Feature
Global, Law & Culture, Criminal Law
Toward Recognizing an International Human Right to Claim Innocence
by Brandon Garrett, Laurence R. Helfer, Mark Godsey, Luca Lupària and Jayne Huckerby
Judicature International (2021-22) | 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
10 Things Judges Should Know About Cryptocurrency
by Lee Reiners
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | 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
Legal Information vs. Legal Advice: A 25 Year Retrospective
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | Losing faith?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
Trauma-Informed Judicial Practice from the Judges’ Perspective
by Eva McKinsey, Samantha A. Zottola, Luke Ellmaker, Alexis Mitchell and Mark Heinen
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | 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
Judges, Judging and Otherwise
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | Losing faith?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
Reforming the Electoral Count Act, Safeguarding the Vote
by David F. Levi, Bob Bauer and Jack L. Goldsmith
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | 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, Law & Culture, Rule of Law
Bolch Prize 2022: A Shining Example
by David F. Levi, M. Margaret McKeown, Manuel Sager, J. Clifford Wallace, D. Todd Christofferson and David G. Campbell
Vol. 106 No. 2 (2022) | 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 […]
Technology
How Technology is Changing Justice in China
by Zhiyu Li, Benjamin Chen and Shitong Qiao
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn their article How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice? (Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 2020), Professor Zhiyu Li of Durham Law School and Professor Benjamin Chen of […]
Global, Rule of Law
Walking Back Human Rights in Europe?
by Erik Voeten and Laurence R. Helfer
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022), Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Walking Back Human Rights in Europe? (published in the European Journal of International Law, Vol. 31 No. 3, 2020), scholars LAURENCE R. HELFER and ERIK VOETEN examined minority opinions of the European Court of Human Rights […]
State Courts
A Tale of Two Restrictions
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily EngagedThe Dynamic Effect of Contribution Limits and Direct Solicitation Rules on Individual Donations to State Supreme Court Campaigns Campaign finance is regulated up and down the ballot under the government’s […]