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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"State courts"”.
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The Lack Of Diversity On The Bench In Florida's State Courts
… much influence over the lives of people of the state, it is important that all Floridians perceive the judiciary legitimate. Having a diverse judiciary serves the goal. The Bush/Jennings team appointed; 1) the first African American woman, Judge Peggy Quince to the Florida Supreme Court (with …
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The evolution of drug laws in America and the variation in penalties and sentencing in state courts
… the evolution of major drug laws in the United States, the variation in statutory penalties between selected states, and to determine if the written law is reflected in sentencing and prison admissions. Penalties for felony possession and illicit trafficking for five states-Arizona, Florida, …
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A case study of North Carolina desegregation issues: influence patterns of federal and state courts and state statutes
… patterns among federal court decisions, state appellate court decisions, and state statutes pertaining to the desegregation of public schools in North Carolina. Sources of Data: The search for cases and statutes pertinent to this study required the use of the National Reporter System, …
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Teacher incompetence: a compilation of the legal grounds used in federal and state cases involving the dismissal of tenured public school teachers
… to review legal grounds upheld by federal and state courts in cases involving the dismissal of tenured public school teachers for alleged incompetence from 1958-1982 to determine a judicial definition of teacher incompetence. In addition, the study attempted to provide an historical analysis to …
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Lawyers Need Law: A Study of Constitutional Arguments Made to State Supreme Courts
… conservatism of the U.S. Supreme Court, state judges, lawyers, and scholars in the 1970s argued for a new judicial federalism. State courts, using state constitutions, may provide protections exceeding the federal minimum. In addition to allowing states to experiment with solutions to …
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Il sindacato di legittimità costituzionale sulla misura delle pene detentive: un'indagine comparata The constitutional review of excessive prison terms: a comparative study
… is also an in depth analysis of lower federal courts' and state courts' proportionality jurisprudence, and a focus on the most significant theoretical perspectives elaborated by U.S. scholars, who strongly criticize the proportionality jurisprudence developed in the Suprem Court decisions, …
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Essays in Health and Labor Economics
… wrongful discharge protections adopted by U.S. state courts on employment and job loss for workers with different ethnicity, race, and education level.
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Interim measures in international commercial arbitration with seat in Zurich (Switzerland)
… As will be explained, arbitral tribunals and state courts may have concurrent jurisdiction to order interim measures and thus, the parties will have to decide which authority to apply to. To determine which possibility will be more advantageous in the concrete circumstances they have to …
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A teoria da imputação objetiva na jurisprudência brasileira: análise de casos de autocolocação em perigo e de heterocolocação em perigo consentida em crimes contra a vida
… Superior Court of Justice and two from different State Courts – providing a diagnostic assessment regarding the correct or incorrect application of the concepts of self-endangerment and hetero-endangerment and ultimately drawing conclusions on the current stage of understanding of the objective …
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Do the Views of the Prosecutor's Offices Have an Impact on Whether Intimate Partner Violence Cases Go To Trial?
… of those crimes are brought to trial in state courts (US Dept. of Justice, 2005). Even a cursory look at the literature indicates that extra-legal factors, including the personal views of the police, judges, and prosecutors, have an effect on which cases are brought to trial. Mandatory …
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Public School Desegregation in Virginia from 1954 to the Present
… the social foundation of eleven southern states when it declared that racially segregated schools were "inherently unequal." Brown I,, in fact, was one of many controversial decisions made by the Supreme Court as it reflected the egalitarian spirit of the 1950's and 1960's. By 1970, …
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Judicial deference to the executive branch at the State Court level
… deference to the executive branch at the state court level. There has been significant research done into the development of judicial deference, but it almost always takes place at the Supreme Court. Similarly, the Solicitor General’s success rate has only been analyzed at the federal …
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The transformation of the American legal mind: Habeas corpus, federalism, and constitutionalism, 1787-1870
… on power rather than as a grant of power. States' rights doctrine had a tremendous impact on courts, state and federal, in the antebellum period. The supremacy of state courts was established by issuing writs of habeas corpus for prisoners confined under the authority of the federal …
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Legal aspects of sanitary engineering facilities
… regional differences in legal philosophy. More state courts recognize the liability of engineers. Much litigation can be avoided by the engineering profession's recognition that adequate supervision and inspection of construction, knowledge of subsurface conditions, and the use of correct …
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State judicial selection methods as public policy: The Missouri plan
<p>State judiciaries are foundational institutions of governance in the United States. They are coequal, policy-making branches of government whose members, along with the legislative and executive branches, are constitutionally authorized and empowered in all fifty American states. Extant research …
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Market Reaction to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
… lawsuits to be tried in their preferred venue—state courts. Changes introduced by CAFA practically removed the majority of class action jurisdiction from state to federal courts. Since law and regulation might serve as an external corporate governance mechanism, an interesting question is …
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The Philadelphia Experiment in Civil Case Management - Journey from Disaster to Model Court
In a 1995 study of the 45 largest urban state trial courts in the country, Philadelphia's state trial court was ranked as the 2nd worst jurisdiction for the length of time it took a case to get concluded. Philadelphia's Court leaders undertook to transform the culture of the court by implementing …
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Reexamining the "Constitutional Revolution of 1937": Evolution, Revolution, or Restoration and the "Fall" of Economic Due Process
… the end of economic due process in the federal courts. This opened the door for state supreme courts to fashion independent decisions on economic due process issues based on their state’s constitutions. This dissertation is designed to use state economic due process decisions of the era as a …
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Analysis of Fiscal Equity in Virginia: 2004 - 2020
… to assess the degree of fiscal equity in the statewide finance model for public elementary and secondary education. Five years, between 2004 and 2020, were selected for analysis to examine whether trends noted in a 2005 study of fiscal equity in Virginia have remained constant or whether the …
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Efforts to equalize funding between wealthy and poor school districts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
… and policy decisions across the United States for almost four decades. Pressures for the reform of state educational funding systems have been driven by the national political trend toward equal educational opportunity and by litigation in state courts. The policy responses by states …
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