Among the issues of public concern with a philosophical dimenion addressed in some of the articles published in Philosophy & Public Affairs are matters related to criminal law and justice.: “Issues of public concern often have an important philosophical dimension. Philosophy & Public Affairs is published in the belief that…
Here are some questions and responses about Twitter. I have followed the usual practice of deleting any personal information about any of the respondents. That being said I have already found these responses very useful and would like to share them with readers of this blog. David Badertscher QUESTIONS: :…
With all the news and interest in the Democratic National Convention which begins on Monday, we thought that some of you would be interested in seeing, Renewing America’s Promise, Report of the Platform Committee for presentation to the 2008 National Convention. It was approved on August 9, 2008. To see…
All four of the Policy Recommendations submitted by the Criminal Justice Section to the ABA House of Delegates were unanimously approved on August 11, 2008. To link to the final versions of each recommendation and audio recordings of the presentations and discussions, click here
10A Adopts the Best Practices for Judges in the Settlement and Trial of Cases Involving Unrepresented Litigants in Housing Court. Adopted as Revised 10B Urges Congress to examine the “incident to service” exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act. Adopted 10C Urges state, local, and territorial bar associations to adopt…
QUESTION: “I am looking for any courts that have a video system that displays the docket or room assignments for patrons of the court. I looking for any specs that you have in place. For instance are you using LCD TV screens or just normal computer screens. Do you have…
PRESS RELEASE Des Moines, Iowa – Gordon L. Doerfer of Boston, Massachusetts took office as President of the American Judicature Society at the Society’s Annual Meeting in New York on August 7. Doerfer retired last year from the bench after twenty-five years of service on the trial and appellate courts…
From: Quinlan Law Enforcement E-News Alert, August 14, 2008 Question: “Peals was arrested in his garage by a number of Terre Haute, Indiana police officers from the Street Crimes Unit, a unit used to perform special tasks including high-risk arrests, narcotics arrests, and narcotics information gathering. Among these officers were…
From: CIO Insider, August 15, 2008. Posting by Mark Cummuta in CIO: Best Practices The Impact of Globalization on Executive Job Searches “After meeting an Australian business consultant known for his research on globalization, CIO Job Search author Mark Cummuta begins to realize why his search has been so arduous.…
Week ending August 15, 2008 Verdicts Most Plaintiffs Who Reject Settlement Offers Do Worse at Trial Aug 11, 2008, 06:49 am CDT “The gamble of going to trial doesn’t pay off for most plaintiffs, according to a study of more than 2,000 civil suits from 2002 to 2005. Sixty-one percent…