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
From Common Law To Constitution, Sanctioned Dispossession And Subjugation Through Otherization And Discriminatory Classification, 2020 Touro Law Center
From Common Law To Constitution, Sanctioned Dispossession And Subjugation Through Otherization And Discriminatory Classification, Mobolaji Oladeji
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.
As Pertains To The Criminal Justice System, Is Hindsight 20/20?, 2020 Touro Law Center
As Pertains To The Criminal Justice System, Is Hindsight 20/20?, Syndie G. E. Molina, Cristina Negrillo
Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
No abstract provided.