Giving Notice: An Argument For Notification Of Putative Plaintiffs In Complex Litigation, 2011 Touro Law Center
Giving Notice: An Argument For Notification Of Putative Plaintiffs In Complex Litigation, Marjorie A. Silver
Marjorie A. Silver
Professor Silver advocates recognition of an inherent judicial power to send or authorize notice of pending litigation to potentially interested persons with unfiled claims. Recognizing such a judicial power is consistent with recent legal developments establishing a role for judges in expediting and managing federal litigation. Although the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure only explicitly provide for notice to potential parties in Rule 23 class action litigation, Professor Silver demonstrates that a more general judicial power to notify putative plaintiffs is consistent with the federal rules and the Constitution. She also shows that the first amendment values support a judicial …
Universidade Sem Cultura? A Propósito De Um Manual De Filosofia Do Direito, 2011 Universidade do Porto
Universidade Sem Cultura? A Propósito De Um Manual De Filosofia Do Direito, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Que fazer? Resistir à massificação, tecnocracia, economicismo. A existência da Filosofia do Direito é já símbolo de resistência, dir-se-ia mesmo de contra-ataque. Como ensinar, porém, para todos, esta matéria exigente e complexa? Vacinando-os com minudências e preciosismos para que nunca mais queiram pensar no assunto? Ou cativando-os sem baixar o nível?
Is “Transnational” Constitutional Law Possible?, 2011 University of Salento
Is “Transnational” Constitutional Law Possible?, Prof. Michele Carducci
Michele Carducci Prof.
No abstract provided.
Equal Divisions In The Supreme Court: History, Problems, And Proposals, 2011 University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Equal Divisions In The Supreme Court: History, Problems, And Proposals, William L. Reynolds, Gordon G. Young
Gordon G. Young
No abstract provided.
The Antislavery Judge Reconsidered, 2011 University of Dayton
The Antislavery Judge Reconsidered, Jeffrey M. Schmitt
School of Law Faculty Publications
It is conventionally believed that neutral legal principles required antislavery judges to uphold proslavery legislation in spite of their moral convictions against slavery. Under this view, an antislavery judge who ruled on proslavery legislation was forced to choose, not between liberty and slavery, but rather between liberty and fidelity to his conception of the judicial role in a system of limited government. Focusing on the proslavery Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, this article challenges the conventional view by arguing that the constitutionality of the fugitive act was ambiguous; meaning that neutral legal principles supported a ruling against the fugitive act …
Legal Mechanization Of Corporate Social Responsibility Through Alien Tort Statute Litigation: A Response To Professor Branson With Some Supplemental Thoughts, 2011 Chapman University School of Law
Legal Mechanization Of Corporate Social Responsibility Through Alien Tort Statute Litigation: A Response To Professor Branson With Some Supplemental Thoughts, Donald J. Kochan
Donald J. Kochan
This Response argues that as ATS jurisprudence “matures” or becomes more sophisticated, the legitimate limits of the law regress. The further expansion within the corporate defendant pool – attempting to pin liability on parent, great grandparent corporations and up to the top – raises the stakes and complexity of ATS litigation. The corporate social responsibility discussion raises three principal issues about how a moral corporation lives its life: how a corporation chooses its self-interest versus the interests of others, when and how it should help others if control decisions may harm the shareholder owners, and how far the corporation must …
Três Pilares Da Política E Do Direito, 2011 Universidade do Porto
Três Pilares Da Política E Do Direito, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Três grandes temas ocupam a reflexão de Carlos Leone no seu anunciado novo livro: a democracia, a república e a soberania. Não poderia haver questões políticas e jurídicas de fundo mais oportunas.
Judges Henry J. Friendly And Benjamin Cardozo: A Tale Of Two Precedents, 2011 Pace University
Judges Henry J. Friendly And Benjamin Cardozo: A Tale Of Two Precedents, David M. Dorsen
Pace Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judicial Interference With Effective Assistance Of Counsel, 2011 Pace University School of Law
Judicial Interference With Effective Assistance Of Counsel, Bennett L. Gershman
Pace Law Review
Probably the most damaging external impediment to a lawyer’s ability to render effective assistance to a client may come from the interference by the trial judge in counsel’s advocacy. A judge supervises the conduct of a trial but he is more than a mere umpire or moderator. A trial judge, by his rulings, questions, and comments, has an enormous capacity to affect the merits of a party’s case and thereby influence the verdict of the jury. To be sure, the basic requirement of a trial judge, both legally and ethically, is to be impartial in demeanor as well as in …
Rethinking Judicial Disqualification Based On Campaign Contributions: A Practical Critique Of Post-Caperton Proposals And A Call For Greater Transparency, 2011 University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Rethinking Judicial Disqualification Based On Campaign Contributions: A Practical Critique Of Post-Caperton Proposals And A Call For Greater Transparency, Ryan M. Mcinerney
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Chinese Judicial Culture: From Tradition To Modernity, 2011 Brigham Young University Law School
Chinese Judicial Culture: From Tradition To Modernity, Shen Deyong
Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law
Text of an address by the Hon. Justice Shen Deyong at the Brigham Young University Law School, October 21, 2009.
Order For The Courts: Reforming The Nollan/Dolan Threshold Inquiry For Exactions, 2011 Seattle University School of Law
Order For The Courts: Reforming The Nollan/Dolan Threshold Inquiry For Exactions, Winfield B. Martin
Seattle University Law Review
For decades prior to 2005, Fifth Amendment regulatory takings jurisprudence languished in a state of confused neglect. Rather than articulating a clearly discernable standard for determining whether a violation of the Takings Clause had occurred, Justices rebuffed government action that seemed to amount to “an out-and-out plan of extortion” and nodded in approval when they deemed the government to have “acted diligently and in good faith” or in furtherance of a “compelling interest.” In trying to parse this imprecise thicket, scholars have characterized the Court’s approach to regulatory takings as a “muddle,” in “disarray,” and “incoherent.” Professor Kent even noted …
Political And Legal Regulation Of Local Authorities’ Handling Of The Petitioners In Beijing(进京接访的政法调控), 2011 University of International Business and Economics, China
Political And Legal Regulation Of Local Authorities’ Handling Of The Petitioners In Beijing(进京接访的政法调控), Meng Hou
Hou Meng
No abstract provided.
The Mentality And Expression Of The Petitioners In Supreme Court(最高法院访民的心态与表达), 2011 University of International Business and Economics, China
The Mentality And Expression Of The Petitioners In Supreme Court(最高法院访民的心态与表达), Meng Hou
Hou Meng
No abstract provided.
Second Annual Golden Gate University School Of Law Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Women Chief Justices, 2011 Golden Gate University School of Law
Second Annual Golden Gate University School Of Law Chief Justice Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture: Women Chief Justices
Golden Gate University Law Review
This is a transcript of the lecture held on October 12, 2010. Please see also the Ronald M. George Distinguished Lecture Series.
Biblioteca Aberta, Jornal Positivo, 2011 Universidade do Porto
Biblioteca Aberta, Jornal Positivo, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Se o jornalismo quotidiano nos conta desgraças em cima de desgraças, e com o relato da intriga e dos ataques entre políticos nos deixa irritados ou sem esperança, o jornalismo cultural, quando não é pretexto para os mesmos sectarismos, não só nos descansa como edifica, além de instruir. No II Aniversário de "As Artes entre as Letras" editamos um pequeno texto sobre essa publicação em que regularmente colaboramos, mas de que também somos assíduo e entusiástico leitor: pelo descanso e pela formação que propicia, qual museu imaginário e biblioteca ideal em permanente reconstrução.
'Pior Não Fica', 2011 Universidade do Porto
'Pior Não Fica', Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Normalmente, somos crítico do Presidencialismo. Mas o nosso sistema parlamentarista tem um problema também: o da qualidade dos nossos representantes. O texto ficcional proposto encena as angústias de um parlamentarista que entende a política como um clubismo, mas que mesmo assim precisa de ir digerindo as escolhas das máquinas partidárias para candidatos a deputados. Obviamente tal não pretende levar água nem ao moinho dos que pretendem reduzir o seu número, tornando o parlamento numa sensaboria bicolor, nem dos que gostariam de círculos uninominais, em que seria eleitos candidatos mediáticos ou caciques locais.
Response To Reasonable Expectations In Sociocultural Context, 2011 University of Richmond
Response To Reasonable Expectations In Sociocultural Context, David G. Epstein
Law Faculty Publications
The Article starts 6 (and ends)7 with the premise that contract law should enforce the reasonable expectations of the parties. This is a hard premise to challenge.8 And an even harder premise to apply.9 The Article recognizes the two problems with applying this premise: (1) how does a court decide what expectations are “reasonable,”10 and (2) what does a court do when the contracting parties have different reasonable expectations.11 The Article then uses two cases to illustrate how “sociocultural dissonance between a judge and contracting party”12 exacerbates these problems.
Judicial Reform, Constitutionalism And The Rule Of Law In Zambia: From A Justice System To A Just System, 2011 Cornell Law School
Judicial Reform, Constitutionalism And The Rule Of Law In Zambia: From A Justice System To A Just System, Muna Ndulo
Zambia Social Science Journal
In Zambia it is generally agreed on by all stakeholders that the judicial system needs reform to make it more accountable, independent, and able to deliver justice efficiently and effectively. This article discusses judicial reform in the context of the independence of the judiciary. It tries to unpack the term judicial reform. It argues that for the rule of law and constitutionalism to prevail it is crucial that the judiciary is independent and there is separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary, and legislature and the judiciary. For judges to be personally and substantively independent they need security …
The Roberts Court And Freedom Of Speech, 2011 University of California, Irvine School of Law
The Roberts Court And Freedom Of Speech, Erwin Chemerinsky
Federal Communications Law Journal
This is an edited version of a speech delivered on December 16, 2010 in Washington, D.C., as part of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Distinguished Speaker Series.
This speech was given by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky in December 2010 as part of the FCBA's Distinguished Speaker Series. In the speech, Dean Chemerinsky offers his perspectives on and analysis of the Supreme Court's position on freedom of speech in recent years. He highlights important recent freedom of speech decisions made by the Roberts Court, and gives some projections as to where the court is heading in the years to come, given its …