Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2019, Volume 32, Number 1
Content
- Psychology and Persuasion in Settlement
- Running for Judge What I Gained Besides a Judgeship
- Why I Am a Cla Litigation Section Member
- Masthead
- From the Section Chair Opportunities for Service
- California Confidential What Happens In Mediation May Not Stay In Mediation
- Tough Cases Canan, Mize & Weisberg, eds. (the New Press, N.Y. 2018)
- The Fight Over Martins Beach: Convincing the Supreme Court to Deny a Tech Tycoon's Attempt to Cut Off Public Beach Access
- We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler
- The Nudge Principle Prompts a Drop in Demurrer Filings
- Editor's Foreword: Singularly First Person
- MCLE Test Questions for Self-Study Test (1 hour of credit)
- Table of Contents
Tough Cases Canan, Mize & Weisberg, eds. (The New Press, N.Y. 2018)
Reviewed by Justice Therese M. Stewart
Justice Therese M. Stewart
Tough Cases is a compendium of stories, each told by a trial judge about a case or cases she or he found challenging. The contributing authors are current and retired judges, most from state courts around the country, one who also served as an international law judge, along with a federal district court judge and a tribal court judge. Each story quickly draws the reader in, describing the people, facts and legal questions, and revealing the judge’s thinking as he or she decides the case. The judges write with remarkable candor about the dilemmas presented by political actors, religious beliefs (their own and others’), public opinion, and other external matters that arise but cannot be considered, and the challenge of focusing only on the evidence, credibility assessments, and legal standards that must inform the court’s decision. Written in prose that is surprisingly accessible to judges, lawyers, and lay people alike, the book manages to enlighten the reader through exceptional storytelling about how judges decide cases. While it is not spelled out in so many words, thoughtful readers will gain an understanding of the importance of an independent judiciary.
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