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ISSN: 0011-0647
Editors: Judge Steve Leben, Johnson County, Kansas; Professor Alan Tomkins, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Assistant to the Editor: Kimberly Applequist, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Editorial Board: Judge B. Michael Dann, National Institute of Justice; Julie Kunce Field, Fort Collins, Colorado; Professor Philip P. Frickey, University of California at Berkeley; Mark D. Hinderks, Overland Park, Kansas; Judge Leslie G. Johnson, Mississippi Judicial College; Professor Steven Lubet, Northwestern University; Judge Gregory E. Mize, Washington, D.C. ; Elizabeth Neeley, Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln; C. Robert Showalter, M.D., Harrisonburg, Virginia; Professor Charles H. Whitebread, University of Southern California
National Center For State Courts Staff: Charles F. Campbell, Managing Editor
Student Editors: Angela Brouse, Benjamin Thompson
2007
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - The Resource Page: Focus on Judicial Campaign-Conduct Rules
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 1 - Cover
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Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 1 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue - Editor's Note
Grounding Frequent Filers: The Trend of Revoking the Special Status of Overly Litigious Pro Se Litigants, Michael G. Langan
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 1 - President's Column, Steve Leben
Evaluating Court Processes for Determining Indigency, Elizabeth Neeley and Alan Tomkins
Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2005-2006 Term, Charles Whitebread
2006
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Directory of Officers and Board of Governors, 2005-2006
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 43, Issue 3-4 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - A Profile of Settlement, John Barkai, Elizabeth Kent, and Pamela Martin
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Seizing the Accountability Moment: Enlisting Americans in the Fight to Keep Courts Fair, Impartial, and Independent, Bert Brandenberg
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - President’s Column, Michael Cicconetti
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Judges, Law, Politics & Strategy, Frank B. Cross
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Lessons from an Unusual Retention Election, Shira J. Goodman and Lynn A. Marks
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Book Review: A Judge's Role in the Rule of Law, William F. Hurst IV
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - E-Courts: The Times They Are A-Changin’, James E. McMillan
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 3-4 - Judicial Elections: Changes and Challenges, Jan Witold Baran
2005
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Cover
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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - The Resource Page: Focus on Electronic Discovery
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - Editor's Note
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Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - Courtroom 302: How America’s Criminal Justice System Really Works, Angela M. Brouse
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - President’s Column, Michael Cicconetti
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - President’s Column, Michael Cicconetti
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Is Judicial Independence a Casualty in State and Local Budget Battles?, Michael A. Cicconetti, Michael Buenger, Lawrence G. Myers, and Robert Wessels
American Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - DWI Courts: The Newest Problem-Solving Courts, Victor E. Flango
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Working on the Components of Judicial Independence, Ronald M. George
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Judicial Independence: The Freedom to Be Fair, Steve Leben, Michael R. McAdam, Leo Bowman, Kevin S. Burke, Michael Cicconetti, Malcom Feeley, Jack Ford, Gayle Nachtigal, Tam Nomoto Schumann, and William C. Vickrey
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Friends of the Court? The Bar, the Media, and the Public, Steve Leben, John Russonello, and Malcom Feeley
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Balancing Act: Can Judicial Independence Coexist with Court Accountability?, Michael W. Manners, Michael Buenger, Kevin S. Burke, and Bobby B. DeLaughter
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - Problem-Solving Courts: Do They Create Judicial Independence Problems or Opportunities or Both?, Michael R. McAdam, Kevin S. Burke, and Mary Campbell McQueen
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 3-4 - President’s Column, Gayle A. Nachtigal
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Judicial Responses to an Aging America, Max B. Rothman and Burton Dunlop
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - On the Limitations of Child-Custody Evaluations, Ira Daniel Turkat
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 1 - Judicial Accountability, Fairness, and Independence, Roger K. Warren
Court Review: Volume 24, Issue 1 - Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2004-2005 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 42, Issue 2 - Recent Civil Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2004-2005 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
2004
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Directory of Officers and Board of Governors, 2003-2004
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Letters
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - The Challenge of Funding State Courts in Tough Fiscal Times, Michael L. Buenger
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - A Judiciary That Is as Good as Its Promise: The Best Strategy for Preserving Judicial Independence, Kevin S. Burke
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - The Tyranny of the “Or” Is the Threat to Judicial Independence, Not Problem-Solving Courts, Kevin S. Burke
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Recent Evaluative Research on Jury Trial Innovations, B. Michael Dunn and Valerie P. Hans
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - How Useful Is the New Aggressive Driving Legislation?, Victor E. Flango and Ann L. Keith
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Court Gazing: Features of Diversity in the U.S. Supreme Court Building, Hongxia Liu
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Smarter Sentencing: On the Need to Consider Crime Reduction as a Goal, Michael Marcus
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - President’s Column, Michael R. McAdam
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - President's Column, Michael R. McAdam
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - President’s Column, Michael R. McAdam
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Jury Trial Innovations: Charting a Rising Tide, Gregory A. Mize and Christopher J. Connelly
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Judicial Independence in the Municipal Court: Preliminary Observations from Missouri, Lawrence G. Myers
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 3-4 - Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts: Impressions from Public Hearings, Elizabeth Neely
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Some Thoughts on the Problems of Judicial Elections, Jeffrey Rosinek
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Speak to Values: How to Promote the Courts and Blunt Attacks on Judiciary, John Russonello
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Resource Materials on Judicial Independence, Roy Schotland
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Jurors’ Unanswered Questions, Shari Seidman Diamond, Mary R. Rose, and Beth Murphy
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 1 - Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2003-2004 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Recent Civil Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: The 2003-2004 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
2003
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Index
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Resource Page
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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Editor's Note
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Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Children as Witnesses: What We Hear Them Say May Not Be What They Mean, David B. Battin and Stephan J. Ceci
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - A Court and a Judiciary That Is as Good as Its Promise, Kevin S. Burke
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Day SARS Came to Town: The Court’s Role in Preventing Epidemics, Ian B. Cowan
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Ignition Interlock System: An Evidentiary Tool Becomes a Sentencing Element, Andrew Fulkerson
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - President’s Column, Francis X. Halligan Jr.
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - Helping the Pro Se Litigant: A Changing Landscape, Paula Hannaford-Agor
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - President's Column, Michael R. McAdam
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - President’s Column, Michael R. McAdam
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Judicial Report on the Adjudication and Sanctioning of Hard-Core Drinking Drivers, Robyn Robertson and Herb Simpson
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 4 - The Federal Sentencing Guidelines: An Infectious Antidote, Rosalind Alexis Sargent
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - Recent Civil Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2002-2003 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 2 - Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2002-2003 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 40, Issue 1 - A Survey of Judges’ Knowledge and Beliefs About Eyewitness Testimony, Richard A. Wise and Martin A. Safer
2002
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Index of Volume 38
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Table of Contents
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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Table of Contents
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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - The Resource Page: Focus on Domestic Violence
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Editor's Note
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Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Dealing with Complex Evidence of Domestic Violence: A Primer for the Civil Bench, Jane H. Aiken and Jane C. Murphy
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - The Parenting of Men Who Batter, Lundy Bancroft
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Moving Problem-Solving Courts into the Mainstream: A Report Card from the CCJ-COSCA Problem-Solving Courts Committee, Daniel J. Becker and Maura D. Corrigan
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Trial by Metaphor: Rhetoric, Innovation, and the Juridical Text, Benjamin L. Berger
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Going to Scale: A Conversation About the Future of Drug Courts, Greg Berman
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Merit Selection and Retention: The Great Compromise? Not Necessarily, Victoria Cecil
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - Concluding a Successful Settlement Conference: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over, Morton Denlow
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Saving the State Justice Institute, Jose Dimas
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Drug Treatment Programs: Policy Implications for the Judiciary, Arthur H. Garrison
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - President's Column, Francis X. Halligan Jr.
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 3 - President’s Column, Francis X. Halligan Jr.
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - The Changing Role of a Judge and Its Implications, Roger Hanson
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - A Crack at Federal Drafting, Joseph Kimble
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Firearms and Domestic Violence: A Primer for Judges, Darren Mitchell and Susan B. Carbon
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Making a Difference: Tools to Help Judges Support the Healing of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Lavita Nadkarni and Barbara Zeek Shaw
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Illinois v. Wardlow: The Empowerment of Police, the Weakening of the Fourth Amendment, Pamela Richardson
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - The White Decision in the Court of Opinion: Views of Judges and the General Public, David B. Rottman
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Should Judges Be More Like Politicians?, Roy A. Schotland
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - Age Differences Among Judges Regarding Maternal Preference in Child Custody Decisions, Leighton Stamps
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 4 - President's Column, Bonnie Sudderth
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - President's Column, Bonnie Sudderth
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Recent Civil Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2001-2002 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 1 - Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2001-2002 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 39, Issue 2 - Judicial Candidate Speech After Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, Jan Witold Baran
2001
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Letters
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - The Resource Page
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Cover
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Editor's Note
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Table of Contents
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - The Resource Page: Focus on Legal Writing
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - Complete Issue
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - Complete Issue
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Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - Editor's Note
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Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Coming to a Court Near You: An Unlicensed Immigrant Driver, Mary A. Celeste
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - No Longer Speaking In Code, Rodney Davis
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Afterword, Bryan A. Garner
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Clearing the Cobwebs from Judicial Opinions, Bryan A. Garner
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - On Judicial Independence Under Pressure, Procter Hug Jr.
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - First Things First: The Lost Art of Summarizing, Joseph Kimble
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - Let’s Not Exaggerate the Suggestibility of Children, Thomas D. Lyon
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - On the Importance of Suggestibility Research in Assessing the Credibility of Children’s Testimony, David A. Martindale
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Chief Justice John Marshall: Soldier of the Revolution, Stephen J. McEwen Jr.
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Courting Justice with the Heart: Emotional Intelligence in the Courtroom, Nancy Perry Lubiani and Patricia H. Murrell
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Against Footnotes, Richard A. Posner
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Extrajudicial Speech: Navigating Perils and Avoiding Pitfalls, William G. Ross
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - The President's Column, Bonnie Sudderth
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - President's Column, Bonnie Sudderth
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - Robes and Rehabilitation: How Judges Can Help Offenders “Make Good”, David B. Wexler
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 2 - Recent Criminal Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2000-2001 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 3 - Recent Civil Decisions of the United States Supreme Court: The 2000-2001 Term, Charles H. Whitebread
Court Review: Volume 38, Issue 1 - President's Column, Chris Williams
1999
Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: What Public Opinion Surveys Mean to Judges, David B. Rottman and Alan Tomkins