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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Complete Issue

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Table Of Contents

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Jurors’ Unanswered Questions, Shari Seidman Diamond, Mary R. Rose, Beth Murphy

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

American courts have rediscovered what was familiar at common law. A majority of modern courts now sanction the practice of permitting jurors to submit questions during trial. A procedure that permits jurors to submit questions is consistent with the view that juror questions can promote juror understanding of the evidence and fits with other jury innovations, like note taking and written jury instructions, that aim at optimizing juror comprehension and recall. Nonetheless, the practice of permitting juror questions has not received unanimous endorsement and adoption. Even in jurisdictions that authorize juror questions during trial, the ultimate decision as to whether …

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Editor's Note

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

One of the challenges faced by a journal serving a specialized audience, like judges, is to balance general-interest articles with ones on a single topic. Some topics are of sufficient significance, though, that we will devote most or all of an issue of Court Review to that topic. When we do this, we work hard to find authors who are in the forefront of work in that area. For this issue on jury reform, we think you’ll be pleased with the result. The authors who have contributed to this issue are unquestionably among the top experts in the field.

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Recent Evaluative Research On Jury Trial Innovations, B. Michael Dunn, Valerie P. Hans

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and jury scholars have advocated the adoption of a variety of innovative trial procedures to assist jurors in trials. These include reforms as prosaic as allowing juror note taking and furnishing jurors with copies of written instructions, through more controversial changes, such as allowing jurors to ask questions of witnesses or permitting them to discuss the case together during breaks in the trial. Accounts of the nature and purpose of the innovations and the pace of change are found in this issue of Court Review1 and …

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - President's Column, Michael R. Mcadam

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

My travels this year have given me the opportunity to spread the word about the benefits of AJA membership. My message has been simple: Every judge needs to belong to a national judges’ organization that represents all judges, not just a narrow section or division of judges and not just a bar association with a small minority of judge members. Those kinds of organizations have a role to play, but they can’t speak beyond their narrow focus or with one voice. The AJA can do both.

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Recent Criminal Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court: The 2003-2004 Term, Charles H. Whitebread

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

The United States Supreme Court this term reasserted the rule of law in the context of the detainees in the war on terrorism. At the same time, this was a term of unanswered questions. The Court handed down several decisions that had far-reaching implications that were not addressed by the Court’s opinions. Two cases with the greatest practical input on the day-to-day administration of justice were criminal cases: Crawford v. Washington, concerning the admissibility of hearsay at criminal trials, and Blakely v. Washington, regarding the proper role of judges and juries in determining aggravating factors that justify harsher sentences. Each …

Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Cover

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Directory Of Officers And Board Of Governors, 2003-2004

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Children Exposed To Methamphetamine Laboratories – Flowsheet Side 1, Version 4.0

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

The CHEM-L Protocol provides guidance for the following personnel to guide action before, during, and after a child is found in association with a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Nebraska.

Policy Brief #1: Child Care Assets: What Are 14 Key Assets Of Child Care Providers That Support Quality?, Kathy Thornburg, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Carolyn Edwards, Julia C. Torquati, Susan Hegland, Carla Peterson, Jean Ann Summers, Jane Atwater

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

In 2000, university researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Iowa State University, University of Kansas and the University of Missouri and state child care and early education program partners in four states (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska) initiated the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC). The focus of the Consortium’s work is to conduct a multiyear study on a range of issues associated with child care quality and conditions. Across the four states, a stratified random selection of 2,022 child care providers participated in a telephone survey conducted by the Gallup Organization, representing licensed child care centers, licensed family child …

Policy Brief #6: Child Care Quality For Children With Disabilities, Kathy Thornburg, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Julia C. Torquati, Carolyn P. Edwards, Lisa Knoche, Susan Hegland, Jean Ann Summers, Jane Atwater

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

Inclusion is a goal that is widely embraced for children with disabilities. The U.S. Dept. Education sets the target for 90% of children with disabilities to be enrolled in general education classes for 80% or more of school day (U.S. Department of Education, 1998). Early educators likewise support the rights of all young children to participate in a variety of natural environments within their communities. If this ambitious goal is to be met, more services must be provided in community child care. Yet quality child care choices are limited in availability, and parents of children with disabilities may have their …

Policy Brief #2: Parent Perceptions Of Child Care: How Do Nebraska Parents Rate Their Child Care And Child Care Subsidy Options?, Kathy Thornburg, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Carolyn Edwards, Julia C. Torquati

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

In 2000, university researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Iowa State University, University of Kansas, and the University of Missouri, and state child care and early education program partners in four states (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska) initiated the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC). The focus of the Consortium’s work is to conduct a multiyear study on a range of issues associated with child care quality and conditions. Across the four states, a stratified random selection of 2022 child care providers participated in a telephone survey conducted by the Gallup Organization, representing licensed child care centers, licensed family child …

Nebraska Chem-L Protocol

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

Contents:
Objectives
Roles of Personnel at the Scene
Procedures at the Scene
Interviewing Children
Initial Urgent Medical Assessment
Foster Parent Information
Comprehensive Health Assessment and Follow-up
Training
Protocol Review
Protocol Dissemination

Child Care Workforce And Quality -- Policy Brief: Summary Brief #5, Kathy Thornburg, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Carolyn P. Edwards, Julia C. Torquati, Susan Hegland, Jean Ann Summers, Jane Atwater

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

The study showed the average provider in the Midwest is female, married and a parent. This provider had some training or education beyond high school but not an advanced degree, was active in child care training, had a first aid/CPR certificate, considered child care her profession or calling, had been in the child care field for over 5 years and planned to remain a provider for at least 5 years.

The average provider was observed to provide minimal quality child care. Using well-established observational measures of quality, center-based preschool care averaged 4.57 on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R); …

Nebraska Child Care Workforce And Quality: Summary Policy Brief #7, Kathy Thornburg, Helen Raikes, Brian Wilcox, Carolyn P. Edwards, Julia C. Torquati, Susan Hegland, Carla Peterson, Jean Ann Summers, Jane Atwater

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

The study showed the average child care provider in Nebraska is female, married and a parent. This provider had some training or education beyond high school but not an advanced degree, was active in child care training, had a First Aid/CPR certificate, considered child care her profession or calling, had been in the child care field for over 5 years and planned to remain a provider.

The average provider was observed to provide minimal quality child care. In Nebraska, using well-established observational measures of quality, center-based preschool care averaged 4.16 on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R); 4.49 on …

National Protocol For Medical Evaluation Of Children Found In Drug Labs

Center on Children, Families, and the Law (and related organizations): Publications

Contents:
Immediate Steps On-Site
Within 72 hours
Follow Up
Personnel Decontamination
Emergency Activation
Law Enforcement
Child Protective Services
Medical Personnel
Emergency Department

Reflections On The Art Of Mentoring, Richard Leiter

Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library

I know that there are probably many articles on the subject of mentoring. Many of these articles have been written by colleagues, or recognized experts in the field of management. However, I have not read these articles and in advance I apologize for not reading them all or using them as references in the following essay. I come from a school of thought about management that believes that good managers are not made. They are born. This is not to say that we can't learn things about management. The fact is, we learn a great deal from others when we …

Liability For Global Navigation Satellite Services: A Comparative Analysis Of Gps And Galileo, Frans Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

The law relating to global navigation satellite systems, (GNSS) is a novel and complex subject. As a result, this paper addresses a considerable number of issues from a new, as of yet untested legal perspective. It will also address a number of altogether new issues which, from a legal perspective, have been dealt with often in other areas of law. Global navigation satellite systems are being used for a very rapidly growing plethora of applications and, thus, also cause a rapidly growing plethora of legal issues to arise. These range from general institutional and jurisdictional ones, to such concrete aspects …

Implementing The United Nations Outer Space Treaties, Frans G. Von Der Dunk

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

The need, or at least desirability of establishing a national (framework) law dealing specifically with private space and space-related activities in implementing the United Nations outer space treaties - in particular some Articles of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the 1972 Liability Convention and the 1975 Registration Convention - is increasingly felt also in Western Europe.

One of the states currently developing such a national framework law is the Netherlands, where in September 2003 the Cabinet gave the green light for such a development. The current paper investigates the background to this decision, such as the European internal market for …

Surreal Estate: Addressing The Issue Of “Immovable Property Rights On The Moon”, Frans Von Der Dunk, E. Back-Impallomeni, S. Hobe, R. M. Ramirez De Arellano

Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications

At a time when scientific and commercial interest in the Moon is being reinvigorated it is becoming fashionable for ordinary individuals to “buy” plots on the lunar surface, with the “vendors” arguing that an absence of specific prohibition of individual private activity in space makes such action legal. It is therefore time for the legal community to address this situation by investigating just how legal such activity is—and bringing their findings to the attention of governments. This can be done through an examination of the relationship between national law and international space law, of the provisions of international space law—especially …