Technology, Criminal Law
With the exception of DNA analysis, a great deal of so-called “forensic science” — that is, the analysis of tool marks, bite marks, hair comparisons, fingerprints, blood spatters, arson patterns, and […]
Law & Culture, State Courts, Federal Courts
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 […]
Global, Judging, Law & Culture
Judicial accountability is a sensitive topic because a disciplinary system may be subject to political pressure and can negatively impact judicial independence. Furthermore, because judiciaries in developed democracies tend to […]
Law & Culture, Criminal Law
There are at least two points of consensus among those who study national security secrecy: First, the government must keep some secrets in order to protect national security. Second, a […]
Judging
“Can one ever have his or her fill of Richard Posner?”1 The answer to this question, for many, is “No.” For those afflicted with “Posner-mania” — the incessant need to […]
Judging
Lee Epstein, William M. Landes, and Richard Posner have written a book that is monumental in its scope and yet falls frustratingly short in achieving its aspirations. Actually, it is best […]
Law & Culture
As society evolves, should state courts likewise evolve? Should courts replace or, at a minimum, augment their traditional roles in the adversarial system that defines our nation’s judicial process? Should […]
Law & Culture, State Courts, Federal Courts
Second Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann brings his unique professional career, including his distinguished experience and expertise in legislature, in academia, and as a jurist, to his masterful new book, […]
Law & Culture
Tara Smith asks: “How should courts interpret the law? By fidelity to the text? To the will of the people? To certain moral ideals?” In Judicial Review in an Objective […]
Constitutional Law
by Melissa Hart
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?In Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment, Burt Neuborne, the Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties and the founding legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, […]
