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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, ā[i]n recent years, 97 percent of federal defendants convicted of a felony or […]
Rule of Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law
The Emergence of the American Constitutional Law Tradition
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasMy title is āThe Emergence of the American Constitutional Law Tradition,ā and what I want us to think about today is the process by which American constitutional law came to […]
Law & Culture
Remembering Dr. Kingās Last Legal Battle
by Sarah Smith
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightDuring the first week of April this year, the city of Memphis, Tenn., commemorated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the 50th anniversary of the […]
Judge Reads, Law & Culture
Six Books for Understanding the Fourteenth Amendment
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightDuring the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the judicial scholar with an inquiring mind will find much to read, and much historical and constitutional wisdom to […]
Rule of Law, State Courts
Change Agents: Looking to State Constitutions for Rights Innovations
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightThe following is an excerpt from 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law (Ā© 2018 by Jeffrey Sutton, published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.) […]
Rule of Law, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law
How Freed Slaves Extended the Reach of Federal Courts and Expanded our Understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightIn 1870, Maria Mitchell, an African American woman in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, did something that she could not have done when she was enslaved: She ātalked for her rights.ā […]
Court Administration, State Courts, Criminal Law
Conversations of a Lifetime: The Power of the Sentencing Colloquy and How to Make It Matter
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?In recent years, there has been increased attention on sentencing, and particularly sentencing disparities. The thrust and focus of this attention have been on the statistics of sentencing and reforms, […]
Court Administration, State Courts
Taking “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” Seriously
Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?Editorās note: This article was written by Judge Jon O. Newman during his tenure as the Bolch Judicial Instituteās inaugural Distinguished Judge in Residence. The Instituteās Distinguished Judge in Residence […]