Judicial Assistants Or Junior Judges: The Hiring, Utilization, And Influence Of Law Clerks,
2014
Marquette University
Judicial Assistants Or Junior Judges: The Hiring, Utilization, And Influence Of Law Clerks, Chad Oldfather, Todd C. Peppers
Scholarly Articles
Law clerks have been part of the American judicial system since 1882, when Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray hired a young Harvard Law School graduate named Thomas Russell to serve as his assistant. Justice Gray paid for his law clerks out of his own pocket until Congress authorized funds for the hiring of “stenographic clerks” in 1886. The Gray law clerks, however, were not mere stenographers. Justice Gray assigned them a host of legal and non-legal job duties. His clerks discussed the record and debated the attendant legal issues with Justice Gray prior to oral argument, conducted legal research, and …
Ghana’S Jury System On Trial,
2014
Duke Law
Ghana’S Jury System On Trial, Dennis D. Adjei
Duke Law Master of Judicial Studies Theses
Civil cases in Ghana are tried by the bench. Criminal cases are also handled by bench trials, except for certain indictable offenses, which may be tried by a judge or jury. Not all serious offenses are tried by jury. And a trend is developing away from jury to bench trials. For example, treason is punishable by death, but the case is determined in a bench trial by three High Court Judges. Robbery, which had been an indictable offense, is now tried by either jury or bench trial at the discretion of the Attorney-General; and prosecutors consistently have been opting for …
Dissent Aversion At The Court Of Justice Of The European Union,
2014
Duke Law
Dissent Aversion At The Court Of Justice Of The European Union, Marsha C. Erb
Duke Law Master of Judicial Studies Theses
The Court of Justice of the European Union has jurisdiction over 28 politically, culturally and linguistically disparate member states in the interpretation and application of EU law. Throughout its 60-year history, the Court has banned publication of the separate opinions of its judges and their voting records favouring instead brief unsigned unanimous decisions achieved by majority vote. The CJEU defends its practice in the interests of protecting judicial independence and its own authority and legitimacy. The Court’s critics call for greater transparency by publishing dissenting opinions along the lines of the United States Supreme Court. The CJEU is one of …
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl,
2014
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric J. Magnuson
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl,
2014
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Donovan W. Frank
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl,
2014
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Eric S. Janus
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl,
2014
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Harriet Lansing
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl,
2014
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Tribute To Justice Rosalie Wahl, Sharon Sayles Belton
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Supreme Court Of The United States, October Term 2014 Preview,
2014
Georgetown University Law Center
Supreme Court Of The United States, October Term 2014 Preview, Georgetown University Law Center, Supreme Court Institute
Supreme Court Overviews
No abstract provided.
The March Of Judicial Cosmopolitanism And The Legacy Of Enemy Combatant Case Law,
2014
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
The March Of Judicial Cosmopolitanism And The Legacy Of Enemy Combatant Case Law, Madalina Lulia Sontrop
LLM Theses
This thesis explores the concept of judicial cosmopolitanism and its prevalence in enemy combatant case law. The author draws upon the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitan law to describe judicial cosmopolitanism as form of legal discourse through which judges show a willingness to extend constitutional protections based on a contemporary, functional understanding of sovereign jurisdiction. The purpose of this work is to address the correlation between enemy combatant jurisprudence and the aforementioned understanding of judicial cosmopolitanism. It is argued that a march of judicial cosmopolitanism developed early in enemy combatant cases, and that it came to a …
Should Courts Do Behavioral Analysis Of Boardroom Conduct?,
2014
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Should Courts Do Behavioral Analysis Of Boardroom Conduct?, Dale A. Oesterle
Journal of Business & Technology Law
No abstract provided.
A Case Study Of Patent Litigation Transparency,
2014
University of Denver
A Case Study Of Patent Litigation Transparency, Bernard Chao, Derigan Silver
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
By focusing on a single high profile patent case, Monsanto v. DuPont, this article explores the problem of transparency in patent litigation from two perspectives. First, this article provides metrics for understanding the nature and quantity of documents that were filed under seal in the Monsanto case. Second, this article scrutinizes particular aspects of the case to provide a more nuanced understanding of what the public cannot see. Although primarily descriptive, this article critically analyzes the sealing of so many documents by questioning the level of judicial oversight applied in decisions to seal court filings. It then goes on to …
Tribute To Randall Shepard,
2014
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Tribute To Randall Shepard, Kevin D. Brown
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
The Continuing Battle Over The Second Amendment,
2014
University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Law
The Continuing Battle Over The Second Amendment, Allen K. Rostron
Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
The Jury Wants To Take The Podium -- But Even With The Authority To Do So, Can It? An Interdisciplinary Examination Of Jurors' Questioning Of Witnesses At Trial,
2014
Barry University
The Jury Wants To Take The Podium -- But Even With The Authority To Do So, Can It? An Interdisciplinary Examination Of Jurors' Questioning Of Witnesses At Trial, Mitchell J. Frank
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Leadership And Management Training In The North Carolina Judicial System: An Examination Of Identified Need,
2014
Duke Law
Leadership And Management Training In The North Carolina Judicial System: An Examination Of Identified Need, James E. Hardin Jr.
Duke Law Master of Judicial Studies Theses
The purpose of this paper is to ask whether North Carolina public service lawyers and judges believe that their judicial districts perform with maximum efficiency or whether there could be functional improvement with leadership and management training for system leaders, and with the perceived need of such training, as articulated by these professionals, what a general training model might look like. A brief examination of the institutionally provided leadership and management training offered to system leaders shows sparse resources are expended to develop leaders and train them so that they have the skills to direct individual organizations and change the …
Nlrb V. Noel Canning Presents A Nonjusticiable Political Question,
2014
Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
Nlrb V. Noel Canning Presents A Nonjusticiable Political Question, Victor Williams
Cardozo Law Review de•novo
This Article argues that the Noel Canning challenge to the President’s use of his recess appointment authority presents a nonjusticiable political question. The work draws from arguments developed for this author’s Supreme Court amicus briefs in Noel Canning, other amicus briefs lodged during the past year for related actions in the Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits, and a variety of this author’s commentary on federal appointments.
Institutional Stress And The Federal District Courts: Judicial Emergencies, Vertical Norms, And Pretrial Dismissals,
2014
SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Institutional Stress And The Federal District Courts: Judicial Emergencies, Vertical Norms, And Pretrial Dismissals, Daniel J. Knudsen
Utah Law Review
This Article examines the effects of judicial emergencies on the federal district courts. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts declares judicial emergencies when a weighted statistic of filings and vacancy days exceeds certain thresholds. This Article presents evidence on the relationship between emergency status in a judicial circuit and the frequency of pretrial disposition in federal district courts within that circuit: a federal district court is statistically more likely to dismiss a case before trial if its corresponding circuit court is in emergency. This evidence suggests that emergency status may affect normative expectations between the federal district courts and …
Pivoting To Progressivism: Justice Stephen J. Chadwick, The Washington Supreme Court And Change In Early Twentieth Century Judicial Reasoning And Rhetoric,
2014
University of Washington School of Law
Pivoting To Progressivism: Justice Stephen J. Chadwick, The Washington Supreme Court And Change In Early Twentieth Century Judicial Reasoning And Rhetoric, Hugh D. Spitzer
Articles
Relatively little attention has been paid to the part played by state judges in upholding progressive legislation in the early twentieth century in a period when the United States Supreme Court often overturned reform measures on constitutional grounds. In contrast, between 1910 and 1913, the Washington State Supreme Court rapidly changed its doctrinal analysis and its stance on judicial deference to elected lawmakers, aligning the state’s constitutional law with the public’s new views on the responsibility of government in addressing social and economic challenges. A fascinating window on the progressive period and changes in judicial reasoning and rhetoric is provided …
Juries, Lay Judges, And Trials,
2014
Cornell Law School
Juries, Lay Judges, And Trials, Toby S. Goldbach, Valerie P. Hans
Cornell Law Faculty Working Papers
“Juries, Lay Judges, and Trials” describes the widespread practice of including ordinary citizens as legal decision makers in the criminal trial. In some countries, lay persons serve as jurors and determine the guilt and occasionally the punishment of the accused. In others, citizens decide cases together with professional judges in mixed decision-making bodies. What is more, a number of countries have introduced or reintroduced systems employing juries or lay judges, often as part of comprehensive reform in emerging democracies. Becoming familiar with the job of the juror or lay citizen in a criminal trial is thus essential for understanding contemporary …
