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The Right To Appeal, Cassandra Burke Robertson Jan 2013

The Right To Appeal, Cassandra Burke Robertson

Faculty Publications

It is time for the Supreme Court to explicitly recognize a constitutional right to appeal. Over the last century, both the federal and state judicial systems have increasingly relied on appellate remedies to protect essential rights. In spite of the modern importance of such remedies, however, the Supreme Court has repeatedly declined to recognize a due-process right to appeal in either civil or criminal cases. Instead, it has repeated nineteenth-century dicta denying the right of appeal, and it has declined petitions for certiorari in both civil and criminal cases seeking to persuade the Court to reconsider that position.

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Decision: How The Supreme Court Decides Cases, Martin D. Gelfand Jan 1997

Decision: How The Supreme Court Decides Cases, Martin D. Gelfand

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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Trends In The United States Supreme Court's Use Of The Ripeness Doctrine In Free Speech And Association Cases: A Comparison With Canadian Trends, Barbara Child Jan 1978

Trends In The United States Supreme Court's Use Of The Ripeness Doctrine In Free Speech And Association Cases: A Comparison With Canadian Trends, Barbara Child

Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law

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