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Inclusiveness: Advancing Environmental Justice In A Diverse Democracy, Irma S. Russell, Alexandra D. Dunn
Inclusiveness: Advancing Environmental Justice In A Diverse Democracy, Irma S. Russell, Alexandra D. Dunn
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Today, environmental justice (EJ) is more than a significant and meaningful social movement. EJ has now emerged—after at least five decades—as a major initiative for the federal government and for many state governments. Since the beginnings of the EJ movement, its proponents have sought redress for the disproportionate and negative impacts of generations of environmental policy and siting decisions that resulted in adverse effects on the health, environment, economics, and climate of disadvantaged communities. Scientific research and “big data” programs now provide evidence supporting community EJ claims, and laws such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction …
The Second Amendment On Campus, Allen K. Rostron
The Continuing Battle Over The Second Amendment, Allen K. Rostron
The Continuing Battle Over The Second Amendment, Allen K. Rostron
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Minding The Court: Enhancing The Decision-Making Process, Pamela Casey, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
Minding The Court: Enhancing The Decision-Making Process, Pamela Casey, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
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A compelling and growing body of research from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience provides important insights about how we process information and make decisions. This research has great potential significance for judges, who spend much of their time making decisions of great importance to others. For most judges, this research literature is not part of their judicial education. This article reviews cutting edge research about decision making and discusses its implications for helping judges and those who work with them produce fair processes and just outcomes. It builds on a 2007 American Judges Association paper that encouraged judges …
Affirmative Action, Justice Kennedy, And The Virtues Of The Middle Ground, Allen K. Rostron
Affirmative Action, Justice Kennedy, And The Virtues Of The Middle Ground, Allen K. Rostron
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When the Supreme Court hears arguments this fall about the constitutionality of affirmative action policies at the University of Texas, attention will be focused once again on Justice Anthony Kennedy. With the rest of the Court split between a bloc of four reliably liberal jurists and an equally solid cadre of four conservatives, the spotlight regularly falls on Kennedy, the swing voter that each side in every closely divided and ideologically charged case desperately hopes to attract. Critics condemn Kennedy for having an unprincipled, capricious, and self-aggrandizing style of decision-making. Though he is often decisive in the sense of casting …
The Supreme Court’S Regulation Of Civil Procedure: Lessons From Administrative Law, Lumen N. Mulligan, Glen Staszewski
The Supreme Court’S Regulation Of Civil Procedure: Lessons From Administrative Law, Lumen N. Mulligan, Glen Staszewski
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In this Article, we argue that the Supreme Court should route most Federal Rules of Civil Procedure issues through the notice-and-comment rulemaking process of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee instead of issuing judgments in adjudications, unless the case can be resolved solely through the deployment of traditional tools of statutory construction. While we are not the first to express a preference for rulemaking on civil procedure issues, we advance the position in four significant ways. First, we argue that the Supreme Court in the civil procedure arena is vested with powers analogous to most administrative agencies. Second, building upon this …
An Expectation Of Empathy, Steve Leben
Mothers And Sons: The Lloyd Schlup Story, Sean O'Brien
Mothers And Sons: The Lloyd Schlup Story, Sean O'Brien
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This article tells the back story of the near-execution of Lloyd Schlup, condemned to die in Missouri for the 1984 murder of fellow Missouri State Penitentiary prisoner Arthur Dade, Jr. Mr. Schlup came within hours of execution before the Supreme Court granted certiorari on his case to decide whether a prisoner who is probably innocent can avail himself of the habeas corpus remedy. Mr. Schlup's and Mr. Dade's mothers played pivotal roles in the ultimate outcome of Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298 (1995). Dedicated to the memory of Nancy Slater.
The Evolution Of The Trial Judge From Counting Case Dispositions To Commitment To Fairness, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
The Evolution Of The Trial Judge From Counting Case Dispositions To Commitment To Fairness, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
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Confronting Conventional Thinking: The Heuristics Problem In Feminist Legal Theory, Nancy Levit
Confronting Conventional Thinking: The Heuristics Problem In Feminist Legal Theory, Nancy Levit
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The thesis of The Heuristics Problem is that the societal problems about which identity theorists are most concerned often spring from and are reinforced by thinking riddled with heuristic errors. This article first investigates the ways heuristic errors influence popular perceptions of feminist issues. Feminists and critical race theorists have explored the cognitive bias of stereotyping, but have not examined the ways probabilistic errors can have gendered consequences. Second, The Heuristics Problem traces some of the ways cognitive errors have influenced the development of laws relating to gender issues. It explores instances in judicial decisions in which courts commit heuristic …
The Supreme Court Report 2004-05: The End Of The Rehnquist Era, Julie M. Cheslik
The Supreme Court Report 2004-05: The End Of The Rehnquist Era, Julie M. Cheslik
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Almost Pro Bono: Judicial Appointments Of Attorneys In Juvenile And Child Dependency Actions, Barbara Glesner Fines
Almost Pro Bono: Judicial Appointments Of Attorneys In Juvenile And Child Dependency Actions, Barbara Glesner Fines
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My Lai: An American Tragedy, William G. Eckhardt
Thoughts On Some Potential Appellate And Trial Court Applications Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Steve Leben
Thoughts On Some Potential Appellate And Trial Court Applications Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Steve Leben
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To date, the application of therapeutic jurisprudence principles has been concentrated mainly on specialized trial courts: drug treatment courts, domestic violence courts, criminal courts, and juvenile and family courts. Its application to trial courts generally, as well as its application to the appellate courts, remains largely unexplored. This Article considers three areas in which trial and appellate courts may want to consider applying therapeutic jurisprudence.
My conclusions about the application of therapeutic jurisprudence to the appellate courts are admittedly tentative ones: my day job is sitting as a state general jurisdiction trial judge, not as an appellate court judge. Although …
Racism In White Decision, Sean O'Brien
An Interdisciplinary Critique Of The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine, Jeffrey E. Thomas
An Interdisciplinary Critique Of The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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Juror Empathy And Race, Douglas O. Linder
Judicial Review Of Labor Arbitration Awards: Practices, Policies, And Sanctions, Mark Berger
Judicial Review Of Labor Arbitration Awards: Practices, Policies, And Sanctions, Mark Berger
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Restoring The Common In The Law: Proposal For The Elimination Of Rules Prohibiting The Citation Of Unpublished Decisions In Kansas And The Tenth Circuit, Mark D. Hinderks, Steve A. Leben
Restoring The Common In The Law: Proposal For The Elimination Of Rules Prohibiting The Citation Of Unpublished Decisions In Kansas And The Tenth Circuit, Mark D. Hinderks, Steve A. Leben
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A Step Towards Fairness In Capital Litigation: Missouri Resource Center, Sean O'Brien
A Step Towards Fairness In Capital Litigation: Missouri Resource Center, Sean O'Brien
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Strict Constructionism And The Strike Zone, Douglas O. Linder
Strict Constructionism And The Strike Zone, Douglas O. Linder
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How Judges Judge: A Study Of Disagreement On The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit, Douglas O. Linder
How Judges Judge: A Study Of Disagreement On The United States Court Of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit, Douglas O. Linder
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