Civil Law, Federal Courts
In May of 2010, some 200 judges, lawyers, and academics gathered for two days at the Duke University Law School to evaluate the state of civil litigation in federal court. […]
International, Judging
The process of judicial selection varies dramatically across the globe. Even countries with similar legal structures and systems might select judges in different ways. And while most scholars agree that […]
Civil Law
by Marin K. Levy, Zachary Clopton, Mila Sohoni and Kevin Clermont
Vol. 105 No. 3 | Leaving AfghanistanWhen can a plaintiff sue in their home state? The answer to that question was once answered fairly simply in a single first-year law class. But over the past decade, […]
Judging, Law & Culture
by Robert J. Conrad Jr. and Justine Parry Welch
Vol. 105 No. 3 | Leaving AfghanistanCourthouses serve as monuments to our legal tradition, so a willingness to reconsider design assumptions is essential to the continuing vitality of jury trials.
Law & Culture, State Courts
Click here to download this article’s accompanying appendix. The increase in partisan polarization in the United States over the last several decades is evident in a variety of ways: in roll-call […]
Federal Courts
The Different and Sometimes Convoluted Ways that Congress Granted Circuit Court Trial Jurisdiction to the 19th-Century Federal District Courts Doing research for a book on the history of the federal […]
International, Global, Criminal Law
Justice Jackson’s post-Nuremberg legacy — his “dispassionate approach” to criminal procedure — continues to shape modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
International, Criminal Law
by Michael P. Scharf and Benjamin Ferencz
Vol. 105 No. 3 | Leaving AfghanistanDuring the Nuremberg Trials, Ferencz served as a principal trial lawyer for the U.S., working under chief prosecutors Justice Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor.
International, Rule of Law
The current rule of law crisis has roots in Afghanistan’s 2004 constitution, which created a flawed separation of powers system.
International
by David F. Levi, Allyson K. Duncan, Tayeba Parsa, Zohal Noori Rahiq, Susan Glazebrook, Helena Kennedy, Patricia Whalen, David Rivkin and Mark Ellis
Judicature International, Vol. 105 No. 3 | Leaving AfghanistanInternational organizations are working to evacuate Afghan women judges, who face particular peril under Taliban rule.
