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A Comparative Perspective On Legal Evolution, Revolution, And Devolution, Laura Nader

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Courts--A Comparative and Political Analysis by Martin Shapiro, and Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile, 1500-1700 by Richard L. Kagan

Access To Justice And The Welfare State, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Access to Justice and the Welfare State edited by Mauro Cappellitti

The Problem With The Courts: Black-Robed Bureaucracy, Or Collegiality Under Challenge?, Patricia M. Wald

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Writ Of Prohibition In Arkansas, William Murray Tabb

Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

More Judgeships -But Not All At Once, Abner J. Mikva

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Legitimacy In Social Reform Litigation: An Empirical Study, Timothy Wilton

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article undertakes a detailed examination of a single lawsuit, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Children v. Ann Arbor School District Board. This study first explores the diversity of interests present among both the plaintiff and defendant groups in King, and analyzes the performance of the attorneys in representing these interests. The Article then turns to the problems of resistance that arise at the decree stage in social reform litigation, and presents an empirical evaluation of the factors influencing the response to judicially mandated relief.

In Memory Of Monrad G. Paulsen, Marvin E. Frankel

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Annotated List Of Major Historic Preservation Court Decisions, Stephen N. Dennis

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attorneys' Fees, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Judicial Overload: The Reasons And The Remedies, Maria L. Marcus

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Small Claims In Arkansas: A Judicial Comment, Joel C. Cole

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Native Courtworker And Counselling Association Of British Columbia: A Synopsis, Frederick H. Zemans

Books

In April 1973, the Native Courtworkers and Counselling Association of British Columbia held t he first evaluation since its founding in October 1973. The two major objectives of the evaluation were (a) t o provide the Association with a detailed overview of the work of the courtworkers, the head office and the Board of Directors; (b) and to provide information for use in future planning of the Association. The information provided by the evaluation team included such things as statistics concerning the activities of the Association and first hand accounts of the functions of the Association in the field and …

Evaluation Of The Native Courtworker And Counselling Association Of British Columbia, Frederick H. Zemans, Ronni Richards

Books

In April, 1975 the Native Legal Task Force was approached by the Board of Directors of the Native Courtworkers and Counselling Association of British Columbia for assistance in performing their first program evaluation since the founding of the association in October, 1973. After consultation, · it was agreed that such an evaluation would be undertaken by a Task Force staff researcher in conjunction with a legal consultant having knowledge of para-legals and experience in administration and evaluation.

The Second Circuit Review--1975-76 Term: Courts-- Evidence & Procedure: Commentary: The Second Circuit And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The most significant development in federal trial procedure in recent years has been the enactment of the Federal Rules of Evidence, effective July 1, 1975. In the intervening two years since the Rules became effective, the courts of the Second Circuit have bad occasion to make several illuminating applications of and references to them.

An examination of some of these decisions provides insight into the kinds of questions that are coming up not only in the Second Circuit, but around the country, and the kinds of answers that are being given. It is not the bizarre or unusual case that …

The Second Circuit And The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The most significant development in federal trial procedure in recent years has been the enactment of the Federal Rules of Evidence, effective July 1, 1975. In the intervening two years since the Rules became effective, the courts of the Second Circuit have bad occasion to make several illuminating applications of and references to them.

An examination of some of these decisions provides insight into the kinds of questions that are coming up not only in the Second Circuit, but around the country, and the kinds of answers that are being given. It is not the bizarre or unusual case that …

American Indian Courts And Tribal Self-Government, Richard B. Collins, Ralph W. Johnson, Kathy Imig Perkins

Publications

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The Criminal Justice Act - 1964 To 1976, Dudley B. Bonsal

Indiana Law Journal

Colloquium: The Federal Judiciary: Essays from the Bench

The Impact Of The Courts On Public Administration, David L. Bazelon

Indiana Law Journal

Colloquium: The Federal Judiciary: Essays from the Bench

240 Men: The Antebellum Lower Federal Judiciary, 1829-1861, Kermit L. Hall

Vanderbilt Law Review

Between 1829 and 1861 antebellum presidents nominated 200 judges to the federal lower courts. Earlier administrations had appointed another forty jurists who held their positions during part or all of the era. Of these judges, 108 served in the federal district courts, 126 in the territorial courts, five in the Court of Claims, and one in a special circuit court established in 1855 for the northern district of California. The number of appointments available to an administration involved fate and the pace of territorial expansion;thus, during the first eight years of the period, Jackson nominated thirty-two judges, while in the …

Pathways To The Top: The Political Careers Of State Supreme Court Justices, Walter A. Borowiec

North Carolina Central Law Review

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The Emerging Right Of Legal Assistance For The Indigent In Civil Proceedings, Jeffrey M. Mandell

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

After the Supreme Court declared in Gideon v. Wainwright that indigents have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in criminal cases, attention turned to the possibility that a similar right could be found for civil litigants. Although there is no explicit constitutional guarantee of counsel for the civil litigant, the due process clause, which protects property rights as well as personal freedoms, arguably mandates that there be a right to professional representation of all citizens in all courts. The inability of most laymen to effectively present even a rudimentary case on their own behalf indicates that without counsel a meaningful …

A Giant Step Backwards: Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. V. Wilderness Society' And Its Effect On Public Interest Litigation

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Opening Pandora's Box: Asking Judges And Attorneys To React To The Videotape Trial, Robert J. Grow, Robert A. Johnson

BYU Law Review

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Judicial Reform At The Lowest Level: A Model Statute For Small Claims Courts, Robert H. Brownlee, Charles L. Lewis, Gregory J. Moonie, William H. Pickering, Paul C. Deemer, Iii Special Projects Editor

Vanderbilt Law Review

The purpose of this Special Project is to analyze the development of procedures for adjudicating small claims, with particular emphasis on the State of Tennessee, and to suggest statutory revisions that may be of value in improving the quality of justice at the lowest level of the judicial system. The Project study commences with an historical survey of the origins of small claims theory and the various court attempts to apply the theory that have been made in the United States during the last half-century. The result of this analysis will be a characterization of a model small claims court.The …

Juvenile Court And Arrest Records, Adrienne Volenik

Law Faculty Publications

Recognizing the near impossibility of changing societal views toward juvenile offenders, many legislators have at- tempted instead to combat the harmful effects of a delinquency adjudication by providing for concealment of juvenile records, on the grounds that such concealment will aid the child's reintegration into society.

Volume 41 (1973-1974)

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Abortion: The Court Decides A Non-Case, Joseph O'Meara

Journal Articles

It took the Supreme Court 105 years to discover that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees a personal right of privacy that invalidates state statutes forbidding abortion except to save the mother's life. As Mr. Justice Rehnquist pointed out, in a dissent that no member of the Court attempted to answer, at least thirty-six states had such anti-abortion statutes when the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted. None was attacked on the ground that they offended the newly adopted amendment. The only conclusion possible from this history is that the drafters did not intend to have the Fourteenth Amendment withdraw from the States the …

Volume 40 (1972-1973)

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Proposed Amendments To The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Supreme Court has approved a uniform code of evidence for all federal courts. Amendments to the Supreme Court's rules are now pending in the House of Representatives. From the point of view of a specialist in the law of evidence, Professor Rothstein analyzes the differences between the Supreme Court's proposals and the House amendments and suggests solutions to these conflicts.

Mental Commitment Cases Of 1971 Supreme Court Term, Ken Wing, R. Carman

Faculty Articles

Even in areas where legal representation has become available to the poor through the efforts of Legal Services programs, there is still one group that is almost universally denied representation: those confined under the various forms of civil commitment and patients in mental health institutions. Almost by definition in need of legal counsel and predictably indigent, they are faced with interpersonal and institutional barriers that further reduce their chances to obtain representation. It is the position of the National Health Law Program that Legal Services programs throughout the country should focus some of their attention towards this portion of their …