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University of Missouri School of Law

1990

Litigation

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Litigation Management Proposals: Storm Clouds For Voluntary Adr, Leo Dreyer Jul 1990

Litigation Management Proposals: Storm Clouds For Voluntary Adr, Leo Dreyer

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This Article will examine in detail some of the current reform proposals relating to case management of civil litigation and court-annexed alternative dispute resolution. These projects or proposals, discussed in more detail in ensuing sections, include the Final Report and Recommendations of the ABA Special Commission on Mass Torts,' the ALI Complex Litigation Project,' the Report of the Federal Courts Study Committee, 3 the Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Bill of 1989, 4 and the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 along with the underlying Report of the Civil Litigation Project.5


Emergency In The Constitutional Law Of The United States, William B. Fisch Jan 1990

Emergency In The Constitutional Law Of The United States, William B. Fisch

Faculty Publications

In the following report I shall concentrate on the law as pronounced by the United States Supreme Court, which has, within the sphere of judicial competence, the last say on the interpretation of the Constitution. The volume of significant litigation on the subject which stops below the Supreme Court has been relatively light, and the constitutional law declared by the lower courts has played a less significant role than is the case in many other issues. Indeed, as we shall see, the Supreme Court itself has had less to say on the topic than might be hoped for. I shall …