Judicature, the Journal of AJS
March-April 2008, Volume 91, Number 5

Contents:

Articles
The verdict on juries  
by Valerie P. Hans, Professor of Law at Cornell Law School (Valerie.hans@cornell.edu) and Neil Vidmar, Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law at Duke Law School (vidmar@law.duke.edu).

The American jury remains basically sound, the verdict is clearly in its favor.

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Judicial campaign oversight committees' complaint handling in the 2006 elections: Survey and recommendations 
by William Fortune, a law professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law (fortunew@uky.edu) and Penny J. White, an associate professor of law and director of the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution at the University of Tennessee College of Law (pwhite4@utk.edu)

Other than candidates' self-restraint, judicial campaign oversight committees serve as the only barrier against the "Barbarians at the Gate."

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The attorney gender gap in U.S. Supreme Court litigation 
by Tammy A. Sarver, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Benedictine University (tsarver@ben.edu); Erin B. Kaheny, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (ekaheny@uwm.edu); and John J. Szmer, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (jjszmer@uncc.edu).

Women lawyers still face serious barriers to advancement and access to power, as illustrated by the dearth of women lawyers participating in Supreme Court litigation.

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Viewpoint

Ducks redux  
by Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law at Northwestern University (slubet@law.northwestern.edu).

In refusing to recuse following his duck-hunting trip with Vice President Cheney, Justice Scalia articulated a new bright-line rule, stating that the ordinary disqualification standards do not apply in "official capacity" cases. But is it actually the law?

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Books

Is there a better way?  
The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process, by Christopher L. Eisgruber, reviewed by Albert P. Melone, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (melone@siu.edu or almelone@mchsi.com)

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Briefs

AJS revises its Model Judicial Selection Provisions  

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Editorial

A closer look at mandatory arbitration for consumers  

Lack of real agreement, the unfairness of the repeat player effect, and the harm secret decisions are doing to our public justice system in mandatory arbitration for consumers have given traditional (i.e., business-to-business) ADR a bad name..

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President's Report

A lesson in judicial selection from Kosovo  

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