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by Brandon Garrett, Laurence R. Helfer, Jayne Huckerby, Mark Godsey and Luca Lupària
Judicature International | An online-only publicationIn the last decade, nations have begun to formally recognize an individual’s right — at any time — to raise post-conviction claims of factual innocence. Despite the recognition at the state level, no international human rights instrument fully recognizes the right to assert one’s claim of innocence.
News Roundup
Find a summary of news and headlines related to courts, judiciaries, and the rule of law from around the world in October 2022.
A Finer Point
Recently a huge controversy erupted in Zimbabwe over the alleged purchase of British horsehair wigs for Zimbabwean judges. Given the financial challenges ordinary Zimbabweans face, it was not surprising that […]
In Conversation
by Paul W. Grimm, Maura R. Grossman, Sabine Gless and Mireille Hildebrandt
Judicature International | An online-only publicationArtificial intelligence is here, and it’s everywhere. The technology is so pervasive, in fact, that it now hides in plain sight — in our cars and on our coffee tables. […]
Redlines
Since I didn’t wipe them out the first time (Summer 2018), I am reloading. Multiword prepositions—also called compound or complex or phrasal prepositions—are among the most noxious and pervasive small-scale faults in legal writing. […]
Book Review
There are many great judges. Only some have a major impact on our law — or even more rarely on our larger culture and society — and most of those […]
In Conversation
by David F. Levi, Jeffrey S. Sutton, Diane P. Wood and Raymond J. Lohier Jr.
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?What can judges do about America’s declining trust in public institutions?
Feature
In modern times, a key question in access to justice has been: To what extent can court personnel assist unrepresented litigants in filing and managing their claims? The answer to […]
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by Eva McKinsey, Samantha A. Zottola, Alexis Mitchell, Mark Heinen and Luke Ellmaker
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?Research sends a clear message: The effects of trauma cannot be ignored within our court system. Up to 90 percent of adolescents and 75 percent of adults involved in the […]
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by David F. Levi, M. Margaret McKeown, David G. Campbell, D. Todd Christofferson, Manuel Sager and J. Clifford Wallace
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?Through more than 50 years of service on the federal bench, Judge J. Clifford Wallace, chief judge emeritus of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has led […]
