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Supreme Court Reform And American Democracy, Ganesh Sitaraman, D. Epps

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In How to Save the Supreme Court, we identified the legitimacy challenge facing the Court, traced it to a set of structural flaws, and proposed novel reforms. Little more than a year later, the conversation around Supreme Court reform has only grown louder and more urgent. In this Essay, we continue that conversation by engaging with critics of our approach. The current crisis of the Supreme Court is, we argue, inextricable from the question of the Supreme Court’s proper role in our democracy. For those interested in reform, there are three distinct strategies for ensuring the Supreme Court maintains its …

A Foothold For Real Democracy In Eastern Europe, Elizabeth R. Sheyn

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Ukraine has never had a criminal or civil jury trial despite the fact that the right to a criminal jury trial is guaranteed by Ukraine's Constitution. The lack of jury trials is one of the factors likely contributing to the corruption and deficiencies inherent in Ukraine's judicial system. This Article argues that Ukraine can and should make room for juries in its judicial system and proposes a framework for both criminal and civil jury trials. Although the use of juries will not remedy all of the problems plaguing Ukraine, it could bring the country closer to achieving a truly democratic …

Book Reviews, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Readings in Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy By Morris R. Cohen and Felix S. Cohen New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1951. Pp. viii, 944,$8.50

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Jurisprudence: Men and Ideas of the Law By Edwin W. Patterson Brooklyn: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1953. Pp. viii, 649.

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Jurisprudence--Its American Prophets By Harold Gill Reuschlein Introduction by Roscoe Pound Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1951. Pp. xii, 527, $7.50

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Law and Society in Evolution By Sidney Post Simpson and Julius Stone Introduction by Roscoe Pound St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,1948. Pp. xlvi, 692

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Law in Modern Democratic Society By Sidney Post Simpson …