Law & Culture

Saving Our Profession: It’s Up to Us

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Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered Courts

A number of years ago, a man told me he had been charged with a crime. I asked him how his case was going. With all sincerity and with an […]

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Mindfulness and Judging

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Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered Courts

Judges, as our title implies, make judgments. Sometimes the process of making a judgment is straightforward, as when clearly written statute plainly applies to undisputed facts. But more often, the […]

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A Speech Code for Lawyers?

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Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered Courts

In August 2016, the American Bar Association amended its model rules of professional conduct by banning professional conduct that constitutes harassment or discrimination. Some cheer the new rule as a […]

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Book Review: We, the People – Whoever That Is

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Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?

On February 22, The Washington Post added a sub-banner to its front page. Beneath the words ā€œWashington Postā€ was the phrase, ā€œDemocracy Dies In Darkness.ā€ This generated a predictable degree […]

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In This Edition (Table of Contents)

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Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the March

Click hereĀ to view and download the Table of Contents from the print edition.

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Qualified Immunity: A Shield Too Big?

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Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the March

Judicial doctrine is rarely the subject of public conversation. So it was once for qualified immunity, which rested for many centuries in a kind of lawyerly tomb — largely the […]

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Getting Explicit About Implicit Bias

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Vol. 104 No. 3 (2020-21) | Judges on the March

To better understand the effect of implicit bias in the courtroom, Judge Bernice Donald of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit talked with Professors Jeffrey Rachlinski and Andrew Wistrich of Cornell Law School.

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From The Publisher

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

In this edition of Judicature, published during a difficult time in our national history, we look at enduring themes and new, pressing challenges. The American Judicature Society, founded in 1913 […]

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The New Rap Sheet: Prosecuting Crimes, Chilling Free Speech

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

With the Fourth Amendment gone, eyes are on the First // That’s why I’m spittin cyanide each and every verse These lyrics from American rap artist Paris’ 2003 album, Sonic […]

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The Plague of Excessive Force: Working Together to Find a Cure

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

In July, the “Coping with Covid” series shifted attention from one pandemic to another: the plague of excessive force by police officers. It is an old and long-standing problem receiving […]

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