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May | June 2004
The Good Advocate Lincoln Caplan Letters SCENES An Illegal Arrangement By Cynthia Joyce The test Louisiana florists can't afford to fail. ...Join 'Em By Geoffrey Gagnon Currying favor with Barry Currier. Double Blind By Clive Thompson Who needs a lawyer when there's the Internet? The Snap-on Wives By Brian Montopoli When the family franchise fails, who can sue? THE PRUDENT JURIST By Stephen Gillers A juvenile judge tattles on the kids in his court. APPRAISAL Breaking Up Isn't Hard to Do By John Swansburg Hollywood has decided divorce isn't a big deal. TERMS OF ART Charles Was First By James Pfander The etymology of terror. ARGUMENT Sucker Punch By Chris Mooney How conservatives are trying to gut the science behind the Endangered Species Act. Locked Out By Kate Andrias What do Circuit City, Waffle House, and Labor Ready have in common? |
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FEATURES A Bold Stroke By Emily Bazelon In her opinion ordering Massachusetts to allow gay marriages, the chief justice of the state's supreme court has shunned politics and stood on principle. But will she be remembered as the judge who jeopardized her court for a cause? Medea's Shadow By Charlotte Faltermayer Marybeth Davis is serving a life sentence for killing her 3-year-old daughter and severely injuring her infant son. New evidence suggests that Davis might be innocent—and that the medical diagnosis used to convict her might be a medical fiction. The Sword of Spitzer By Nicholas Thompson A little-known law called the Martin Act gives New York's attorney general extraordinary power, yet for 75 years this Excalibur has been left to rust in its scabbard. Now, Eliot Spitzer is wielding it against the biggest players on Wall Street. REVIEWS culture L.A. Lawlessness The lying, cheating, murdering elite of the new LAPD cop shows and movies. By Jeff Turrentine academy Piety and the Preamble Joseph Weiler's A Christian Europe claims a place for Christianity in Europe's proposed new constitution. By Robert Howse academy Elsewhere Ducking the death penalty, making a federal case out of local corruption, and other ideas from the nation's law reviews. STORIES Exodus. Numbers. Judges As conservative parishes leave the liberal Episcopal Church, who shall inherit the real estate? By Elizabeth Austin Just Say Nothing Joe White's battle to legalize the discussion of drug legalization. By Gary Greenberg EXHIBIT Portrait of a Lady Back to Top |
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