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South Carolina's Largest Slave Auctioneering Firm, Thomas D. Russell Jan 1993

South Carolina's Largest Slave Auctioneering Firm, Thomas D. Russell

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

This article presents the original finding that South Carolina's legal system conducted a majority of the state's slave auctions during the antebellum years.Courts conducted slave auctions in several circumstances. Sheriffs sold the property of debtors; and courts also conducted or supervised sales in order to divide estates. Drawing upon extensive empirical analysis of primary sources in various South Carolina archives, this article compares the total number of slaves sold at court-ordered or court-supervised sales with the best empirical estimates for private slave sales - whether at auction or not. The conclusion is that the courts acted as the state's greatest …


Federal Court Reform Should Start At The Top, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1993

Federal Court Reform Should Start At The Top, Roger J. Miner '56

Endowed/named Lectures and Keynote Addresses

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Chase Court And Fundamental Rights: A Watershed In American Constitutionalism, The , Robert J. Kaczorowski Jan 1993

Chase Court And Fundamental Rights: A Watershed In American Constitutionalism, The , Robert J. Kaczorowski

Faculty Scholarship

Three weeks before he died in May 1873, the frail and ailing Salmon P. Chase joined three of his brethren in dissent in one of the most important cases ever decided by the United States Supreme Court, the Slaughter-House Cases.1 This decision was a watershed in United States constitutional history for several reasons. Doctrinally, it represented a rejection of the virtually unanimous decisions of the lower federal courts upholding the constitutionality of revolutionary federal civil rights laws enacted in the aftermath of the Civil War. Institutionally, it was an example of extraordinary judicial activism in overriding the legislative will of …


The Death Penalty: A Solution To The Problem Of Intentional Aids Transmission Through Rape, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 941 (1993), Stefanie S. Wepner Jan 1993

The Death Penalty: A Solution To The Problem Of Intentional Aids Transmission Through Rape, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 941 (1993), Stefanie S. Wepner

UIC Law Review

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The Race Factor And Trial By Jury, Kenneth Conboy Jan 1993

The Race Factor And Trial By Jury, Kenneth Conboy

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The institution of trial by jury in criminal cases, one of the great achievements in the history of civilization and a principal foundation of our federal constitutional order, is to day under challenge by two different by interrelated developments in American courtrooms. The first is the development of a broad national imperative to eliminate all aspects of racism in American legal, political, and social life. The second is the heightened scrutiny that electronic media presence is applying to the jury system. This essay explores the utility and fairness of the American trial jury and its premise as a democratic and …


The Urban Criinal Justice System & The Juror's Perception, David Lewis Jan 1993

The Urban Criinal Justice System & The Juror's Perception, David Lewis

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The criminal justice system is anchored in its belief that twelve citizens are capable of working together to sift through the most difficult and complicated information without any preconception or bias to arrive at a "just" result. In this essay, the author explores the diverse perceptions the various actors in a courtroom (prosecutor, defense lawyer, police officer, jurors) and discusses how these views form an integral part of the courtroom dynamic.


State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia Jan 1993

State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

While several states have embarked on studies of race and ethnic bias in their courts, Minnesota is only the sixth to publish its report to date. As Minnesota joins the ranks of states with published reports, it is worthwhile to assess the impact of the five earlier published reports from other states. Final reports have been published in Michigan (1989), Washington (1990), New York (1991), Florida (1991) and New Jersey (1992). The published reports make findings and provide several specific recommendations for change. This article will review the published findings and recommendations of the task forces and will discuss the …


Cornerstones Of The Judicial Process, Jerold H. Israel Jan 1993

Cornerstones Of The Judicial Process, Jerold H. Israel

Articles

Under our federated system of government, each state and the federal government have their own criminal justice processes. The federal system must comply with the constitutional prerequisites set forth in the Bill of Rights, and the state systems must comply with those Bill of Rights' provisions made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment,1 but those constitutional prerequisites allow considerable room for variation from one jurisdiction to another. In many respects, the fifty states and the federal government have used that leeway to produce considerable diversity in their respective criminal justice processes. At the same time, however, one can …


The Gender Gap On The Montana State Bench, Carl W. Tobias Jan 1993

The Gender Gap On The Montana State Bench, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Governor Racicot should expeditiously and forcefully act to remedy the gender gap on the state courts for many reasons. First, there is a significant, highly qualified, pool of female attorneys in Montana who could render excellent judicial service. Numerous women have participated in the types of rigorous legal practices which would prepare them well for the bench. These female lawyers are intelligent, industrious, and independent, while they have exhibited the kind of impeccable integrity and appropriately measured judicial temperament to be fine judges. Some of the attorneys have engaged in challenging public law practices, others have been involved in rigorous …


Journeying Through The Valley Of Evil., Douglas O. Linder Jan 1993

Journeying Through The Valley Of Evil., Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

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Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe Oct 1992

Why Civil Protection Orders Are Effective Remedies For Domestic Violence But Mutual Protective Orders Are Not, Elizabeth Topliffe

Indiana Law Journal

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The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, Ian Holloway Oct 1992

The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, Ian Holloway

Dalhousie Law Journal

Coming as it does in the midst of all the palaver over political correctness within the American academic community, The Hollow Hope is, if nothing else, an opportune articulation of iconoclasm in the debate over civil rights and constitutional law in the United States.' Professor Rosenberg's questioning of the "cult of the court" provides a welcome expression of healthy skepticism towards an institution which conventional myth reveres beyond its due.


Hypnotic Memories And Civil Sexual Abuse Trials, Jacqueline Kanovitz Oct 1992

Hypnotic Memories And Civil Sexual Abuse Trials, Jacqueline Kanovitz

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the next few paragraphs, the reader will eavesdrop on a psycho- therapy session. During this session, the therapist uses hypnosis, a common technique in clinical practice today. In the past, the legal system has paid little attention to the memory retrieval techniques used in psychotherapy because statutes of limitations have prevented patients from using memories of childhood wrongs uncovered in adult psycho-therapies to bring suit. However, recent changes will force the legal system to examine whether the memory restoring techniques used in psychotherapy can produce memory that is trustworthy enough for the legal system to accept. What follows is …


Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer Jul 1992

Beyond Maryland V. Craig: Can And Should Adult Rape Victims Be Permitted To Testify By Closed-Circuit Television?, Lisa Hamilton Thielmeyer

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Retributive Theory Of "Just Deserts" And Victim Participation In Plea Bargaining, David A. Starkweather Jul 1992

The Retributive Theory Of "Just Deserts" And Victim Participation In Plea Bargaining, David A. Starkweather

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Choosing Between Normative And Descriptive Versions Of The Judicial Role, Michael E. Herz Jul 1992

Choosing Between Normative And Descriptive Versions Of The Judicial Role, Michael E. Herz

Articles

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Review Of Judicial Decision-Making In The People's Republic Of China: An Overview Of Unique Developments, Mark Findlay Jul 1992

Review Of Judicial Decision-Making In The People's Republic Of China: An Overview Of Unique Developments, Mark Findlay

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

While the constitutional injunction to independence is general, specific legislative provisions do not directly preclude the overall governance of the Party. In fact, the initial articles of the 1982 Constitution celebrate the 'dignity of the socialist legal system' (Article 5), and as the preamble confirms, the construction and maintenance of Chinese socialism remains under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Therefore it might be argued that the protection of judicial power from the 'interference by administrative organs, public organisations or individuals' (Article 126) does not envisage the intervention of the Party.


Do Courts Matter?, Stephen L. Carter May 1992

Do Courts Matter?, Stephen L. Carter

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Hollow Hope: Ca Courts Bring About Social Change? by Gerald N. Rosenberg


Judicial Federalism: Current Trends And Long-Term Prospects, Stanley H. Friedelbaum Apr 1992

Judicial Federalism: Current Trends And Long-Term Prospects, Stanley H. Friedelbaum

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Leander J. Shaw, Jr. Jan 1992

Introduction To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Leander J. Shaw, Jr.

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reforming Florida's Juvenile Justice System: A Case Example Of Bobby M. V. Chiles, Jodi Siegel Jan 1992

Reforming Florida's Juvenile Justice System: A Case Example Of Bobby M. V. Chiles, Jodi Siegel

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission Jan 1992

Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Addendum To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission Jan 1992

Addendum To The Report And Recommendations Of The Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnic Bias Study Commission, Florida Supreme Court Racial And Ethnnic Bias Study Commission

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Volume 59 Jan 1992

Volume 59

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Forfeiture Of Property For Drug Offenders Under Illinois And Federal Statute: Zero Tolerance, Zero Exceptions, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 389 (1992), T. J. Hiles Jan 1992

Civil Forfeiture Of Property For Drug Offenders Under Illinois And Federal Statute: Zero Tolerance, Zero Exceptions, 25 J. Marshall L. Rev. 389 (1992), T. J. Hiles

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Preserving The Past, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1992

Preserving The Past, Roger J. Miner '56

Legal History

No abstract provided.


Conservative Supreme Court: Its Impact On Traditional Values, Donald E. Wildman, Benjamin W. Bull Jan 1992

Conservative Supreme Court: Its Impact On Traditional Values, Donald E. Wildman, Benjamin W. Bull

University of Richmond Law Review

Most court watchers agree that the changing composition of the Supreme Court will ineluctably favor the interests of traditional values organizations like the American Family Association. The next decade will surely see the Court return to a more balanced approach in line with the preservation of family values. Certainly some will characterize the new Court as more conservative. To the extent that it will emphasize core principles in the Constitution as the bedrock from which it must proceed, it will be conservative. Yet this is simply a return of the Court to its intended function: interpretation and application of law …


Judicial Lobbying And Court Reform: U.S. Magistrate Judges And The Judicial Improvements Act Of 1990, Christopher E. Smith Jan 1992

Judicial Lobbying And Court Reform: U.S. Magistrate Judges And The Judicial Improvements Act Of 1990, Christopher E. Smith

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Starting From Scratch: Rethinking Federal Habeas Review Of Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann Jan 1992

Starting From Scratch: Rethinking Federal Habeas Review Of Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Up In Smoke: Fourth Amendment Rights And The Burger Court, Gerald S. Reamey Jan 1992

Up In Smoke: Fourth Amendment Rights And The Burger Court, Gerald S. Reamey

Faculty Articles

When Warren Burger was appointed Chief Justice in 1969, he was expected to lead the Supreme Court away from its liberal, value-laden approach to constitutional adjudication. Indeed, a retrospective of the court’s work during the seventeen years Warren Burger served as Chief Justice reveals the expected conservative trend of the Chief Justice himself, as well as the Supreme Court generally. It does not, however, reflect wholesale rejection of the most controversial civil liberties decisions rendered by the Warren Court. It is also unclear that Chief Justice Burger was responsible for the Court’s retrenchment on civil liberties where it did occur. …