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American Judicial Power: The State Court Perspective is a welcome addition to the breadth of studies on the American legal system and provides an accessible and highly illuminating overview of the state courts and their functions. The study of America’s courts is overwhelmingly skewed toward the federal government, and therefore often overlooks state courts and their importance. Michael Buenger and Paul De Muniz fill this gap in the study of American constitutionalism, as they examine the wide and distinctive powers these courts exercise, and their role in administering the bulk of the nation’s justice system. This groundbreaking work covers many critical topics pertaining to the state c...
Legality today commands substantial currency in world affairs, and this volume examines the struggle over its meaning in diverse practices.
Trends in State Courts is an annual, peer-reviewed publication that highlights innovative practices in critical areas that are of interest to courts, and often serves as a guide for developing new initiatives and programs and supporting policy decisions. This year's Trends looks at how the Massachusetts Community Justice Project uses Sequential Intercept Mapping to confront the state's opioid-abuse crisis, the importance of courts investing in human capital, the role of technology in promoting the rule of law, and increasing access to justice.
Trends in State Courts is an annual, peer-reviewed publication that highlights innovative practices in critical areas that are of interest to courts, and often serves as a guide for developing new initiatives and programs and supporting policy decisions. This year's Trends looks at leading during a pandemic, virtual remote interpreting, online dispute resolution, case management systems, new data systems for drug treatment courts, legal icons as a plain language tool, family justice initiative, the impact of labeling youth sexual offenders, parental alienation, divorces among senior citizens, state court collaboration across systems, what happens when a judge's personal opinion collides with the law, building trust, and racial justice.
The Manitoba Law Journal is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1961. The MLJ's current mission is to provide lively, independent and high caliber commentary on legal events in Manitoba or events of special interest to our community. This special issue has articles from a variety of contributing authors including: Ainslie Schroeder, Alfred M. Monnin, Arnold Naimark, Bryan P. Schwartz, Darcy L. MacPherson, Jack London, Martin Freedman, Melanie R. Bueckert, Michael E. Rice, Richard J. Scott, and Samuel Freedman.
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