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The Advantages Of The Civil Law Judicial Design As The Model For Emerging Legal Systems, Charles H. Koch, Jr Jan 2004

The Advantages Of The Civil Law Judicial Design As The Model For Emerging Legal Systems, Charles H. Koch, Jr

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Globalization, Courts, and Judicial Power Symposium


Must The Reports Of Tax Court Special Trial Judges Be Disclosed?, Leandra Lederman Jan 2004

Must The Reports Of Tax Court Special Trial Judges Be Disclosed?, Leandra Lederman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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A Principled Approach To The Quest For Racial Diversity On The Judiciary, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Kevin R. Johnson Jan 2004

A Principled Approach To The Quest For Racial Diversity On The Judiciary, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Kevin R. Johnson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

As has been the case with respect to many political and social institutions in American society, diversity has been demanded, and at times pursued, in the nomination and appointment of state and federal judges. Nonetheless, commentators have long lamented the lack of diversity among judges in the United States.

U.S. Supreme Court appointments epitomize the glaring lack of diversity on the federal judiciary. Not until 1967 did President Lyndon Baines Johnson appoint the first African American Justice, Thurgood Marshall, to the Court. Since then, a more diverse group of judges has served on the state and federal courts than throughout …