Judging
The Storied Third Branch
A Mentor to All: Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published January 2015 In 1964, Judge Addeliar D. (“Dell”) Guy III became the first African-American to practice law in the state of Nevada. Eleven years later, he was appointed as […]
Book Review
Measuring Judging
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchLee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Richard Posner have written a book that is monumental in its scope and yet falls frustratingly short in achieving its aspirations. Actually, it is best […]
Feature
The View From the Bench: What Grand Challenges Do You See In Your Court?
by David F. Levi, Nathan Hecht, Robert Katzmann and Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchDean Levi turns to leaders in the judiciary — Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye (Supreme Court of California), Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht (Supreme Court of Texas), and Chief Judge Robert […]
Feature
Grand Challenges, Grand Ideas
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchIdeas for surmounting the biggest challenges facing the judiciary and the legal profession today. In delivering the Lloyd D. George Lecture on the Judicial Process at UNLV William S. Boyd […]
Feature
Why Putting Cameras In the Courtroom Is Not As Crazy As You Think
by Alex Kozinski and John Major
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchPublic interest in the American jury system is at an all-time high. Late last year, NPR’s hit podcast “Serial” pulled in over 1 million listeners per week as it recounted […]
Briefs
Tweet this: Jurors aren’t abusing social media in the courtroom. Yet.
by Meghan Dunn
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchDespite fears to the contrary, a recent report from the Federal Judicial Center indicates that jurors do not seem to be using social media frequently during trials — yet. The report, issued in late […]
From the Editor in Chief
Editor’s Note – Summer 2015
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchThere may be, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed in The Last Tycoon, no second acts in American lives, but through the leadership and imagination of Dean David Levi and the […]
From the Publisher
From the Publisher: A New Era for Judicature
by John Rabiej
Vol. 99 No. 1 (2015) | The View from the BenchThe Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies launches this inaugural issue of Judicature with excitement and trepidation. It is a bittersweet moment, as it comes on the heels of the American Judicature […]
The Storied Third Branch
Passion for Justice: Matthew J. Perry, Jr.
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published December 2014 When you call the name of the Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr., everyone reminisces about their cherished memories of this legal and judicial luminary who had a […]
The Storied Third Branch
He Was the Same Person in Court, at Home, or at the Racetrack: Paul Hatfield
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Published November 2014 Judge Paul Hatfield was an extraordinary judge, a man possessed of humility and courage. He was born and raised in a “blue-collar” family and he never forgot […]