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Teacher’S Manual To Accompany Jurisprudence: Classical And Contemporary: From Natural Law To Postmodernism, Robert Hayman, Nancy Levit, Richard Delgado

Richard Delgado

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Law As Largess: Shifting Paradigms Of Law For The Poor, Deborah M. Weissman

Deborah M. Weissman

The article examines the tension between the principles of the Rule of Law and cultural norms of self-sufficiency. It begins by reviewing the principles of the Rule of Law as an ideal, the pursuit of which has led to historical efforts to meet the legal needs of the poor. It then examines recent legal events including federal statutory changes, three Supreme Court cases, and a federal circuit court case which have limited legal resources for those who cannot pay. The article then examines these developments in the context of a sea-change in the political environment of the nation, coinciding with …

Ties In The Supreme Court Of The United States, Edward A. Hartnett

William & Mary Law Review

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Veil Of Secrecy: Public Executions, Limitations On Reporting Capital Punishment, And The Content-Based Nature Of Private Execution Laws, Nicholas Levi

Federal Communications Law Journal

One issue that is often overlooked in the capital punishment debate is the policy to shield the public from the specifics of the application, administration, and resolution of the death sentence. First, this Note provides a brief historical and analytical account of capital punishment in this country, and ultimately argues that this historical backdrop forces courts to characterize regulations as content-based distinctions on free speech. Second, this Note provides a background of the methods of capital punishment from the time of the country's founding through the early parts of the twentieth century. Furthermore, this Note will address the emergence of …

Threats, Free Speech, And The Jurisprudence Of The Federal Criminal Law, G. Robert Blakey, Brian J. Murray

BYU Law Review

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The Stumbling Block: Freedom, Rationality, And Legal Scholarship, Jeanne L. Schroeder

William & Mary Law Review

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A Few Thoughts On The Importance Of An Independent Judiciary, Robert E. Hirshon

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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From Pens To Pixels: Text-Media Issues In Promulgating, Archiving, And Using Judicial Opinions, Kenneth H. Ryesky

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Expanded Rights Through State Law: The United States Supreme Court Shows State Courts The Way, Robert L. Brown

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Securities Regulation—Fraud—Rule 10b-5 No Longer Scares The Judiciary, But May Scare Corporate Defendants: The United States Supreme Court Switches Directions. Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. V. United International Holdings, Inc., 532 U.S. 588 (2001)., Bhavik R. Patel

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Comparative Readings Of Roscoe Pound's Jurisprudence, Mitchel De S.-O.-L'E. Lasser

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Eustitia: Institutionalizing Justice In The European Union, Helen E. Hartnell

Publications

The European Union is installing new infrastructure upon which to build a "genuine European area of justice. This "European judicial area" constitutes a key component of the "area of freedom, security and justice" ("AFSJ"). The Amsterdam Treaty added the AFSJ as a dimension of the Union, in order to promote the free movement of persons. "EUstitia" is a neologism that aims to capture both pragmatic and aspirational aspects of this new European governance project. The term is used here to refer solely to the civil law component of the AFSJ. This article both examines EUstitia's key features, and explores the …

Legal Orientalism, Teemu Ruskola

Michigan Law Review

Fifty years ago comparative law was a field in search of a paradigm. In the inaugural issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law in 1952, Myres McDougal remarked unhappily, "The greatest confusion continues to prevail about what is being compared, about the purposes of comparison, and about appropriate techniques." In short, there seemed to be very little in the field that was not in a state of confusion. Two decades later, referring to McDougal's bleak assessment, John Merryman saw no evidence of progress: "few comparative lawyers would suggest that matters have since improved." And only a few years ago, …

On The Internet, Nobody Knows You're A Judge: Appellate Courts' Use Of Internet Materials, Coleen M. Barger

Faculty Scholarship

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Cover

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Concluding A Successful Settlement Conference: It Ain’T Over Till It’S Over, Morton Denlow

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

Have you ever attended a settlement conference and come away thinking the case was settled, only to later find out that your adversary has a different understanding of the settlement terms than you and your client? This is a frustrating experience, but is completely unnecessary. Careful lawyers and judges prevent such confusion by ironing out the details of a settlement at the time an agreement is reached. Leaving specific settlement terms unresolved to a later date may result in an unenforceable settlement or possible litigation to enforce the settlement.

Settlement conferences play an important role in the resolution of litigated …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Table Of Contents

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Trial By Metaphor: Rhetoric, Innovation, And The Juridical Text, Benjamin L. Berger

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

The judicial decision-making process is not one for which resolution arises from counting, measuring, or weighing. Rather, the courtroom is a field for debate about the interpretation and application of values as embodied in or reflected by the law. Decisions reached in court are judgments and not mathematical conclusions in that the inherently contestable nature of the issues at stake precludes an outcome that is selfevident to all. As such, although there is an element of factfinding that emerges in a judicial opinion, there is also always a subjective valuation of the principles at stake; to draw on Socrates, there …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Editor's Note

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

The issue begins with an examination of the development of drug courts, the most highly visible of the many “problem-solving courts” developed in recent years. The first drug court was created little more than a decade ago in 1989; today, there are more than 1,200. No doubt there have been many lessons learned along the way, and we try to find—and explore— those lessons in the lead piece in this issue.

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - President’S Column, Francis X. Halligan Jr.

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

Since assuming the presidency in Maui last September, I have been invited to attend numerous meetings of other organizations. The AJA reciprocates by inviting the president of these organizations to attend our meetings. This interaction between the AJA and these organizations provides for a closer working relationship between the respective memberships. Listed below are some of the meetings I have attended and a brief description of what occurred at these conferences.

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Resource Page

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Going To Scale: A Conversation About The Future Of Drug Courts, Greg Berman

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

Drug courts are the most prominent example of a wave of “problem-solving” innovation that has sought to change the way courts operate in this country. Alongside drug courts, domestic violence courts, community courts, family treatment courts, mental health courts, and other specialized courts are using the authority of the judicial branch in new ways—in an effort to improve outcomes for victims, communities, and defendants. These problem-solving courts employ new tools and new methods— such as requiring defendants to appear regularly before judges to report on their compliance with court orders, or adding social scientists, drug treatment counselors, and other service …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Merit Selection And Retention: The Great Compromise? Not Necessarily, Victoria Cecil

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpartisan elective system to a merit selection and retention system for selecting trial judges in their respective circuits and counties. Although the majority of Florida voters favored electing their trial judges, this issue has spurred intense debate in the legal community concerning which is the better method for judicial selection. The crux of the debate centers on whether the judiciary should be independent or accountable to the public. On one end of the spectrum, judges are seen as heads of a branch of government …

Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Complete Issue

Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association

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How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright

Washington and Lee Law Review

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A Subversive Strand Of The Warren Court, Gary Peller

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Causation, Constitutional Principles, And The Jurisprudential Legacy Of The Warren Court, Michelle Adams

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Equal Educational Opportunity By The Numbers: The Warren Court's Empirical Legacy, Michael Heise

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Come Back To The Nickel And Five:* Tracing The Warren Court's Pursuit Of Equal Justice Under Law, Jim Chen

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown

Washington and Lee Law Review

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