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Symposium On Federalism And Constitutional Checks And Balances: A Safeguard Of Minority And Individual Rights, Roger J. Miner '56 Nov 1986

Symposium On Federalism And Constitutional Checks And Balances: A Safeguard Of Minority And Individual Rights, Roger J. Miner '56

Constitutional Law

No abstract provided.


Judicial Notice: An Essay Concerning Human Misunderstanding, E. F. Roberts Oct 1986

Judicial Notice: An Essay Concerning Human Misunderstanding, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Articles limning the law pertaining to judicial notice are legion, and the footnotes which have been cite checked by generations of law review editors must number in the thousands. These articles assume that reason, properly employed, produces correct answers. They assume that disagreements can be resolved by reason, because it is self-evident that any problem, once identified, can be solved. Reflected here are the presuppositions of lawyers brought up in the Western legal tradition.

What if one were to doubt that reason necessarily governed the behavior of lawyers? What if one doubted as well that all problems were susceptible to …


Rock V. Arkansas, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1986

Rock V. Arkansas, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


California V. Rooney, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1986

California V. Rooney, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


The Cost Of Acceptability: Blue Buses, Agent Orange, And Aversion To Statistical Evidence, Neil B. Cohen Jul 1986

The Cost Of Acceptability: Blue Buses, Agent Orange, And Aversion To Statistical Evidence, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Conduct Of Voir Dire: A Psychological Analysis, Valerie P. Hans Apr 1986

The Conduct Of Voir Dire: A Psychological Analysis, Valerie P. Hans

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The voir dire process in jury selection, in which the prospective jurors are questioned about their possible biases in the case, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. This article discusses psychological research and its implications for the conduct of the voir dire. The research indicates that individual, sequestered, open-ended questioning on issues directly relevant to the trial is the superior method for uncovering bias in prospective jurors. Furthermore, adversary attorneys appear to have a modest edge over judges in the detection of prejudice. The author notes that these findings must be balanced against other interests served by the …


Agreements Changing The Forum For Resolving Malpractice Claims, James A. Henderson Jr. Apr 1986

Agreements Changing The Forum For Resolving Malpractice Claims, James A. Henderson Jr.

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Integrity And Circumspection: The Labor Law Vision Of Bernard D. Meltzer, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1986

Integrity And Circumspection: The Labor Law Vision Of Bernard D. Meltzer, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

Bernard Meltzer has testified under oath that he "rarely take[s] absolute positions." The record bears him out. While his colleagues among labor law scholars often strain to demonstrate that the labor relations statutes and even the Constitution support their hearts' desires, the typical Meltzer stance is one of cool detachment, pragmatic assessment, and cautious, balanced judgment. The "itch to do good," Meltzer has remarked wryly, "is a doubtful basis for jurisdiction" -or, he would likely add, for any other legal conclusion. In this brief commentary I propose to examine the Meltzer approach to four broad areas of labor law: (1) …


Federal Courts At The Crossroads, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1986

Federal Courts At The Crossroads, Roger J. Miner '56

Bar Associations

No abstract provided.


Remarks, Investiture Of Hon. Con. G. Cholakis, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1986

Remarks, Investiture Of Hon. Con. G. Cholakis, Roger J. Miner '56

Judges

No abstract provided.


The Duty To Criticize The Courts (Ii), Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1986

The Duty To Criticize The Courts (Ii), Roger J. Miner '56

Judges

No abstract provided.


Rising Above Principle, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 1986

Rising Above Principle, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Hijacking Trials Overseas: The Need For An Article Iii Court, Maryellen Fullerton Jan 1986

Hijacking Trials Overseas: The Need For An Article Iii Court, Maryellen Fullerton

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Thinking About Federal Jurisdiction — Of Serpents And Swallows, Thomas E. Baker Jan 1986

Thinking About Federal Jurisdiction — Of Serpents And Swallows, Thomas E. Baker

Faculty Publications

In this essay, Professor Baker assumes that the decision to get into or stay in federal court has been made, for whatever reason. His concentration is focused on providing a checklist of some of the typical challenges to jurisdiction and to highlight some uncommon responses. Organizationally, he first considers general issues which apply to all cases, and then considers separately some issues in diversity cases and in federal question cases.


Research In Judicial Administration: A Judge's Perspective, Conference On Judicial Administration Research, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1986

Research In Judicial Administration: A Judge's Perspective, Conference On Judicial Administration Research, Roger J. Miner '56

Federal Court System and Administration

No abstract provided.


Backgrounder: The Civil Cases. Four Representative Decisions Of The California Supreme Court, Phillip E. Johnson Jan 1986

Backgrounder: The Civil Cases. Four Representative Decisions Of The California Supreme Court, Phillip E. Johnson

California Agencies

No abstract provided.


"The Court On Trial:" An Analysis Of Phillip Johnson's Attack On The California Supreme Court, Independent Citizens' Committee To Keep Politics Out Of The Court Jan 1986

"The Court On Trial:" An Analysis Of Phillip Johnson's Attack On The California Supreme Court, Independent Citizens' Committee To Keep Politics Out Of The Court

California Agencies

On November 4, California voters will decide whether to retain Chief Justice Rose Bird and Associate Justices Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso on the Supreme Court of California.1 This election is extraordinarily important because, for the first time in the history of California judicial retention elections, several Justices are being vigorously opposed in a multi-million dollar partisan campaign. The campaign against the Justices has been conducted by conservative organizations through direct mail and advertisements in newspapers, radio and television. Although we are used to this in ordinary politics, it is a I cause for great concern in a judicial election. …


Backgrounder: The Biltmore Debate. Should The Justices Be Retained?, The Supreme Court Project Jan 1986

Backgrounder: The Biltmore Debate. Should The Justices Be Retained?, The Supreme Court Project

California Agencies

No abstract provided.


The Legislative Veto, The Constitution, And The Courts, Robert F. Nagel Jan 1986

The Legislative Veto, The Constitution, And The Courts, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of J. Lieberman Ed., The Role Of Courts In American Society: The Final Report Of The Council On The Role Of Courts, Doug Rendleman Jan 1986

Review Of J. Lieberman Ed., The Role Of Courts In American Society: The Final Report Of The Council On The Role Of Courts, Doug Rendleman

Scholarly Articles

None available


Farewell To The Sea Of Doubt: Jettisoning The Constitutional Sherman Act, Thomas C. Arthur Jan 1986

Farewell To The Sea Of Doubt: Jettisoning The Constitutional Sherman Act, Thomas C. Arthur

Faculty Articles

This Article proceeds as follows. Part I examines the legislative history of the Sherman Act to discover the policy choices actually made by the 1890 Congress. Part II sketches the development, operation and social costs of the conventional "constitutional" approach which now dominates section 1 adjudication. This Part demonstrates how the Supreme Court's failure to establish a workable methodology for resolving hard cases in the first Sherman Act decisions enabled it later to create the myth that the 1890 Congress made no hard policy choices. It then shows that the lack of a recognized statutory standard inevitably leads to doctrinal …


1985 Survey Of Trends And Developments On Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck Jan 1986

1985 Survey Of Trends And Developments On Religious Liberty In The Courts, Carl H. Esbeck

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this survey is to note important caselaw developments in the state and lower federal courts concerning religious liberty during 1985. Purposely omitted are the widely reported United State Supreme Court opinions, as well as cases where the high court has granted review during its 1985-86 term. The focus here is to collect significant cases that may otherwise escape broad attention. Only the facts and rationale of each court's decision is recorded. No editorial comment on the merits of these cases is intended.


Attempting The Impossible: The Emerging Consensus, Ira Robbins Jan 1986

Attempting The Impossible: The Emerging Consensus, Ira Robbins

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

Impossible attempts are situations in which an actor fails to consummate a substantive crime because he is mistaken about attendant circumstances. Professor Robbins divides mistakes regarding circumstances into three categories: mistakes of fact, mistakes of law, and mistakes of mixed fact and law. Courts and commentators disagree primarily over the identification and treatment of mixed fact law cases. Professor Robbins surveys each category of mistake. He then examines the objective, subjective, and hybrid approaches to dealing with the mixed fact/law category. The objective approach requires an objective manifestation of the actor's intent before conviction is allowed. The subjective approach permits …


Religious Freedom During The 1985–1986 Supreme Court Term: Adrift On Troubled Waters, Robert A. Destro Jan 1986

Religious Freedom During The 1985–1986 Supreme Court Term: Adrift On Troubled Waters, Robert A. Destro

Scholarly Articles

The 1985-86 Term of the Supreme Court was characterized by continuing deep divisions within the Court regarding the nature of religious freedom, the role of religion in society, and the constitutional approach which should be adopted for cases raising religious freedom issues. In all, the Court decided five major religious freedom cases with full opinions, granted review in two cases, and denied review in at least thirty-three others. In addition, three other cases decided on the merits which did not specifically involve religious freedom did include discussion of important questions concerning the relationship of law and religion. In the summary …


"Phoenix Rising" And Federalism Analysis, David Skover Jan 1986

"Phoenix Rising" And Federalism Analysis, David Skover

Faculty Articles

The reaction to the Supreme Court's ruling in Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority leaves the decided impression that Garcia is a case of some importance, a milestone in the evolution of the constitutional doctrine of federalism. Whether Garcia will mark a radical shift in the jurisprudence of federalism, with major practical ramifications in the balance of federal and state economic regulatory powers, or whether the case is destined for a quick and unceremonious overruling is a question of some moment. This article evaluates the probable significance of Garcia for the development of the constitutional doctrine of federalism.


Idaho's Court Of Appeals - The First Four Years: A Portrait In Numbers, Donald L. Burnett Jr. Jan 1986

Idaho's Court Of Appeals - The First Four Years: A Portrait In Numbers, Donald L. Burnett Jr.

Articles

No abstract provided.


Recent Labor Law Decisions Of The Supreme Court, Terry A. Bethel Jan 1986

Recent Labor Law Decisions Of The Supreme Court, Terry A. Bethel

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This Article highlights the more notable labor and employment law decisions by the Supreme Court since the beginning of 1984.' Although the Court worked no major changes,2 it has been "tinkering and tailoring,"3 deferring to administrative interpretation or refining its own analysis from previous opinions. Even so, the Court has acted in important areas, and its decisions raise significant questions.


The Uncertainty Principle In The Supreme Court, Craig M. Bradley Jan 1986

The Uncertainty Principle In The Supreme Court, Craig M. Bradley

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


A "Conservative" Judge And The First Amendment: Judicial Restraint And Freedom Of Expression, Daniel O. Conkle Jan 1986

A "Conservative" Judge And The First Amendment: Judicial Restraint And Freedom Of Expression, Daniel O. Conkle

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Review Of Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbook: Appellate Practice: Virginia And Federal Courts, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1986

Review Of Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbook: Appellate Practice: Virginia And Federal Courts, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on Virginia Lawyers Practice Handbook: Appellate Practice: Virginia and Federal Courts by the Committee on Continuing Legal Education of the Virginia Law Foundation.