Evidence Verite And The Law Of Film,
2010
Suffolk University
Evidence Verite And The Law Of Film, Jessica M. Silbey
Jessica Silbey
This paper explores a puzzle concerning the authority of certain images that increasingly find themselves at the center of legal disputes: surveillance or “real time” film images that purport to capture an event about which there is a dispute. Increasingly, this kind of “evidence verité” is used in United States courts of law as the best evidence of what happened. Film footage of arrests, criminal confessions, photographs of crime scenes (during and after) is routinely admitted into court as evidence. It tends to overwhelm all other evidence (e.g., testimonial or documentary) and be immune to critical analysis. Why would this …
Issue 4: Table Of Contents,
2010
University of Richmond
Improving Federal Judicial Selection,
2010
University of Richmond School of Law
Improving Federal Judicial Selection, Carl Tobias
University of Richmond Law Review
Part I descriptively analyzes the volume. Part II evaluates the many insights Wittes contributes to readers' appreciation of contemporary federal judicial selection. Part III details numerous recommendations.
Something Judicious This Way Comes...The Use Of Foreshadowing As A Persuasive Device In Judicial Narrative,
2010
University of Tennessee College of Law
Something Judicious This Way Comes...The Use Of Foreshadowing As A Persuasive Device In Judicial Narrative, Michael J. Higdon
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Managerial Judge Goes To Trial,
2010
SMU Dedman School of Law
The Managerial Judge Goes To Trial, Elizabeth G. Thornbug
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: A Misplaced Trust In Mechanical Justice,
2010
University of Michigan Law School
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: A Misplaced Trust In Mechanical Justice, Evangeline A. Zimmerman
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In 1984 the Sentencing Reform Act was passed, ending fully discretionary sentencing by judges and allowing for the creation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines ("FSG" or "Guidelines"). This Note proposes that the Guidelines failed not only because they ran afoul of the Sixth Amendment, as determined by the Supreme Court in 2005, but also because they lacked a clear underlying purpose, had a misplaced trust in uniformity, and were born of political compromise. Moreover, the effect of the FSG was to blindly shunt discretionary decisions from judges, who are supposed to be neutral parties, to prosecutors, who are necessarily partisan. …
Ética E Política. Uma Breve Reflexão,
2010
Universidade do Porto
Ética E Política. Uma Breve Reflexão, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
A política não é uma ética armada, nem sequer uma ética prática ou aplicada. A política não é « serva » da ética, mas não pode recusar pelo menos alguma eticidade. Pelo menos uma eticidade mínima. Hoje é comum falar de ética e falta de ética na política. Que relações tal pode ter com a cidadania e a democracia, não apenas ao nível macro-institucional, mas também ao nível micro-estrural, de proximidade?
Sete Ladaínhas Hespânicas,
2010
Universidade do Porto
Sete Ladaínhas Hespânicas, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Ladainhas sobre algumas figuras literárias, históricas e / ou míticas, em torno de coisas das Hespanhas, na sua unidade e pluralidade...
My Boss, Justice Stevens,
2010
University of Oklahoma College of Law
My Boss, Justice Stevens, Joseph Thai, Susan Estrich, Eduardo Penalver, Jeffrey Fisher, Cliff Sloan, Deborah Pearlstein
Joseph T Thai
No abstract provided.
A Justice Of The Greatest Generation,
2010
University of Oklahoma College of Law
A Justice Of The Greatest Generation, Joseph Thai, Eduardo Penalver, Andrew Siegel
Joseph T Thai
No abstract provided.
Did Justice Stevens Change?,
2010
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Sacrificing Diversity For “Quality”: How Judicial Performance Evaluations Are Failing Women & Minorities,
2010
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Sacrificing Diversity For “Quality”: How Judicial Performance Evaluations Are Failing Women & Minorities, Rebecca Wood, Sylvia R. Lazos, Mallory Waters
Scholarly Works
Because voters rely on judicial performance evaluations when casting their ballots, it is important that policymakers work diligently to compile valid, reliable and unbiased information about our sitting judges. This paper analyzes attorney surveys of judicial performance in Nevada from 1998‐2008. The survey instrument is similar to those used throughout the country for judicial evaluation programs. Unfortunately, none of the readily‐obtainable objective measures of judicial performance can explain away difference in scores based on race and sex. Minority judges and female judges score consistently and significantly lower than do their white male counterparts, all other things equal. These results are …
What’S Past Is Prologue,
2010
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
What’S Past Is Prologue, Cruz Reynoso, Joseph Grodin, James Brosnahan, Jose Padilla
The Jesse Carter Distinguished Lecture Series
Under the auspices of the 2010 Justice Jesse Carter Distinguished Lecture Program, and cosponsored by the American Constitution Society and The Bay Area Forum, GGU Law’s “What’s Past is Prologue,” held on campus April 1, drew more than 200 students, lawyers, judges, nonprofit legal advocates, and other legal leaders. The event included a screening of Abby Ginzberg’s new documentary Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice and a very lively panel discussion.
Reflexiones En Torno A La Compraventa De Bien Futuro,
2010
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Reflexiones En Torno A La Compraventa De Bien Futuro, Jimmy J. Ronquillo Pascual
Jimmy J. Ronquillo Pascual
En este artículo, el autor analiza las diversas teorías que pretenden explicar la figura de la compraventa de bien futuro, tomando partido por la del contrato con efectos obligacionales inmediatos y efectos reales diferidos. Considera que el Código Civil yerra al considerar que existe una condición suspensiva, por cuanto desde la celebración del contrato, que es válido al contar con objeto, surgen obligaciones a cargo de las partes; solo se difiere el efecto traslativo hasta la existencia del bien en caso de inmuebles o hasta la entrega del bien, en caso de muebles.
Tort Damages And The New Science Of Happiness,
2010
Rutgers School of Law, Camden
Tort Damages And The New Science Of Happiness, Rick Swedloff, Peter H. Huang
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
How Great Is America's Tolerance For Judicial Bias - An Inquiry Into The Supreme Court's Decisions In Caperton And Citizens United, Their Implications For Judicial Elections, And Their Effect On The Rule Of Law In The United States,
2010
Schoeman Updike & Kaufman, LLP
How Great Is America's Tolerance For Judicial Bias - An Inquiry Into The Supreme Court's Decisions In Caperton And Citizens United, Their Implications For Judicial Elections, And Their Effect On The Rule Of Law In The United States, Norman L. Green
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Das Conversas,
2010
Universidade do Porto
Das Conversas, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha
Paulo Ferreira da Cunha
Sobre a Conversa, os discursos, o auto-biográfico, as (in)sinceridades, os géneros...
Attorney Admissions Ceremony — United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York,
2010
New York Law School
Attorney Admissions Ceremony — United States District Court For The Northern District Of New York, Roger J. Miner '56
Bar Admissions
No abstract provided.
Reflections: The Honorable Irma S. Raker – Judge, Teacher, And Role Model,
2010
American University Washington College of Law
Reflections: The Honorable Irma S. Raker – Judge, Teacher, And Role Model, David E. Aaronson
David Aaronson
This article is a sketch of Judge Irma S. Raker’s career from her days as a law student at Washington College of Law to her distinguished career as a jurist and teacher. Judge Raker’s first legal job was as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, where her appointment as the first woman litigator was a milestone in the local legal community. She was appointed in 1980 to serve as a judge on the District Court for Montgomery County and, in 1982, to serve on the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Judge Raker decided a number of seminal cases, …
Judicial Recusal & Expanding Notions Of Due Process,
2010
Cornell Law School, J.D. 2009
Judicial Recusal & Expanding Notions Of Due Process, Andrey Spektor, Michael A. Zuckerman
Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers
The merits of judicial elections have been litigated in journals around the country. In light of the recent Supreme Court decisions in White and Caperton, this debate will only intensify. Rather than revisit the arguments for and against electing judges, this Article argues that applying the Mathews v. Eldridge test in cases where a litigant’s due process is threatened by an elected judge—a possibility that the Court initially dismissed in White against Justice Ginsburg’s protests, and then took head on in Caperton—will balance First Amendment rights that judicial elections breed against the rights of the litigants that the Constitution protects. …
