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Introduction To The Online Colorado Litigator's Handbook, Robert S. Anderson Dec 2003

Introduction To The Online Colorado Litigator's Handbook, Robert S. Anderson

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The Litigator's Handbook includes surveys of district court judges throughout the state with detailed questions of each judge's preferences and proscriptions for practice and procedure; answers to some questions that attorneys want to know but may be afraid to ask; and commentary that indicates the court's general level of receptiveness to particular types of requests.

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Different Roads To The Rule Of Law: Their Importance For Law Reform In Taiwan, James Maxeiner Dec 2003

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 …

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Legislative Supremacy: Myth Or Reality?, James Oakes Dec 2003

Legislative Supremacy: Myth Or Reality?, James Oakes

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

No abstract provided.

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Valuation Averaging: A New Procedure For Resolving Valuation Disputes, Keith Sharfman Dec 2003

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 …

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Benin’S Constitutional Court: An Institutional Model For Enforcing Human Rights, Anna Rotman Nov 2003

Benin’S Constitutional Court: An Institutional Model For Enforcing Human Rights, Anna Rotman

ExpressO

This piece is based on field research the author conducted in Benin, West Africa during January 2003. The paper explores how the Court operates as a hybrid institution, by combining the competences traditionally associated with a constitutional court with the mandate of a national human rights commission. The paper argues that the Beninese Constitutional Court could provide an institutional model for guaranteeing human rights through a state-sponsored institution.

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Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White: The Lifting Of Judicial Speech Restraint, David B. Bogard Oct 2003

Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White: The Lifting Of Judicial Speech Restraint, David B. Bogard

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Assessing Judgeship Needs In The Federal Courts Of Appeals: Policy Choices And Process Concerns, Arthur D. Hellman Oct 2003

Assessing Judgeship Needs In The Federal Courts Of Appeals: Policy Choices And Process Concerns, Arthur D. Hellman

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

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Judicial Independence And The Ambiguity Of Article Iii Protections, Tracey E. George Oct 2003

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 …

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Alternative Approaches To Judicial Review Of Social Security Disability Cases, Paul R. Verkuil, Jeffrey S. Lubbers Oct 2003

Alternative Approaches To Judicial Review Of Social Security Disability Cases, Paul R. Verkuil, Jeffrey S. Lubbers

Articles

The article evaluates proposals for reforming the judicial review process for Social Security disability determinations, highlighting inefficiencies and variability in the current system. It compares the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjudication process with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) appeals system, emphasizing the need for a specialized court to address growing caseloads and improve decisional consistency. The analysis advocates for the creation of a Social Security Court, modeled after the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, to enhance uniformity, reduce delays, and alleviate the burden on federal courts.

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Exonerations Change Judicial Views On Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Adele Bernhard Oct 2003

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 …

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Section 2: Judicial Confirmation Process, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School Sep 2003

Section 2: Judicial Confirmation Process, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School

Supreme Court Preview

No abstract provided.

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Public Financing Of Judicial Campaigns: Practices And Prospects , Michael W. Bowers Sep 2003

Public Financing Of Judicial Campaigns: Practices And Prospects , Michael W. Bowers

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel Sep 2003

Malignant Democracy: Core Fallacies Underlying Election Of The Judiciary, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Judicial Selection And Evaluation, Center For Democratic Culture At Unlv Sep 2003

Judicial Selection And Evaluation, Center For Democratic Culture At Unlv

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Stop Me Before I Vote For This Judge Again: Judicial Conduct Organizations, Judicial Accountability, And The Disciplining Of Elected Judges, Alex B. Long Sep 2003

Stop Me Before I Vote For This Judge Again: Judicial Conduct Organizations, Judicial Accountability, And The Disciplining Of Elected Judges, Alex B. Long

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

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No Free Lunch: How Settlement Can Reduce The Legal System's Ability To Induce Efficient Behavior, Abraham Lee Wickelgren Aug 2003

No Free Lunch: How Settlement Can Reduce The Legal System's Ability To Induce Efficient Behavior, Abraham Lee Wickelgren

ExpressO

While there is widespread agreement that it is better for cases to settle than go to trial, the arguments in favor of settlement have typically overlooked how settlement affects one of the most important functions of the legal system: influencing the behavior that gives rise to lawsuits. This essay argues that, in some cases, settlement can impair the ability of the legal system to deter harmful behavior without chilling desirable behavior. Where it exists, this effect is a fundamental property of settlement in that there is no way to change other legal rules to eliminate it. Because settlements also have …

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Letter To Clerk Of Court Re: Benjamin Hunter, Roger J. Miner '56 Aug 2003

Letter To Clerk Of Court Re: Benjamin Hunter, Roger J. Miner '56

Memos and Letters: Law Clerks

No abstract provided.

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Mediated Popular Constitutionalism, Barry Friedman Aug 2003

Mediated Popular Constitutionalism, Barry Friedman

Michigan Law Review

There are divergent views in the legal academy concerning judicial review, but at their core these views share a common (and possibly flawed) premise. The premise is that the exercise of judicial review is countermajoritarian in nature. There is a regrettable lack of clarity in the relevant scholarship about what "countermajoritarian" actually means. At bottom it often seems to be a claim, and perhaps must be a claim, that when judges invalidate governmental decisions based upon constitutional requirements, they act contrary to the preferences of the citizenry. Some variation on this premise seems to drive most normative scholarship regarding judicial …

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Why Europe Rejected American Judicial Review - And Why It May Not Matter, Alec Stone Sweet Aug 2003

Why Europe Rejected American Judicial Review - And Why It May Not Matter, Alec Stone Sweet

Michigan Law Review

In this Article, I explore the question of why constitutional review, but not American judicial review, spread across Europe. I will also argue that, despite obvious organic differences between the American and European systems of review, there is an increasing convergence in how review actually operates. I proceed as follows. In Part I, I examine the debate on establishing judicial review in Europe, focusing on the French. In Parts II and III, I contrast the European and the American models of review, and briefly discuss why the Kelsenian constitutional court diffused across Europe. In Part IV, I argue that despite …

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Judicial Ethics In Utah, Steve Averett Jul 2003

Judicial Ethics In Utah, Steve Averett

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

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Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain Jul 2003

Approaches To Statutory Interpretation And Legislative History In France, Claire M. Germain

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Moral Rights, Judicial Review, And Democracy: A Response To Horacio Spector, Laura S. Underkuffler Jul 2003

Moral Rights, Judicial Review, And Democracy: A Response To Horacio Spector, Laura S. Underkuffler

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Evaluation Of The Centers For Complex Civil Litigation Pilot Program, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Nicole L. Mott, Timothy F. Fautsko Jun 2003

Evaluation Of The Centers For Complex Civil Litigation Pilot Program, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Nicole L. Mott, Timothy F. Fautsko

Faculty Publications

In January 2000, the Judicial Council responded to a recommendation of the Complex Litigation Task Force (task force) by establishing the Centers for Complex Litigation Pilot Program in the Superior Courts of Los Angeles, Orange, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda, and San Francisco counties. The task force recommendation was one of several proposed to improve judicial management of complex cases as a means to expedite case resolution, keeps costs reasonable, and promote effective decision making by the courts, parties and counsel. Participation in the Pilot Program required each site to commit to an individual calendar system dedicated exclusively to complex …

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Embarrassing Justice, Donald E. Wilkes Jr. May 2003

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.

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The Arrival Of Judicial Review In Germany Under The Weimar Constitution Of 1919, Bernd J. Hartmann May 2003

The Arrival Of Judicial Review In Germany Under The Weimar Constitution Of 1919, Bernd J. Hartmann

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

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Appellate Courts Inside And Out, Maxwell L. Stearns May 2003

Appellate Courts Inside And Out, Maxwell L. Stearns

Michigan Law Review

While the United States Supreme Court has been the object of seemingly endless scholarly commentary, the United States Courts of Appeals are just now coming into their own as a subject of independent academic inquiry. This is an important development when one considers that the vast bulk of relevant precedents governing most federal court litigation comes not from the Supreme Court, but rather from the United States Courts of Appeals. Because relatively few courts of appeals decisions are reviewed in the Supreme Court, with rare exception, the federal circuit courts provide the functional equivalent of that Court's proverbial "last word." …

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A Practice Commentary To Judiciary Law Article 19, Lawrence N. Gray May 2003

A Practice Commentary To Judiciary Law Article 19, Lawrence N. Gray

Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal

The article critically examines New York’s Judiciary Law Article 19, which governs contempt powers, highlighting its complexities, contradictions, and need for reform. It argues that the law conflates criminal and civil contempt, creating confusion in procedure and substance, and that the judiciary’s inherent power to define crimes undermines legislative authority. Additionally, the article addresses the intersection of contempt law with constitutional rights, particularly the Sixth Amendment and news media privileges, emphasizing the need for clarity and modernization of the statute.

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Who Cares About Courts? Creating A Constitutency For Judicial Independence In Africa, Mary L. Dudziak May 2003

Who Cares About Courts? Creating A Constitutency For Judicial Independence In Africa, Mary L. Dudziak

Michigan Law Review

While American scholars and judges generally assume that it is beneficial to insulate courts from politics, Jennifer Widner offers a contrasting perspective from another region of the world. In Building the Rule of Law: Francis Nyalali and the Road to Judicial Independence in Africa, Widner examines the role of courts and judicial review in democratization in Africa. She focuses on the role of one judge, a man who would see himself as embodying a role in Tanzania similar to that of Chief Justice John Marshall in the United States. Francis Nyalali, Chief Justice of the High Court of Tanzania, worked …

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Patriotism: Do We Know It When We See It?, A. Wallace Tashima May 2003

Patriotism: Do We Know It When We See It?, A. Wallace Tashima

Michigan Law Review

In a small, triangular plot, a short distance north of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., is the recently dedicated "National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism." One of the primary purposes of the memorial is to recall publicly the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the Pacific coast at the beginning of World War II and their imprisonment in government internment camps for the duration of the war. The incident is worth recalling, of course, if for no other reason than as a constant reminder that we must not let a similar tragedy befall any other group of Americans. But one …

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Duty Of Care To The Intoxicated: The Irish Approach, Mary Drennan May 2003

Duty Of Care To The Intoxicated: The Irish Approach, Mary Drennan

San Diego International Law Journal

This Article examines whether the relationship between publican and patron should or should not produce such an obligation. It also addresses the possible defenses to such a claim in the tort of negligence. Finally, as the matter is not a settled point of Irish law, this Article also attempts to assess the potential approach of its courts, in view of the approach taken by the English courts to the issue and the flurry of academic comment in the wake of a recent Irish settlement. These issues are certain to surface in litigation again. Regardless of the approach taken by the …

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