Volume 52, Issue 2

Americans expect their legal system to mete out justice objectively, without regard for identity, money, power, or weakness. The blindfolded Lady Justice, who frequently adorns courthouses and public buildings, is…

They were decided just seven months apart and are in some ways hard to reconcile. But there is a message in the combined holdings of *Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal…

Many Americans believe that justice is for sale. Over the past decade, polling data has shown that a majority of Americans believe campaign contributions can tilt the scales of justice…

This Article maps legal conceptions of (in)equality onto the socio-geographic conception of spatial inequality in relation to the funding and provision of indigent defense services in the State of Arizona.…

The U. S. justice system is rife with an overexposed, understudied avenger, the tough-on-crime judge. Under the pressure of elective systems, pro-prosecution judges announce that they are "tough on crime"…

The Supreme Court's decision in *Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.* highlighted the fragility of judicial independence and impartiality in the United States. A similar, less-noticed fragility of independence and…

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) attempts to steer debtors away from chapter 7 and into chapter 13 plans in which they will have to…

For decades, U.S. refugee law has restricted women's access to protection. To qualify as a refugee, a person must have a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion,…

The justice of the peace courts serve a significant function in the Arizona judicial system. They process approximately 34% of all cases filed each year in the Arizona court system…