Global, Judging, Law & Culture
Judges are not constitutional theorists. Their role is a practical one: to provide impartial justice to parties in a particular case. […]
Court Administration, Global, International, Law & Culture, Rule of Law
by Stephen Gageler and David Collins
Judicature International (2024) | An online-only publicationChief Justice Gageler speaks about his role and potential solutions to a few complex — and often global — problems that face the Australian judiciary.
Federal Courts, Criminal Law
A scholar considers how judges have contributed to historically high incarceration rates — and how they can help reverse the trend. While the American criminal justice system was once known […]
Law & Culture
by David F. Levi and Geoffrey R. Stone
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaPICTURED ABOVE: College students protest the Vietnam War at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s. (Classic Stock/Alamy stock Photo) Examining the campus speech debate through a First Amendment lens […]
Civil Law, Judging, Criminal Law
Imagine that you (a former civil trial judge) and your colleague (a former tax court judge) are on an appellate panel assigned to adjudicate two appeals. One is an appeal […]
Law & Culture
The Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States oversees the work of the five advisory committees that draft proposed new and […]
Rule of Law
Retired Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig recently called his fellow members of the bar to action. “We lawyers,” he charged, “are weighted by an almost sacred responsibility” to defend […]
International
by Olena Kibenko and Cristobal Diaz
Judicature International (2024) | An online-only publicationFebruary 24 marks two years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest attack on a European country since World War II. Despite frequent air alerts and missile attacks, Ukraine’s […]
Judging
by John M. Scheb, II and Lee W. Ailshie
Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98Contrary to expectations, the newest justice quickly adapted to her environment and almost immediately began participating fully in the work of the Court.
Court Administration
by Albert Diaz and Steven J. Alagna
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsThe debate over an ethics code for Supreme Court justices has made headlines recently. But the justices — along with the rest of the federal judiciary — have long been […]
