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A Practice Commentary To Judiciary Law Article 19

Introduction.The Nature of Criminal and Civil Contempt.Jurisprudence By Nomenclature.Limits On Criminal But Not Civil Contempt.Article 19: The Round Peg In New York's Case Law.Immediate View and Presence Contempt.Bias Recusal Motions And Contempt.Contempt And The Duty To Obey Court Orders.Subpoenas As Court Mandates For Contempt Purposes.Contempt And The Clear Court Order Previously Communicated.Ability To Comply With A Court Mandate And Contempt.Criminal Contempt's Collateral Bar Rule.Third ...

Aaron Burr And The Electoral Tie Of 1801: Strict Constitutional Construction

The Jefferson/Burr Dance: Countdown.The Tie.Conclusion and Epilogue.Appendix A. Thomas Jefferson's letter to Aaron Burr.Aaron Burr's letter to Thomas Jefferson.Appendix B. Chronology

Brady Behind Bars: The Prosecutors Disclosure Obligations Regarding DNA In The Post-Conviction Arena

I.Introduction.II.The Duty of Prosecutors to Disclose Exculpatory.Evidence to Criminal Defendants: The Judicial Requirement.A.Brady and Other Supreme Court Cases.B.Brady and Post-Conviction DNA Testing Requests in Federal Court.C.Brady and Post-Conviction DNA Testing Requests in State Court.III.The Prosecutor's Ethical Obligations Regarding DNA Testing in the Post-Conviction Arena.A.The Role of the Prosecutor.B.Why a Prosecutor Would Fight Post-Conviction DNA Testing.IV.Conclusion

Justice Under Attack: The Federal Governments Assault On The Attorney-Client Privilege

The Role of the Attorney-Client Privilege.Monitoring Rules.A New Class of Inmates.Constant Monitoring Eliminates the Possibility of Privileged Communications.Reaction to the Rules.The Crime Fraud Exception Rationale.Erosion of Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege.Joint Defense Privilege

Taint Teams And Firewalls: Thin Armor For Attorney-Client Privilege

I.The Oldest of the Privileges.II.Court Stripping in the Name of National Security.III. Costly Interception-No One Wins.IV.The Attorney-Client Privilege and the Constitution.V.The First Few Cases. A. The Lynne Stewart Indictment.B.Mohamed Rashid Daoud Al'-Owhali- Challenging the New Regulations.C.Zacharias Moussaoui.D.Earnest James Ujaama-One Victory for Defense Attorneys.VI.Outraged Response from Legal Groups.VII.Conclusion

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Children As Chattel: Invoking The Thirteenth Amendment To Reform Child Welfare

Section I.The Thirteenth Amendment.The Thirteenth Amendment Applied to Child Welfare.Section II. Children and the System.Primum non nocere Commodification.Children for sale or rent Rights of the Child in Care.Section III. Families and the System.Section IV. Race and Child Welfare.Conclusion

Book Review

Let Us Be Done With Totalizing

Food for Thought

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