Oregon Legal Research BlogReview: The Multiple Faces of Textualism (Jot Well, Jan 15, 2021) Article reviewed: Tara Leigh Grove, Which Textualism?, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 265 (2020). Excerpt: “In her wonderfully-titled…
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Too Much Law, Too Little Politics: Reith Lectures, 2019
If you haven’t discovered Reith Lectures (BBC, Radio 4), here is your chance. Topics vary and this year’s (2019) lecturer was Jonathan Sumption. The lectures and Q&A that…
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Oregon High Court Judges: Productivity, Influence and Independence
Willamette Week’s Murmers this week (5/21/08) notes a recent study (May 2008) titled, “Which States Have the Best (and worst) High Courts,” by Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati,…
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The Other Lottery (not Shirley): Selecting Presidents, Legislators, and Judges By Lottery
A recent (Season 5) Malcolm Gladwell Revisionist History podcast reminded me that there is a long history of elections by lottery. (Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell, The Powerball Revolution,…
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Jurors: Pay Attention to the Judge’s Instructions, or Land in Jail
From a 1/25/12, Law in the News link, we travel to this story from England: “Jurors: leave the information age—or go to jail,” by Peter Bright: Excerpt: “An English…
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High Legal Research Cool Factor: wellsettled dot com
Hat tip to Bob Ambrogi’s LawSites blog post: WellSettled.com Mines Cases for Established Principles,” which introduces us to wellsettled dot com: “It is well settled…” I bet you can’t search…
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Oregon U.S.D.Ct. Chief Judge Ann Aiken a 2015 Fastcase 50 Winner
“The Fastcase 50 for 2015 highlights entrepreneurs, innovators, and trailblazers — people who have charted a new course for the delivery of legal services….“…
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UPL and Oregon’s New Public Law Library Employees
…within their own state’s public law librarian world.) FIRST AND FOREMOST: 1) Your law library’s services: You absolutely, positively must discuss these issues thoroughly with your supervisors, your judges, your…
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Oregon Judicial Profiles and Other Biographical Information
It’s not always easy to find biographical information about state and local judges. Here are a few places to start, but be prepared to dig deeply: 1) OFFICIAL…
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2008 Oregon Judicial Candidate Voting Guide
…state and local judges. Here are a few places to start: *** OFFICIAL SOURCES *** Oregon Judicial Department (OJD): for information on Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges…