All Articles tagged Massachusetts
Justice Commentaries
May 28, 2019 EDT This study addresses gaps in research relating to sexual and violent crime prosecution by following up on Abrams’s conclusion that plea-bargaining does not result in sentence reductions for defendants.
State Constitutional Commentary
May 05, 2017 EDT This essay follows eyewitness identification reform in Massachusetts.
General
April 08, 2016 EDT This article argues excess policy provisions conditioning coverage on the payment of full limits from lower-layer insurers complicate the settlement of complex insurance coverage disputes.
General
March 23, 2015 EDT This article queries whether the majority’s denial of Massachusetts’ challenge to the constitutionality of the Vietnam War in Massachusetts v. Laird is less compelling on principle than Justice Douglas’s dissent.
New York Appeals
May 05, 2009 EDT These symposium remarks discuss the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Goodridge v. Dep't of Public Health.
New York Appeals
May 05, 2009 EDT This study demonstrates trends in how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided non-unanimous or divided criminal cases over an eight-year period.