Jones Law Review articles from January 1 2002

Jones Law Review archives from January 1 2002

Helping graduates who fail the bar examination.
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The American legal academy has a strong tendency to turn its back on law school graduates who fail the bar examination. The easiest course is to blame the graduate (or the admissions committee). "Who let these people in?" the...

Trying children as adults.
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION Human beings have complex and often contradictory attitudes and Americans are no exception. As a nation we tout our children as our hope for the future and our most cherished asset. We exhort the global village to share...

Green Tree v. Randolph: will this court's decision lessen the effect of the FAA in consumer arbitration?(federal Arbitration Act)
January 1, 2002... The signs and billboards along Alabama highways claiming that Arbitration is the equivalent to a "License to Steal" leaves little room for doubt that Alabama is a political battlefield for consumer arbitration law. Although arbitration is a...

Alabama's evolving standard of admissibility for expert scientific testimony.
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The success or failure of a plaintiff's case will often turn on the admissibility or exclusion of the plaintiff's expert's testimony. This is particularly true in the areas of products liability and toxic torts litigation,...