Court Informer
March/May 2006
The Court Informer is a publication of the Superior Court Law Library, distributed every two
months as a current awareness service. It includes citations to articles recently received by
the Law Library as well as other materials that may be of interest to the Court. If you would
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Susan Armstrong at (602) 506-3599 or sarmstrong@scll.maricopa.gov
CONTENTS
Adoption, Foster Care & Juvenile Justice ................................................................................................ 1
Alternative Dispute Resolution .................................................................................................................. 1
Capital Cases & Capital Sentencing.......................................................................................................... 1
Courts & Court Administration .................................................................................................................. 2
Criminal Justice........................................................................................................................................... 3
Ethics............................................................................................................................................................ 5
Evidence....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Family Law ................................................................................................................................................... 7
Guardianship & Probate ............................................................................................................................. 8
Juries & Jury Reform .................................................................................................................................. 9
Technology and the Law ............................................................................................................................ 9
Trial Practice.............................................................................................................................................. 10
General Interest ......................................................................................................................................... 10
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Adoption, Foster Care & Juvenile Justice
1. “Dog in Court Puts Juveniles at Ease.” 119 Los Angeles Daily Journal 4 (March 27, 2006).
2. Gray, Jessica G. “De-sensationalizing the Child ‘Divorce’: A Jurisdictional Analysis on a
Child’s Role in Terminating Parental Rights.” XXXIX Suffolk University Law Review 489 (2006).
3. Grisso, Thomas. “Adolescents’ Decision Making: A Developmental Perspective on
Constitutional Provisions in Delinquency Cases.” 32 New England Journal on Criminal and
Civil Confinement 3 (Winter 2006).
4. Koch, Wendy. “Relatives Open Hearts and Homes; More Foster-Care Children Are Being
Adopted by Members of Their Families, Records Show.” USA Today A3 (March 20, 2006).
5. “More Minors Arrested along Border; 114,000 Illegal Juvenile Entrants Detained on U.S.
Perimeter Last Year.” East Valley Tribune A5 (April 3, 2006).
6. Riffin, Thomas. “Competence to Stand Trial Evaluations with Juveniles.” 32 New England
Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 15 (Winter 2006).
7. Scherzer, Anna. “The Worst of All Possible Worlds: Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice
System.” 27 American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 5 (2006).
Alternative Dispute Resolution
8. Aresty, Jeffrey M. “The Internet and ADR; People Who Rely on ADR Should Learn about ODR:
Online Dispute Resolution.” 23 GPSolo 30 (January/February 2006).
9. Brazil, Wayne. “Should Court-Sponsored ADR Survive?” 21 Ohio State Journal on Dispute
Resolution 241 (2006).
10. Bulmash, Linda. “Use of Mediation Has Become Natural Adjunct to Litigation.” 119 Los
Angeles Daily Journal 9 (April 20, 2006).
11. Calkins, Richard M. “Caucus Mediation – Putting Conciliation Back into the Process: The
Peacemaking Approach to Resolution, Peace, and Healing.” 54 Drake Law Review 259 (Winter
2006).
12. Korobkin, Russell. “Psychological Impediments to Mediation Success: Theory and Practice.”
21 Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution 281 (2006).
13. Liberman, Amy L. “The ‘A’ List of Emotions in Mediation: From Anxiety to Agreement.” 61
Dispute Resolution Journal 46 (February-April 2006).
14. Main, Thomas O. “ADR: The New Equity.” 74 University of Cincinnati Law Review 329
(Winter 2005).
15. Roberson, Linda. “Negotiation Strategies: Civility and Cooperation without Compromising
Advocacy.” 20 American Journal of Family Law 7 (Spring 2006).
Capital Cases & Capital Sentencing
16. Broder, John M. “Lethal Injection Draws a New National Spotlight.” New York Times A22
(February 23, 2006).
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17. Geerdes, Holly and Nikki Cox. “Death Penalty Law.” 57 Mercer Law Review 479 (Winter
2006).
18. Gibeaut, John. “A Painful Way to Die? Once Called Humane, Lethal Injection Is Now Claimed
to Be Cruel and Unusual.” 92 ABA Journal 20 (April 2006).
19. Kravets, David. “Execution Postponed in Calif.; Citing Ethics, Doctors Refuse to Sedate Killer.”
Arizona Republic A3 (February 22, 2006).
20. “National Jury Center Reports 139 Death Sentences in 2005” (March 27, 2006), available at:
http://www.fadp.org/news/usnw-20060328.htm
21. Pollak, Steven H. “Stop Ga. Death Penalty until Problems Solved, Report Says” (February 1,
2006), available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1138701911792
22. Rubin, Anat and Linda Rapattoni. “Death Chamber Role Raises Ethics Issue; Doctors’ Place at
Executions Violates Code.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal 1 (February 27, 2006).
23. Wallace, Bruce. “Awaiting Death’s Footsteps; On Japan’s Death Row, Prisoners Never Know
When the Hangman Will Come. Harsh Conditions Aim to Calm but Critics Call Them Inhuman.”
Los Angeles Times A1 (March 2, 2006).
24. Wernick, Steven J. “Elimination of the Juvenile Death Penalty — Substituting Moral Judgment
for a True National Consensus. (Roper v. Simmons, 125 S. Ct. 1183, 2005).” 58 Florida Law
Review 471 (April 2006).
Courts & Court Administration
25. Acquaviva, Gregory L. “Mental Health Courts: No Longer Experimental.” 36 Seton Hall Law
Review 971 (2006).
26. Bronstad, Amanda. “’Private Judges’ Alter Legal Landscape; Supporters Point to Speed; Critics
Blast ‘Court for Rich’.” 28 National Law Journal 1 (April 10, 2006).
27. “Civil Filings Decrease.” 2006 Lawyers Weekly USA 12 (March 27, 2006).
28. Danner, Patrick and Dan Christensen. “Broward Court Cases Hidden from the Public; More
Than 100 Broward Circuit Court Cases Since 2001 Have Been Put on a Docket That the Public
Can’t See; One First Amendment Lawyer Class It a ‘Secret Judiciary’” (April 16, 2006),
available at: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/14351333.htm
29. DeBenedictis, Don J. “Civil Litigants Not Fluent in English Fare Poorly.” 119 Los Angeles Daily
Journal 1 (April 21, 2006).
30. Foster, Mary. “Judges Investigating Representation of New Orleans’ Poor by Defenders.”
Arizona Republic A5 (February 11, 2006).
31. Hazard, Jr., Geoffrey C. “The Rhetoric of Disputes in Courts, the Media, and the Legislature.”
40 Georgia Law Review 559 (Winter 2006).
32. Hazard, Jr., Geoffrey C. and Angelo Dondi. “Responsibilities of Judges and Advocates in Civil
and Common Law: Some Lingering Misconceptions Concerning Civil Lawsuits.” 39 Cornell
International Law Journal 59 (2006).
33. Jensen, Eric L. and Clayton Mosher. “Adult Drug Courts: Emergence, Growth, Outcome
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Evaluations, and the Need for a Continuum of Care.” 42 Idaho Law Review 443 (2006).
34. Kline, Robert Michael. “Is There a Protected Interest in Protection (Or Are Court Orders Merely
Suggestions)?” 58 Florida Law Review 459 (April 2006).
35. Mauro, Tony. “Court Endorses Use of Unpublished Opinions; Rule Change Ends a Long-
Running Debate over a Staple of Federal Appeals Court, but Critics Fear Case Backlog Will
Now Deepen.” XXIX Legal Times 15 (April 17, 2006).
36. Mauro, Tony. “Justices Push Back on Cameras in Court; During Hearings, Kennedy and
Thomas Implore Congress to Stay Out of the Supreme Court’s Business.” XXIX Legal Times
11 (April 10, 2006).
37. Murphy, Chuck and Jeffrey A. Roberts. “Judicial Districts Object to Public Access to Files; the
Records Are off Limits in 19 Colorado Counties Despite a Panel’s Directive in 2005 to Protect
Public Access to Them.” Denver Post C01 (March 12, 2006).
38. Podgers, James. “The Price Is Right; Courts Are Searching for Ways to Determine Value.” 92
ABA Journal 50 (April 2006).
39. Post, Leonard. “ABA Rejection of Special Health Courts Sparks Clash.” 28 National Law
Journal 6 (February 27, 2006).
40. Seamone, Evan R. “Understanding the Person Beneath the Robe: Practical Methods for
Neutralizing Harmful Judicial Biases.” 42 Willamette Law Review 1 (Winter 2006).
41. Shoenberger, Allen E. “Message from Strasbourg: Lessons for American Courts from the
Highest Volume Human Rights Court in the World – the European Court of Human Rights.” 27
Whittier Law Review 357 (Winter 2005).
42. Toutant, Charles. “As Judge Retires, He Rules for Firm that’s Hiring Him” (February 28, 2006),
available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141047297196
43. Van de North Jr., Honorable John B. “Problem-solving Judges--Meddlers or Innovators?” 32
William Mitchell Law Review 949 (2006).
44. Wright, R. George. “The Role of Intuition in Judicial Decisionmaking.” 42 Houston Law Review
1381 (Spring 2006).
45. Young, Samantha. “Bill Would Allow Jurists to Edit Divorce Records.” 119 Los Angeles Daily
Journal 2 (April 27, 2006).
Criminal Justice
46. Anderson, Curt. “DUI Defense Lawyers Challenge Breath-Test Machine.” Arizona Republic
A12 (March 13, 2006).
47. Barkow, Rachel E. “Separation of Powers and the Criminal Law.” 58 Stanford Law Review 989
(February 2006).
48. Belluck, Pam. “Court Ruling May Remove Some of the Drama from Massachusetts Criminal
Trials.” New York Times A12 (April 2, 2006).
49. Bizjak, Tony. “Red Plates Face DUI Repeaters.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal 3 (March 24,
2006).
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50. Burke, Alafair S. “Improving Prosecutorial Decision Making: Some Lessons in Cognitive
Science.” 47 William and Mary Law Review 1587 (March 2006).
51. Busch, Sara C. “Conditional Liberty: Restricting Procreation of Convicted Child Abusers and
Dead Beat Dads.” 56 Case Western Reserve Law Review 479 (Winter 2005).
52. Caldwell, H. Mitchell and Carlo Spiga. “Crippling the Defense of an Accused: The
Constitutionality of the Criminal Defendant’s Right to Testify.” 6 Wyoming Law Review 87
(2006).
53. Collins, Jennifer M. “Crime and Parenthood: The Uneasy Case for Prosecuting Negligent
Parents.” 100 Northwestern University Law Review 807 (Winter 2006).
54. Crary, David. “Number of Women Behinds Bars Surges.” Arizona Republic A5 (May 21, 2006).
55. Cruz, Rommel P. “The Greatest Source of Wealth: Washington State’s Response to Prenatal
Substance Abuse.” 41 Gonzaga Law Review 1 (2005/06).
56. Davey, Monica. “Iowa’s Residency Rules Drive Sex Offenders Underground.” New York Times
A1 (March 15, 2006).
57. “Defining Interrogation under the Confrontation Clause after Crawford v. Washington.” 39
Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems 257 (Winter 2005).
58. Dewar, Elizabeth Napier. “A Fair Trial Remedy for Brady Violations.” 115 Yale Law Journal
1450 (April 2006).
59. Filosa, Gwen. “Katrina Leaves Inmates in Limbo; Many Still Jailed Are ‘Doing Katrina Time’.”
Times-Piscayune B01 (March 18, 2006).
60. Greenfield, Daniel P. and Philip W. Witt. “Evaluating Adult Miranda Waiver Competency.” 33
Journal of Psychiatry and Law 471 (Winter 2005).
61. Heytens, Toby J. “Managing Transitional Moments in Criminal Cases.” 115 Yale Law Journal
922 (March 2006).
62. Hynes, Charles J. “Prosecution Backs Alternatives to Prison for Drug Addicts.” 40 The
Prosecutor 14 (January/February 2006).
63. Ikeda, Scott H. “Probation Revocations as Delayed Dispositional Departures: Why Blakely v.
Washington Requires Jury Trials at Probation Violation Hearings.” XXIV Law and Inequality
157 (Winter 2006).
64. Jones, Carl. “11th Circuit: Court-Ordered Restitution Doesn’t Violate ‘Booker’” (April 17, 2006),
available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1145017729367
65. “Judge Rules Sex Offender Is Too Short for Prison” (May 25, 2006), available at:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12969163/?GT1=8199
66. “Judging the Prosecution: Why Abolishing Peremptory Challenges Limits the Dangers of
Prosecutorial Discretion.” 119 Harvard Law Review 2121 (May 2006).
67. Keller, Cherish M. “Re-Enfranchisement Laws Provide Unequal Treatment: Ex-Felon Re-
Enfranchisement and the Fourteenth Amendment.” 81 Chicago-Kent Law Review 199 (2006).
68. Liptak, Adam. “Debt to Society Is Least of Costs for Ex-Convicts.” New York Times A1
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(February 23, 2006).
69. Long, Jennifer Gentile and Dawn Doran Wilsey. “Understanding Battered Women Syndrome
and Its Application to the Duress Defense.” 40 The Prosecutor 36 (March/April 2006).
70. Marquez, Jeremiah. “Tougher Sentencing Laws Put More Hardened Criminals in Jail.” 119 Los
Angeles Daily Journal 3 (February 21, 2006).
71. “A Matter of Life and Death: The Effect of Life-without-Parole Statutes on Capital Punishment.”
119 Harvard Law Review 1838 (April 2006).
72. Mohr, Holbrook. “Miss. Governor Says Crime Up Since Storms” (March 14, 2006), available at:
http://public.findlaw.com/pnews/news/ap/o/632/03-15-2006/94850011eecbcb76.html
73. Mulroy, Steven J. “The Duress Defense’s Uncharted Terrain: Applying It to Murder, Felony
Murder, and the Mentally Retarded Defendant.” 43 San Diego Law Review 159 (February-
March 2006).
74. Newaz, Daphne D. “The Impaired Dual System Framework of United States Drunk-driving
Law: How International Perspectives Yield More Sober Results.” 28 Houston Journal of
International Law 531 (Spring 2006).
75. Parker, Laura. “New Orleans Plans First Criminal Trial Since Katrina; Defendants’ Rights
Violated, Lawyers Say” (May 23, 2006), available at:
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060523/1a_bottomstrip23.art.htm
76. Posner, Eric A. and Adrian Vermeule. “Should Coercive Interrogations Be Legal?” 104
Michigan Law Review 671 (February 2006).
77. Staab, Matthew M. “Child’s Play: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Crawford v. Washington in Child
Abuse Prosecution.” 108 West Virginia Law Review 501 (Winter 2005).
78. West, Sara. “A Review of Chemical Castration and Its Use in the U.S. Penal System.” 27
American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 55 (2006).
79. White, Elizabeth. “56, 428 Inmates Added in a Year; Report: 2.2 Million in U.S. Were Behind
Bars by Last June.” Arizona Republic A3 (May 22, 2006).
80. Zetlin-Jones, David. “Right to Remain Silent?: What the Voting Rights Act Can and Should
Say About Felony Disenfranchisement.” XLVII Boston College Law Review 411 (March 2006).
Ethics
81. Alford, Roger. “Judge Resigns Amid Accusations He Profited from Fen-Phen Case” (February
28, 2006), available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141047298335
82. Blinka, Daniel D. “Ethics, Evidence, and the Modern Adversary Trial.” XIX Georgetown Journal
of Legal Ethics 1 (Winter 2006).
83. Doskow, Charles S. “Court Must Set Standards for Ethical Practice.” 119 Los Angeles Daily
Journal 8 (May 17, 2006).
84. Douard, John, Richard Friedman, et al. “Ethical Issues in the Current Disposition and
Treatment of Sexually Violent Predators.” 27 American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 27
(2006).
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85. Eittreim, Richard M., Robert D. Phillips, Jr., et al. “Ethical Issues in the Settlement of Complex
Litigation.” 41 Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal 21 (Fall 2005).
86. Holland, Gina. “Supreme Court Refuses to Consider Judge Ethics in $1 Billion Case” (March 7,
2006), available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141652120382
87. Kaczor, Bill. “Fla. Supreme Court Reprimands Judge for Rudeness, Other Lapses” (February
13, 2006), available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1139565916843
88. Lopez, Patricia. “State to Investigate all 7 Justices” ( April 28, 2006), available at:
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/400962.html
89. Miller, Cheryl. “Calif. Commission Charges Judge with Willful Misconduct” (May 1, 2006),
available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1146225613145
90. Miller, Jeremy M. “Judicial Recusal and Disqualification: The Need for a Per Se Rule on
Friendship (Not Acquaintance).” 33 Pepperdine Law Review 575 (2006).
91. Oleson, J.C. “Swilling Hemlock: The Legal Ethics of Defending a Client Who Wishes to
Volunteer for Execution.” 63 Washington and Lee Law Review 147 (Winter 2006).
92. O’Shea, Julie. “Another Calif. Judge Accused of Abusing Position” (March 2, 2006), available
at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141121115672
93. Stephens, Joe. “Ethics Lapses by Federal Judges Persists, Review Finds; Violations Involve
Stock Holdings and Free Trips” (April 18, 2006), available at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/17/AR2006041701296.html
94. “Utah Polygamist Judge Ordered to Step Down.” Arizona Republic B8 (February 25, 2006).
Evidence
95. Baldas, Tresa. “Who Surfs for Cell Records? Lawyers. Cellphone Records Spur Legal
Backlash.” 28 National Law Journal 1 (February 6, 2006).
96. Cary, Jean M. “Rambo Depositions Revisited: Controlling Attorney-Client Consultation During
Depositions.” XIX Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 367 (Spring 2006).
97. Davis, Kenneth. “How to Deal with Evidence Developed from E-Discovery.” 112 Los Angeles
Daily Journal 6 (February 28, 2006).
98. Detamore, Bill and Bob Dove. “Knowing Where, How to Look Will Cut E-Discovery Expense.”
119 Los Angeles Daily Journal 7 (May 5, 2006).
99. Dwyer, Jim. “Inmate to Be Freed after 10 Years as DNA Tests Upend Murder Confession.”
New York Times A24 (May 16, 2006).
100. Gooding, Martha K. “Federal Rules Strive to Tame Electronic Discovery Frontier.” 112 Los
Angeles Daily Journal 9 (March 1, 2006).
101. Hakim, Danny. “County DNA Lists Include Non-Convicts.” New York Times B6 (May 16,
2006).
102. Hakim, Danny. “Report Urges Requiring All Convicts to Give DNA.” New York Times B4
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(March 21, 2006).
103. Hawkins, Asher. “Pa. Court Clears Use of Animation; Computer Evidence Can Be Shown to
Juries.” 28 National Law Journal 21 (May 8, 2006).
104. Hodge, Jr., Samuel D. “Unraveling the Mystery of Medical Records.” 52 Practical Lawyer 45
(February 2006).
105. Kaestle, Frederika A., et al. “Database Limitations on the Evidentiary Value of Forensic
Mitochondrial DNA Evidence.” 43 American Criminal Law Review 53 (Winter 2006).
106. Khanna, Roma and Steve McVicker. “45 Crime Lab Cases Will Get Legal Reviews/Faulty
Evidence Needs Scrutiny, Project Innocence Co-founder Says.” Houston Chronicle B1 (March
15, 2006).
107. Medwed, Daniel S. “Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction: Theoretical Implications and Practical
Solutions.” 52 Villanova Law Review 337 (2006).
108. Nelson, Sharon D. and John W. Simek. “Electronic Discovery Has Come of Age: What Will It
Mean for Your Practice? If You Think Small Firms Could Avoid E-discovery, Think Again.” 32
Law Practice 24 (January/February 2006).
109. Nimsger, Kristin M. and Michele C. S. Lange. “E Is for Evidence: Examining Recent E-
Discovery Developments.” 23 GPSolo 40 (March 2006).
110. Paoletti, David R., et al. “Accessing the Implications for Close Relatives in the Event of Similar
but Nonmatching DNA Profiles.” 46 Jurimetrics 161 (Winter 2006).
111. Wade, Nicholas. “Wider Use of DNA Lists Is Urged in Fighting Crime.” New York Times A21
(May 12, 2006).
112. Zernike, Kate. “Study Fuels a Growing Debate Over Changing Police Lineups.” New York
Times A1 (April 19, 2006).
Family Law
113. Baldas, Tresa. “Parent Trap? Litigation Explodes over Paternity Fraud” (April 10, 2006),
available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1144414531354
114. Bellew, Kara. “Silent Suffering: Uncovering and Understanding Domestic Violence in Affluent
Communities.” 26 Women’s Rights Law Reporter 39 (Winter 2005).
115. Caher, John. “N.Y.’s Chief Judge Supports ‘Cultural Revolution’ for Divorce Cases” (February
15, 2006), available at: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1139911512447
116. Crary, David. “Group Pushes Child-Support Say; Activists Arguing Men Should Have a Right
Not to Pay.” Arizona Republic A18 (March 9, 2006).
117. Folkman, Chorisia J. “Family Drug Courts: A New Approach to Help Solve the Crisis in Child
Welfare.” 25 Children’s Legal Rights Journal 15 (Winter 2005).
118. Franck, Matthew. “Virtual Visitation: The Way Divorced Parents See Their Kids Is Being
Rethought for the Cyber Age in Missouri and Illinois.” St. Louis Post – Dispatch D1 (April 9,
2006).
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119. Goldman, Erica Lehrer. “Contract Law Found to Govern Disposition of Frozen Embryos in
Divorce” (February 24, 2006), available at:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1140689114144
120. Holtzman, Mellisa. “Definitions of the Family as an Impetus for Legal Change in Custody
Decision-Making: Suggestions from an Empirical Case Study.” 31 Law & Social Inquiry 1
(Winter 2006).
121. Kozlowski, Kim. “Duped ‘Dads’ Seek Relief – Legislation Would Reform Rule on Who Pays
Child Support to Protect Men Forced to Provide for Nonbiological Kids.” Detroit News A1
(March 20, 2006).
122. Kravets, David. “Calif. Tosses Law Sealing Divorce Records” (May 17, 2006), available at:
http://public.findlaw.com/pnews/news/ap/o/632/05-17-2006/ec94000af6898273.html
123. Maldonado, Solangel. “Deadbeat or Deadbroke: Redefining Child Support for Poor Fathers.”
39 U.C. Davis Law Review 991 (March 2006).
124. McRae, Susan. “County’s First Drug Court for Parents.” 119 Los Angeles Daily Journal 2 (April
13, 2006).
125. Murray, Bobbi. “Divorces from Private Jurists Raise Issues.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal 2
(February 28, 2006).
126. Rapattoni, Linda. “Seeking Help for Nontraditional Victims of Domestic Violence.” 112 Los
Angeles Daily Journal 1 (February 23, 2006).
127. Rice-Oxley. “British Courts: Divorcees Entitled to Move.” Arizona Republic A23 (May 25,
2006).
128. Roll, Samuel and Candace Kern. “What a Move May Mean for the Child; How to Minimize the
Risk of Loss.” 28 Family Advocate 34 (Spring 2006).
129. Sanner, Ann. “Divorcing Parents Lobby for Virtual Visitation with Kids.” 112 Los Angeles Daily
Journal 4 (March 1, 2006).
130. Sherman, Jeffrey. “Prenuptial Agreements: A New Reason to Revive an Old Rule.” 53
Cleveland State Law Review 359 (2005-06).
131. Steinfeld, Shayna M. “Credit Reports, Credit Scores, and Other Potential Financial
Ramifications of Divorce.” 20 American Journal of Family Law 3 (Spring 2006).
132. Viken, Linda Lea M. “Evaluating the Relocation Case.” 28 Family Advocate 12 (Spring 2006).
133. Wills, Melissa S. “Interpreting the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction: Why
American Courts Need to Reconcile the Rights of Non-Custodial Parents, the Best Interest of
Abducted Children, and the Underlying Objectives of the Hague Convention.” 25 Review of
Litigation 423 (Spring 2006).
Guardianship & Probate
134. Knapland, Kristine S. “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and the Implications for
Inheritance.” 48 Arizona Law Review 1 (2006).
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Juries & Jury Reform
135. Amar, Vikram David. “Implementing an Historical Vision of the Jury in an Age of Administrative
Factfinding and Sentencing Guidelines.” 47 South Texas Law Review 291 (Winter 2005).
136. Baldas, Tresa. “Now in the Foreground: Jurors’ Background; Attorneys Split on Need for
Checks.” 28 National Law Journal 1 (May 8, 2006).
137. Blue, Lisa, Robert Hirschhorn and Macy Jaggers. “Profile of a Perfect Juror.” 47 South Texas
Law Review 343 (Winter 2005).
138. Brister, Justice Scott. “The Decline in Jury Trials: What Would Wal-Mart Do?” 47 South Texas
Law Review 191 (Winter 2005).
139. Butler, Brooke. “Jurors’ Attitudes toward Post-Sentence Civil Commitment.” 24 American
Journal of Forensic Psychology 21 (2006).
140. Geier, Peter. “Jury Reform Getting Popular; States Adopt Model Pushed by Tort Reform
Group.” 28 National Law Journal 4 (May 15, 2006).
141. Gertner, Reni. “Experts in the Jury Room; Can They Leave Their Work Outside?” 2006
Lawyers Weekly USA 2 (March 27, 2006).
142. Levin, Hillel Y. and John W. Emerson. “Is There Bias against Education in the Jury Selection
Process?” 38 Connecticut Law Review 325 (February 2006).
143. Lewis, Torrence. “Toward a Limited Right of Access to Jury Deliberations.” 58 Federal
Communications Law Journal 195 (January 2006).
144. Prescott, J.J. and Sonja Starr. “Improving Criminal Jury Decision Making after the Blake
Revolution.” 2006 University of Illinois Law Review 301.
145. Tiersma, Peter M. “Toward More Understandable Jury Instructions: The California
Experience.” 21 Criminal Justice 5 (Spring 2006).
Technology and the Law
146. Broida, Bethany. “Computer Woes Plague Court; Defense Lawyers Frustrated.” XXIX Legal
Times 1 (March 27, 2006).
147. Combs, Drew. “The Brave New World of Electronic Records.” 112 Los Angeles Daily Journal 1
(February 28, 2006).
148. Coyle, Marcia. “Courts Balancing Privacy, Access; U. S. Judiciary Must Protect ‘E-records’.”
28 National Law Journal 1 (February 27, 2006).
149. Coyle, Marcia. “Is There a Warrant? Check Your E-mail; Change in Federal Rule Opens Door
for Use of Electronic Warrants.” 28 National Law Journal 4 (May 1, 2006).
150. Hook, Brian R. “Missouri Courts Link Up; Multimillion-Dollar Technology Project Launches
without a Hitch.” 16 Law Office Computing 24 (April/May 2006).
151. Hsieh, Sylvia. “E-Discovery: Business Is Booming and Lawyers Are Getting in on the Trend.”
2006 Lawyers Weekly USA 1 (March 13, 2006).
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152. Krause, Jason. “The Force of E-filing: The Move toward Digital Documents Is Slow, Confusing
– and Inevitable.” 92 ABA Journal 54 (February 2006).
153. MacLean, Pamela A. “Erasing E-Mails Brings Liabilities; Deleting E-Mails from a Single Laptop
Can Trigger U.S. Anti-Hacking Law.” 28 National Law Journal 9 (March 20, 2006).
154. Messing, John. “Two Methods of Electronic Service of Process.” 2 SciTech Lawyer 14 (Winter
2006).
155. Nelson, Sharon D. and John W. Simek. “A Judicial Perspective of Courtroom Technology;
Judges Talk Candidly about Presentation Dos and Don’ts.” 16 Law Office Computing 76
(February/March 2006).
156. Schellekens, M.H.M. “Electronic Signatures: Authentication Technology from a Legal
Perspective.” 46 Jurimetrics 23 (Winter 2006).
157. Sudbeck, Lynn E. “Placing Court Records Online: Balancing Judicial Accountability with Public
Trust and Confidence: An Analysis of State Court Electronic Access Policies and a Proposal
for South Dakota Court Records.” 51 South Dakota Law Review 81 (2006).
158. Sunnucks, Mike. “Law Firms Are Last Frontier in Going Paperless.” 21 Business Journal 13
(April 21, 2006).
159. Tyo, Jamie Ann. “Cutting-Edge Court.” 16 Law Office Computing 34 (February/March 2006).
Trial Practice
160. Bray, Thomas. “Trial Lawyers Unjustly Shop for State Justices.” Detroit News A11 (February
8, 2006).
161. Guastello, Catherine. “Victim Impact Statements: Institutionalized Revenge.” 37 Arizona State
Law Journal 1321 (Winter 2005).
162. McElhaney, James W. “Don’t Be an Evidence Cop: Object When You Should, Not Just to
Show You Can.” 92 ABA Journal 24 (February 2006).
163. McElhaney, James W. “Speaking of Liars: Showing that a Witness Is Untruthful Carries More
Power than Just Saying It.” 92 ABA Journal 26 (March 2006).
General Interest
164. Abel, Richard. “General Damages Are Incoherent, Incalculable, Incommensurable, and
Inegalitarian (But Otherwise a Great Idea). 55 DePaul Law Review 253 (Winter 2006).
165. Baldas, Tresa. “More States Move to Expunge Records.” 28 National Law Journal 4 (February
20, 2006).
166. Bickel, Robert. “Limited Legal Services: Is It Worth It?” 39 Columbia Journal of Law and Social
Problems 331 (Spring 2006).
167. Blore, Shawn. “Floating Court Turns Remote Amazon into a River of Justice; Since 1996, Far
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168. Chang, Alicia. “Study: Four out of 10 Medical Malpractice Cases Are Groundless” (May 11,
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170. Fass, Mark. “Lawyer-Dad’s Request for Fees Is Rejected in Daughter’s Case” (May 5, 2006),
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174. Jordon, Mary and Kevin Sullivan. “British Lawyers Build Case vs. Wigs.” Arizona Republic A21
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