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Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – President’S Column, Tam Schumann
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – President’S Column, Tam Schumann
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As your president, I have attended meetings of the Conference of the Chief Justices and of the National Association for Court Management. The focus of both conferences was the fiscal crisis confronting us. From chief justices to nonjudicial employees, the dominating topic of conversation was how do we survive the harsh reality of our economic times? I thought it would be of interest to share with you information collected by NCSC’s Budget Resource Center as to what some states have done in response.
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Complete Issue
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Table of Contents:
Procedural Fairness: A Key Ingredient in Public Satisfaction by Kevin Burke and Steve Leben
Procedural Justice and the Courts By Tom R. Tyler
Procedural Fairness as a Court Reform Agenda by David B. Rottman
Children and Procedural Justice by Victoria Weisz, Twila Wingrove, and April Faith-Slaker
Procedural Fairness in the California Courts by Douglas Denton
The Perceptions of Self-Represented Tenants in a Community-Based Housing Court by Rashida Abuwala and Donald J. Farole
Decision Makers and Decision Recipients: Understanding Disparities in the Meaning of Fairness by Diane Sivasubramaniam and Larry Heuer
Fair Procedures, Yes. But We Dare Not …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Cover
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Cover
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Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – Editor’S Note, Steve Leben
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – Editor’S Note, Steve Leben
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Divorce cases were part of my docket when I began my judicial career. I was single then and had not had children. I quickly faced lots of situations well beyond my experience: a breast-feeding mother who wanted the father’s visitation limited to four hours in her presence each week, a parent who wanted t o move across the country with the child, or even a dispute about parent-child access in a “typical” divorce. In the absence of expert testimony, could I look anywhere for answers other than court decisions that may—or may not—have been based on sound research?
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Cover
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Cover
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No abstract provided.
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Editor’S Note, Steve Leben
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Editor’S Note, Steve Leben
Court Review: Journal of the American Judges Association
One of the great things about editing the journal of the American Judges Association is that you can ask some of the leading experts in various legal fields to write articles for us, and because they will be speaking directly to judges, they usually agree. Our lead article in this issue is a great example.
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – In Memory Of Charles H. Whitebread, Steve Leben
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – In Memory Of Charles H. Whitebread, Steve Leben
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On September 16, 2008, the American Judges Association lost its best and most loyal friend. Law professor Charles H. Whitebread died that day of lung cancer at the age of 65.
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – The Perceptions Of Self-Represented Tenants In A Community-Based Housing Court, Rashida Abuwala, Donald J. Farole
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – The Perceptions Of Self-Represented Tenants In A Community-Based Housing Court, Rashida Abuwala, Donald J. Farole
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This study examines the impact of the Harlem Community Justice Center, a community-based housing court that attempts to achieve speedier and more durable outcomes in landlord-tenant disputes. However, it may be particularly beneficial to pro se litigants (i.e., those who represent themselves without an attorney). In New York City, most landlords are represented, while the vast majority of tenants are not. In fact, one report notes that only 12% of tenants are able to afford counsel while 98% of landlords are represented.
The primary objective of this study was to examine the experiences of pro se tenants whose cases are …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Selected Criminal Law Cases In The Supreme Court’S 2007-2008 Term, And A Look Ahead, Charles D. Weisselberg
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Selected Criminal Law Cases In The Supreme Court’S 2007-2008 Term, And A Look Ahead, Charles D. Weisselberg
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s October 2007 Term had a substantial and notable criminal docket. There were very significant Second, Sixth, and Eighth Amendment decisions as well as important rulings relating to basic habeas corpus principles and federal statutes. This article provides a selected overview of the Term with a heavy emphasis on those cases that may have the greatest impact upon the states. The article also suggests some questions left open by the Court’s opinions and provides some preliminary indications of how several decisions are being received in state and federal courts. It concludes with a preview of some cases …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Fairness As A Court Reform Agenda, David B. Rottman
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Fairness As A Court Reform Agenda, David B. Rottman
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This essay reflects on the ways in which procedural fairness can provide the direction for a revived court reform agenda. All previous eras of court reform were guided by a theory drawn either from academia or the field of management. Procedural fairness, in my view, is the organizing theory for which 21st-century court reform has been waiting.
Past eras of court reform accomplished a great deal. In 1950, there were 826 trial courts in California. Today, 58 trial courts—one per county—hear all manners of cases. Management theories drawn from the business field provided the blueprint for court reform by (a) …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Cover
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Cover
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No abstract provided.
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – President’S Column, Eileen Olds
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – President’S Column, Eileen Olds
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I can hardly believe that I am halfway through my term as your president. Time really does fly when you’re having fun! Fun I have had, but more importantly, I have had the opportunity to represent this prestigious, premier organization of judges in many different venues. As an organization, we are addressing critical issues facing our judiciary. With our initiatives, such as our “Tell It to the Judge” project, we are also examining those issues relevant to the public that we serve. Through it all, I have been proud to witness the stature that AJA enjoys all over the country.
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Editor’S Note, Alan J. Tomkins
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Editor’S Note, Alan J. Tomkins
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This special issue of Court Review focuses on procedural justice. Tom Tyler has called procedural justice the most powerful explanatory concept for why people obey rules that restrict their behavior in ways they would otherwise find unacceptable. David Rottman has written “having a sense that court decisions are made through processes that are fair is the strongest predictor by far of whether members of the public approve of or have confidence” in courts. Procedural justice is worthy of a deep look, and this issue of Court Review does precisely that—it presents papers from some of the nation’s leading scholars who …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Fairness: A Key Ingredient In Public Satisfaction, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Fairness: A Key Ingredient In Public Satisfaction, Kevin Burke, Steve Leben
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Americans are highly sensitive to the processes of procedural fairness. It is no surprise, then, that the perception of unfair or unequal treatment “is the single most important source of popular dissatisfaction with the American legal system.” Even first-graders react negatively to a situation where a mother punishes her child for a broken vase without consulting a witness first. This negative reaction signifies powerfully that children are already sensitive to the principles of procedural fairness. If children in early elementary school already react negatively to perceived violations of procedural fairness, it is only that much more imperative to address the …
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 4 – Complete Issue
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Table of Contents:
A Judges’ Guide to Social Science by John Monahan & Laurens Walker
Mental Illness and the Courts: Some Reflections on Judges as Innovators by John P. Petrila & Allison D. Redlich
Cautions About Applying Neuroscience to Batterer Intervention by Edward Gondolf
Breaking News: Miller is Distinguishable from Branzburg by Levon Q. Schlichter
Editor’s Note
President’s Column
The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Resource Page
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Websites of Interest
New books
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – When Should Judges Use Alcohol Monitoring As A Sentencing Option In Dwi Cases?, Victor E. Flango, Fred Cheesman
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – When Should Judges Use Alcohol Monitoring As A Sentencing Option In Dwi Cases?, Victor E. Flango, Fred Cheesman
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Traditional sentencing sanctions have not been particularly effective against people caught driving while impaired (DWI) and less so against repeat offenders. Technology has provided judges with some new sentencing options, including various forms of electronic home monitoring. This article takes an initial step toward evaluating the effectiveness of alcohol monitoring as a sentencing option in DWI cases with the goal of eventually determining which types of offenders, if any, would benefit most from alcohol monitoring. The constant monitoring of alcohol consumption is thought to aid rehabilitation by providing a deterrent to drinking and a positive reinforcement to sobriety. It permits …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Table Of Contents
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 4 – Table Of Contents
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An American Judge at the European Court of Human Rights by Donald Shaver
Punitive Damages After Philip Morris USA v. Williams by Benjamin C. Zipursky
From Investigation to Implementation: Factors for Successful Commissions on the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Bias by Elizabeth Neeley
Editor’s Note
President’s Column
Court Review: The Ten-Year Index
The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Adding Color To The White Paper: Time For A Robust Reciprocal Relationship Between Procedural Justice And Therapeutic Jurisprudence, David B. Wexler
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Judges Kevin Burke and Steve Leben, in Procedural Fairness: A Key Ingredient in Public Satisfaction, have produced a most impressive White Paper. It is handy, brief, crisp, readable, and immensely practical.
The document draws on, and makes most accessible, the research on procedural justice, demonstrating convincingly the importance of judges understanding and implementing in their courtrooms concepts such as “voice” and “respect.” Judges Burke and Leben claim procedural justice to be “the” critical element in public trust and confidence regarding the court system. They note, too, the role procedural fairness likely plays in increased compliance with court orders and even …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Children And Procedural Justice, Victoria Weisz, Twila Wingrove, April Faith-Slaker
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Children And Procedural Justice, Victoria Weisz, Twila Wingrove, April Faith-Slaker
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The American Judges Association’s White Paper that forms the centerpiece of this issue begins with the recognition that even first graders have an understanding of procedural fairness. Developmental research has indeed established that young children are able to evaluate the fairness of activities and that they have a more positive perception of activities they deem to be more fair. Until recently, however, there has been little concern in the U.S. regarding children’s experiences of legal processes and procedures. In fact, children were not generally expected or encouraged to directly participate in most legal processes, even those where they were a …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Justice And The Courts, Tom R. Tyler
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Procedural Justice And The Courts, Tom R. Tyler
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People come to the courts about a wide variety of problems and disputes. Although this has always been the case, in recent years the court system has become the branch of government in which people deal with an ever broader variety of issues and concerns. And the people who bring their problems to court have themselves become increasingly diverse in terms of their ethnic and social backgrounds. In addition, more and more of these people choose to represent themselves, rather than acting through lawyers. Finally, these changes are occurring in an environment in which people have generally lower levels of …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Decision Makers And Decision Recipients: Understanding Disparities In The Meaning Of Fairness, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Larry Heuer
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 1/2 – Decision Makers And Decision Recipients: Understanding Disparities In The Meaning Of Fairness, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Larry Heuer
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Since World War II, psychologists have devoted considerable attention to understanding the factors that shape people’s satisfaction with the outcomes of social or economic exchanges—outcomes of events not unlike the encounters occurring between judges and litigants in civil and criminal courtrooms, encounters between police officers and civilians, or encounters between mediators and disputants in alternative dispute resolution centers throughout the United States every day. In one classic early study, it came as somewhat of a surprise when it was discovered that satisfaction was not easily explained by economic theories of human behavior. This finding launched an inquiry guided by theories …
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 44, Issue 3 – Resource Page
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Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Editor's Note
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This issue presents four viewpoints on current issues involving judicial elections, politics, and the effect of public opinion on the courts. In our lead article, Shira Goodman and Lynn Marks of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts tell the story of Pennsylvania’s 2005 retention election for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. With very little warning, public opposition developed to the retention of two justices: one was retained with 54% of the vote and one was thrown out of office with only 49% voting to retain him. The election was unusual because it did not relate to opinions issued by either justice. Rather, the …
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Directory Of Officers And Board Of Governors, 2005-2006
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Directory Of Officers And Board Of Governors, 2005-2006
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Directory of Officers and Board of Governors of American Judges Association
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - E-Courts: The Times They Are A-Changin’, James E. Mcmillan
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - E-Courts: The Times They Are A-Changin’, James E. Mcmillan
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The title obviously comes from Bob Dylan’s classic song from 1964. That song captured the spirit of the times and again, in a small way, captures ours as well. This year’s upcoming E-Courts Conference (www.e-courts.org) in December will highlight both the changes that computers have brought to court operations and where things are going in the future. Court operations have been impacted over the past decade with the implementation of electronic court document filing (aka E-filing). This year the U.S. federal courts will have electronic filing available in nearly all district and bankruptcy courts. We have seen that not as …
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Complete Issue
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No abstract provided.
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Judges, Law, Politics & Strategy, Frank B. Cross
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Judges, Law, Politics & Strategy, Frank B. Cross
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In law, we commonly presume that judges reach decisions based on legal materials, such as precedents. In political science, researchers typically presume that judges do not reach decisions based on such legal materials. They maintain that the apparent reliance on precedent to reach decisions is simply a hoax designed to provide cover for a particular outcome. These researchers traditionally argued that judges reach their personally preferred outcome in the case and then rationalize it after the fact with references to precedent, conveniently supplied them by the attorneys for their preferred side. Much of the empirical research on judicial decision making …
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Table Of Contents
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Table Of Contents
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No abstract provided.
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - A Profile Of Settlement, John Barkai, Elizabeth Kent, Pamela Martin
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - A Profile Of Settlement, John Barkai, Elizabeth Kent, Pamela Martin
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Ninety-eight percent of civil cases settle,1 right? Well, not exactly. Although claims of settlement rates of 90% and above are cited frequently, settlement rates really are not that high. Many commentators start with an accurate picture of low, single-digit trial rates (typically 2%-3%), but then they inappropriately assume the inverse—namely, that all the remaining cases are settled. Commentators ignore the fact that a significant proportion of cases are terminated for reasons other than trial or settlement, and their mistake goes undetected because most state judicial systems do not collect any information about settlements. On the other hand, other people, speaking …