International, Global, Law & Culture, Criminal Law
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.
Judging, Technology
by Lee Reiners
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?By now, you have probably heard of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Perhaps, however, you have found the topics impenetrable or doubted their relevance to the courtroom. But cryptocurrency is a […]
Court Administration, Law & Culture
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 […]
Judging, Law & Culture, State Courts
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 […]
Court Administration, Judging, State Courts
Ask the average person to imagine what a judge does, and the answer will most likely be something right out of a courtroom from Law & Order — or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My […]
Rule of Law, Constitutional Law
by David F. Levi, Jack L. Goldsmith and Bob Bauer
Vol. 106 No. 2 | Losing faith?At the invitation of the leaders of The American Law Institute (ALI), a group of legal experts representing a range of legal and political views has developed a slate of […]
Global, International, Law & Culture, Rule of Law
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 […]
Global, Rule of Law, Constitutional Law
by Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. USAF (ret.)
Vol. 99 No. 2 | The Mass-Tort MDL VortexAlthough the revamping of bulk data-collection practices dominated headlines about the passage of the USA Freedom Act in June, the new law also contained reforms of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court […]
Judging, Law & Culture
Start with an innocuous example: men and women who are tall. Are you talking about all men or only those who are tall? That is, does the who-clause modify both nouns? There’s no […]
Technology, Criminal Law
Not long ago, “friend” was a noun, “yelp” meant a shrill bark, “twitter” referred to a chirp, a “tumbler” was a gymnast or a glass, and “facebook,” “youtube,” and “instagram” […]
