Law & Culture
Feature
Judicial Well-Being and Mindfulness
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the People“Judicial stress is not a weakness and must not be stigmatised,” affirms the 2024 Nauru Declaration on Judicial Well-being. This international call reflects growing recognition that judges, like lawyers and law […]
Redlines
Some more pet peeves (PDF)
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the PeopleIn this Redlines column, Joseph Kimble examines a series of small but telling writing habits that regularly appear in judicial opinions and legal documents. None of these missteps is serious […]
Briefs
Pew survey examines experiences with, perceptions of state courts
by Ruth Rosenthal and Erika Rickard
Vol. 109 No. 2 (2025) | Communicating to the PeopleThroughout the country, people rely on state and local courts to resolve a wide variety of issues, from traffic tickets and divorces to debt cases and shoplifting charges.1 These interactions can […]
In Conversation
Strengthening the Rule of Law in Ecuador: A Conversation With Jhoel Escudero Soliz, President of the Constitutional Court
by Jhoel Escudero and David Collins
Judicature International (2025) | An online-only publicationEcuador’s Constitutional Court, established in its current form in 2008, has ruled on fundamental questions of rights, equality, and human dignity. Under the leadership of President JHOEL ESCUDERO SOLIZ, the Court […]
Feature
The Global Landscape of Judicial Well-being: A Roundtable Discussion
by Rangajeeva Wimalasena, Lynne C. Leitch, Carly Schrever and Jeremy Fogel
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeThe following is an excerpt of a recent roundtable conversation Judicature International between Judge Jeremy Fogel, retired federal judge and executive director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute; three drafters of the Nauru […]
Feature
Judicial Well-Being: From an ‘Unmentionable Topic’ to a Global Conversation
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeOn March 4, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly voted to declare July 25 as the International Day for Judicial Well-being. The day joins a calendar of just over 200 […]
Perspective
Valuing Truth ‘Fullness’: Lessons from Jury Trials
by Gregory Mize
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukePublic officials across the country took oaths of office during the opening weeks of 2025. Each swore or affirmed their commitment to faithfully execute their duties and to protect and […]
Feature
The State of Science in the Courtroom: A Scientist’s Reflections From Conversations With Federal Judges
by Rebekah L. Petroff and Chelsea S. Queen
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeRebekah Petroff, a scientist who worked at the Federal Judicial Center, examines how judges frequently grapple with making definitive decisions based on uncertain scientific evidence. In September 2023, I entered […]
Redlines
Some Pet Peeves (PDF)
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeEveryone who writes about writing or cares about it is entitled to a few pet peeves. Below are some of mine. I won’t quote real examples for the first two […]
From the Editorial Board Chair
Looking Back: Celebrating 10 Years at Duke
Vol. 109 No. 1 (2025) | Celebrating a Decade at DukeThis issue of Judicature looks in the mirror. Duke Law School assumed the mantle and mission of Judicature after its previous publisher of nearly a century, the American Judicature Society, disbanded in 2014. […]