Circle sentencing is the NSW approach to what is generally called 'indigenous courts' which operates in most (except Tasmania) Australian jurisdictions. The idea is to bring a level of cultural awareness and significance to the traditional criminal justice system, and generally involves using Aboriginal elders as advisors [...]
At the ABA Annual Meeting, William Neukom, in his final speech as President, said the World Justice Project will continue as an independent entity supported by its own funding sources. The World Justice Project initiative, upon which Mr. Neukom's presidency centered, drew nearly 500 attendees to the [...]
Last week, the Harvard's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at recognized Missouri’s Division of Youth Services as the winner of its 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform. Focusing on individual and group treatment approaches, Missouri's program provides dormitory settings [...]
Most of us experience a steady stream of ideas, concerns and preoccupations—to-do lists, bills and reams of information to digest and act on. As lawyers, we tend to consider the mind a great ally. After all, it churns out all the strategies and arguments that build our [...]
Almost everyone has a home office of some kind these days. Does that mean you're virtual? What does being virtual really entail? Can I untether myself from the office? If I do, can I still be effective? Can I manage my law practice remotely? What about connecting [...]
The only way my “career” in law makes any sense is if I view it from the perspective of it having followed a path designed by someone other than the “I” that looks back at me when I look in the mirror. And as it turns out, [...]
When President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan last year he invoked Abraham Lincoln's 1861 suspension of habeas corpus, claimed his decision was based around the actions of terrorists and fundamental extremists, and instituted a Provisional Constitutional Order effectively suspending the Constitution of Pakistan. The [...]
The 30th Judicial District of North Carolina is a rural, seven county district located in the far western part of the state. Here and, to the best of my knowledge, in the rest of the state, courts have employed the traditional in-court calendar call for civil and [...]
As a trial judge since 1979, I have presided over many cases involving adults and youths who made serious mistakes, were charged with criminal offenses, and needed to improve their lives. At key moments in these cases, including detention, sentencing, and review hearings, the judge must listen [...]
In thinking about preventive law, analogies from medicine and public health come immediately to mind. While much has been written about preventive medicine, including early screening, detection, and intervention for disease, only recently have judges, lawyers, academicians and the public begun to address preventive law and its [...]
