Criminal Law

Judging Judging Bastarache
The Canadian Legal blogoshpere is abuzz with commentary on “Judging Bastarache,” the recent released report penned by Chris Schafer and James McLean at the request of the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF)...

Solomon on "Judging Plaintiffs"
Jason Solomon (Georgia) has posted a piece on tort theory, Judging Plaintiffs, on SSRN. Here's the abstract: With its powerful account of the normative principles embodied in the structure and practice of the law of torts, corrective justice is considered...

Judging Capacity of Older Adults in Guardianship Proceedings
Edie L. Greene (Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) has recently published her article entitled Deciding to Let Others Decide; Judging the Need for Guardianship and Conservatorship, Prob...

Judging Judges Judging Cases
I don’t generally pass on pointers to academic articles in the Social Science Research Network database, because there are plenty of others on the web who are doing that. But a recent paper (Guthrie, Chris, Rachlinski , Jeffrey J...

Im not judging
Here are some recent searches that brought readers to this blog. No chuckling. Act your age. “I am on probation and lied to the prosecutor.” “Cop first day back catching criminal 2008″ (??) “Is internet porn illegal in ct?” “Been a public defender too long” “Ice cream truck” and “back of ice cream truck” (I hesitate to venture a guess) “Worn [...

The Ideological Component of Judging in the Taxation Context
Nancy C. Staudt (Northwestern), Lee Epstein (Northwestern) & Peter J. Wiedenbeck (Washington University) have published The Ideological Component of Judging in the Taxation Context, 84 Wash...

Clearwire Service
alleging poor quality and unfairly charging early termination fees.

Federal Government
Florida residents sue claiming extraordinary delays in judging citizenship applications.