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" American Law Review. Vol. 55, 1. February 2005. Pp. 332-342.
This outlines the impact of the courts on the patent and patent law environment. A great source of information on patent law history and its political and legal impact.
Kaheny, Erin B., Haire, Susan Brodie, and Benesh, Sara C. "Change over
Tenure: Voting, Variance, and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals." American Journal of Political Science. Vol. 52, 3. July 2008. Pp.490-503.
A history of the records of voting by judges and the policy making decisions and rulings that have helped shape Constitutional law and the way in which the Constitution is interpreted, implemented, and understood.
Miller, Banks and Curry, Brett. "Expertise, Experience, and Ideology on Specialized Courts: The Case of the...
Vol. 43, 4. December 2009. Pp. 839-864.
Helps to outline the many ways in which the courts have changed public policy. Is political science oriented, though it comes from a law review.
Schooner, Steven L. "A Review of Recent Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Area Summary: A Random Walk: The Federal Circuit's 2010 Government Contract Decisions." American University Law Review. Vol. 60, 1. April, 2011. Pp. 455-463.
This covers recent decisions that have made the court the center of a debate relative to public policy change and influence. A great source for helping to understand how people perceive the courts and how they may or may not have actually changed or influenced public policy.
Helps to outline the many ways in which the courts have changed public policy. Is political science oriented, though it comes from a law review.
Schooner, Steven L. "A Review of Recent Decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Area Summary: A Random Walk: The Federal Circuit's 2010 Government Contract Decisions." American University Law Review. Vol. 60, 1. April, 2011. Pp. 455-463.
This covers recent decisions that have made the court the center of a debate relative to public policy change and influence. A great source for helping to understand how people perceive the courts and how they may or may not have actually changed or influenced public policy.
Obtaining a warrant to take blood sample of a person suspected of drunk driving but has refused to take breath test takes longer time and undermines the essence of time in this process. The Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. together with other judges; however, expressed discomfort with what they termed government sanctioned bodily intrusions using sharp needles (Liptak, 2013). Missouri prosecutors' petition was occasioned by a case where one
In light of the three different appellate courts decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court elected to hear the case against President Obama's healthcare legislation. While the most recent decision found in favor of the constitutionality of the law, "the Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals from just one decision, from the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, the only one so far striking down the
Cannibal Cop" -- When does evil thought become a crime? Gilbert Valle III was a 28-year-old former New York City police officer who was arrested after his wife reveled to authorities that he was obsessed with the idea of kidnapping women, torturing them, raping them then eating their flesh. His wife had come upon his computer record of his visits to chat rooms (including "Dark Fetish Net") that deal in unspeakably
b. Civil -- Civil cases involve disputes between two parties. In these cases the person or entity who files the suit (the plaintiff) claims that the other person or entity (the defendant) has failed to fulfill a legal obligation to the plaintiff. The plaintiff may request the court to require the defendant to either fulfill the obligation or make monetary restitution. III. Federal Court System a. Jurisdiction -- The jurisdiction of federal
The district courts hear cases first, if the case is of federal jurisdiction. If a party decides to appeal a ruling, it goes to an appellate court. The appellate court will not hear a case that has not already passed through the district court. Moreover, when it does hear a case it does not re-try the case on its merits, but merely seeks to see if there was an
During the 70's and 80's some of these opportunities were eliminated by the actions of the Burger and Rehnquist courts but habeas corpus actions remain a major problem for both systems and our a source of much acrimony. In 1996, Congress amended the federal habeas corpus statute in order to provide some clarification as to how habeas corpus was to be applied and interpreted nationwide. XI. The Eleventh Amendment and