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Resolving Unsettled Questions of State Law: A Pocket Guide for Federal Judges This pocket guide describes approaches and practical factors for federal judges to consider when applying unsettled questions of state law. |
October 11, 2022 |
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Remote Participation in Bankruptcy Court Proceedings This guide on the use of distance participation (DP) technology to conduct bankruptcy hearings and trials provides an overview of general considerations, ranging from philosophical to practical, and then examines separately the use of the teleconferencing and videoconferencing. Each district, and indeed each judge, must decide whether to use DP technology, and if so, how to use it. |
November 15, 2017 |
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Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition assists judges in managing cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of key scientific fields from which legal evidence is typically derived and by providing examples of cases in which that evidence has been used. |
January 1, 2011 |
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Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Second Edition [Superseded] A reference to assist judges in managing expert evidence in cases involving issues of science or technology. Other editions: Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition (2011) Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, First Edition [Superseded] (1994) |
January 1, 2000 |
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Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, First Edition [Superseded] A reference to assist judges in managing expert evidence in cases involving issues of science or technology. Other editions: Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition (2011) Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Second Edition (2000) |
January 1, 1994 |
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Redistricting Litigation: An Overview of Legal, Statistical, and Case-Management Issues This monograph consists of an overview of the law of redistricting, a summary of statistical techniques frequently used in redistricting litigation, and a discussion of some of the major case management challenges presented by such cases. The legal overview focuses on Voting Rights Act, Equal Protection Clause, and one person-one vote cases. |
March 14, 2002 |
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Recusal: Analysis of Case Law Under 28 U.S.C. 455 & 144 [Superseded] This monograph offers a synthesis and analysis of the case law under 28 U.S.C. 455 and 144 to assist judges in ruling on recusal. After providing a history of Section 455, the monograph identifies the core principles and recurring issues in the voluminous case law and examines, in representative cases, how the courts of appeals have applied these principles. |
January 1, 2002 |
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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments This guide addresses the questions that may arise when a party to litigation in a U.S. court seeks to enforce a foreign judgment or to use a foreign judgment for preclusive effect in local litigation. Part II details the historical background of the applicable state law in recognition cases, and discusses the relationship between recognition and enforcement. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Prosecutorial Discretion and Federal Sentencing Reform A discussion of specific ways in which prosecutorial influence over sentences might be affected by sentencing guideline systems debated in Congress. The first volume contains the body of the report, with analyses and conclusions; the second is a technical supplement. |
January 1, 1979 |
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Proof of Foreign Law: A Guide for Judges This guide provides an overview of foreign law issues in the federal courts, including procedural strategies, and examines the approach of state courts and non-U.S. judiciaries. |
November 3, 2022 |