Judging
Judicial Honors
Judicial Honors: Winter 2015
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryThe Shelby County Commission in Tennessee voted to rename the county courthouse the D’Army Bailey Courthouse Building in honor of the late D’Army Bailey. Judge Bailey served on Tennessee’s 13th Judicial […]
Feature
How Federal Judges Contribute to Mass Incarceration and What They Can Do About It
by Jon Deitrich and Lynn S. Adelman
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryTalk of reforming federal sentencing law is much in the air. Increased public awareness of the fact that the United States is the world capital of mass incarceration has prompted […]
Feature
Judge of All Trades: Further Thoughts on Specialized Courts
Vol. 99 No. 3 (2015) | Fixing DiscoveryThe proverbial visitor from Mars (or perhaps from the habitable exoplanet Kepler-62f) with an interest in judicial systems would have no trouble perceiving that Earthlings follow two distinct philosophies about […]
Postcards, Q&A
Postcard from Jacksonville: Q&A with Judge Virginia Baker Norton
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. […]
Postcards, Q&A
Postcard from Hamm, Germany: Q&A with Judge Julia Dhom
by Julia Dhom
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. This […]
Feature
Judicial Selection and Judicial Independence
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationThe process of judicial selection varies dramatically across the globe. Even countries with similar legal structures and systems might select judges in different ways. And while most scholars agree that […]
Briefs
Trends in Judicial Selection Methods
Vol. 100 No. 1 (2016) | 100 Years of JudicatureInterest in changing or altering the selection of judges in the states has waxed and waned from year to year for decades. What makes the last five years remarkable, however, […]
Table of Contents
In This Edition (Table of Contents Vol 105 No 3)
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanFeatures “I’m going to call it what it is. Genocide.” by Michael P. Scharf and Benjamin Ferencz Justice Jackson’s Persistent Post-Nuremberg Legacy by Brian R. Gallini The Judiciary and the […]
A Finer Point
Learned Hand’s Spirit of Liberty: A Lesson for Our Times
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanChief Judge D. Brooks Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reflects on the lessons of unity and tolerance embedded in Judge Learned Hand’s famous “Spirit of Liberty” speech.
The Storied Third Branch
The Joy of Judging with Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella
by Andromache Karakatsanis and Sheilah L. Martin
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanIn her last day as a sitting judge at the Supreme Court of Canada, Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella left us with these parting words: “Justice is the application of law […]