The juvenile court has been subject to increasing criticism over the years, particularly with regard to its handling of delinquency cases. This is in part the result of an inaccurate view of the court as primarily a criminal court that adjudicates crimes committed by children. This article proposes an alternative model for the court, one that encompasses its jurisdiction over dependency and sta...

Title of Document: THE DETERMINANTS OF COURTMARTIAL DECISIONS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE AIR FORCE’S CRIMINAL COURT PROCESS Patricia D. Breen, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Directed By: Professor Brian D. Johnson, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice In spite of many similarities with civilian criminal courts, public debate continues about further “civilianizing” the modern court...

Confusion surrounds the equitable liability of a third party to a trust or fiduciary relationship who participates in a breach of the trust or fiduciary duty, but without necessarily receiving trust property.1 Compounding this confusion is the absence of consensus in courts that share a common Chancery law heritage. Notably, the English courts, including the Privy Council within that term, and ...

'The law imposes the duty of care: but the standard of care is a matter of medical judgment'. So says Lord Scarman, outlining the hitherto accepted 'Bolam' standard, in his recent speech in the House of Lords decision of Sidaway v Bethlem Royal Hospital, reflecting earlier judicial dicta suggesting that it is for the medical profession rather than the courts to determine whether or not a medica...