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Court Administration, State Courts
Lawyers, the Legal Profession & Access to Justice in the United States: A Brief History
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailIn no profession is the gulf greater between ideals and practices than it is for lawyers. Ideally, justice is a universal good: the law protects equally the rights of the […]
Court Administration, State Courts
Reclaiming the Role of Lawyers as Community Connectors
by David F. Levi, Abigail Frisch and Dana Remus
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailFor many years, there has been a serious debate about the legal profession’s exclusive role in the market for legal representation. The debate has focused on how that role factors […]
Court Administration, State Courts
The Process Due: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers a multidisciplinary examination of the devastating and persistent crisis in legal services
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailEarlier this year, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences dedicated an issue of Dædelus, its quarterly scholarly journal, entirely to the topic of “Access to Justice.” Fittingly, it was […]
Federal Courts, Constitutional Law
Stevens, J., Dissenting: The Legacy of Heller
by Darrell A.H. Miller and Joseph Blocher
Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and BailSecond Amendment scholars discuss the late Justice John Paul Stevens’s contributions to one of the nation’s thorniest debates During his 34 years on the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens […]
Global, Law & Culture
Decoding GDPR: Familiar Terms Could Cause Major Confusion When GDPR Takes Effect
Vol. 102 No. 1 (2018) | Forensic FailOn May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect, replacing the aged European Data Protection Directive created in the year 1995. GDPR intends to harmonize data-protection laws […]
State Courts, Federal Courts
Access to Affordable Justice: A Challenge to the Bench, Bar, and Academy
Vol. 100 No. 3 (2016) | Who appointed me god?Most everyone agrees that in the American civil justice system many important legal rights go unvindicated, serious losses remain uncompensated, and those called on to defend their conduct are often […]
Technology
Protecting Electronic Privacy
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasCarpenter v. United States, decided by the Supreme Court in June 2018, is one of the most important decisions applying the Fourth Amendment to the technology of the 21st century.[1] […]
Federal Courts
Has Shoe Run Its Course?
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasHow will recent Supreme Court decisions on personal jurisdiction impact the legacy of International Shoe and the future of complex litigation? In just a few years, the Supreme Court has […]
Technology, Federal Courts
Overseas Obligations: An Update on Cross-Border Discovery
by Michael M. Baylson and Sandra Jeskie
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasAn article published in the Winter 2016 edition of Judicature provided an overview of case law and approaches for handling cross-border discovery in litigation. Since then, there have been some […]
Court Administration, Federal Courts, Criminal Law
Can Federal Sentencing Remain Transparent?
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasCriminal trials have virtually disappeared in many federal courtrooms. According to a recent U.S. Sentencing Commission report, “[i]n recent years, 97 percent of federal defendants convicted of a felony or […]