by Erika Rickard and Qudsiya Naqui
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanWith courthouses shuttered by COVID-19, civil legal systems in nearly every state moved quickly to adopt new tools to support online operation — a decisive response that enabled millions of […]
by Christopher Copp and Markus Kemmelmeier
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceAutonomous vehicles have long ignited the American imagination. Increasingly, they have caught the attention of lawyers and judges as well. The integration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) represents a startling shift […]
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeAt the end of 2015, two states became the first jurisdictions to add explicit references to social media to their codes of judicial conduct. In a new code effective Dec. […]
The Standing Committee on Federal Rules recently approved two new self-authentication rules for electronic machine-generated evidence. The goal is to save time and money by creating a pretrial procedure for […]
by Philip Sales
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldMuch attention is paid to our brave new world wrought by algorithms and artificial technology, one in which many societal functions are accelerated and made more efficient — and more […]
(Pictured Above: View of an online hearing at the Hangzhou Internet Court, in Hangzhou City, the first court in the world designed to hear cases nearly exclusively online. Disputes focus […]
The judiciary is, in many respects, the least understood branch of government. The law can be mysterious and a bit frightening to those who do not work in the legal […]
by Nathan Sales
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsIn the wake of a catastrophic terrorist attack like 9/11, what balance should the government strike between its weighty national-security responsibilities and its equally solemn duty to preserve Americans’ privacy […]
by Erwin Chemerinsky and Eric J. Segall
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?On Jan. 24, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court issued its monumental decision concerning the fate of Brexit, a legal ruling with major implications for the people of England, Europe, […]
“Know thyself.” Inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, and echoed down the halls of time by Plato, Pope, Franklin, and Emerson, there may be no more fundamental maxim […]