Public Law Litigation and Social Reform

Public Law Litigation and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Standing of Intervenor-Defendants in Public Law Litigation

Unless the plaintiff has a personal stake in the outcome, Article III of the United States Constitution requires federal courts to dismiss a plaintiff's claim for lack of standing. That much is clearly established by decades of precedent. Less understood, however, is the degree to which Article III also requires defendants to possess a personal stake. The significance of defendant standing ofte...

World Litigation Law and Practice

This review states that the two volumes, “World Litigation law and Practice” and Unit B ”Europe” are an up-to-date publication and thus a welcomed event. It goes on to explain how the two studies attempt to provide not only details as to the civil procedure of the country concerned, but also information concerning the general institutional background in which civil litigation takes place. After...

The hostility of the burger court to mental health law reform litigation.

In recent years, many courts (and especially the federal courts) have become the focus for the pursuit of goals of major institutional reform in cases brought by advocates for prisoners, mental patients, students, and others.2 These advocates turned to the courts because the legislative and executive branches were unwilling to devote larger shares of scarce resources to improving conditions at ...

Euthanasia and law reform.

In 1983, the Law Reform Commission of Canada published its Report on Euthanasia, Aiding Suicide and Cessation of Treatment,1 following its Working Paper2 and Study Paper3 in the Protection of Life series. The Report is interesting more for its approach than for its recommendations. A close examination of it reveals some fascinating parallels between what I have called "legal law reform", 4 whic...