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IP Law Post-Brexit
by Richard Arnold, Graeme Dinwoodie, Lionel Bently and Estelle Derclaye
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?FOUR EUROPEAN IP EXPERTS ASSESS THE LIKELY IMPACT of BREXIT on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS in the UK AND EU — AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS for the UNITED STATES On […]
Perspective
Criticism of the Judiciary: The Virtue of Moderation
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi once described the judiciary as the “cancer of democracy.” This presumably had much to do with his personal situation of being accused several times […]
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Building Administrative Scaffolding in Small Courts: Experiences in the U.S. and Abroad
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn 2014, two years after graduating law school, I was appointed to serve as a municipal court judge in Guadalupe, Ariz.1 The town had the highest unemployment rate in Maricopa […]
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The Collapse of Judicial Independence in Poland: A Cautionary Tale
by John Macy and Allyson K. Duncan
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn late 2019, the Polish Sejm approved yet another law aimed at cabining the structure and function of the judiciary. The new law, popularly referred to as a “muzzle” law, empowers a disciplinary chamber to bring proceedings against judges for questioning the ruling party’s platform. The law allows the Polish government to fire judges, or cut their salaries, for speaking out against legislation aimed at the judiciary, or for questioning the legitimacy of new judicial appointees.
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The Innovation and Limitations of Arbitral Courts
Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the MarchIn recent years, governments from the state of Delaware to the Emirate of Dubai have created institutions specially designed to adjudicate transnational commercial disputes. These institutions are hybrids between courts […]
The Storied Third Branch
Justice Beverley McLachlin: A Remarkable Journey to the ‘Centre Chair’
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDAbove: Beverley McLachlin, 17th Chief Justice of Canada (Photo by Roy Grogran, courtesy of the Supreme Court of Canada) Beverley McLachlin, widely regarded as one of the best legal minds […]
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Experts in the Hot Tub at the Court of Arbitration for Sport
by Doriane L. Coleman and Jonathan Taylor
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDThe Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020) have been postponed to 2021 as a result of the novel coronavirus, but litigation at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) […]
In Conversation
My Own Liberator: A Conversation with Dikgang Moseneke
by David F. Levi and Dikgang Moseneke
Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVIDDuring a lunch-hour event with students at Duke Law School in February, David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, interviewed former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the […]
Briefs
A Freedom Fighter and Judicial Luminary: 2020 Bolch Prize Honors Dikgang Moseneke of the South Africa Constitutional Court
Vol. 104 No. 1 (2020) | A Clearer ViewDikgang Moseneke, an internationally revered jurist who helped build and lead a democratic South Africa as it emerged from apartheid, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Bolch Prize […]
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Decoding GDPR: Familiar Terms Could Cause Major Confusion When GDPR Takes Effect
Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic FailOn 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 […]