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Judicial Temperament, Explained
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence[I]t seems to me that temperament is the key to everything else that one does on the bench.1 Elusive as it is important,Ā judicial temperament is notoriously hard to define.2 Judicial […]
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The Privacy-Protection Hook in the Federal Rules
by Steven S. Gensler and Lee Rosenthal
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceWith the proliferation of social media platforms and other new technologies has come a renewed legal focus on privacy. Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, […]
A Finer Point
The Moral Order of Perry Mason’s Universe
by Jacqui Shine
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceWhen it premiered on CBS in 1957,Ā Perry MasonĀ represented the birth of the television courtroom procedural. For decades, Mason, a criminal defense attorney who almost always emerged from the court victorious, […]
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DOS and DONāTS for Lawyers in a Changing World
by Huey Cotton
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeIf you could see a dialogue bubble above the judgeās head showing what the judge is thinking while certain events unfold in the courtroom, you would be surprised at how […]
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A China Diary: Judicature 1984
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?On May 21, 1984, a 36-member delegation from the American Judicature Society left for a two-week visit to the People’s Republic of China.Ā The trip was sponsored by People to People, […]
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Picking Up Where Aerospatiale Left Off:Ā Merits-Based Discovery, Foreign Parties, And Uncertain Personal Jurisdiction
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?It is now well established that a United States federal court may compel a foreign party challenging the courtās exercise of personal jurisdiction to engage in jurisdictional discovery pursuant to […]
A Finer Point
An Immigrant Judgeās Ode to Naturalization Ceremonies
by Nancy Joseph
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldAbove: Judge Joseph in 2019 with her 92-year-old āadoptiveā mother, Uctorieuse Destin, on the day Judge Joseph presided over Destin’s naturalization ceremony. COVID-19 has impacted all aspects of life, including […]
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Saving Our Profession: It’s Up to Us
by Joe Webster
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsA 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
by Jeremy Fogel
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsJudges, 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?
by Eugene Volokh and Keith Swisher
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsIn 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 […]