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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Electoral Processes Team in Stockholm, Sweden
No full textHank Blackburn [2L] will contribute to supporting the protection and strengthening of elections, including improving the quality of legal and institutional frameworks, strengthening the capacity of electoral institutions, increasing inclusivity in electoral processes and enabling civil society, democracy defenders and the media to ensure the accountability of electoral institutions and the integrity of electoral processes
Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trials
No full textAmid rapid technological and social change, a new initiative explores how judges, court staff, trial lawyers, and other justice system stakeholders can preserve juries and jury trials, strengthen public trust, and remain a pillar of democracy.
In 2024, the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) launched Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trials, a project that built on Just Horizons’ methodological foundation of strategic foresight and its premise that data-driven public services and sociopolitical discord have the greatest potential impact on court operations. For this project, NCSC imagined how these trends would affect juries and jury trials in each of four scenarios.
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Leading with Courage: Defending Intellectual Freedom and Championing a Broad Range of Ideas in Law Libraries
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Scalia Ginsburg Collegiality Series with Former U.S. Solicitor Generals Donald Verrilli and Paul Clement
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Crypto and the Fiduciary Investor
Full text linkWithout much aid from MPT [modern portfolio theory], how should courts approach claims of imprudent investment in cryptocurrency? Courts might take this lack of aid as itself relevant. If MPT cannot place cryptocurrency in a portfolio, then perhaps fiduciary investors should refrain from doing so. Taking this approach would, however, overextend the prudent investor rule’s reliance on MPT. While the creators of the prudent investor rule certainly relied on MPT, the prudent investor rule does expressly adopt it. Moreover, courts should be wary of fixing investment practices in place. It would be ironic if the prudent investor rule, which intended to bring new theories of investing to the law,12 could be used to calcify investment practices to the mid-1990s.
If MPT does not provide any ready answers, then what governs the investment decision? This Article attempts to sketch the most important issues for fiduciary investors to consider prospectively (and courts to consider retrospectively).
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Panel on Birthright Citizenship: What Is It, How Common Is It, How Can It Be Changed?
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