The constitution of Medina and not the Magna Carta was the first ever constitution describing a pluralistic society. The Charter of Medina (Arabic: صحيفة المدينة, Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīnah; or: ميثاق المدينة, Mīthāq al-Madīnah), also known as the Constitution of Medina (دستور…
“McInerney has been appointed the presiding judge over the 40 municipal courts in Burlington County. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner named McInerney, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey (Burlington County) (Pictured Above) Chief Justice Stuart Rabner named McInerney , of Cinnaminson, to the position to replace Bonnie L. Goldman, who…
The words “equal justice under law” paraphrase an earlier expression coined in 1891 by the Supreme Court. Cabraser, Elizabeth. “The Essentials of Democratic Mass Litigation”, Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems, Vol. 45, p. 499 (Summer 2012). Peccarelli, Anthony….
Citing 8 Moore’s Federal Practice 3.05 at p. 3-7 (in effect in 1975), the district court observed that “[a]lthough a private citizen is not barred by the Rules from instituting a complaint before a magistrate; he may not do so…
“Courts have long recognized that attorneys, because of their profession, owe some duty to the court and to the public to serve without compensation when called on. [T]he obligation of the legal profession to serve indigents on court order is…
Concluding as “firmly grounded in New York law,” the conclusion from Gentile, Walker, and Myers that “where prosecutors, pursuant to policy or custom, conceal exculpatory evidence and commit other wrongs in order to secure a conviction, liability rests…
Passaic County Legal Aid Society is a prepaid legal services corporation funded in part under the National Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2996a-k. Its special mission is to provide legal representation to needy people and to make…