In Conversation

Oral argument at the Supreme Court Before, During, and After the Pandemic

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Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily Engaged

The pandemic has upended things big and small, from our daily routines to the very institutions we hold dear. Perhaps nowhere else in government have these changes been so peculiar […]

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My Own Liberator: A Conversation with Dikgang Moseneke

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

During a lunch-hour event with students at Duke Law School in February, David F. Levi, director of the Bolch Judicial Institute, interviewed former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of the […]

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The Plague of Excessive Force: Working Together to Find a Cure

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

In July, the “Coping with Covid” series shifted attention from one pandemic to another: the plague of excessive force by police officers. It is an old and long-standing problem receiving […]

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Coping with COVID: Continuity and Change in the Courts

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Vol. 104 No. 2 (2020) | Coping with COVID

By now, our courts, state and federal, have adapted much of their work to digital platforms. But some procedures or litigation events do not easily or obviously translate to the […]

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What Makes People Do What They Do?

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Vol. 104 No. 1 (2020) | A Clearer View

In conversation with Bolch Judicial Institute Director David F. Levi, Dan Ariely offers a behavioral scientist’s take on motivation, incentives, and sanctions in legal settings. As a teenager, Dan Ariely […]

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Fixing Fees, Fines & Bail: Toward a Fairer System of Justice

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Vol. 103 No. 3 (2019) | Fees, Fines, and Bail

State Chief Justices and Court Administrators Discuss What’s Working — And What’s Not — As Courts Strive to Reform Fees, Fines, and Bail Practices Long ignored and highly localized, abusive […]

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51 Imperfect Solutions: State and Federal Judges Consider the Role of State Constitutions

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Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough Seas

Judge Jeffrey Sutton is one of our most respected and admired federal appellate judges. He has served on the Sixth Circuit, with chambers in Columbus, Ohio, since his appointment to […]

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A Blinding, An Awakening, and a Journey Through Civil Rights History

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Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?

Sergeant Isaac Woodard had just completed a three-year tour in a segregated unit of the United States Army. He boarded a Greyhound bus in Augusta, Ga., that would take him […]

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Precedent’s Unfulfilled Promise: Re-examining the role of stare decisis

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Vol. 103 No. 2 (2019) | Pay NCAA athletes?

The importance of precedent seems obvious — after all, following precedent is itself precedential. But new cases and questions in front of the Supreme Court have fostered a deeper study […]

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Roundtable: The State of the Judiciary

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Vol. 101 No. 3 (2017) | Bold and Persistent Reform

These are interesting times for the judiciary. Tackling questions of judicial independence, the balance of powers, judicial selection methods, and more, a panel of Duke Law faculty and alumni judges […]

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