Nov 13, 2007 | Case Comments, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were enacted in 1938 to “secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action.” The Federal Rules provide three avenues for challenging the sufficiency of a party’s evidence presented at trial: a Rule 50(a)...
Nov 13, 2007 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
Substantive rules typically state the rights and duties as among citizens, and disclose the circumstances where courts redress violations of those rights and duties. Procedural laws, on the other hand, are rules of procedure that have been adopted by courts and...
Nov 13, 2007 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
For many decades the definition of marriage lay at the backwater of family law analysis. This began to change over a decade ago when the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled favorably on an attempt by same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses, prompting the United States...
Nov 13, 2007 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
Juliana McCormick was the lone female carpenter on a major construction project in Boston that connected two of the city’s major subway lines. While working on the project, McCormick’s co-workers sexually harassed her. When she complained of the harassment to her...
Nov 13, 2007 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
On November 17, 1603, at the conclusion of Sir Walter Raleigh’s now famous trial, a jury found Raleigh guilty of treason. Historical observers have recognized the unfairness of the entire proceeding, but it was the denial of Raleigh’s request to face his lone accuser...
Nov 13, 2007 | Notes, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 41
Within only the past three years, inventors Blake and Jason Krikorian launched the company Sling Media, marketed one of the world’s most critically acclaimed new gadgets, sold hundreds of thousands of these gadgets, and then flipped their company for $380 million. ...