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Mindfulness and Judging This is a primer on mindfulness and its uses in judging. Mindfulness involves slowing down one’s mental processes enough to allow one to notice as much as possible about a given moment or situation, and then to act thoughtfully based on what one has noticed. Much of the discussion of mindfulness in relation to judges so far has focused on health and wellness, but mindfulness also has obvious implications for the actual work that judges do. |
January 26, 2016 |
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The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: A Guide for Judges, Second Edition [SUPERSEDED] This edition has been superseded by the third edition: The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: A Guide for Judges, Third Edition. |
December 15, 2015 |
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International Environmental Law: A Guide for Judges This guide provides judges with an introduction to some of the major areas of international environmental law and examines how the law might arise in federal litigation involving climate change, hazardous chemicals and materials, protected species, water pollution, air pollution, environmental disaster response, and transborder enforcement of environmental regulations. |
December 9, 2015 |
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Discovery in International Civil Litigation: A Guide for Judges At an increasing rate, U.S. courts are hearing cases in which parties seek evidence located abroad or parties to a foreign or international proceeding seek evidence located in the United States. International discovery issues pose difficult and complex challenges, at both the procedural and substantive levels. This guide seeks to address these issues by providing a practical overview of cross-border discovery questions that commonly arise in civil cases before federal courts. |
December 2, 2015 |
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Criminal e-Discovery: A Pocket Guide for Judges This pocket guide was developed to help judges manage complex e-discovery in federal criminal cases. The advantages of electronically stored information (ESI, or e-discovery) include speed, efficiency, and quality of information. To ensure these benefits are realized, judges and lawyers working on federal criminal cases need guidance on how best to address e-discovery issues. |
November 25, 2015 |
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Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges This guide provides an overview of special conditions of supervised release and probation restricting computer and Internet use in an effort to protect the public from cybercrime, including child pornography offenses. |
October 27, 2015 |
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National Security Case Studies: Special Case-Management Challenges, Sixth Edition This publication has been superseded by the seventh edition. |
September 25, 2015 |
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Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Fee Litigation, Third Edition Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Fee Litigation (Third Edition) analyzes the law of attorneys' fee awards under fee-shifting statutes, the common fund doctrine and its progeny, and the substantial benefit doctrine. |
August 31, 2015 |
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Consumer Bankruptcy Law: Chapters 7 & 13 Consumer Bankruptcy Law: Chapters 7 & 13 describes the statutory framework for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code and analyzes the fundamental issues that arise in bankruptcy litigation. The monograph explains how bankruptcy cases proceed, including filing, debtor duties, automatic stay, damages, the estate, exemptions, and claims. It also examines circuit splits, as well as unsettled issues as a result of BAPCPA. |
December 31, 2014 |
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Section 1983 Litigation, Third Edition Section 1983 Litigation (Third Edition) analyzes the large number of recurring issues that arise in litigation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This monograph contains new sections on discovery, Bivens claims, new material on stops and searches, and model jury instructions. It includes case law from the October 2013 Supreme Court term ending June 30, 2014, and major courts of appeals and select district court decisions reported through June 30, 2014. |
October 8, 2014 |