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Full-Text Articles in Law
Different Roads To The Rule Of Law: Their Importance For Law Reform In Taiwan, James Maxeiner
Different Roads To The Rule Of Law: Their Importance For Law Reform In Taiwan, James Maxeiner
All Faculty Scholarship
Talk of law reform is in the air throughout East Asia. Whether in Beijing or Tokyo or here, law reform is spoken of in terms of strengthening the Rule of Law. But what is the Rule of Law? Different legal systems have different roads to reach the Rule of Law. These different roads are noticeable mainly in the different emphases different systems place on two critical elements in the realization of the Rule of Law State, namely rules and the machinery for implementing the rules, i.e., courts and administrative agencies. The Rule of Law makes demands on both the legal …
Valuation Averaging: A New Procedure For Resolving Valuation Disputes, Keith Sharfman
Valuation Averaging: A New Procedure For Resolving Valuation Disputes, Keith Sharfman
Rutgers Law School (Newark) Faculty Papers
In this Article, Professor Sharfman addresses the problem of "discretionary valuation": that courts resolve valuation disputes arbitrarily and unpredictably, thus harming litigants and society. As a solution, he proposes the enactment of "valuation averaging," a new procedure for resolving valuation disputes modeled on the algorithmic valuation processes often agreed to by sophisticated private firms in advance of any dispute. He argues that by replacing the discretion of judges and juries with a mechanical valuation process, valuation averaging would cause litigants to introduce more plausible and conciliatory valuations into evidence and thereby reduce the cost of valuation litigation and increase the …
Exonerations Change Judicial Views On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Adele Bernhard
Exonerations Change Judicial Views On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Adele Bernhard
Articles & Chapters
Law evolves more slowly than pop culture or public attitude. Because most exonerations have not resulted in written legal opinions, their impact is slowly seeping into case law. However, courts are influenced by the same news that sways the rest of us. Even without explicitly referring to innocence or wrongful convictions, modern trial courts are undoubtedly more likely to admit expert testimony on the question of eyewitness identification because they are painfully aware of just how easily such witnesses - no matter how honest or passionate - can be wrong. They are certainly more inclined to view confessions suspiciously, especially …
Section 2: Judicial Confirmation Process, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Section 2: Judicial Confirmation Process, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
Supreme Court Preview
No abstract provided.
Benched: Ggu Alumni Offer Sound Judgment, Melissa Stein
Benched: Ggu Alumni Offer Sound Judgment, Melissa Stein
Articles About GGU Law
No abstract provided.
Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain
Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Moral Rights, Judicial Review, And Democracy: A Response To Horacio Spector, Laura S. Underkuffler
Moral Rights, Judicial Review, And Democracy: A Response To Horacio Spector, Laura S. Underkuffler
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Embarrassing Justice, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Embarrassing Justice, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Popular Media
The text of the speech given by UGA Professor of Law Donald E. Wilkes, in the Tate Student Center Plaza at the University of Georgia, May 17, 2003 to protest U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's speech at the law school graduation.
Open Letter Concerning The Invitation To Justice Clarence Thomas To Speak At The Uga School Of Law Graduation Ceremony, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Open Letter Concerning The Invitation To Justice Clarence Thomas To Speak At The Uga School Of Law Graduation Ceremony, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.
Popular Media
Dear Colleagues, Law Students, and Other Members of the Law School Community:
On Monday, November 25, 2002, the law faculty of the University of Georgia School of Law received a memorandum from Dean David Shipley which begins as follows: "I am pleased to announce that Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted the invitation extended by me, Class of 2003 President Josh Belinfante, Class of 2003 Vice President Megan Jones, and Class of 2004 Vice President Rebecca Franklin to be our graduation speaker on May 17, 2003."
The decision to invite Justice Thomas is appalling, unwise and perverse -- the embodiment of …
Congress And The Making Of The Second Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins
Congress And The Making Of The Second Rehnquist Court, Neal Devins
Faculty Publications
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Rethinking Judicial Elections, Charles G. Geyh
Rethinking Judicial Elections, Charles G. Geyh
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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A Six-Three Rule: Reviving Consensus And Deference On The Supreme Court, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
A Six-Three Rule: Reviving Consensus And Deference On The Supreme Court, Jed Handelsman Shugerman
Faculty Scholarship
Over the past three decades, the Supreme Court has struck down federal statutes by a bare majority with unprecedented frequency. This Article shows that five-four decisions regularly overturning acts of Congress are a relatively recent phenomenon, whereas earlier Courts generally exercised judicial review by supermajority voting.
One option is to establish the following rule: The Supreme Court may not declare an act of Congress unconstitutional without a two-thirds majority. The Supreme Court itself could establish this rule internally, just as it has created its nonmajority rules for granting certiorari and holds, or one Justice who would otherwise be the fifth …
What Gets Judges In Trouble, Richard H. Underwood
What Gets Judges In Trouble, Richard H. Underwood
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
I wrote this article to collect some cautionary material about “what gets judges in trouble.” I wanted something I could offer to our state judges, practitioners, and my legal ethics students. While I have never been a judge, and while I have never worked for a judicial conduct organization, I have been a law professor for almost twenty-five years and the chairman of a state bar association ethics committee for fourteen. I am not the kind of person who would refrain from holding forth just because I may not know what I am talking about.
When I started out, I …
Eulogy: Dr. Theodore L. Biddle, Roger J. Miner '56
Eulogy: Dr. Theodore L. Biddle, Roger J. Miner '56
Memorials and Eulogies
No abstract provided.
Testimonial Dinner: George And Joanne Dixon, Roger J. Miner '56
Testimonial Dinner: George And Joanne Dixon, Roger J. Miner '56
Tributes & Testimonials
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Remarks, Unveiling Of The Portrait Of Judge Roger J. Miner '56, Roger J. Miner '56
Remarks, Unveiling Of The Portrait Of Judge Roger J. Miner '56, Roger J. Miner '56
New York Law School Events and Publications
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Avoid Bald Men And People With Green Socks? Other Ways To Improve The Voir Dire Process In Jury Selection, Valerie P. Hans, Alayna Jehle
Avoid Bald Men And People With Green Socks? Other Ways To Improve The Voir Dire Process In Jury Selection, Valerie P. Hans, Alayna Jehle
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
During jury selection, many courts adopt a minimal approach to voir dire questions, asking a small number of close-ended questions to groups of prospective jurors and requiring prospective jurors to volunteer their biases. This Article describes research evidence showing that limited voir dire questioning is often ineffective in detecting juror bias. To improve the effectiveness of voir dire, the authors make four recommendations: (1) increase the use of juror questionnaires; (2) incorporate some open-ended questions; (3) expand the types of questions that are asked; and (4) allow attorneys to participate in voir dire.
Designing Judicial Review: A Comment On Schauer, Emily Sherwin
Designing Judicial Review: A Comment On Schauer, Emily Sherwin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In his characteristically lucid paper, Neutrality and Judicial Review, Frederick Schauer revisits the meaning and plausibility of Herbert Wechsler’s argument for neutral principles in constitutional adjudication. Unlike some critics, Schauer takes the argument seriously, on its own terms, and does an excellent job of sorting through the different ideas that lie behind it. Schauer identifies four different versions of the argument for neutrality. At least three of these are drawn from Wechsler’s 1959 article. Schauer is particularly interested in a fourth version, which favors neutrality in the design and management of the institution of judicial review.
Voting And Electoral Politics In The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jason J. Czarnezki
Voting And Electoral Politics In The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jason J. Czarnezki
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article examines criminal cases decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court over a fifteen-year period in an effort to discern whether judicial elections undercut judicial independence by affecting the ways justices vote. Wisconsin was chosen for this study because the state's mix of appointed and elected judges allows a researcher to control for different judicial selection systems. Specifically, this Article questions whether voting patterns may be affected by a justice's proximity to judicial elections, election margins, and whether a justice was appointed or elected in the initial term, since the governor may appoint a justice to fill a vacancy on …
Judicial Elections, Campaign Financing, And Free Speech, Ronald D. Rotunda
Judicial Elections, Campaign Financing, And Free Speech, Ronald D. Rotunda
Law Faculty Articles and Research
No abstract provided.
Edmund Pendleton, William Hamilton Bryson
Edmund Pendleton, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
Judge Edmund Pendleton, was the head of the Virginia judiciary from its professionalization upon independence from Great Britain until his death. It was in his court and under his eye that John Marshall, Bushrod Washington, St. George Tucker, Spencer Roane, and the other lawyers of the first period of republican Virginia refined their legal skills. His steady example influenced in one way or another a remarkable generation of lawyers and judges.
Alj Control Of The Hearing: What Does An Alj Do About An Unruly Witness Or Obstreperous Attorney?, Allen E. Shoenberger
Alj Control Of The Hearing: What Does An Alj Do About An Unruly Witness Or Obstreperous Attorney?, Allen E. Shoenberger
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
The Short Unhappy Judgeship Of Thurman Arnold, Spencer Weber Waller
The Short Unhappy Judgeship Of Thurman Arnold, Spencer Weber Waller
Faculty Publications & Other Works
No abstract provided.
John Noonan On Marriage And The Family: Continuity And Change In Doctrine, William J. Wagner
John Noonan On Marriage And The Family: Continuity And Change In Doctrine, William J. Wagner
Scholarly Articles
In support of its critique, this article first analyzes Judge Noonan's general methodological vantage and shows how he proceeds, within that vantage, to formulate general moral norms. Next, it compares Judge Noonan's work with trends in the reasoning of the United States Supreme Court between 1965 and the present to suggest that some of Noonan's assumptions about the longer-term consequences of his own methodology for stability and continuity in moral theology may be unwarranted. Finally, it argues that Noonan is not justified in assuming that adjudicative reasoning, without more, suffices for the formulation of general moral norms, or that transcendent …
Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel
Scholarly Works
There is no requirement of democratic theory that mandates that all public offices be filled by election. This is particularly true in modern democratic states, which are simply too large to justify the administrative burden of electing everyone who has significant responsibilities in our society.
Examples of this are everywhere in modern democracies, such as the United States and Europe. In England, for example, the Prime Minister is not directly elected by the people. Does this mean Great Britain has ceased to be a democracy? In most large, sophisticated nation-states, national cabinet officers have great power but are the political …
Alternative Approaches To Judicial Review Of Social Security Disability Cases, Jeffrey Lubbers
Alternative Approaches To Judicial Review Of Social Security Disability Cases, Jeffrey Lubbers
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
For many years, Congress has had various bills before it to create alternatives to the current practice of Article III review (in district courts) of Social Security disability cases. This report, prepared initially for the Social Security Advisory Board, reviews the various legislative proposals and statutory alternatives such as the Veterans Administration administrative/judicial review structure. It concludes that, on balance, review before an Article I court (with Court of Appeals review limited to purely legal issues) has numerous advantages over the present system. These advantages include improvements in the accuracy and consistency of results (the federal district courts have vastly …
Developing A Full And Fair Evidentiary Record In A Nonadversary Setting: Two Proposals For Improving Social Security Disability Adjudications, Jeffrey Lubbers, Frank S. Bloch, Paul R. Verkuil
Developing A Full And Fair Evidentiary Record In A Nonadversary Setting: Two Proposals For Improving Social Security Disability Adjudications, Jeffrey Lubbers, Frank S. Bloch, Paul R. Verkuil
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
No abstract provided.
Law And Judicial Duty, Philip A. Hamburger
Law And Judicial Duty, Philip A. Hamburger
Faculty Scholarship
Two hundred years ago, in Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice Marshall delivered an opinion that has come to dominate modern discussions of constitutional law. Faced with a conflict between an act of Congress and the U.S. Constitution, he explained what today is known as "judicial review." Marshall described judicial review in terms of a particular type of "superior law" and a particular type of "judicial duty." Rather than speak generally about the hierarchy within law, he focused on "written constitutions."
He declared that the U.S. Constitution is "a superior, paramount law" and that if "the constitution is superior to any …
Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922), Janet Butler Munch
Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922), Janet Butler Munch
Publications and Research
Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922) was a judge and NY gubernatorial candidate.
Judicial Independence And The Ambiguity Of Article Iii Protections, Tracey E. George
Judicial Independence And The Ambiguity Of Article Iii Protections, Tracey E. George
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Is the federal judiciary truly an independent body? A quick glance at the Constitution would suggest the answer is yes. The Constitution provides for life tenure and a difficult removal process for federal judges that together, as the common wisdom goes, shield federal judges from the shifting winds of the more political branches and the public at large. The author of this essay argues, however, that on a closer examination of the protections provided for by the Constitution, judicial independence might be more mirage than truism. Threats to judicial independence arise not only externally through the actions of the other …