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As discussed in a prior article, Spain is divided into 17 “autonomous communities” which comprise 50 provinces. Within these provinces, there are more than ...
“We the People”. These three simple words embody the very idea of self-governance and establish the foundation for a political structure of government tha...
IMLA is pleased to announce that Executive Director and General Counsel Chuck Thompson is the recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2021 Jefferson Fordh...
It is generally said that in the American system of impartial justice—which we Spaniards know (I admit) basically through cinema, films, and television—the ...
The Basics of the Federal Judiciary By: Chris Balch The Constitution of the United States establishes the judicial power of the National Government in “one Su...
In a per curiam decision, the Supreme Court summarily reversed the Eighth Circuit’s grant of qualified immunity in Lombardo v. City of St. Louis. While the ...
In Pakdel v. City & County of San Francisco, the Supreme Court held the Ninth Circuit erred when it required the petitioners who had alleged a regulatory ta...
When I was asked to write an article discussing the concept of Pride and what it means, it was quite honestly a daunting task. I was confronted with a sizeabl...
