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Dispute Processing And A Longitudinal Approach To Trial Courts, Lynn Mather
Dispute Processing And A Longitudinal Approach To Trial Courts, Lynn Mather
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This article suggests ways to integrate the insights and findings of two rather distinct fields: docket-based, longitudinal studies of trial courts and studies of dispute processing. In particular, I argue that longitudinal research on courts would benefit enormously from the incorporation of concepts and data on dispute processing. For example, instead of taking court cases as the starting point for study, longitudinal research should explore the multistage and transformative nature of disputing. Historical data should also be collected on the nature of the relationships between opposing litigants, on the roles played by participants other than the litigants (lawyers, supporters, audiences, …
Free Speech And Compulsory Union Fees: An Analysis Of Lehnert V. Ferris Faculty Association, Barbara J. Fick
Free Speech And Compulsory Union Fees: An Analysis Of Lehnert V. Ferris Faculty Association, Barbara J. Fick
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This article previews the Supreme Court case Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n, 500 U.S. 507 (1991). The author expected the case to address the line between those types of activities that effectuate a union's duties as collective bargaining representative, and thus can be charged to non-members, and those activities that are not related to collective bargaining and therefore are not chargeable to objecting non-members.
Litigation Across Space And Time: Courts, Conflict, And Social Change, David M. Engel
Litigation Across Space And Time: Courts, Conflict, And Social Change, David M. Engel
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One of the problems facing researchers who have studied courts across time and space has been the cultural variability of seemingly uniform analytic categories, including conceptions of time and space themselves. This article proposes that we take such variations in meaning as a starting point for comparative studies of courts and social change rather than viewing them as were "noise" in the system. Litigation in Chiangmai, Thailand, is presented as an example. Changing conceptions of "space" in Thailand from the nineteenth century to the present illustrate the transformation of legal and political authority as well as the proliferation of normative …