by Brandon Garrett
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1This year marks the 25th anniversary of the supreme court’s decision in Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which fundamentally reshaped how judges evaluate scientific and expert evidence.1 This volume […]
by George Socha and Margaret Wolf
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Email is pervasive in discovery. But using familiar tools for document review is a bad idea. Here’s why. Even in the smallest cases these days, electronic data — especially email […]
by Spencer D. Levine
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Is solitude something we should seek or avoid? Is it helpful or detrimental to individuals, and specifically those who are leaders? If it is helpful, why is it particularly important […]
by Joseph Kimble
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1This Redlines column looks different from the previous ones. For one thing, it doesn’t have any redlines — but rather a simple before and after. Our writing guru, Joseph Kimble, […]
by EDRM GDPR Drafting Team
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect, replacing the aged European Data Protection Directive created in the year 1995. GDPR intends to harmonize data-protection laws […]
by Raul A. Zambrano
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1The names of courthouses are not something that the average person would notice. They include the directional and mundane and, occasionally, the name of an important person in the eyes […]
by Alex Biedermann, William C. Thompson and Joëlle Vuille
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Big changes are occurring in forensic science, particularly among experts who compare the patterns found in fingerprints, footwear impressions, toolmarks, handwriting, and the like. Forensic examiners are reaching conclusions in […]
by Jonathan J. Koehler
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Here is a forensic-science test for you. Please answer each of the three questions below True or False. Scientific tests conducted over the past 100 years have repeatedly demonstrated that […]
by Pat Skene
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York tells the story of a firearms and toolmark examiner who appeared before him in 2008, proposing to […]
by Bryan A. Garner
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1In the winter 2017 issue of this journal, my friend and colleague Professor Joseph Kimble undertook an interesting exercise: rewriting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Lockhart v. United States1 […]
by Marcia S. Krieger, Michael H. Gendel and Timothy D. DeGiusti
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Being a judge offers many benefits — prestige, intellectual stimulation, autonomy, and the opportunity to provide a community service. But the simple fact is that being a judge does not […]
by Frank S. Ravitch and Brett G. Scharffs
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1POINT / COUNTERPOINT A baker refuses to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious views on same-sex marriage. The couple claims the baker’s refusal violates […]
by Joe Boatwright
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1Welcome to the spring edition of Judicature. This edition includes an announcement of a very significant gift to benefit Duke’s judicial studies programs and Judicature: a $10 million gift from […]
by David F. Levi
Spring 2018 | Volume 102 Number 1What an honor it is for me to greet you as the inaugural director of the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School. As you will read in this journal, […]
