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September | October 2004
The Great Divider Lincoln Caplan SCENES Making The Partner By Justin Dillon It's The Apprentice, but with lawyers. Above It All By Amy Sullivan An Alabama congressman wants to give God an exemption from judicial review. Peter Ambrose, Bladder Cop By Ben Goldstein Testing athletes' urine is his business. The Beagle Brigade By Will Potter A law that tells animal rights activists to heel. THE PRUDENT JURIST By William H. Simon A judge helps a defendant make a getaway. TERMS OF ART Salmon and the Caesar By Mark Dowie Will a doctrine from the Roman Empire sink ocean aquaculture? ARGUMENT Stealing the Show By Emily Bazelon The trial of Marwan Barghouti was supposed to prove that he is a terrorist. Instead, Israel may have created the Palestinian Mandela. When to Hold 'Em By Thomas F. Powers The U.S. should detain suspected terrorists—even if it can't make a case against them in court. |
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Be Careful What You Vote For Your vote for president in November could be for four new Supreme Court justices. A forum on Election 2004 with Stephen B. Presser, David Strauss, and Mark Tushnet. PLUS: SUPREME STATS What if Supreme Court justices were picked based on their career numbers instead of their politics? The Passion of Father Paul Shanley By JoAnn Wypijewski Paul Shanley became the most demonized among the church's fallen fathers. But whatever his sins, they have nothing to do with the evidence to be presented against him in court. Litigation By Loan Shark By Daniel Brook Litigation finance companies loan money to plaintiffs too poor to press their cases against well-funded insurance companies. Is this industry leveling the playing field or exploiting the system? REVIEWS academy Continental Divide Americans see privacy as a protection of liberty, Europeans as a protection of dignity. Are both destined to perish? By Jeffrey Rosen practice Newtonians and Charlatans Do scientific witnesses spout quackery? By Daniel J. Kevles practice The Other Detainees Lost in the protests about the detentions at Guantánamo Bay are 20,000 immigrants behind bars in the United States. By Serena Hoy academy Elsewhere Trial courts get horizontal, lawyers get religion, and other trends from the nation's law reviews. STORIES Killing Their Young The murder of a newborn by her mother is one of the most difficult crimes to fathom—and one of the hardest to prosecute successfully. By Dashka Slater Empty Suits The decline of the once mighty Association of Trial Lawyers of America. By Alicia Mundy Moving Mountains Frank Duval has wanted to extract the silver lining from Montana's Cabinet Mountains for 40 years. By Geoffrey Gagnon EXHIBIT Warrior Goddess Back to Top |
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