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The War Powers Outside The Courts, William Michael Treanor
The War Powers Outside The Courts, William Michael Treanor
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: War, Terrorism and Torture: Limits on Presidential Power in the 21st Century. Convened by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Indiana University School of Law- Bloomington, prominent legal scholars, human rights advocates and government lawyers gathered in Bloomington on October 7, 2005.
The Insanity Defense In The Twenty-First Century: How Recent United States Supreme Court Case Law Can Improve The System, Julie E. Grachek
The Insanity Defense In The Twenty-First Century: How Recent United States Supreme Court Case Law Can Improve The System, Julie E. Grachek
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Federal Courts Of Appeals, Unpublished Decisions, And The "No-Citation Rule", Dione Christopher Greene
The Federal Courts Of Appeals, Unpublished Decisions, And The "No-Citation Rule", Dione Christopher Greene
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Avoiding Absurdity, Glen Staszewski
Avoiding Absurdity, Glen Staszewski
Indiana Law Journal
American courts have always interpreted statutes contrary to their plain meaning to avoid absurd results. John Manning, a prominent new textualist scholar, has recently challenged the legitimacy of the "absurdity doctrine" on the grounds that it cannot be justified by legislative intent or squared with principles of constitutional law. His critique relies, however, upon deeply contested economic theories of the legislative process and constitutional structure that view lawmaking as a market in which self-interested participants compete for resources.
This Article provides a comprehensive theoretical defense of the absurdity doctrine that relies instead upon significant aspects of civic republican theory, as …
Toward A Unified Test Of Personal Jurisdiction In An Era Of Widely Diffused Wrongs: The Relevance Of Purpose And Effects, C. Douglas Floyd, Shima Baradaran-Robison
Toward A Unified Test Of Personal Jurisdiction In An Era Of Widely Diffused Wrongs: The Relevance Of Purpose And Effects, C. Douglas Floyd, Shima Baradaran-Robison
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Davey's Deviant Discretion: An Incorporated Establishment Clause Should Require The State To Maintain Funding Neutrality, Nina S. Schultz
Davey's Deviant Discretion: An Incorporated Establishment Clause Should Require The State To Maintain Funding Neutrality, Nina S. Schultz
Indiana Law Journal
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Introduction: The Hundred-Year Run Of Roscoe Pound, Randall T. Shepard
Introduction: The Hundred-Year Run Of Roscoe Pound, Randall T. Shepard
Indiana Law Journal
Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Annual Meeting July 29-August 2, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana.
Toward A Limited Right Of Access To Jury Deliberations, Torrence Lewis
Toward A Limited Right Of Access To Jury Deliberations, Torrence Lewis
Federal Communications Law Journal
Jury deliberations receive extensive protection from public examination. These protections make jury deliberations much less accessible to the public than most other governmental deliberations. This Comment examines the constitutional, common law, and statutory protections for jury deliberations and the dangers that these protections seek to prevent. The Author argues that a limited post-verdict right of access to jury deliberations could restore public faith in the jury and could eventually improve the quality of jury deliberations. The Author suggests a possible framework that would provide the public with a limited right of access and still address the primary concerns that led …
Rescuing Judicial Accountability From The Realm Of Political Rhetoric, Charles G. Geyh
Rescuing Judicial Accountability From The Realm Of Political Rhetoric, Charles G. Geyh
Articles by Maurer Faculty
The article examines the threat to judicial independence from political calls for more judicial accountability. The author begins by defining judicial accountability and discussing its purposes before breaking the concept down into three categories: institutional accountability, behavioral accountability, and decisional accountability. This process reveals that in the judicial accountability family, there is but one discrete sub-species, situated in the decisional accountability genus, that does not further accountability's proper purpose and is therefore conceptually problematic: direct political accountability for competent and honest judicial decision-making error that the politicians desire and a serious threat to judicial independence. The critical question becomes one …
"Reasonably Predictable:" The Reluctance To Embrace Judicial Discretion For Substantial Assistance Procedures, India Geronimo Thusi
"Reasonably Predictable:" The Reluctance To Embrace Judicial Discretion For Substantial Assistance Procedures, India Geronimo Thusi
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This Comment focuses on the nuances of post-Booker cooperation departures and sentence variances. Section 5K1.1 of the Guidelines governs the provision of cooperation, or substantial assistance, departures. This provision was the primary method for defendants to receive cooperation departures prior to Booker. The section 5K1.1 provision allowed substantial assistance departures where the prosecution actually benefited from the defendant’s cooperation.
First, Part I.A of this Comment will provide an overview of the original goals of the Sentencing Commission and the section 5K1.1 substantial assistance provision. Part I.B of the Comment summarizes United States v. Booker and its impact on cooperation departures. …
Retaining Life Tenure: The Case For A Golden Parachute, Ryan W. Scott, David R. Stras
Retaining Life Tenure: The Case For A Golden Parachute, Ryan W. Scott, David R. Stras
Articles by Maurer Faculty
The first vacancies on the Supreme Court in eleven years have sparked renewed debate about the continued viability of life tenure for federal judges. Scholars have decried life tenure as one of the Framers' worst blunders, pointing to issues such as strategic retirement, longer average tenure, and widespread mental infirmity of justices. In this Article, the authors argue that, notwithstanding the serious problem of mental and physical infirmity on the Court, life tenure should be retained. They also argue that recent statutory proposals to eliminate or undermine life tenure, for example through a mandatory retirement age or term limits, are …