Court Review

AJA’s well-respected quarterly publication, Court Review, features current articles on trends, innovations, and topics of practical interest to judges.  The current issue featured articles are  excerpted below.

65th Anniversary issue

Volume 60, Issue 3

Perceptions and Experiences with Judicial Security Threats: A Survey of U.S. State Court Judges

By Christine M. McDermott, Evan Murphy, Patrick Grimes & John Muffler

This study surveyed state court judges from across the United States to understand their security concerns, planning and preparation, past experiences with security threats, and judicial security needs. This study also measured potential differences in judicial perceptions due to actual security concerns they have experienced. More.

AJA 65th Anniversary Reprint: The Case of Standing Bear

By Joe Starita

As he was trudging through the snow and cold of Kansas in January 1879, it’s hard to imagine Chief Standing Bear could ever have imagined that he would one day create a ground-breaking legal ruling, become a book, have a statue in his honor in the nation’s capital, generate 10 million stamps in his his image, and have a high school bearing his name.
Full  reprint |  The Case of Standing Bear: 15 Years After Court Review Publication

Civil Cases in the Supreme Court’s October Term 2023

By Thomas  M. Fisher

This term, administrative law ascended from undercard to main event. More.

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