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Judge Martin Moltz: Enjoying The Ride, Sheridan Haynew Nov 2011

Judge Martin Moltz: Enjoying The Ride, Sheridan Haynew

Sooner Lawyer Archive

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Caperton, Due Process, And Judicial Duty: Recusal Oversight In Patrons’ Cases, Steve Sheppard Jan 2011

Caperton, Due Process, And Judicial Duty: Recusal Oversight In Patrons’ Cases, Steve Sheppard

Steve Sheppard

In celebration of the life of Judge William E. Enfield, this article discusses the necessity of granting all litigants the right to fair trials with impartial judges. Judges should recuse themselves from cases that involve conflicts of interest, which may result in partiality from the bench. However, judges do not always opt for recusal, even when their impartiality is in question. In Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868 (2009), the Court evaluated West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin’s decision not to disqualify himself from a case involving a litigant who made large contributions to his election …


Hercules, Omniscience, Omnipotence, And The Right Answer Thesis, Michael B. W. Sinclair Jan 2003

Hercules, Omniscience, Omnipotence, And The Right Answer Thesis, Michael B. W. Sinclair

NYLS Law Review

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What Is The “R” In “Irac”?, Michael B. W. Sinclair Jan 2003

What Is The “R” In “Irac”?, Michael B. W. Sinclair

NYLS Law Review

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The Courtroom As Classroom: Independence, Imagination And Ideology In The Work Of Jack Weinstein, Stephen B. Burbank Jan 1997

The Courtroom As Classroom: Independence, Imagination And Ideology In The Work Of Jack Weinstein, Stephen B. Burbank

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article explores influences that have shaped Judge Weinstein's judicial behavior. The author argues that Weinstein's conception of the judicial role has been influenced in significant respects by his career as a law professor. Tracing continuities and discontinuities between the roles of a professor and a trial judge, the author concludes that Judge Weinstein manifests both the desire for intellectual autonomy and the consequent lack of regard for institutional accountability that are characteristic of the former role. The Article then seeks to evaluate the judge-centered approach to judicial independence it imputes to Judge Weinstein. The author contends that the desire …


Former Dean Dons Judge's Robes May 1990

Former Dean Dons Judge's Robes

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

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It May Be Precedent: Husband, Wife On Bench Nov 1989

It May Be Precedent: Husband, Wife On Bench

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

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Iu Prof Couple May Represent Judicial History Nov 1989

Iu Prof Couple May Represent Judicial History

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

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Iu Law Professor Sworn In As Judge On Appellate Level, Kurt Van Der Dussen Nov 1989

Iu Law Professor Sworn In As Judge On Appellate Level, Kurt Van Der Dussen

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

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Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1989

Book Review, Charles F. Wilkinson

Publications

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Plager Named To Federal Post Jul 1988

Plager Named To Federal Post

Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)

No abstract provided.


Law Dean Nominated For Judge, Brian Mccoy Aug 1985

Law Dean Nominated For Judge, Brian Mccoy

Morris Arnold (1985)

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Prefatory Remark, Dorothy W. Nelson Jan 1980

Prefatory Remark, Dorothy W. Nelson

Cleveland State Law Review

There are three prime roles the trial judge should play in clinical legal education: (1) to become involved with the education of the students, (2) to engage with students in a vigorous examination of the judicial process, and (3) to examine critically the educational process in the law schools and its relationship to the courts.