The law expressed in its actual administration, not the law of law books.
Drawing upon neuroscience research on multisensory processing, I suggested that new digital combinations of evidence should be required to be introduced within the evidentiary portion of trials. Here I further consider trial procedure and the actual operation of courts. Under the proposed rule for digital presentation technologies, counsel would be allowed to present evidence in … Continue reading digital presentation technologies at trial
From the NFHS Basketball Preseason Guide 2007-08: “In the past, a common interpretation has been that any touching of a dribble by a defender ended the dribble,” said Mary Struckhoff, NFHS assistant director and editor of the NFHS rules book. “However, the language in our rules implied that the touching had to be by the … Continue reading making rules
Digital multimedia presentations can powerfully affect legal trials. Consider the Skakel trial: During the Connecticut District Attorney’s closing argument in the trial of Michael Skakel for the murder, twenty-seven years before, of fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley, jurors heard and read Skakel’s own words [which appeared] on the screen before them. And in the instant that Skakel … Continue reading Skakel trial: making multisensory evidence
To be certified to referee nine-year old girls and boys basketball in a local league, I took a rules exam with about 40 other applicants. Most of them were 12-14 year-old kids. The exams were collected and graded on the spot. The names of persons who passed were then called out. One by one the … Continue reading regulatory clarity
Book Review: Stephen F. Williams, Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2006). Understanding how to advance liberal democracy is crucial to the welfare of persons around the world. In Russia in 1906, a decree of the tsar gave peasants living in agricultural communes an opportunity to establish individual land titles and … Continue reading a case study in re-arranging economic rights